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Paramilitaries here still ruling the roost.

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But should police work with community leaders

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with paramilitary links or is time to take a harder line?

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We have the amazing story of a woman on the road to recovery

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We'll also be debating how old is too old for skimpy swimwear

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and talking to the brainboxes from hit quiz show The Chase.

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And it's all in front of a live Nolan audience.

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The blueprint for getting rid of paramilitaries once

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Among the proposals in the independent panel report

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is that the Executive helps former terrorists in relation to jobs,

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financial services and travel, including visas to the USA.

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And it says the Executive and PSNI should review how they engage

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One of the authors of the report told me earlier today that the UVF,

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Why is that the case 18 years on from the Good Friday Agreement

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and why are some communities still in the grip of fear because

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Is that the reality for us, they still rule the roost? They still

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inflict fear? They are not frightened of anyone? It would

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appear so. The INLA used to stand for I Never Leave Ireland Alive.

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They clearly feel they have an influence over people. You see some

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progress apparently being made by the police and people getting

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arrested. You nearly always expect the news the next day that the

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person has been released and nothing is advanced. You expect trouble all

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cars to be burnt out and, David, how have we got to the stage where the

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paramilitaries seem to have the upper hand? Or is that fair? That is

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the real question 18 years after the Good Friday agreement why we haven't

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moved, from a culture of lawfulness to a culture of lawlessness. You

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were Justice Minister for years, let me remind you. We didn't need a

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report to point that out so what is going on that we can't as a

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society... That politicians can't put them where they need to be, or

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the police? The courts can put people where they need to be. I

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suspect it's because evidence isn't available. We are seeking to move

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forward. We did a lot of work around organised crime which, if we can get

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the funding for the appropriate level of campaign, we will explain

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to people that the dodgy DVD that they think is a bargain is actually

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funding paramilitary activity and sometimes human trafficking because

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organised crime and the paramilitary groups run together. One of the big

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questions I am asking you at home tonight and in the studio, I'll be

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turning to much of a blind eye? Do we think to ourselves, there are

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people of influence there so we will turn a blind eye to who they really

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are because they can stop some of the troubled they strut with power

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in their communities? They are serial killers. If this was

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happening anywhere else they would be arrested but here it not

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happening. I feel the police and the criminal people are afraid of them

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and that's it. Some people might not know who you are and there is a

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tragic story behind who you are. Maybe you want to tell them about

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your father? My father was shot dead by dissident republicans a few weeks

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ago. The people who are a of it having been caught and probably will

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be. Why do you say that? It is fear, complete fear. I am Joanne. People

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probably know us from the TV and things. It's not just one or two

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people. It's groups working together. If the groups are going to

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start on everyone else... Your husband was 33. Yes, we had four

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kids. Their grief and my own grief. What happened? Well, the night

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before it was Sean's 17th birthday and there was a call to the door and

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they wanted in. Michael turned and asked what it was about. I got

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behind the door and stop them from getting in because the three kids

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were upstairs sleeping. It was a birthday so we weren't letting them

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in and the police loved the next day. The next day, we went searching

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for answers. He wasn't told anything. He wasn't told why they

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were after him and what he was supposed to have done. There was no

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reason given. We went searching for answers and people Michael thought

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he could trust but he couldn't. They came back that afternoon and they

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told Michael to meet them at this alleyway at ten o'clock. And in the

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alleyway, what did they do to your father? They shot him dead. He bled

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to death in my arms. I remember trying so hard to save him. I knew

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what they were shouting. In northern Irish society, it is just another

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paramilitary attack. It's in the news for a day or two and it

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disappears but it's your dad. Do you think the police know the name of

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the people or the person who fired the shot? No. I think they know

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who's connected but they need that more from people. More evidence. Do

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you think people in York community if they could help they would do

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that. To some extent. Michael wanted to protect us also. How angry are

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you about the attitude towards paramilitary, including the

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dissidents? It's disgusting because I don't know how they look at

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themselves in the mirror. If I shot somebody I would have blood on my

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hands and I wouldn't be able to face the people I loved. That's what they

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face every day so I'm happy I don't have to do that. Are you frightened

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speaking at against them? Not in so many words. I'm frightened with the

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names and stuff and you're not allowed to release any of that,

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but... She's doing it for her daddy and we're doing it for Michael. Not

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just Michael but everyone else as well. I come back to the first

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question, are we in different to this now? The vast majority of us

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will feel sorry for you and will empathise, but would we react

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differently to a non-paramilitary style murder? Do we take it it is

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part and parcel of our society that paramilitaries get away with this?

