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29th of March. That's all from the BBC's news at six. We now

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This is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines this Monday

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evening: The death of the Derry City football captain Ryan McBride

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at the age of 27 - a city mourns one of its own.

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The perfect example for any young player coming through at 14 or 15.

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Ryan never gave later 9%. This former soldier appears in court

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charged over the killing of a man The Prime Minister is heading

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in our direction but her visit is more about Brexit

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than the talks here at Stormont. can't be discharged

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from local hospitals. A mystery no more -

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a family's link to portraits found Best dad - best captain - Rory

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and the boys in green ensure that A weather warning comes into force

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this evening for both snow and ice. The overnight showers

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will turn increasingly wintry Just a day after seeing him lead his

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team to another league victory, Ryan McBride's family

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are planning his funeral. The sudden death of the captain

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of Derry City Football club at the age of 27 has shocked

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the world of football and beyond. The Irish President

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Michael D Higgins was among Here's our northwest

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reporter, Keiron Tourish. He was a warrior on the field

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of play and a quiet, Ryan McBride only ever wanted

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to play for his hometown club and was delighted to be given

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the captain's armband two years ago. He died suddenly at his home

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in the Brandywell last night. It's right next to the stadium where

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he turned out for the Candystripes. A popular player who

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was highly respected. We keep saying through adversity

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we get stronger but, you know, this will be a difficult one

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for everybody in the city He was just a perfect

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example to any young player coming through at 14,

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15, he never gave 99%. The club's chief executive says

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contract negotiations with Ryan McBride were always

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straightforward as he was a passionate fan

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of the club as a young boy. Our main man, Captain fantastic,

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old superlatives you use or all for him, 100%,

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call it what you want, he was our man and we are devastated

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as a football family. He was turning into the best

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defender in Irish league football. He could only see him getting

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better. It is so sad that his life has been cut short.

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The Football Association of Ireland will remember Ryan McBride

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with a tribute at the World Cup qualifier against Wales

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The FAI said Irish football was in mourning.

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Michael D Higgins led the tributes, which have come from football

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clubs and former players across Ireland and beyond.

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While Derry City fans reflect on a huge loss, the wider community will

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reflect as well. He is only a young man with a big

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career in front of him, coming from a lovely family, and he dies. The

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community is deeply hurt and deeply aware of the fragility of life. It's

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not always easy. Steve

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A former soldier has been in court charged over the killing

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Dennis Hutchings, who is now 75, was the senior soldier

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in a patrol which shot dead John Pat Cunningham, near Benburb.

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Our south-east reporter Gordon Adair was in the court.

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43 years after his patrol shot dead a man with learning difficulties,

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Dennis Hutchings finds himself in court. John Pat Cunningham had the

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mental age of a child aged between six and ten. His family say he had a

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fear of men in uniform and it was perhaps best that prompted him to

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take the fateful decision to run away from an army patrol he

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encountered. The preliminary inquiry will decide

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whether or not to send Dennis Hutchings for a full trial. Among

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the witnesses were a former military policeman who was first on the

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scene. The former military policeman told

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the court that on the day in question he had seized a rifle at

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the scene from a soldier. He was asked why he had done this and he

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said this was normal practice when you suspect it weapon

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had been fired. Asked why he suspected as particular weapon had

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been fired, he said, I was told it had been. He was asked who had told

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him and he said the defendant. Summing up, the judge said that

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Dennis Hutchings had shot a vulnerable and innocent man and all

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this must be looked at by the court. A defence barrister said this was

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the reversal of a burden of proof. The test for preliminary enquiries

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such as this are to make sure that my car to ask if a jury could ever

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bring in a guilty verdict if properly constructed and the

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judgment was that they couldn't. Brexit next and the Prime Minister

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is to visit Northern Ireland ahead of triggering Article 50

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of the Lisbon Treaty which will happen on the

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Wednesday of next week. Theresa May was in Wales today

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on the start of a UK. Our political editor

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Mark Devenport is at Stormont. Downing Street says

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the Prime Minister wants to engage and listen to people -

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what do we expect from the trip? We haven't been given details about

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where she will be going but the message she will deliver in Wales

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and probably here is that she wants Brexit to work for the whole of the

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UK and all parts of the UK to benefit from its opportunities.

