:00:13. > :00:18.Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor and Noel
:00:18. > :00:22.The headlines this Wednesday evening. The teenager who took his
:00:22. > :00:26.own life - the Prisoners' Ombudsman says he was locked up in his cell
:00:26. > :00:30.for too long. Skeletons from centuries ago are to be reburied
:00:30. > :00:33.after being unearthed at a former hospital in Omagh. Why mirror,
:00:33. > :00:39.signal, manoeuvre and a sense of direction will soon be needed to
:00:39. > :00:45.pass a driving test. Sex offenders living in the community - we've
:00:45. > :00:49.exclusive access to a case meeting. An unusual visitor has been spotted
:00:49. > :00:53.off the coast of Bangor. Join me live to find out what it is. And
:00:53. > :01:01.the showers are back this evening. Will they ever go away? I'll have
:01:02. > :01:05.all the weather details later. First to Allyn Baxter, the young
:01:05. > :01:08.prisoner who hanged himself last year. A report by the Prisoners'
:01:08. > :01:13.Ombudsman says he was locked up in his cell for too long. The Prison
:01:13. > :01:18.Service has admitted it didn't do enough to save the 19 year-old.
:01:18. > :01:20.Allyn Baxter died last summer. He was one of ten prisoners to kill
:01:20. > :01:23.themselves in the last three years. BBC Newsline's Will Leitch reports
:01:23. > :01:31.on yet another investigation to highlight failures in care in our
:01:31. > :01:35.jails. Foldable and troubled, before his death 19 year-old Allyn
:01:35. > :01:39.Baxter was detained at Hyde backward for three days. But he
:01:39. > :01:42.came in with problems. He had a difficult childhood, losing his
:01:42. > :01:47.mother to cancer when he was six and living with up to 12 different
:01:47. > :01:51.foster families. He had a history of drug and alcohol abuse and self
:01:51. > :01:54.harm and had spoken of suicide before. Prison staff did not know
:01:54. > :01:59.about all of that and the fountain in his cell after he took his own
:02:00. > :02:04.life. In the report on his death, the Ombudsman flatlines 18 areas of
:02:04. > :02:11.concern, especially the fact that he was left in his cell for 22
:02:11. > :02:15.hours a day. She says that long periods of locked down in my view
:02:15. > :02:19.do nothing to address the offending behaviour and are the enemy of the
:02:19. > :02:24.vulnerable. That is the experience of 19 year-old Thomas then, two new
:02:25. > :02:30.Allyn Baxter when that Hydebank himself. We are locked up 22 hours
:02:30. > :02:36.a day. If you don't have a job to do. A job gets you out to associate
:02:36. > :02:40.with people or you can talk. Bit easier, you're not in your cell
:02:40. > :02:44.locked up and you are more likely not to harm yourself. There have
:02:44. > :02:48.been 29 deaths in custody in Northern Ireland since the prisoner
:02:48. > :02:53.Ombudsman took up her post. 10 suicides and several since Allyn
:02:53. > :02:56.Baxter's debt. No one is denying the need for reform in prisons but
:02:57. > :03:00.with the loss of another vulnerable person in the system, many voices
:03:01. > :03:05.asking when they welcome. The Northern Ireland Prison Service was
:03:05. > :03:10.told in no uncertain terms by a prisoner review team this year that
:03:11. > :03:13.it needs to change and the prisoner Ombudsman agrees. There are good
:03:13. > :03:18.people in the service trying to make change and a number of
:03:18. > :03:22.programmes have been developed. That isn't enough, we need a
:03:22. > :03:25.comprehensive, high-level programme of change with high-level political
:03:25. > :03:29.support if the Arc to address the fundamental problems that need to
:03:29. > :03:33.be dealt with it changes to be achieved. At the prison service
:03:33. > :03:37.they know there must be widespread change in the way they work.
:03:37. > :03:41.Fundamentally, the Prison Service is at a crossroads and we need to
:03:41. > :03:45.change significantly, to move away from the practices of the past,
:03:45. > :03:50.which were largely dominated by the response to the security situation
:03:50. > :03:54.in Northern Ireland. During the time of the Maze prison and the
:03:54. > :03:57.management of paramilitary prisoners. There have been other
:03:57. > :04:02.debts at Hydebank since Allyn Baxter. The reports on those are
:04:03. > :04:05.due in the coming months. What should be done to protect
:04:05. > :04:07.vulnerable young people in custody? I'm joined by Koulla Yiasouma from
:04:08. > :04:15.Include Youth, an organisation which works with youngsters who
:04:15. > :04:18.have committed crime or are at risk of getting into trouble. The
:04:18. > :04:23.Ombudsman it damages the efforts of staff in trying to save this young
:04:23. > :04:28.man's life. But when it comes to the prison system, in your
:04:28. > :04:32.experience, how are these people being failed? In a number of ways.