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They do get away with it. They get away with taking protection money to

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this very day. Is it all about money and that is why there are doing it?

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By the way, the police have given us a statement tonight about this case.

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Detective cheese -- Chief Inspector Alan

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how the public will be scared to speak out because they have the

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upper hand! That is why we need to tackle it at every level. Flags have

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been going up this week and people assume it is paramilitaries. It's

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done without community consent -- consent. That's part of the rule of

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law. That is why we need to ensure we use the report and build on it

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and build a culture of lawfulness and we don't tolerate that will stop

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you look at the recommendations and you have seen a copy... The

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recommendations are that we help some of these paramilitaries get

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jobs and go to America! There is an issue about getting individuals away

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and some of it may be unpalatable but is better than working with

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organisations. Organised crime gang needs to be treated as such and the

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full force of the law needs to be applied. But we need to ensure the

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Housing executive district manager doesn't tolerate things for a quiet

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life and neither does the road service engineer. We have to ensure

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we take this report seriously from now and build a complete consensus.

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People must have had briefings, so you tell me, what is the extent of

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the extortion and racketeering and collection of protection money in

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Northern Ireland by these paramilitaries? I haven't had

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detailed briefings on that so I can't give you figures. There is

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definitely extortion and petty crime becoming major crime, drug dealing

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and turf wars over drugs and that is linked to organised crime. I want to

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ask, why is it that 18 years after the Good Friday agreement has it

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taken so long? It doesn't make sense. Are they trying to get rid of

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them? I don't know. Why has it taken so long? They shouldn't be in the

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communities. Personally I think there isn't enough being done and

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there never will be. We asked the police to come here, by the way, and

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the fact they don't even want to discuss this issue on the programme

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of how they are policing paramilitaries. They've given a

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statement, but it is a big conversation for them that we would

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want to have with them. Why on earth would they not come here and what

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would they say if they were here is that it's beyond them. That it needs

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to be the community working with them. Put the blame on the people. I

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don't think they do enough with any information given to the police. I

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was born in 1988 -- 1998. OK. I would be proud of the panel's idea

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about giving these people jobs because it is only if we can

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encourage them to leave terrorism and show them life outside terrorism

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that we would get more people to leave and provide a better future

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for them and Northern Ireland ultimately. What about our lives? My

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money can't go to work because she is left looking after four children.

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I don't know why these people who have allsorts of mental disabilities

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which I am sure they do, should be able to let go on the streets and

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work with people who are saying. I don't understand.

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I kind of agree with you. This is mentioned in the report. The police

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contact with community leaders, some community leaders will have

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influence with paramilitary groups, some of them will have knowledge of

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paramilitary groups, some of them might have a deep and intimate

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knowledge. Rather than the police sticking them in jail, the police go

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up and ask them would they mind keeping some of their boys choir

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some nights. It is not just the -- quiet some nights. It is not just

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the police. It was clear that certain people were calling to exert

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their influence as to what would not happen in terms of opening up

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arrangements across an interface structure, which was in disagreement

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with local people. The DOJ went to individual houses to talk to people

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to get past those gatekeepers and that's what we need to do to stop

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people having influence they have no right to do, to ensure the voice of

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ordinary people comes through and not the self appointed gangsters who

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call themselves community representatives. Some of them are

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working tirelessly for peace and absolutely doing it for no money

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whatsoever, trying to stop violence, and if they have influences that not

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the way to go? Except when you talk to members of the loyalist

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paramilitary organisations they come at the same lines about a boring

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crime -- how they are poorer crime -- are against crime. The peace

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process started with the assumption that you wouldn't wean people off

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violence. We are more than 18 years on. It is not working. It started

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off with policing predicated on gathering intelligence rather than

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evidence so that you could manage things. Therefore there was not a

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proper custom of gathering evidence and convicting people. Then you went

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into the politics of cutting some slack and there was never a line

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drawn that said that sit, game over. The peace process is over. In terms

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of paramilitaries, the DUP don't want to talk about how they are

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tackling it, Sinn Fein are the same. It is interesting when you look at a

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subject like this and you say to those parties in government now, how

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are you tackling paramilitaries and they don't have anyone who wants to

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talk about that. About people getting killed? About businesses

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getting extorted? And you don't think he wants to talk about that?

