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:00:25. > :00:26.Hello and welcome to the final edition of Stormont Today before

:00:27. > :00:31.There was a distinct 'last day of term' feel to proceedings

:00:32. > :00:34.as Members not standing again made what they knew would be their last

:00:35. > :00:38.For others who know they can't take their re-election for granted,

:00:39. > :00:42.there must have been a strange mixture of nostalgia and dread.

:00:43. > :00:45.And while the plan had always been to tidy up any legislative loose

:00:46. > :00:47.ends today, the mood did change markedly as news came

:00:48. > :00:50.through that the prison officer attacked by dissident republicans

:00:51. > :00:54.eleven days ago had died unexpectedly.

:00:55. > :01:16.There was condemnation from all corners of the House...

:01:17. > :01:19.It was a case of fond farewells from those MLAs we won't see

:01:20. > :01:48.It was meant to be a day of passing legislation and saying goodbye

:01:49. > :01:51.to retiring colleagues, but the bouyant mood on the hill

:01:52. > :01:54.changed not long after midday when news of the death of the prison

:01:55. > :01:56.officer injured in a dissident republican attack reached MLAs.

:01:57. > :01:58.Adrian Ismay was seriously hurt after a booby-trap device exploded

:01:59. > :02:00.under his van in Belfast earlier this month.

:02:01. > :02:03.It's understood he died from a heart attack after being rushed back

:02:04. > :02:07.The last item of business in this mandate was a late-evening statement

:02:08. > :02:19.I know I speak for everyone in the assembly when I say that our

:02:20. > :02:23.thoughts and prayer is an with his wife, his daughters and the wider

:02:24. > :02:29.family circle as well is his problem as Michael colleagues and friends.

:02:30. > :02:33.Adrian's death has come as a shock, he was a husband, father and

:02:34. > :02:38.grandfather and was in his family home, the pain of his loss will be

:02:39. > :02:41.felt most. This demonstrates that despite the progress that has been

:02:42. > :02:45.made over the past decade, there are still those in our society who will

:02:46. > :02:50.target a husband and father because of the uniform he wears to work.

:02:51. > :02:55.There is nothing noble or braver about skulking around in the shadows

:02:56. > :03:00.and bringing death. I think it is also appropriate that we sent a

:03:01. > :03:04.clear message to those who carry out these types of incidents and now an

:03:05. > :03:20.attack in which a person has died, but they have no mandate or a little

:03:21. > :03:24.or no support and with the Minister agree that the best way we can send

:03:25. > :03:27.that message is to remain united in our approach to these people. I

:03:28. > :03:29.agree that what we need is united condemnation from disassembly and we

:03:30. > :03:31.need a united community response against those who would seek to

:03:32. > :03:36.divide us. Today we are reminded once again that despite our

:03:37. > :03:42.differences, we are one society, one people, united and indivisible in

:03:43. > :03:48.the face of terror. We stand as Democrats against such terror. They

:03:49. > :03:53.will not succeed, Mr Speaker and can I simply ask, would he directly

:03:54. > :04:01.convey to the family our thoughts this evening to Adrian's family and

:04:02. > :04:05.friends? Certainly I am expecting to be seeing the family during the day

:04:06. > :04:09.tomorrow and I will be conveying the wishes expressed around this house

:04:10. > :04:14.which I am no doubt will continue unanimously when I meet the family.

:04:15. > :04:19.I want to join with the Minister and the entire house to express profound

:04:20. > :04:24.sadness at the death earlier today of the prison officer. I want to its

:04:25. > :04:29.breath sympathy to his wife, his family and his colleagues on his

:04:30. > :04:33.tragic and untimely death, the lives of his family have been changed

:04:34. > :04:36.utterly and for ever and I believe that those responsible for the

:04:37. > :04:41.planting of the under vehicle device 11 days ago there are very heavy

:04:42. > :04:44.responsibility for the death of Adrian Ismay.

:04:45. > :04:47.So, today was the final sitting of this Assembly -

:04:48. > :04:49.would you believe it was plenary number three

:04:50. > :04:52.That's what the Speaker informed Members as he opened

:04:53. > :04:56.And there was a rather light-hearted mood in the chamber as several

:04:57. > :04:58.of the longer-standing Members spoke for the final time.

:04:59. > :05:03.Mitchel McLaughlin began by thanking everyone for their contribution...