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There may be some politicians that agree with her but there were many

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who campaigned against Brexit. At the talks today, Sinn Fein were the

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only party to comment and speak to the media and Michelle O'Neill said

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that if she gets to meet Theresa May, she will give her a very

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forthright message. The people here reported in the

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majority to remain in the European Union is at the British government

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acting against the wishes of a group of people here. Apparently Theresa

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May is coming later in the week and we want to deliver that message to

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her, this is not good news, this is bad news for Northern Ireland.

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The interparty talks aimed at restoring the executive, what's been

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happening? The bilateral meetings continue on

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such issues as the Irish language. No particular son of a breakthrough

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with one week to go before the formal deadline of restoring

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devolution, March 27. Every day in Northern Ireland around

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120 people have to stay in hospital because there isn't a suitable care

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package for them in the community. This so-called bed blocking could be

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costing the health service over After breaking her help, this

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86-year-old was sent to the independent care home to recuperate,

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funded by the Belfast health trust. It meant she wasn't left in

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hospital. The minute I was wheeled in, the

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atmosphere hit me. Home sweet home. The atmosphere and the homeliness

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and the friendliness and the food, my God the food is wonderful. And I

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was hungry for my food, I was hungry in the morning getting up for my

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breakfast. Every day, 120 people cannot be

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discharged from hospital because there is not enough caves

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facilities. It is -- care facilities. It is hoped this type of

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facility will be more efficient. It is definitely in demand because

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there are difficulties with packages of kid at home and obviously the

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more independent someone is the less help they will need in the

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community. Those 65 and over are expected to

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increase in numbers by 2025 saw demand will rise.

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Despite government attempts to use less independent care and the gap to

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people in their own homes, that has slowed down and it is speculated

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that is because there is not enough people to fill the jobs.

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In the past three years, we have gone through for health ministers.

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They need to have a consistent, constant approach to that reform and

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we need to do that now. We cannot wait. Well a range of

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community care services are offered, judging by waiting lists, demand is

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outstripping supply. A House of Commons committee has

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recommended that the government consider introducing a tax break

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for the local tourism industry. Those involved in the likes

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of attractions and hospitality would like to see the VAT rate more

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than halved to match what's paid by similar

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businesses in the Republic. Here's our Economics and business

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editor John Campbell. The local tourism sector has been on

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the up for more than 20 years. Attractions like this have helped

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grow it into a wealthy business. Tourism businesses south of the

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border pay just 9% VAT. Business year pay 20%. EU law generally

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events member countries from varying VAT rates across the regions. That

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means at present the government cannot get Northern Ireland tourism

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a special deal but after Brexit there will be more flexibility and

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there therefore the potential for a tax cut.

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What the government to look closely at the benefits that the Republic of

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Ireland appear to have gained when it cut its rate of VAT on tourism.

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It seems to have done a great deal of good there. Not just to look at

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the immediate cost per don't get the benefits over the immediate and

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long-term. The tourism trade has been asking

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for this for a long time. It says experience shows and make a real

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difference. They have seen employment grow by

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excess of 6000 jobs. We could mirror that in Northern Ireland. It also

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makes is more attractive Europe-wide.

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It is not just the EU that is a barrier to this. It suggests any

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reduction in tax revenue is matched by a reduction in money storm and

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gets from Westminster. It will be be prepared to make this

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a priority compared to the other issues they are facing?