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This report has about 43 recommendations. How are they going

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to be implemented in everyday life was like and how are they going to

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succeed? What do you think should happen? Let's focus on the issue of

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the police liaising with community leaders. If some of those leaders

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have links to paramilitaries, is that the right thing to do? I

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wouldn't be too sure. What do you think? I was going to say, I was

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going to widen it a bit. I was going to say how the PSNI has been wound

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down and all the stations have been cut back. Major cutbacks with the

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stations. We'll hold that point. Die here, go ahead. -- the guy here.

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Their lives have been devastated by criminals and personally I believe

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that though police have been pursuing the people who are laying

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waste to these societies rather than -- should be pursuing the people

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rather than rewarding them for being criminals. Is it strange there are

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all these people giving statements but there is no time to send anyone

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in? Here is another statement. The question to the police tonight

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is shouldn't you be talking to community leaders who have

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connection with paramilitaries? Do you think so? I actually think they

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should be pursuing them and bringing them before courts. They should be

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made to pay for the crimes they are committing in communities. I don't

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believe they should be liaising with them. I will certainly give young

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people and other option, a way out of that cycle of criminality but

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those people committing crimes in their communities absolutely should

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not be liaised with, they should be pursued. Do you support the police

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liaising with them? I made it clear that we avoided as far as we could,

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and clearly there are issues that kept coming up, but we avoided

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liaising. Do the police have resources to go after people? No

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doubt part of the problem in the last couple of years has been the

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reduction of front line community policing because of budget cuts

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imposed by the executive. We were supposed to have a funding deal. It

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was torn up by the finance department and further cuts were

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imposed which meant the police had bigger cuts and they had to withdraw

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from the kind of leasing which ensures police officers are on the

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ground in places where they are seen to be the people in charge and not

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these self appointed gangsters. There is a challenge to get police

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officers back in liaison with the real community. I think it might

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have gone over the heads of some people, some of the lines in the

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report that the UDF, UDA, INLA, they are still recruiting. We have this

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fresh start, but they are actively recruiting new people. To do what?

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Goodness knows. We had a system where we would allow people some

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degree of slack up to a point and it was called the peace process. You

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can't criticise the police for meeting with paramilitary leaders

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when secretaries of state did so. Tony Blair did. It was in the

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grammar of the peace process that was how it would work for a time. It

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shouldn't be happening in 2016. You have lost your dad and husband to

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paramilitaries. What do you think about the attitude towards

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paramilitaries? I would like to say to the police and everybody else,

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just everybody, what are we teaching our kids for the future? What did we

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say when they are bullied in school? To be not stand up to the Belize and

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try overcome our fears? I am terrified of them. They could come

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up and shoot us any time. At the same time we have to teach our kids

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they can't be ruled by bullies. What are the police doing? Do they not

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have the equipment to sort the people out? Are you saying that

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police can't help? They are incapable of helping anybody? I'm

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not saying they are incapable. The problem is that the cutback in front

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line ordinary community policing. I think it is more about fear. It

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took them 30 minutes to get to Michael. I was 15 minutes into CPR

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before they came. You think he could have been saved? And now we, no. --

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in our way. The back row. You said twice on the show about

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paramilitaries recruiting. What proof is the journalist given new?