:05:04. > :05:09.I wish to thank all of you who are not coming back, all the best

:05:10. > :05:13.forward over the future holds and I hope those of you seeking

:05:14. > :05:16.re-elections enjoy the campaign as well is have a successful one and to

:05:17. > :05:21.all of those who are not coming back and I am one of them, we should keep

:05:22. > :05:25.in touch. I think we are the owners of the corporate memory of this

:05:26. > :05:34.institution and it was a pleasure to know each and every one of you,

:05:35. > :05:37.thank you very much. APPLAUSE. It gives me great pleasure

:05:38. > :05:40.to speak on the half of the Ulster Unionist Party and most importantly

:05:41. > :05:46.I would like to start out by paying tribute on the half of the party and

:05:47. > :05:50.indeed the Ulster Unionist MLA group to Leslie Cree, Sam Gardner, Michael

:05:51. > :05:54.McGimpsey, Michael Copeland and Neil Somerville who will not be standing

:05:55. > :05:58.in the upcoming election, all of them have made a considerable impact

:05:59. > :06:03.in their constituencies and Northern Ireland. It would be remiss of me

:06:04. > :06:09.not to acknowledge the dedication and hard work of Danny Kinahan and

:06:10. > :06:14.Tom Elliott MP who left the UUP group for Westminster last year.

:06:15. > :06:20.Those who cause are bloody and deceitful past will not be allowed

:06:21. > :06:26.to raise their part in it. However much they try, they will not be

:06:27. > :06:30.allowed to do it. Battles must still be fought, for me the arena will

:06:31. > :06:37.change. The venue will be different. But that campaign must and will be

:06:38. > :06:41.waged until won. I am not standing for election with my colleagues, Mr

:06:42. > :06:48.Speaker, but I am standing on the same ground, with them, and beside

:06:49. > :06:54.them. And together, we will take this country forward to be a much

:06:55. > :07:00.better place. Thank you. Mr Speaker, in the last century when I was first

:07:01. > :07:07.elected, to this assembly, people used to ask me, what did I do? And I

:07:08. > :07:11.said I was a fire man, a political firemen, I put out political fires

:07:12. > :07:18.and that is what we did for the first five years, we put out a

:07:19. > :07:20.political fires and I have now become redundant or semi-redundant

:07:21. > :07:24.in relation to that and I only do that on a part-time basis, because

:07:25. > :07:30.the political fires are much less than they have been in the past. As

:07:31. > :07:36.the only ever MLA from an ethnic minority background I was glad to be

:07:37. > :07:42.in a position to set up the all-party group on ethnic minorities

:07:43. > :07:47.and human trafficking. As well as lobbying with the voluntary sector

:07:48. > :07:54.extensively for a racial equality strategy which was finally published

:07:55. > :07:58.last year. I hope that MLAs will continue to monitor progress on

:07:59. > :08:04.these issues and to speak out against racism. I will be watching

:08:05. > :08:10.you. I am proud of what I achieved. I am proud of what I tried to

:08:11. > :08:17.achieve. And for those that follow me, now, and in the future, I will

:08:18. > :08:24.give them a famous quotation from Winston Churchill. Success is not

:08:25. > :08:31.final, failure is not fatal, what matters is to have the courage to go

:08:32. > :08:36.on. Mr Speaker, I will go on, I will leave this place with my head high,

:08:37. > :08:43.with my colours flying, with my dignity intact and with all

:08:44. > :08:47.conviction about what is good for Northern Ireland. I wish you Mr

:08:48. > :08:52.Speaker and all our colleagues good luck for our bright future and a

:08:53. > :08:57.healthy retirement and for my final few words, I appeal to our first and

:08:58. > :09:00.Deputy First Minister and their new executive to keep Northern Ireland

:09:01. > :09:05.stepping forward and faster, to create a better future in peace and

:09:06. > :09:09.prosperity for everyone, particularly our senior citizens. I

:09:10. > :09:16.have never raised my voice in this house until now when I say loud and

:09:17. > :09:19.clear, Hans off our bus passes! Hands of aggro our bus passes!

:09:20. > :09:22.Kieran McCarthy speaking up in defence of the over 60s bus pass.

:09:23. > :09:34.It was in fact quite an emotional day for quite a lot of people.

