14/08/2016 BBC Newsline

The convicted drugs smuggler Michaella McCollum has arrived

back in Ireland after being released from prison

The 23-year-old from Dungannon arrived in Dublin last night

after leaving South America on Friday.

23-year-old Michaella McCollum flew into Dublin from London

after leaving South America on Friday night.

She's spent almost three years in prison in Lima.

What is your name? Michaella McCollum Connolly what is your

nationality? Irish. She and Scottish woman

Melissa Reid were arrested after trying to smuggle cocaine

from Peru to Spain. 11 kilos of the drug

were hidden in food packets. The quantity had a street value

of around ?1.5 million. Both women initially

claimed they'd been coerced into carrying the drugs,

but they later pleaded Both received sentences of six years

and eight months. A little over two years into her

sentence, Michaella McCollum was released on parole and began

voluntary work in Peru. While waiting for a judicial hearing

to decide when she could return home she gave an interview to RTE

in which she spoke of her regret In the time here I thought,

if the drugs had got back, I probably would have had a lot

of blood on my hands. Arriving at Dublin airport last

night, Michaella McCollum A woman and three children have

escaped injury in Police say that flammable liquid

was poured through the letterbox of a house on the Ormeau Embankment

and set alight. A motive hasn't yet

been established. Police believe the attack may be

linked with an incident in which a car was set on fire

at nearby Park Parade. It's understood the Ford Focus

was driven at the wall of the house on Ormeau Embankment

before being destroyed. A man in his 30s is in

a serious condition in hospital after he was assaulted

outside a fast food outlet It happened in the early hours

of this morning in Donegall Place when a fight broke out between two

men inside the restaurant The man suffered a head

injury in the attack. Police have appealed for any

witnesses to contact them. A man in his 30s has been stabbed

in the face in South Belfast. The attack took place

on Alfred Street close to the junction of Sussex Place

in the early hours of this morning. A body found off the Sligo coast

at Strandhill yesterday is believed to be that of missing Londonderry

musician Stephen Martin. The 29-year-old went

missing three weeks ago. He performed under the stage

name Rainy Boy Sleep. Searches began after his car

was found parked at Fanad lighthouse Republicans have been commemorating

the 1981 hunger strike with a march and rally

in West Belfast this afternoon. Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams

along with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness were among

the several hundred people who took part in the march

from Divis Tower to the Falls Park. At the Olympic Games,

Belfast boxer Michael Conlan is one win away from a guaranteed medal

after he won his bout in the bantamweight

division this afternoon. An impressive start to the Olympics

for Michael Conlan with a unanimous decision. Give us your thoughts on

what was a comprehensive display. I didn't think it was one of my best

performances, probably one of my worst in recent times but it's the

first fight of the tournament and I've been out here since 19th of

July, waiting, and it was tough, it was a tough contest. My legs didn't

do what I wanted them to do today, they wanted to go to war when I

wanted to box so I got dragged into a war, I got the win and progressed

to the next round and I will get out. How much pressure do you feel

being the only male team member of the Northern Ireland left? I thrive

on that stuff. I love pressure and what it brings. Sometimes, it could

have been because I was waiting so long but I wouldn't say it was the

pressure, but because I was waiting to get into it, my legs disowned me

today, but I love this pressure cooker, it makes me perform a lot

that and I was last man standing at the World Championships and I will

be last man standing here. Hope confident are you that you will

leave you with gold with your friends and family to what you? Gold

is my only option, anything else would be a let down to me. I said I

will do it for so long so I've got to come away with it. Well done,

Michael, and Michael is back in action on Tuesday morning.

A pipe band from Lisburn has won another world title.

The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band were crowned world champions

for a record 11th time in Glasgow last night.

Winning the RSPB Jubilee Trophy and under, and world champions for 2016,

Field Marshal Montgomery! I think the margins are so small as the

minute, the top bands are all very good and very slight things make a

lot of difference, so we did all we could today and over the moon with

the results. Now with the weather

forecast, here's Barra Best. It's not too bad an end to the day.

We have one or two sunny gaps before nightfall. Overnight it will stay

dry and not too cold, temperatures sticking at 12 or 13. There is some

good news at least for the first two days this week, it will be warmer

and more settled but more unsettled weather from midweek. Tomorrow there

will be closed to begin with, it will break through the day and we

should all get some sunshine with a light south easterly breeze. If you

are travelling tour, across Britain and Ireland it's a good picture, the

odd bit of clothes but in the sunshine it will be warm with some

places reaching mid 20s. There will be good amount of sun through the

day and temperatures at best around 21 degrees so feeling pleasant into

tomorrow evening. Tuesday will be fine for most of the day, some good

amounts of sun, temperatures up to 23 degrees with a south-easterly

winds by Tuesday evening we will see Claire from the Atlantic and with

that some rain. More unsettled conditions for Wednesday, quite a

wet day with more rain expected at times on Thursday.

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From everyone on the BBC Newsline team, goodbye.