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It was the co-author of a report. A report into paramilitaries. A

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prominent solicitor was tasked to look at the situation. Do you not

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think they are recruiting? What proof has he got? He has spoken to

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the leaders. The crime hasn't stopped. If they're still

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recruiting, why are people conforming to it? Why don't they

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rebel? They are terrified. It is not just a question for politicians and

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police but for all of us. In 2016, we should maybe look at the blanket

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ban on flying flags and painting curbs. I think it is worth putting

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it into context because a lot of these working-class areas haven't

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seen any benefits from the Good Friday Agreement. 50-50 recruitment

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was abandoned years ago. A lot of people are going for an organisation

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claiming legitimacy. Whenever the police, for and a half thousand stop

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and searches in Ardoyne. It was supposed to be a fresh start. In

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terms of the overview, poverty, suicide and hopelessness in these

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areas, it has to be taken into consideration. We have to look at

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hardline areas and work after them because they have the potential to

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be the tale that wigs the dog. It is a very brave thing to do to

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come into night and I am sure you are still grieving. I am sorry that

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you ask your dad, your husband. Thank you for coming in tonight.

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Next week Nolan Live is replaced by a special debate programme

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The referendum is the big political issue everyone's talking about.

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And decision day is just over a fortnight away.

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We will probably vote to stay in because we work for a software

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company and most of our colleagues are from the EU countries. Alt. --

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out. Democracy in the EU is ridiculous. The should be changes.

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Northern Ireland doesn't cope well with change and it might be better

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to leave it how it is. I don't believe things will collapse. I'm

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more inclined to go in. What we will you vote? I don't know yet. I think

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there are pros and cons for both. I am voting to leave because I think

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we will be better off. We are putting too much money into it so we

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may as well get that back. I'm not sure yet. Is he not trying to sway

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you? Yes, he is. It's not working. On the spot, I'd probably leave. Why

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do you not know which way you are going to go? I haven't read the

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Lady quiz player in the world. APPLAUSE

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I believe she was six points behind the winner and right now she is

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planning how to get seven points more next year.

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Yes. I am always trying -- trying to beat the winner who is very nice. Do

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you sit all day and all night just reading up on trivia? Wait you get

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all that knowledge from? I am lucky. I just have a semi-eidetic memory. I

:32:02.:32:11.

go around life learning things. If I go on the tube in London I clock on

:32:12.:32:17.

the adverts were new pics -- books and films and it sticks. I got

:32:18.:32:21.

married recently and all those hours hanging around the shops whilst my

:32:22.:32:27.

beloved wife goes shopping, means I know an unholy out about ladies

:32:28.:32:32.

fashion. Have you an earpiece on the show? Absolutely not. We're not

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Pointless. Oh, sorry! Richard Osman has challenged me to it quiz and

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said as long as we wear our same uniforms. He said, of course, that

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means I'll have an earpiece. My point was if it is on the buzzer I'd

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still whip him. Is it the most successful show on television? They

:32:57.:33:04.

have a better PR department. I get a sense of how competitive you are. We

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take it from our governor, Bradley Walsh. We have the best entertainer

:33:10.:33:17.

in Britain right now. There are some hilarious moments in the show.

:33:18.:33:22.

What 1993 film is concerned with activities around the following?

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I thought I was quite intelligent. What is a Gobbler's Knob?

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You Were There? Really! I would imagine it is some kind of

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promontory, like a grassy knoll or that sort of thing. If I put some

:34:26.:34:30.

questions to you about Northern Ireland, have you read anything up

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before coming? No. Who is the manager of the Northern Ireland

:34:36.:34:40.

football team? I'm trying to remember. I don't do sport. You

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stupid woman! You stupid, stupid woman. How could you not know? I'm

:34:47.:34:53.

not very good at sport, have you not noticed! Football is not my best

:34:54.:34:55.

sport. After three, one, two, three. LAUGHTER here is one of my finest

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moments on Chris show, not. -- quiz show.

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Stephen, you will have 15 seconds to match the car to the country of

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manufacture. It starts now. Sorry, your time is up. OK, what

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have we got? We have got one right out of three.

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Well done What happened to the slim athlete?

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It's a real pleasure having you in Northern Ireland. You are fantastic

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and the show is travelling the world, I right? Yes. There are

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various non-English language shows in Germany, Russia, Croatia, Norway

:36:19.:36:25.

and France is looking at it. Are you guys in some of the foreign

:36:26.:36:29.

programmes? Mark is in the USA show and we are both on The Chase,

:36:30.:36:38.