:09:35. > :09:38.Indeed. For some of them it is the last day at school because they will

:09:39. > :09:45.not be back. They will go on to other things, including the people

:09:46. > :09:51.we have seen giving their farewells. Many of them, only half a dozen or

:09:52. > :09:56.so have been there since 1998 but nevertheless, I think all and all, a

:09:57. > :10:02.few will not be back, a few of the current sitting members. It is

:10:03. > :10:06.another issue and we have become used to that because we have this

:10:07. > :10:15.co-op system and we have seen quite a few new faces. The committees

:10:16. > :10:20.continue until the end of the week. It is the day of mixed emotions,

:10:21. > :10:26.some will be relieved to hang up their boots and go into retirement

:10:27. > :10:29.or semi-retirement, sample go gracefully, some perhaps less

:10:30. > :10:36.gracefully than they might have wished, I think Gregory Campbell

:10:37. > :10:40.left on a sour note by way of his last day. He has in effect been

:10:41. > :10:45.forced out because of the end of double jogging. Overall, the mood

:10:46. > :10:52.was not self congratulatory but I think there was an air, I thought

:10:53. > :10:57.the Speaker made some good remarks from the chair, wishing them all

:10:58. > :11:02.well for the future and of course, that was the first time we had seen

:11:03. > :11:08.Sinn Fein Speaker in the assembly, a first for Northern Ireland and quite

:11:09. > :11:13.an event when it occurred. We had Basil McCrea announcing that he is

:11:14. > :11:18.not in fact standing against in May, one of the more high-profile members

:11:19. > :11:23.to say goodbye to the assembly, did that come as a bit of a surprise? I

:11:24. > :11:30.think after the interview he did last week, the writing was on the

:11:31. > :11:35.wall. I think a lot of people felt discomforted and notwithstanding

:11:36. > :11:41.that he was out leafleting as late as last Friday, I think it did not

:11:42. > :11:46.come as a surprise. His career, he and John McAllister, what they

:11:47. > :11:50.launched, the N121 party, three years ago and I remember sitting

:11:51. > :11:54.alongside John McAllister, the night he announced he was resigning from

:11:55. > :11:59.the UUP and both he and Basil McCrea came to see me before then to talk

:12:00. > :12:08.about them striking out on their own. They did not take my advice. I

:12:09. > :12:13.think the problem for them both, particularly Basil, was that they

:12:14. > :12:21.launched to early. But Basil is a bit like, Farrar, great swoosh of

:12:22. > :12:26.energy, this literary scene in the sky for a few seconds and then the

:12:27. > :12:32.rocket falls to earth a bump and I think like the rocket, Basil's

:12:33. > :12:36.career coming to Ashes is no supplies. I wish him well for the

:12:37. > :12:41.future, he has a lot of talent, I do not think he has a plan they

:12:42. > :12:43.currently, but I think it was inevitable and I think it was the

:12:44. > :12:49.appropriate thing to do. It was a case of roads and more

:12:50. > :12:56.roads during questions to the Regional Development Minister

:12:57. > :12:59.today - the maintenance of the ones we have, when the one

:13:00. > :13:02.we particularly want will actually be built, and how quickly

:13:03. > :13:10.or slowly we travel along our The latest journey time information

:13:11. > :13:15.my department has this from 2013, relating to journey times for cars,

:13:16. > :13:25.vans and HGVs. For a wrote stretch between the Ravenhill Road

:13:26. > :13:35.roundabout and Annadale embankment the average speed... This

:13:36. > :13:41.information is for the morning peak period, 7:30am to 9:15am. In 2013 it

:13:42. > :13:47.was the slowest Road in Belfast and I don't imagine that has improved

:13:48. > :13:50.greatly for drivers. Could the Minister advise when a new

:13:51. > :13:55.assessment will be given and what further actions might be taken to

:13:56. > :14:00.facilitate workers inside Belfast and further afield who are trying to

:14:01. > :14:04.get back to the city centre? Obviously we have been trying to

:14:05. > :14:09.encourage people to use public transport and have very good

:14:10. > :14:14.information relating to the park and ride where we have on average 500

:14:15. > :14:23.vehicles using that per day. There has also been a 12% increase in the

:14:24. > :14:27.number of passengers using buses. We also want to encourage the safe

:14:28. > :14:33.usage for cyclists on that route. I would like to thank your officials

:14:34. > :14:37.and staff for their assistance in consultations during the exhibition

:14:38. > :14:42.that have gone on throughout, and indeed their resistance was greatly

:14:43. > :14:46.appreciated to not just ourselves as MLAs but to others and people who

