05/02/2016 BBC Wales Today

Welcome to the programme. Tonight's headlines:

Daniel O'Connell waited three years to clear his name,

now the warning that budget cuts at the Crown Prosecution Service

could lead to miscarriages of justice.

And as hundreds of fans make the journey to Dublin

for Wales' Six Nations opening match,

Ireland name their side, missing key players.

Cuts to the body responsible for putting people on trial

could lead to more miscarriages of justice.

The Criminal Bar Association says the Crown Prosecution Service

is "operating with one hand tied behind its back".

It was a charity event with famous faces,

raising money to give young people free instruments,

But allegations were later made about money going missing.

The charity director said it was a misunderstanding

about paperwork, but he and others were charged

Court appearances and delays followed.

It was always that the prosecution and the CPS were not ready and

legal people kept saying to us from the start,

the minute we can show our evidence, this will be dropped for sure.

After nearly three years, Mr O'Connell left court

The case collapsed, the judge criticising

the Crown Prosecution Service for delays and filing

It had an enormous impact on all of us and people around me,

I was clearly shunned by a number of people in the business community.

There is concern mistakes like this could happen more often.

The Crown Prosecution Service used to have 400 people working for it

with one hand tied behind their back at the moment,

and if things do go wrong, that does lead,

in people who are innocent going to prison and people who have

been properly wronged, people who are the victims

of criminal offences, not seeing justice take place

There are lots of complicated reasons as to why someone might be

charged with a crime but not face a jury in court.

It could be because they themselves have pleaded guilty,

But it can sometimes be to do with what the prosecution

Perhaps their witness is no longer willing to give evidence in court

or the prosecution themselves have not disclosed all the evidence

The proportion of cases where the CPS

has been at fault has been creeping up.

But the service itself instead points to an increase

and more complex domestic abuse cases,

where witnesses can be more unreliable.

I am very confident that I have highly skilled,

professional people who are extremely dedicated

Back in Newport, Mr O'Connell has continued his fashion business,

The Treasury rejects the accusation that cuts have affected

the performance of the CPS and says it does have the resources it needs

Parents in Newport have been told they will have to wait until 2018

for the county's first Welsh secondary school to be built.

In a meeting this evening, the council said a new school

will open on a temporary site, as planned in September.

A planning application to build at Duffryn High School was rejected

on Wednesday, because of flooding concerns.

The family of a Denbighshire man, whose death is at the centre

of a murder investigation, have described it as a nightmare

The body of 44-year-old Liam Hill was found at his flat in Rhyl

on the 8th of January, two days after he was last seen.

For Liam to be taken away from us at such a young age and in such

It is a nightmare that we can't wake up from.

Someone somewhere must have seen or knows something.

I am pleading with you to come forward.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats say they'll focus relentlessly on public

services in the Assembly election campaign, as they try to halt

They're holding their spring conference in Cardiff this weekend.

on putting our public services back together.

We have an education system which is under pressure.

We have a Health Service that is missing target

And we have an economy which is continuously underperforming.

It is time we started to put those things right.

Wales face the reigning champions, Ireland,

in their Six Nations opener on Sunday.

Warren Gatland's team is up against a side aiming

for an unprecedented third consecutive title, but they're

Ireland may be the defending champions and will have

home advantage on Sunday, but the men in green have been

Rob Kearney and Sean O'Brien are not in the team announced today.

Two names added to a long list of unavailable players.

We are in a very good mind space, we know exactly what we have to do.

We know the threats that are posed by Wales, with the experience

they have peppered throughout this squad.

For a balanced view of Sunday's battle, I went to visit the boss

Looking forward to it, looking forward to it.

He may have coached Wales to the 2005 Grand Slam,

but now has a son, Rhys Ruddock, who is

in the Irish squad to face Wales this Sunday.

They seem far more settled with this selection.

I know there are one or two new combinations but overall

it is the majority of the World Cup squad coming together.

Ireland have lost quite a number of leaders and

quite a few of their forward pack who have been quite formidable

in the last two years of the Championship winning team.

Your son, Rhys Ruddock, in the squad to play on Sunday.

What are the feelings of a proud father?

He was capped against Argentina and South Africa, but one side

he would love to be involved against is Wales.

But with Rob Evans at prop, Tom James and Gareth Anscombe making

up a new look back three, Wales do have a few new combinations.

We are not looking past our first game,

the momentum it could give us would be huge.

It is something we are looking forward to and we have got

Early this morning, the plans were in place for the Dublin trip.

Wales may have won three of their last five visits to Dublin

but they will have a battle on their hands on Sunday as Ireland

aim to become the first ever team in the history of this competition

Iwan Griffiths, BBC Wales Today, from the Aviva Stadium, Dublin.

their Six Nations campaign with a win.

After Ireland's early lead, Wales fought back with four tries.

The final score, Ireland 24, Wales 35.

Let's get the weather forecast for the weekend.

It's looking pretty wet, isn't it, Derek?

You could say that, yes! It is a familiar story. We are getting used

to it now this winter, wet and windy, at times stronger gill force

winds. Sunday, brighter, sunshine and showers. This evening, range in

the South and East will soon clear. Drier and, for a while then more

rain will move in from the West. The wind is picking up again. Tomorrow

morning, the rain spreads across the whole country. Gusty winds as well

picking up again. Another warning in force for heavy rain for parts of

the South. Especially on the hills. Across the rest of the UK, icy

patches in the morning. Rain for many places during the day. Heaviest

in South West England. Especially on Dartmoor, stronger gill force winds.

In Wales tomorrow afternoon, more rain, wet and windy. Who are

travelling conditions. Temperatures above average, but feeling chilly in

the wind and rain. In the evening, the rain will clear, showers

overnight, some of them heavy. Wintry on higher ground. Sunday will

be a brighter day with a mixture of sunshine and showers. Blustery and

cold, again some of the showers heavy. Looks like turning wet late

in the afternoon, stronger winds and gales. For the rugby in Ireland, it

will be cold and windy, driver kick-off, but looking wet by about

six o'clock into the evening. Into next week, low pressure of the UK

sole remaining unsettled. Windy on Monday with gales. Less money on

Tuesday the sunshine and showers. Turning a bit colder. Have a nice

weekend. We'll be back tomorrow

evening at 7:05. But for now, from all of us

on the late team, a very good night.