Australia. Fantastic excavation might give them

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a round of applause. Fantastic! If you want to contact the radio

:36:49.:36:54.

show during the day, here is that e-mail address:.

:36:55.:37:19.

Clodagh Dunlop was left with locked-in syndrome after suffering

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Little over a year ago, she was left unable to walk and talk,

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and doctors told her family to fear the worst.

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She is here tonight to share her story with her partner, Adrian.

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Give them a round of applause, ladies and gentlemen.

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My goodness! Hello. Hello, how are you? My eyes were fixed on that

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photograph of you in the hospital bed. What happened and how did you

:38:17.:38:21.

go from being a healthy police officer to locked in syndrome? On

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Easter Monday the 6th of April 2015 I had a massive brain stem/ caused

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by a weakness in an neck artery which caused the stroke. It resulted

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in me lying in ICU for ten days and the subsequent journey that I have

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been on. When did you first wake up? The first day I became conscious was

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the Wednesday, two days later. I knew where I was at. I could realise

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I was in ICU. It looks like a spaceship and I thought, Nish elite,

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which has proved not to be too good, I thought, yes, I was right! So you

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are conscious but you couldn't move. No. It must have been terrifying? I

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have described it as one of the most terrifying experiences of my life.

:39:37.:39:42.

At times, in hospital, I had really irrational fears. I worried that

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because I was so honourable, I couldn't move or speak, that I would

:39:48.:39:53.

be assaulted or the victim of rape, which is quite irrational but

:39:54.:40:00.

because I couldn't speak or fend someone off it was terrifying. Tell

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me of the sensation when something has happened to you and you are

:40:06.:40:12.

disorientated and then you go to move, just a normal instinct of

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moving a hand or head. And you couldn't. But this is you. Good

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girl! You were just starting to move there. Give us a wave. Another wee

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one. Was there a point where you thought, am I ever going to move

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again? Know, bizarrely, on my very first day in ICU, Adrian said, are

:40:47.:40:54.

you there? Blink once for yes and it was the first time in my life I had

:40:55.:41:02.

to really concentrate and blink and I did a long, slow blink. He said,

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you'll be OK. From that moment I always thought, right, I had to

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fight this. I remember a notice saying I had locked in syndrome and

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I remember reading really shocked and thinking and remembering Tony

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Nicholson in England had locked in syndrome and heat campaigned for

:41:25.:41:31.

assisted suicide. I thought, that couldn't be me. A general disbelief

:41:32.:41:37.

and a want to break out of this body and get it moving again. And you

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played your role of very much this journey of caring for the person you

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love. It was a journey for you, too? Certainly. When you looked into her

:41:52.:42:01.

eyes that very first day and the determination she had to blink once

:42:02.:42:05.

and make sure that message was not confused, I really did know that she

:42:06.:42:12.

would get out of this. It will take time, but the strength and

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determination that we could see in her everyday would give her the

:42:17.:42:22.

strength to carry on. At one stage you were told to say goodbye to her?

:42:23.:42:30.

Yes, the prognosis was terrible, a brainstem stroke. Two areas of the

:42:31.:42:33.

brain suffered from lack of blood flow and oxygen starvation and it

:42:34.:42:39.

was undetermined as to what function she would have. When she came out

:42:40.:42:44.

the next day, we really didn't know what to expect. What happened on

:42:45.:42:49.

your birthday? I had one birthday in hospital six

:42:50.:43:10.

weeks after my/ but my anniversary was this year and for that

:43:11.:43:14.

anniversary of the stroke, Adrian and I went skydiving. Exactly. From

:43:15.:43:20.

that lady that might have been trapped in her body all her life,

:43:21.:43:24.

let's watch this. Let's look at this together.

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You dreamt of skydiving when you were locked in, didn't you? I did,

:43:32.:43:39.

every night. It was my escape from my daily reality of not being able

:43:40.:43:44.

to breathe or move. I would dream about to skydiving, breathing in the

:43:45.:43:50.

air, my limbs flapping. That day it was wonderful. I think that deserves

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a round of applause. APPLAUSE

:43:55.:44:06.