:14:47. > :14:51.would be affected on that road. Could I ask for what your feedback

:14:52. > :14:59.has been to date on the exhibitions at the consultation? They were very

:15:00. > :15:02.well attended with somewhere in the region of 1054 registered attendees

:15:03. > :15:05.at those events, the feedback from the officials has been that it was

:15:06. > :15:10.very positive and with the vast majority of people who were

:15:11. > :15:14.attending they were very supportive of the scheme. However I am aware

:15:15. > :15:20.that there were those who have individual concerns in relation to

:15:21. > :15:24.their properties. This is understandable given the impact this

:15:25. > :15:30.scheme will have on those families really as we move forward through

:15:31. > :15:33.the scheme, and my department officials will work closely with

:15:34. > :15:39.those landowners to try to assist them in any way they can do as we

:15:40. > :15:43.move forward. How much extra has been allocated for road maintenance

:15:44. > :15:50.within the District Council area of Mid Ulster this year? Including

:15:51. > :15:55.Cookstown, an official estimated one point formally in pounds was

:15:56. > :15:56.received for structural maintenance and around 800,000 for routine

:15:57. > :15:57.maintenance. The final Minister to face question

:15:58. > :16:02.time in this mandate was also one Lord Morrow hasn't been in charge

:16:03. > :16:05.of Social Development for long, but he's already had to deal

:16:06. > :16:08.with his share of reforming Yesterday he revealed

:16:09. > :16:11.the new guidelines - and today he was asked for more

:16:12. > :16:22.information by MLAs... Just to focus on the welfare cap

:16:23. > :16:28.amongst a plethora of figures. What the minister I think is saying is

:16:29. > :16:37.that there are at least ten families that he is protecting their benefits

:16:38. > :16:41.at a level above ?40,000 per year, because the average protection is 14

:16:42. > :16:46.on top of the benefit cap. Is that correct that there are multiple

:16:47. > :16:52.families of that order still receiving benefits in excess of

:16:53. > :16:58.?40,000? And is the minister comfortable with that? Does he think

:16:59. > :17:02.it is a good spend of public money? Sometimes it is not a matter of what

:17:03. > :17:06.the Minister is comfortable with, it is what the Minister and the

:17:07. > :17:10.Department and the regulations clearly state must happen and that

:17:11. > :17:15.is in regulations, and I don't often, indeed have ever had any

:17:16. > :17:19.control over that, but in relation to the number of families that he

:17:20. > :17:24.speaks about, I will double-check that for you because I know you will

:17:25. > :17:35.be interested in in having the exact detail and I will forward it to you.

:17:36. > :17:42.Are they content they will help protect those most in need? Yes, I

:17:43. > :17:54.had to assume, and I will be bitterly disappointed and I Suspect

:17:55. > :18:06.this house has not. They have been doing the work, and they are the

:18:07. > :18:11.experts and we have... We are led by them. If it transpires later that in

:18:12. > :18:17.fact they are not confident, then I think questions will have to be

:18:18. > :18:22.asked. I am assured that they are. In light of recent announcements

:18:23. > :18:27.emanating from GB, particularly around cuts to ESA and personal

:18:28. > :18:32.independence payment, has there been any assessment carried out or even

:18:33. > :18:37.connection made with the departments in GB to establish the consequential

:18:38. > :18:44.budgetary and indeed policy implications for welfare reform in

:18:45. > :18:53.Northern Ireland? Deputy Speaker, can I say in response of the member

:18:54. > :18:58.that the mitigation scheme is designed to provide financial

:18:59. > :19:03.support to claimants that are in receipt of benefits then when the

:19:04. > :19:07.welfare reforms orange juice, furthermore the introduction of time

:19:08. > :19:12.limited means will only be notified of the change a few months before

:19:13. > :19:18.that benefit is reduced or stopped altogether so effectively the

:19:19. > :19:21.one-year time limit rule will be applied retrospectively, and anyone

:19:22. > :19:25.claims benefit after the welfare reforms are introduced will be made

:19:26. > :19:28.aware of the conditions and apply to that benefit at the time of

:19:29. > :19:34.application. For employment and support allowance also, claimants

:19:35. > :19:39.will be aware of the contribution -based element, they will only be

:19:40. > :19:42.paid for one year if they are in work-related activity. This means

:19:43. > :19:44.they will be aware of the impact one year in advance and will have time

:19:45. > :19:47.to prepare for the benefit ceasing. Caral Ni Chuilin's last act

:19:48. > :19:52.in the chamber as Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister

:19:53. > :19:55.was to update the House on proposals for an Ulster-Scots Academy

:19:56. > :20:03.and an Irish Language Academy. It is not for politicians to suggest

:20:04. > :20:07.what way culture should develop. Our role is to ensure there are

:20:08. > :20:12.networks, structures and organisations in place to facilitate

:20:13. > :20:16.its development and ensure that our cultural roots remain accessible to

:20:17. > :20:20.all within our society. The Ulster Scots academy will be known as the

:20:21. > :20:29.Ulster Scots Institute and will be an opera -- not-for-profit company.

