21/08/2016 BBC Newsline

The police in Brazil have seized passports and other items belonging

to three senior members of the Olympic Council of Ireland.

It is understood one of them is chief executive of the ACI, Stephen

Martin. The development is part of an ongoing investigation and there

is no suggestion of impropriety. No arrests were made.

It comes as the Olympic Council is holding a meeting in Dublin

tonight to discuss the arrest of its former president Pat Hickey.

The 71-year-old is in jail in Brazil after being arrested over

A man in his 40s has died following a road

It happened on the Tullyvar Road in Aughnacloy shortly before

The man's van was the only vehicle involved.

The Chief Constable George Hamilton has issued an online apology

for a message he sent on social media.

In an exchange on twitter he said that anyone who was unhappy

in the PSNI should dry their eyes and move on to another job.

The Police Federation had described the comments as offensive.

A video appeared on Twitter - the Chief Constable saying sorry.

I've clearly caused some offence with what I've said.

forum followed an exchange on Twitter yesterday afternoon.

It began when the Chief Constable posted a message calling for people

He was challenged about working conditions.

One user claimed that police officers

are expected to fulfil far more roles than ever anticipated.

During an exchange, Mr Hamilton said the PSNI is here to serve, adding,

"So let's get on with it rather than wallowing in self-pity."

He also tweeted another message saying,

"Well, you are allowed to leave and seek another job.

"Dry your eyes, do the job or move on."

Today, the Chief Constable took to Twitter to apologise.

With such important issues, they're not best dealt with 140 characters

I've clearly caused some offence with what I've said and for

I am hugely proud of the officers and staff who go out

I want to encourage and support them.

I accept that my comments last night would not have conveyed

The Police Federation released a strongly worded statement.

They said the comments amounted to a great

The statement said that the job was difficult enough without the Chief

The Police Federation later accepted the apology.

And politicians who had called on Mr Hamilton to reflect on the

content of the tweets said the police force

must not underestimate the difficulties facing officers.

Recently, I lost my grandson and the police officers who came

to my house who had to do with that as my grandson lay dead on the floor

They were there for a number of hours.

I say they were fantastic, but once they finished, I

know it affected them greatly, they then had to leave my house

The Twitter exchanges and today's apology will feed into those ongoing

concerns about the welfare of police officers.

Park run fans in Fermanagh have petitioned The National Trust to

allow them to continue running in the grounds of a castle.

The free 5 kilometre running event has been held on the estate

The National Trust has said the runs must stop,

suggesting they are having an impact on conservation.

But runners hope the charity will change its mind.

The castle is lovely. Lots of people come here who would not otherwise

come. It is fabulous. And we'll have more on that story

including a response from the National Trust

on tomorrow's BBC Newsline. Now let's get a look at the weather

for the start of the week There is a fair amount of dry

weather in the forecast. The exception is tomorrow night into

Tuesday when it is likely to be wetter, particularly during the

first part of the day. Eastern areas may be bearing the brunt of the

rain. Quite wet tonight. Some heavy bursts at first. The rain does ease,

not dying away completely. A lot of mist and low cloud and muggy feeling

night. Temperature is no lower than 14, 15. Tomorrow is not a bad start

to the week. A fair amount of cloud around. To begin, it would be quite

great and damp. Drizzle will be clearing out of the way. In the

meantime, the overnight train head south. Still heavy bursts of rain at

first. To the south, mainly dry with sunshine towards the east. Pretty

warm and humid. Variable and often large amounts of cloud. Quite damp

towards the north-west. Other than that, it is dry. For Northern

Ireland, it looks like a dry afternoon. We have cloud which will

be thinning out. Some brightness coming through. The best likely

towards the north. Temperatures getting up to 19, 20. In the middle

part of the week, low pressure in the Atlantic. It will be sinking its

way south into Wednesday. On Tuesday, a wet one for many parts of

Ireland into Scotland. Some heavy bursts of rain. Very warm and humid.

The temperatures getting into the high 20s. Still very warm and humid

on Wednesday, maybe even more so. A bit more clout as the weather front

sinks its way south. Some thunderstorms edging their way

south. Bright spells and scattered shards of the north and west. A

similar story on Thursday. That is all from us for tonight.

Our next BBC Newsline bulletin is at 6:25am.

From everyone on the BBC Newsline team, good bye.