What does it do to you when you experience something like that in

:44:07.:44:14.

life, as you look to the future? How does it change how you think about

:44:15.:44:19.

life? It has changed me a lot. I don't like too much to the future.

:44:20.:44:25.

And the immediate future I like to return -- I would like to return to

:44:26.:44:30.

driving and work but in the long-term future I lived for each

:44:31.:44:33.

day and I am quite aware that life can change in the blink of an eye so

:44:34.:44:38.

I make sure I enjoy every day, every moment, everything life has to

:44:39.:44:43.

offer. Do you think you'll ever go back into the police? Absolutely.

:44:44.:44:51.

Absolutely. I realise that initially I can't return to a uniformed role,

:44:52.:44:59.

I may have to resign myself to a desk job but I don't see a future

:45:00.:45:02.

where I don't return to work and to policing. I absolutely love it. Have

:45:03.:45:12.

you spoken to them about going back? I have been engaging with them over

:45:13.:45:16.

the past year and I'm hoping that I can return at the end of September.

:45:17.:45:25.

Not that far away. It is not. The only thing wrong with me as I have a

:45:26.:45:32.

few mobility issues. Cognitively, I'm fine. I'm sure I can get a job

:45:33.:45:37.

where I can still help people, it's what I always liked doing. Look at

:45:38.:45:42.

that beautiful smile. It is a pleasure to have you both in the

:45:43.:45:48.

studio, and what a journey from what might have been to you getting back

:45:49.:45:52.

into that job in the police and serving the community and helping

:45:53.:45:57.

all of us. Thank you so much for all that you do.

:45:58.:46:03.

Now, how old is too old to be wearing skimpy swimwear?

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Should it only be young things flashing the flesh on the beach

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Angie Best is well known to you as George Best's ex,

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She joins me now, as does etiquette expert William Hanson.

:46:21.:46:38.

Hello. Hello, you gorgeous, svelte looking thing that you are. Last

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time you were here, you gave me a hard time. When you get to your age,

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do you not want to start covering it all up because things start to group

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unless you have had work done? Well, you would know!

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APPLAUSE What do you were on the beach? Well,

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I go to California quite a lot and believe it or not I walk around with

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my belly out, in my shorts. Why shouldn't girls? Because... All, be

:47:27.:47:37.

quiet. Does there are not come a certain age where you stop? No?

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There should be a certain age where you stop, to be fair. There should

:47:46.:47:55.

be an age. I think we have to be a little bit... William is how a lot

:47:56.:48:02.

of the BBC presenters used to speak! Welcome to the BBC! Let him speak.

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You don't happen to work for the BBC senior management board? If I had my

:48:18.:48:24.

way, BBC presenters would still speak like me. You are very svelte.

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Thank you very much. Over the age of 50, even 45, ladies and gentlemen,

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if they are wearing budgie smugglers, should stop. If I was in

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charge, we would have a ban on bikinis. Why do ladies need to tan

:48:47.:48:53.

that part of their body? We don't show it off at any other time than

:48:54.:48:58.

on the beach. What is wrong with a swim suit? Peter Stringfellow. That

:48:59.:49:07.

is horrific. Amazing what you see when you don't have your gun. As my

:49:08.:49:12.

mother used to say. Do you wear that? No, I don't. I guess the

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counterargument is who cares what age you are? Be proud of your body.

:49:23.:49:30.

We all care, really. I've lost about three stone about a year ago. Up

:49:31.:49:36.

until then I wasn't and I still do not, where a swim shorts. Magaluf,

:49:37.:49:50.

out with the boys on holiday? A bit of disco dancing! I am going to the

:49:51.:50:01.

TNT region in Italy. -- Chianti. You don't know where that is, do you? I

:50:02.:50:08.

shall be wearing a tailored pair of decent length swimming shorts. You

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say 45 is the rule. We have a surprise tonight for you, William.

:50:15.:50:16.

We want your commentary on this. MUSIC: Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny

:50:17.:50:36.