:20:30. > :20:33.It will be located at the corn exchange in the Cathedral Quarter of

:20:34. > :20:45.Belfast. The idea of an Irish language academy was first tabled in

:20:46. > :20:49.2006. Money should be used to create resources for use across the north

:20:50. > :21:01.and there should be a specific role for the Irish medium provider. Can

:21:02. > :21:05.she say how much capital has been allocated for the initiatives over

:21:06. > :21:17.the next three years? And secondly is there not an elite --

:21:18. > :21:23.inequalities that the Irish academy will probably be a social economy

:21:24. > :21:28.type initiative whereby the money is recycled back into the sector

:21:29. > :21:38.because they will own the building where is because we are locating the

:21:39. > :21:45.Ulster Scots Institute in the hub, that is paid to a developer who owns

:21:46. > :21:48.the building. There is over ?1 million of revenue over the next

:21:49. > :22:03.three years dedicated to the staff. In terms of the... It is probably

:22:04. > :22:10.less than 150,000 per year. I have encouraged Ulster Scots community to

:22:11. > :22:19.identify a cultural hub, and encourage them to use the library,

:22:20. > :22:23.which was unsuitable. The higher and further education sectors have

:22:24. > :22:30.suffered severe cuts to their budgets, so much so the University

:22:31. > :22:34.of Ulster had to axe the whole of the languages department. How can

:22:35. > :22:40.the Minister justify the economic case for the creation of the two

:22:41. > :22:44.academies? We need to make sure these communities are not further

:22:45. > :22:47.disadvantaged. There's already been cuts into programmes around the

:22:48. > :22:53.Irish language, I want to make sure that doesn't become a trend. Their

:22:54. > :22:57.obligation to set up both academies were set out in agreements going

:22:58. > :23:01.back over a decade and I believe that is unacceptable that from then

:23:02. > :23:12.until now we haven't established either in Institute.

:23:13. > :23:16.And in case you were wondering why the first part of that piece

:23:17. > :23:17.was signed - that announcement followed a statement

:23:18. > :23:20.on the initiation of a sign language process, the debate

:23:21. > :23:24.The final question time of the mandate was given over

:23:25. > :23:26.to the Assembly Commission, and Members wanted to make sure

:23:27. > :23:29.the new intake of MLAs will be properly tutored in

:23:30. > :23:32.Politics is a profession rather than a vocation and continued

:23:33. > :23:35.professional development is important in political life as it is

:23:36. > :23:42.in any other profession. It will be important for members newly elected

:23:43. > :23:45.to the Assembly to be provided with the appropriate induction and also

:23:46. > :23:51.be provided with ongoing professional development to support

:23:52. > :23:53.them in their role as a public representative of legislators.

:23:54. > :23:58.Politics plus is currently developing a new member induction

:23:59. > :24:07.programme which will be implemented following the election in May, and

:24:08. > :24:10.will scrutinise the work of the executive. Whilst it has been

:24:11. > :24:17.designed for new members, returning members are also free to participate

:24:18. > :24:21.as they require. In relation to the programme, would there be an

:24:22. > :24:26.emphasis on dealing with legislation and dealing with draft legislation

:24:27. > :24:30.in particular? Because I think it is a process that needs considerable

:24:31. > :24:35.skill and knowledge, and I would just ask if that were available. The

:24:36. > :24:41.induction programme will cover a wide range of areas including

:24:42. > :24:43.strategic planning, ethical leadership, speech delivery, dealing

:24:44. > :24:50.with difficult conversations and conflict resolutions. It will

:24:51. > :24:57.analyse complex information, working with the media, crisis management,

:24:58. > :25:01.merging reputational risk and the members code of conduct. Members

:25:02. > :25:07.attending will also receive briefings from employment law

:25:08. > :25:12.specialist from the Northern Ireland audit office. If members have any

