02/09/2016 BBC Newsline

A serving Royal Marine from Northern Ireland has been

charged with a terror offence related to dissident republicanism.

30-year-old Ciaran Maxwell, who is originally from Larne,

appeared at a court in London this afternoon.

Ciaran Maxwell was driven into Westminster court this

afternoon to face three separate charges - the main

In a hearing lasting barely three minutes,

he was charged with obtaining chemicals and components to make

bombs, manufacturing explosives, making devices and storing them

in barrels in hides in England and Northern Ireland,

carrying out research resulting in the creation of a library

of documents likely to be of use to terrorists and having an image

of an adapted PSNI pass card and items of a PSNI uniform.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between

1st January 2011 and the day he was arrested -

He was arrested in Somerset last week after searches

His arrest was understood to be connected to two arms dumps found

Ciaran Maxwell, who grew up in Northern Ireland,

The two other charges he is facing are for possession of cannabis

with intent to supply and having bank cards for use

HE was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Westminster

The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, has said he makes no apology

for defending the Irish government's right to appeal against

the European Commission's ruling that Ireland granted

undue tax benefits of around 13 billion euro to Apple.

The decision to appeal was taken at a cabinet meeting

Speaking afterwards, Mr Kenny said the Commission's

decision was maddening and political.

This is about to write off a small nation. I'm not sure whether the

European Commission want to increase yet themselves with more powerful

countries than ours that this is a small country and the first meeting

I attended after being elected in 2011 was that I should increase our

corporate tax rate. We make no apology for defending that 100% and

we stand over it. A consultant in obstetrics has told

a Coroner's Court it would be "completely inappropriate" to refuse

a Caesarean section to an expectant mother who requested one,

if she'd had the procedure before. The inquest into the

death of Cara Rocks, at Coleraine's Causeway Hospital,

is the first in Northern Ireland Barry and Michelle are still looking

for answers, hoping to find out why their stillborn baby died at this

hospital, three years ago. Among the witnesses today -

Dr Tara Fairley, a Scottish-based The hearing was told

that a C-section birth was requested by Michelle Rocks,

but initially refused. When asked how she would have

responded if a mother who had previously given

birth by way of C-section subsequently requested

a similar procedure, Dr Fairley said, "I would have

acceded to her request". When asked for her view on such

a request being refused, Dr Fairley said she'd consider

that "completely inappropriate". However, the consultant also agreed

with the coroner that a Caesarean section isn't always essential

in such circumstances. The police have launched a campaign

to highlight hate crimes Officers have dealt with 66

incidents against disabled people in the past five months,

ranging from name-calling to assault Our home affairs correspondent,

Vincent Kearney, has more. Michael Bailey was afraid to turn

on his lights at night. Afraid he would be

attacked in his own home. The 60-year-old father

and grandfather from West Belfast spent years living in fear of attack

from local teenagers. I kept all the lights off in the

house. That's because if they

knew you were in...? Michael is sure he was being

attacked because he is He believes he was a victim

of disability hate crime. Police say they've dealt

with 66 incidents where the motivation for an attack was a

victim's disability The incidents ranged

from name-calling and anti-social behaviour to assault

and criminal damage to property. Police believe the number of attacks

on people with disabilities is much higher

than the recorded figures and are urging victims

to come forward. No-one has yet been convicted

for disability hate crime attacks and the police say they also need

the help of the public To bring offenders to justice,

to help people, we need victims' cooperation,

we need people to cooperate with us, to speak to us about what has

happened, but also for the wider community to tell us about what's

happening in communities. After a long period of physical

and verbal abuse, Michael and his wife left their home

in the West Belfast area. The police say anyone who wants

to report a hate crime should ring the non-emergency number 101,

contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111

or visit their website. More than 200,000 people

are expected in Portrush this And one popular aircraft

is returning to the skies above the North Coast,

as Keiron Tourish reports. Making a welcome return this

year, the Catalina, an It was used during the Second

World War by the Allied forces for convoy escort,

transporting cargo Huge crowds are expected in

Portrush, all eager to get a glimpse For many the highlight -

an appearance by the Red Arrows. This year is particularly important

for aviation in Northern Ireland, were celebrating 100 years and 150

years of the aeronautical Society so we're showcasing how Northern

Ireland has been part of the aviation industry, particularly on

the ground. So plenty to see and

capture this weekend. In rugby it was the perfect start

to the Pro12 season for Ulster with a bonus point victory

over the Dragons. Gavin Andrews reports

from the Kingspan stadium. It was a winning start for Ulster in

Belfast but proved to be tougher than many expected. Pat Howard

touchstone for the Dragons early on to give the visitors the lead, but

the response came courtesy of Ruan Pienaar, who made to break and

chipped ahead for Robert Lyttle to score. Jacob Stockdale added the

second with an impressive solo effort. In the second half Ruan

Pienaar showed again why he is a favourite with the third try. Robert

Lyttle's second try wrapped up the bonus point. Captain Rob Herring

rumbled over for the fest. -- the fifth. Next up for Ulster, an away

trip to Treviso in eight days and they will be hoping for more of the

same. Now finally onto the weekend weather

forecast with Cecilia Daly. Some rain to come this weekend, it

looks like Saturday will bear the brunt of the range and Sunday will

be drier and warmer, and temperatures are likely to rise next

week. A few showers tonight but most places stayed dry, temperatures

could get a Lyttle lower in the countryside. Tomorrow if you're up

early there will be dry weather first thing but it won't last, rain

will move northwards and there will be heavy showers so you will need a

raincoat if you're heading to Hillsborough for the oyster

festival. Prolonged spells of rain in many places tomorrow morning,

some of that heavy, it stretches down into the Republic of Ireland

and then moves eastwards into Northern areas of England. London

will see some rain late in the day but behind it some drier weather

across the Republic of Ireland and parts of Northern Ireland, so some

rain tomorrow at the airshow but there will be dry gaps and Sunday

will be the driver of the two days. Heavy showers returning from the

west later tomorrow and some could bring gusty winds, they move away

and Sunday will be a drier and brighter day with temperatures close

to 20 degrees, and it set to warm up even more as we head into the new

Wii, quite cloudy, showers around but Wednesday onwards brings some

warm and summary sunshine. Our next BBC Newsline

is at 5:50pm tomorrow. And in the meantime you can keep

updated with News Online. From all of us here

on the programme, goodnight and have

a great weekend.