Bikini. This was not rehearsed. For a

:50:37.:50:51.

dreadful moment, I thought that guy in the beard was David Ford. What's

:50:52.:51:00.

wrong with these people? Don't let them come any closer. Would you like

:51:01.:51:06.

to come down and sit on his knee? You are welcome to. Security! You

:51:07.:51:25.

look amazing. What age are you? 59. Good to see you. This is fine

:51:26.:51:32.

because it is covered. You are fine. You pass. What do we think? Now we

:51:33.:51:38.

have seen these people on live television. Come on up here, David

:51:39.:51:49.

Ford. Former Justice Minister! Would you go to the beach like that? Yes.

:51:50.:52:04.

I am 70. You are 70. I guess this is what you're trying to say is a

:52:05.:52:09.

statement, Angie, who cares what age you are, be proud of your body. Each

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and every one of these look after themselves. They are in pretty good

:52:15.:52:19.

shape. That is the key. Would you tell these people to cover up,

:52:20.:52:24.

William? What is your name, Madame? Fiona. Fiona is lovely but I'm not

:52:25.:52:33.

sure we need something so skimpy. I like to tan my skin. But when do you

:52:34.:52:40.

sure that part of your body off? In the bedroom, darling. Well... Where

:52:41.:52:52.

has then he disappeared to? The guy in the white shirt, what do you

:52:53.:53:00.

think? If you've got it, sure it. -- flaunt it. In the front. Can I just

:53:01.:53:10.

say that no matter whether you are big, small, whatever, like's too

:53:11.:53:15.

short. If you want to wear a bikini, where it. We do see some people may

:53:16.:53:21.

be my size and this is a different discussion, walking topless down

:53:22.:53:34.

Royal Avenue, tops off. Is that, do we not care? Why not? That is a step

:53:35.:53:44.

too far because that in a pair of shorts would be offensive. I think

:53:45.:53:51.

that's rude. You go to the supermarket and you see men in the

:53:52.:53:55.

hot weather discarding clothing left, right and centre. I don't want

:53:56.:54:02.

body hair falling in the mangoes. Cover-up. Some people should be

:54:03.:54:12.

shot. It's the wrong type of thing to say here. This is Northern

:54:13.:54:22.

Ireland. The guys here, go ahead. Sorry, the lady here, I thought it

:54:23.:54:27.

was the guy in front of you. It is unfair it is towards women because I

:54:28.:54:31.

see a lot of older men in what I think is very skimpy swimwear and

:54:32.:54:35.

I'm sure everybody does and Stephen if you wanted to go down to Helen 's

:54:36.:54:39.

Bay tomorrow and get out your speedo, I would be telling you to

:54:40.:54:52.

work it. Work what? Well, whatever you have, you work it, Stephen. It

:54:53.:54:56.

is not fair that it is all towards women. If I looked like those women

:54:57.:55:03.

I would be sitting here in a bikini right now. We will take some

:55:04.:55:15.

comments but first some applause. I don't know why clothes should have

:55:16.:55:20.

an age limit. I think it shows you still have a bit of youth and enjoy

:55:21.:55:25.

what you do. I don't go on holiday to look at other people but to enjoy

:55:26.:55:30.

myself. I don't know why it would bother others. You take pride in

:55:31.:55:36.

your body and work hard. Would you judge people? I'm afraid I do. I

:55:37.:55:44.

can't help it because when you work hard, at 603I have to, to keep in

:55:45.:55:50.

shape, and when I see people who let themselves go... I may have let

:55:51.:55:56.

myself go but you've got a face-lift, don't you? I know,

:55:57.:56:03.

darling, I won't pick on you any more. God only gave you one body and

:56:04.:56:09.

you have to respect it and look after it so it can do the best it

:56:10.:56:14.

can for you. Give our guests a round of applause. Good craic.

:56:15.:56:22.

Don't forget the big EU referendum debate next week.

:56:23.:56:26.

Singing us out tonight is an Irish singer-songwriter who has had

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over two million streams on Spotify and half a million

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With his song Don't Go Alone, it's Bry!

:56:32.:56:35.

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CHEERING Thank you.

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