:25:13. > :25:16.further ideas that commission members can bring to the politics

:25:17. > :25:21.programme, our doors are open and we would only be too willing before the

:25:22. > :25:29.end of this mandate to include any information required. Women are

:25:30. > :25:36.underrepresented in both political and public life, the evidence is

:25:37. > :25:42.there. We have too few female MLAs, woefully too few women on the bodies

:25:43. > :25:47.of public boards. Returning to the question in 2015 the Assembly

:25:48. > :25:51.commission established a woman in politics programme, this programme

:25:52. > :25:55.was aimed at female elected representatives in order to provide

:25:56. > :25:59.support for the development of their political careers and particularly

:26:00. > :26:03.to encourage female councillors to put themselves forward for future

:26:04. > :26:07.elections and develop links between local and central government. It's

:26:08. > :26:09.anticipated that the second cohort of this programme will be

:26:10. > :26:13.commissioned in 2016/ 17. The DUP's Paula Bradley -

:26:14. > :26:21.and Rick is with me for a final Very interesting day up here today,

:26:22. > :26:26.we had a lot of congratulation and goodbye in the early stage of

:26:27. > :26:30.proceedings, then we had the news at lunchtime that the prison officer

:26:31. > :26:35.injured in a bomb attack earlier this month had died unexpectedly,

:26:36. > :26:40.and things changed. Yes, it was like coming back to earth with a bump

:26:41. > :26:45.with that sad news. We don't know if there was any link between the

:26:46. > :26:49.bombing and what happened today with this party. It was a sad note that

:26:50. > :26:54.certainly coloured the atmosphere and the tone of the place

:26:55. > :27:01.thereafter. Looking ahead to people gathering here towards the end of

:27:02. > :27:05.May, discussing a programme for government and so forth, what are

:27:06. > :27:08.the big changes? We have spoken about changing faces but there are

:27:09. > :27:14.lots of things that will never be the same again. I suppose

:27:15. > :27:18.institutionally one of the obvious changes will be fewer departments

:27:19. > :27:24.come the end of May. There will be just nine where is currently we have

:27:25. > :27:28.12, and because of John McAllister's bill which has got itself onto the

:27:29. > :27:35.statute book, there will be some form of opposition available to

:27:36. > :27:41.parties. It is not as fully resourced as it might otherwise be.

:27:42. > :27:46.The bill was rather undone a little bit during the legislative passage,

:27:47. > :27:57.but nevertheless it is an option parties can choose to exercise. If

:27:58. > :28:03.those red lines are not met to his satisfaction, the SDLP could

:28:04. > :28:08.exercise that option. Just briefly, if the last five years of the

:28:09. > :28:15.mandate was a student essay, what grade would you give it? I was

:28:16. > :28:28.always reputed to be a very hard marker. On that basis, I would give

:28:29. > :28:30.them C for effort, a middling 2:2. Thank you very much indeed, always a

:28:31. > :28:34.pleasure. And that's it for tonight,

:28:35. > :28:36.and for this mandate. The Assembly is formally dissolved

:28:37. > :28:38.at midnight on March 29th and by then, of course,

:28:39. > :28:40.the election campaign The 108 new MLAs are expected

:28:41. > :28:45.to gather for the first time up here in Parliament Buildings

:28:46. > :28:46.on Thursday 12th May, and a new Executive -

:28:47. > :28:49.and perhaps for the first time a formal Opposition -

:28:50. > :28:52.should be in place by the end It's shaping up to be a hectic

:28:53. > :28:56.couple of months in local politics, and while Stormont Today won't be

:28:57. > :28:59.on air for several weeks, Sunday Politics and The View

:29:00. > :29:06.will be here to guide you through developments

:29:07. > :29:07.every step of the way. He is expected to be armed,

:29:08. > :29:13.and is extremely dangerous. No-one's put forward credible

:29:14. > :29:20.evidence that I acted unlawfully. GUNSHOT

:29:21. > :29:24.What do you reckon? I don't think you've got any idea

:29:25. > :29:27.what he's capable of. Easiest way to get away

:29:28. > :29:31.with killing someone? On Easter week 1916, a band of Irish

:29:32. > :29:42.rebels seized control of Dublin. For six days they held out against

:29:43. > :29:45.the might of the British Empire. Three of the rebels who held Dublin

:29:46. > :29:50.city that week were my uncles