29/08/2016 BBC Newsline


29/08/2016

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This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor.

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The police in County Cavan say they believe the deaths of a family

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of five are the result of a "murder suicide".

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As Maggie Taggart reports, the bodies were found this morning

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The bodies of a father, his wife and three children were discovered after

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police were alerted by a person believed to be a relative. The

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father was a deputy principal of a local school. His wife was also a

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teacher. The bodies were found downstairs in the house. The remains

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of their three sons were found upstairs. They were aged between six

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and 13. A Garda spokesman said they were not looking for anyone else in

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connection with the deaths. We believe all the

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answers are within The most likely scenario is that one

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person in that house may All the circumstances

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will be explored, but as it stands at the moment

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that is the position. It is understood a gun was not used,

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but it is suspected a knife may have been one of the weapons. Local

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people were shocked. It is such a tragedy. It is a small community, I

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feel for the family and anybody connected with them. It is terrible.

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It is very hard. You just want to pray for them. The

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bodies have now been removed for postmortem examination. The area is

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still sealed off as the investigation continues.

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A 26-year-old man's been in court charged with attempted murder

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following a stabbing in West Belfast at the weekend.

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Conor Paul Montgomery from Glenkeen in Dunmurry was remanded in custody.

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The 23-year-old victim is in a critical condition

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in hospital after the incident in Britton's Parade near the

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The funeral took place today of the 13 year old boy who died

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in a motocross accident in Magilligan last week.

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It has emerged that he came off his bike and was then hit

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by his brother's bike as they took part in a practice session.

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BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson has more.

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The two brothers rode their bikes together all the time.

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18-year-old Jake on the left, and 13-year-old Daniel,

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The brothers came from their home in south Dublin last

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week to practise at this track in Magilligan.

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On BBC Radio Foyle today, Jake spoke about what happened.

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Unfortunately, on the second moto, we crashed and...

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Dano was just there and he just passed away.

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I was just really in shock, and still am.

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He knows that I loved him and we all loved him.

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It is just a really hard time for us all.

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The motocross community has been stunned by the death of 13-year-old

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His funeral was held in Dublin today.

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At the service, his brother described him as

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A judge in Brazil has recommended that the President

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of Ireland's Olympic Committee, Pat Hickey, be freed from prison

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He has been in jail for nearly a fortnight since his arrest

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in connection with a police investigation into the alleged

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illegal sale of tickets at the Rio Games.

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Thousands of people turned out in Skibbereen tonight to welcome

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home the Olympic silver medal winners Gary and Paul O'Donovan.

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The two brothers were treated to an open top bus ride

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The lightweight double sculls rowers claimed the country's first Olympic

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honours in the sport amid predictions they could go

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Busloads of supporters arrived from all over Cork

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and nearby counties for the hour-long homecoming.

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They were anticipating about 10,000 people, but we think there's a

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couple of times more than that. 100,000 at least! Will be back

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training in the next two and a half weeks. And then Paul is starting

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back at college. A look ahead now to a story we'll

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have more on later this More than 1,400 scientists

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are in Belfast for a major farming conference worth almost ?3 million

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to the local economy. Delegates from 66 countries

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are looking at advances Experts say it's a key consideration

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in attempts to feed a growing global population -

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and just as important as advances The same revolution

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is going into animals. We will be looking after them

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in a better way, by monitoring them, checking they're well,

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sorting out diseases before Because it is very difficult to ask

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an animal how it is feeling. You can see more on that story

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here on BBC Newsline this week. The local weather forecast

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is next, and Barra Best It will stay dry, and it will be

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warned; temperatures for most of us will not fall below 13 or 14

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degrees. Tuesday will be much like today with

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the exception of the wind. It will pick up from the south-west. Those

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breezes will help break up the cloud. If you are travelling

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tomorrow against Britain and Ireland, we can expect lots of dry

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weather. The best of the sunshine across much of England. The further

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west you are, the cloudier it will be. But largely dry. Across Ireland,

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lots of cloud but sunny gaps as well. The cloud will thicken up

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tomorrow evening. Before then, if you are heading towards the north

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coast and Ballycastle, it should look good like this, some blue gaps

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allowing for sunshine. So keep the shades handy rather than the

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umbrella. Temperatures should reach about 18 or 19 in the second part of

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the day. Later on, the cloud thicken up from the West, bringing rain.

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That name will become patchy as it makes its way eastwards. For

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Wednesday, a few showers around, but also some good, sunny gaps.

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Wednesday is the last day of summer, bringing us into autumn on Thursday,

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but for Thursday and Friday plenty drier weather in the forecast.

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Temperatures staying in the high teens.

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Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25 in the morning during Breakfast

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