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Just what extra support and incentives it needs will be a matter

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for the next executive. On this day one year ago five people

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lost their lives when their car slid off the pier at Buncrana in

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County Donegal. With the help of a bystander,

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a four-month-old baby girl was saved as the vehicle submerged

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into the water. Enda McClafferty has been speaking

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to bereaved family and friends. It has become a place of pilgrimage.

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A place where people come to remember that tragic day when a

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family trip to the seaside ended with five lives lost. Ruth Daniels,

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her 14-year-old daughter Jody Lee, together with Sean McGrotty and his

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sons, 12-year-old Mark and Evan, who was eight, died that day. They were

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the mother, sister, partner and Sons of Louise. The only survivor was her

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daughter, Rionaghac-Ann. I was so close to both of them. I

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miss them every day. It has been hard. I told people I was coming

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back a couple of days after and they told me to take a few weeks.

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They were my biggest fans. For his oldest sister, Louise, it has been a

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heartbreaking 12 months but she has drawn strength from those who were

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on the pier that day. We have been there as we can be

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whenever the needs may arise. We have helped them to come back to the

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area. We have become good friends over the period.

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Louise has dedicated much of her time to raising awareness of

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muscular dystrophy, a condition her son lived with every day. That

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dedication has impressed many, including the man who raised the

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alarm that night and is still recovering with the help of medical

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service staff. I don't know how anybody can cope

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with what she has had to cope with and keep her chin up and go on

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trying to raise money for muscular dystrophy. She is a real hero.

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Today, classmates of Jodie Lee remember their friend.

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It is still quite difficult process that she is gone but we had a lovely

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mass this morning and put some hearts on a tree.

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It a lovely Mars to remember Jodie and remember how beautiful and happy

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she was. It was a tragedy that touched so

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many and donates friends and family will gather in the church where they

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were laid to rest. In September we had the story

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of the mystery portraits which were found in the attic

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of a former poor house Six months on, we can tell you that

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two of the paintings have been reunited with a family who travelled

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thousands of miles to see them. Absolutely incredible.

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They came from Canada and America to find out more about the Belfast

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residents. My goodness!

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The moment Hamilton Hutchison is presented with two paintings of his

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great uncle. We lost track of him in 1919 when

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his wife died and I looked in the Belfast treat directories and can't

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see what happened a few years after that but after that is a mystery.

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I visited him here for a short while but could not get him to talk or

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give any background as to how, when? When researching the family tree led

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them to Clifton house, the staff realised they had something special

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and told the family they needed to visit because among 27 Mr Reid

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portraits in the attic where these two of uncle Tom. -- Mr Reid

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portraits -- mystery. It has been great to be able to

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reunite Hamilton and Hillary with their portraits.

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Tom Hodgson was one of Clifton house's most well-known residents.

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He left here until a remarkable 110 years old when he died in 1965.

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So he will make his journey across the Atlantic along with this

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remarkable story about how he was reunited with his long lost

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relatives. Before we go to sport a look ahead

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to tomorrow's programme. Tomorrow, we reveal the story of a

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Belfast man who confessed to the police in 1885 that he was a serial

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child abuser but never faced justice. We found him living here in

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northern Canada. More on that exclusive story

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from Kevin Magee on BBC Newsline Sport is next with Mark Sidebottom

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and yet more tributes following the sudden death of Derry

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city captain Ryan McBride. Kieron Tourish's

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report at the top of the programme

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spoke of a city, a club Patrick Nelson said the extended

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football family on the island offered his and the teams

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condolences on behalf of the FAI. I didn't know the young lad

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personally myself but James Maclean is a very good friend of hers and is

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devastated by the news. Obviously his family is as well. It's a real

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tragic event. It puts football and sports in some sort of perspective

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anyway. "A giant of a player,

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a giant of a leader and a giant of a man" is how fans summed him up

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- Ryan McBride who has died suddenly At such times it seems a little

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hollow that sporting life goes on but it must and it does -

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over the weekend Rory Bests captaincy was crucial as Ireland

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denied England back to back It was the last thing England wanted

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to do. Enforced smiles couldn't hide his disappointment of failing to win

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back-to-back grand slams and their record run was officially over. The

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Irish side were ready to rattle the visitors from the word go. They

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dictated the early exchanges in front of a sold-out and the vocal

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crowd. This penalty kick count early nerves and then the captain, Rory

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Best, led from the front. Ian Henderson stretched his way over the

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line to score the only try of the game.

