18/03/2017 BBC Newsline

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Two men have appeared in court charged with the murder

of a high-profile loyalist in Carrickfergus.

George Gilmore died after being shot in his car on Monday afternoon.

There was a heavy police presence at Laganside Courts for the brief

35-year-old Brian Roy McLean, of The Birches in Carrickfergus,

and 28-year-old Samuel David McMaw, of Starbog Road, Kilwaughter,

spoke only to confirm their names and that they understood

They are jointly accused with murdering Mr Gilmore last

Monday, the attempted murders of two other people on the same day

and possessing a firearm and ammunition with intent

George Gilmore died after he was shot in the neck

The police described it as "a ruthless attack

There has been a long-running feud between loyalist factions

in the area and the PSNI said it was working to avoid

Today in court, there was no application for bail and both

were remanded in custody, to appear again by

Supporters who'd packed the courtroom got to their feet,

clapping and cheering as the two men were taken out of the dock.

Two men from Newtownabbey have been in court charged with trying

44-year-old David John Gibson, from Milewater Drive,

and 34-year-old David Rush, from Ballyvesey Green,

Darren Moore was attacked by a gang in a bar in Doagh earlier this week.

The ten men were armed with baseball bats, hammers and pickaxe handles.

A 27-year-old man appeared in court yesterday in

The funeral has taken place of the pilot of an Irish coastguard

who died when her helicopter crashed off the coast of county

Captain Dara Fitzpatrick was rescued from the sea

Her three crew mates are still missing.

The Irish President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny

were among the hundreds of mourners joining her family at

A man in his twenties is in a critical condition after a crash

Police say they made 15 arrests in Belfast connected

The arrests in the city centre and in the Holyland area

were for disorderly behaviour, resisting arrest and minor assaults.

Belfast boxer Michael Conlan's professional debut got off

to an impressive start on St Patrick's Day in New York

More than 5,000 Irish fans were there to cheer him on.

Thomas Kane sent this report from New York.

There have been few more eagerly anticipated professional debuts than

this one. In front of a sell-out cloud, he was walked into the ring

by Darren McGregor. The Belfast boxer did not seem overwrought.

Stopping his opponent in the third round. Unbelievable. I soaked it all

up. I enjoyed every second. Hearing the fans going crazy, it was

unbelievable. Something I will never forget. With then three years I want

to be world champion. It is very quick. Yes, but I am in the best

hands. We are looking for me to wealth for the next one. A fighter

in his professional debut is not launched this week, the main event,

but he deserves that. He is going to change the face of boxing. He is

going to be a worldwide star. No Irish boxer has ever experienced the

height or level of expectation surrounding Michael Conlan so early

in his career. It might only be the beginning of the signs are that he

has the potential to make it to the very top of the sport.

Rugby now and Ireland are winning their Six Nations match

And in hockey, Ireland's men have beaten Wales

in their World League 2 semi-final, guaranteeing themselves a spot

at the final World Cup qualifying tournament this summer.

We have had a few hours of dry weather this afternoon but this

evening and overnight the rain becomes more firmly established. The

rain continuing on and off as we go overnight keeping temperatures very

mild. Most places being in double figures overnight. Sunday gets off

on a similar footing, grey and dull to begin with, but some good news,

as we go through the day the rain is going to clear out of the way, skies

will start to Brighton and we will see some sunnier spells between the

showers. The badgers holding up well on Sunday, highs of 1213 --

temperatures. The warmest temperatures across the south-east

of England then the weather front which has brought us so much rain as

clear stuff ahead of it. This has been the picture over the last

couple of days, grey dull skies. That is going to change as we head

into next week. The temperatures are going to drop. There's more mass of

air that is giving us double figures will pull away. It will be replaced

with something cooler and more showery and that is going to be the

case on Monday. Temperatures during the day eight or 9 degrees. Next

week pretty unsettled. It is not until the back half of the week that

the high pressure starts to build and settled down. Before then, still

some pretty unsettled weather and the mix of sunshine and showers.

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