02/11/2016 BBC Newsline

Downing Street has rejected a suggestion that the process

for the UK to leave the European Union could be

triggered by the Prime Minister before the end of this year.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny raised the possibility at the Brexit

conference hosted by the Irish Government.

Also in his speech, he warned about the tone of negotiations in

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The other side of this argument may well get quite vicious after a

while. Because there are those around the European table who took a

very poor view of the fact that Britain has decided to leave and

that argument will be fought very toughly in a really difficult sense.

Voices that were not heard were those of the two main Unionist

parties. Their absence noted by other politicians.

This is a hugely difficult situation for all of us and I wish they were

here. They should be engaged with the Irish government and anyone else

that a strike to protect the interests of the people of Northern

Ireland. I think we should not alienate

unionists who are not here today. That we should proceed towards a

dramatic deal for the best for Northern Ireland.

Something those attending could agree on, not just for the

implications for the Good Friday Agreement but also for those who

voted to stay in the EU. Denmark is an EU member yet

Greenlanders outside the union and still receives European funding.

While some parties in Dublin were unsure what direction things will

take, the First Minister was at the Brexit committee. During Prime

Minister's Questions, Nigel Dodds asked her if there could be an

increase in violence or changed relationships inside the UK between

regions and countries. I'm very happy to give him that

assurance in terms of movement around date kingdom. There is no

change that will take place. But it is right that what we're going to do

in Brexit is ensure that it is a good deal for the whole of the

United Kingdom and those who wish to encourage violence off the back of

that frankly should be ashamed of themselves. I think it is absolutely

essential that we all work together to make a success of this and get

the best opportunities for the people across the whole of the

United Kingdom. The next step in the process is

tomorrow. More talks with political leaders in Northern Ireland but not

with the DUP. That will be for a later date.

The Chief Constable George Hamilton has told a conference to mark

15 years of the PSNI that unresolved issues from the past are sapping

He told the event in south Belfast that for further improvements

in these areas there needed to be political and society solutions

like the recent one achieved at Twadell and Ardoyne.

Dealing with the past. Parades and protests. Flags, identity, symbols.

In the absence of an alternative political societal resolution to

these issues, they continue to be left at the door of policing and the

Criminal Justice system. They sat community confidence and drain

budgets. The chief executive of an east

Belfast organisation which was given nearly ?2 million of public

money has apologised for making a foul-mouthed

attack on the Government. Dee Stitt of Charter NI -

who is a leading member of the UDA - made the comments in a televised

interview with He described the loyalist band

the North Down Defenders as "our homeland security" and said

the Government didn't care Since his comments there have been

calls for him to resign. He needs to resign and there needs

to be an immediate suspension until there is a fool, borough and

external investigation two of their arrangements. The First Minister and

Deputy First Minister need to make a statement on this.

The First Minister Arlene Foster has apologised to a victim of the IRA

bombing at the La Mon Hotel after the DUP sang

"Arlene's on fire" at its party conference in the venue.

Delegates sang their version of the football chat

Mrs Foster has apologised to Billy McDowell who was injured

in the bombing which killed 12 people in 1978.

She said it was a spur of the moment thing and shouldn't have happened.

The Independent Commission searching for the remains of the Disappeared

has acknowledged that as time goes on expectations of finding the last

Today, as a wreath was laid at Stormont in memory of those

still missing, it was revealed that the search for one of them,

Seamus Ruddy, is to resume in France.

They have been coming to Stormont to perform the

ceremony for ten years but as families they have waited longer for

the return of remains of their loved ones.

Relatives and supporters of those known

as the Disappeared walked in silence to lay a black wreath.

So far, the remains of 13 victims have been recovered.

But for people like Maria Lansky the search goes on.

We all have families, uncles, sons, brothers.

No-one would want to live the way that we live waiting

I just hope someone will take pity on me.

We've recovered seven sets of remains in the last ten years.

There are four outstanding at the present time and we are pursuing

lines of enquiry on all four of those.

You will probably be aware that Seamus Ruddy was murdered and

buried in France and we are hoping to deploy

in France at the end of this year

or perhaps early next year to start searching again for him.

There's bound to be people out there who still have a memory of it.

The black wreath has four white lilies on it

in recognition of the families who are still waiting to reclaim the

The Economy Minister has rejected a call for the Stormont Executive

to suspend the work of a Belfast-based company which is

NI-CO, which is owned by Invest Northern Ireland, has been

working with the police and prison services in the Gulf state.

The international human rights group Reprieve says those Bahrain

organisations are guilty of torture.

The Ballymena firm Wrightbus has secured an order

for close to 300 vehicles from Lothian Buses in Scotland.

They'll be supplied over a four-year period from 2017.

Martin O'Neill today named the Republic of Ireland squad

to face Austria on Saturday in Vienna in their World Cup

qualifier, including Andy Boyle and Daryl Horgan

But O'Neill also responded to comments made by Ronald Koeman.

The Everton boss had claimed recently that midfielder

James McCarthy had been "massively overloaded" by the Republic in last

After five or six weeks out of football, after his surgery, I know

he played the fool game after three group sessions. He played the second

game and he is massively overloaded. I totally refute that. To get an

opportunity to respond, James declared himself fit. People at the

first game. He didn't come off the injury, he came through tiredness.

Remarkably, he trained at Everton are very day the manager was

bleating about. James McCarthy is included

in O'Neill's Republic squad. Boxing and amateur stars

Paddy Barnes and Steven Ward will make their professional debuts

at the Titanic Exhibition Centre But top of the bill will be

Jamie Conlan, the brother The super-flyweight has already

lined up a world title eliminator early next year and has

been leaving nothing to chance in his pre-fight training camp,

as Thomas Kane reports. Both inside and outside

the ring, Jamie Conlan If I train to my limit every day,

nothing can stop me. Performance is all

I've got in my name. In training camp, I put myself

through hell so I know when we get into the fight, anything

that is thrown at me, Conlan is based in Spain and has had

to be patient to fight You prepare your body

for the endurance in the fight. I haven't fought in Belfast in two

and a half years, maybe. Last time was in an outdoor,

18,000 seater venue. I won the WBO Intercontinental,

beating a tough Mexican. I still have the scar

where I had 10 or 11 stitches. When you train every day,

you put your life This is one of the rewards

that I'm reaping, coming home, topping

the bill in your own stadium. Jamie Conlan wants to

become a world champion. He is within touching distance

of making that a reality. We are going to see a few changes in

the weather over the next few days but the begin with tonight it is

still fairly quiet. A few clear spells to begin with. Temperatures

will drop back to four or 5 degrees and rural areas but they will be

rising overnight as cloud increases and the breeze comes in from the

south west. Try for a good part of the night but some showers later.

This is associated with a weather front that continues to edges with

used words tomorrow. The isobars get a closer together, indicating a

freshening breeze. We also have spells of rain and they will be

spreading eastwards tomorrow morning. Some will be persistent.

The rain will go into much of Scotland, north-west England, North

West Wales and across the Republic of Ireland. Most bursts will be

heavier in the North of Scotland. In the south-east, Atherley chilly

start it is looking fine and dry with some sunshine although cooler

than as of late. When the rain moves away in the afternoon it should be a

brighter end to the afternoon but even then feeling cool in the

breeze. Highs of nine or 10 degrees and showers coming behind that

banned as well. On Friday and into the weekend there will be some

sunshine but there will be showers as well. Some could be prolonged and

mixed with hail stones. We have a chilly northerly wind picking up as

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