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After wheels, we knew that the championship was gone but what we

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could do was stopping in getting the Grand Slam and that is what we did.

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Their record run was just the cherry on top. We wanted to try and match

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them and beat them and the boys did that well.

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We felt we have stuttered and started in the championship which,

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with the competitors we have, is disappointing. We wanted to finish

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with a performance we knew we were capable of.

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The fans played their part as the English Roses wilted. Eddie Jones'

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finishers may have left Dublin with the trophy but it was the Irish that

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left with the pride. Next stop New York city -

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Conor McGregor walked him into the ring and Michael Conlan

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then walked all over his opponent - the Belfast man's professional debut

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ended in a third round stoppage fuelling yet more hype -

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BBC Newsline's Thomas Kane was ringside at the fabled Madison

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square garden venue. This was the moment to savour for

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Michael Conlon and his family. You only get one and Debbie and the

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Belfast boxer certainly did it in style.

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Who can get Conor McGregor to walk died with him on his debut? It just

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shows the kind of country that Ireland is. To have those type of

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people come to your debut just shows the party you are on. I feel I am

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destined for greatness and hopefully I can keep it going.

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When are we going to see you at home?

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The first week in December. Boxing is coming back. Why do you

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feel that? I know it's coming back because it's

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had its ups and downs. In boxing, a fighter in his

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professional debut is not launched this way, as the main event, but he

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deserves it. He is going to change the face of boxing and be a real

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worldwide star. Michael Conlon is up and running as

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a professional after a truly unforgettable debut. He leaves year

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after adding to his growing reputation on both sides of the

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Atlantic but knows he has to be patient in the pro ranks as he

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realises his dream of making it to the top of the sport.

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Of course it was a bumper weekend of sport - with Gaelic games -

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international hockey a milestone in the Irish league all

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featuring prominently - Nigel Ringland's round up begins

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with the All Ulster Allianz national football league meeting

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Donegal ended Tyrone's unbeaten start. This point from Ryan McCue

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help them when the Derby 12-6. It was their first win in the top

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division for 13 years. Johnny McKee scored the winning penalty here.

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Next up will be a trip to Johannesburg in July for the World

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Cup qualification. The Blues moved within four points

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of the league leaders. This was the pick of the goals from the 3-2 win

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which widen the gap between the sides to 14 points.

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Leaders Crusaders play Ballinmallard this evening at Seaview and it's

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been confirmed that their captain Colin Coates will miss

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the rest of the season - he requires surgery

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I've got a couple of photographs that really sum up the difference in

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the weather. One walker but looking in different directions. I got

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caught in a dramatic hailstone. Tonight it is all about the wintry

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showers working their way through the West and that could mean 1-3

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centimetres of snow. The weather warning is in place. Ice could be

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the biggest issue. It will be a real challenge for the gritting teams to

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get salt down between the showers so take extra care. Another day of

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wintry showers tomorrow they will be working their way and from the West.

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There will be an issue just about everywhere in the morning but those

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showers will increasingly become confined to the northern half of

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Northern Ireland. The chance of some brightness on the east coast. As we

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go over night, Tuesday into Wednesday, we could see the coldest

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part of the week. The reason is that the winds are dropping. Tonight we

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have a breeze to keep things turning over but tomorrow night in the still

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conditions that allows the cold air to develop. Temperatures recover

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across the East somewhat. A few more showers in the eastern half and

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drier and brighter in the West as we head through Wednesday. The ridge of

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high pressure is building on and that will help temperatures recover

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a little bit by the end of the week.

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