:04:32. > :04:35.The Ombudsman report highlighted a number of issues, one of which was
:04:35. > :04:39.when this young man came into custody there was insufficient
:04:39. > :04:43.information about his needs. It was well known by a number of
:04:43. > :04:46.professionals that he had drug and alcohol issues, he was very
:04:46. > :04:51.vulnerable, but the information did not get through to the people who
:04:51. > :04:54.had responsibility for looking after him. In the wake of his death
:04:54. > :04:59.and other reports, the Prison Service admits it needs to do more
:04:59. > :05:03.and it is making changes and has made changes. But were is a balance
:05:03. > :05:11.between having a present for someone to go after committing a
:05:11. > :05:14.crime and a mental health treatment about the balance, when people come
:05:14. > :05:17.into custody, if they have mental health issues they need to be
:05:17. > :05:22.looked after in a mental health facility what they need to have
:05:22. > :05:25.specialist care. Our prisons are full of very vulnerable people. I
:05:26. > :05:32.know some of them have done some awful things but that does not been
:05:32. > :05:37.they should not have a duty of care. You have to be able to do both.
:05:37. > :05:42.Prisons are full, particularly Hydebank, of young prisoners. There
:05:42. > :05:47.are a lot of needs. We need to be able to look after them. Surely
:05:47. > :05:52.treatment should start at a younger age? You will not get any argument
:05:52. > :05:56.from me. It should start from very early on. But it does not. Is are
:05:56. > :06:03.the political will to make that fundamental change to put those
:06:03. > :06:06.treatment facilities into tears? There is political will. I have not
:06:06. > :06:11.heard anybody, politicians or health care professionals, who says
:06:11. > :06:15.we don't care about these people. Of course they do. But how to be
:06:15. > :06:20.joined this up? How is it that when a young person commits a crime,
:06:20. > :06:25.some agencies just say, it's not a problem? They're still young people
:06:25. > :06:28.and they need services. This is a key recommendation of the report
:06:28. > :06:34.that came out today. How do we joined-up services and share
:06:34. > :06:37.information. Thank you for joining us this evening. We invited the
:06:37. > :06:40.Prison Service to join us here in the studio to discuss the issues
:06:40. > :06:44.involved, but they declined the offer. The remains of almost 80
:06:44. > :06:46.people discovered on the site of an old hospital in Omagh are to be re-
:06:46. > :06:49.interred tomorrow. They were discovered during preparations to
:06:49. > :06:57.build a new health unit. We're joined now by our reporter in Omagh,
:06:57. > :07:00.Louise Cullen. This ad is being used to construct a new children's
:07:00. > :07:07.respite care facility. That is nearly complete and will be ready
:07:07. > :07:11.to open shortly. -- this site. This was the original site of the former
:07:11. > :07:16.general hospital. And the Western Trust Survey best but did not
:07:16. > :07:20.expect to find any new remains. Tomorrow, the cemetery will become
:07:20. > :07:24.the final resting place for the remains of 79 people. It is
:07:24. > :07:28.believed they date from the mid- 19th century, when a workhouse and
:07:28. > :07:36.hospital occupied the, General Hospital site. Some believe they
:07:36. > :07:38.should have been left to rest. annoyed me because initially I
:07:38. > :07:47.realised one or two bodies had been found and had been properly dealt
:07:47. > :07:53.with. That isn't in question. The fact was, the magnitude of this, 79,
:07:53. > :07:58.do we continued digging with a bulldozer or digger. And find body
:07:58. > :08:03.after body? This, in my opinion, must have been a graveyard in those
:08:03. > :08:07.days. There was work carried out to identify burials on the old
:08:07. > :08:11.hospital site. Construction work was confined to the footprint of
:08:11. > :08:15.the old building and that is how the discovery of these remains was
:08:15. > :08:20.unexpected. They were removed under the supervision of archaeologists
:08:20. > :08:23.and police and environmental health authorities were advised. We have
:08:23. > :08:27.sealed the stone from the old General Hospital, that was
:08:27. > :08:34.demolished. And we will erect a memorial in memory of the people
:08:34. > :08:40.that be returned back to, tomorrow. Given the nature of what this site
:08:40. > :08:46.is being used for, Children's respite care, we are not there this
:08:46. > :08:49.evening but on the Dublin Road in Armagh. The remains will be
:08:49. > :08:55.reinterred by representatives of the former church has fallen. Thank
:08:56. > :08:58.you. Following the instructions of a driving test examiner has always
:08:59. > :09:02.been fairly nerve wracking, but now there's an extra challenge. Yes, in
:09:02. > :09:04.the biggest change for 50 years, the test will include driving for
:09:04. > :09:11.ten minutes to an agreed destination without any
:09:11. > :09:14.instructions from the examiner. David Maxwell reports. If you have
:09:14. > :09:18.been through the driving test you will know it can be nerve-racking.
:09:18. > :09:21.Even without the presence of television cameras. These young
:09:21. > :09:25.drivers will have more to contend with if they do not manage to pass
:09:25. > :09:28.today. From the end of June they will be a change in the test which
:09:28. > :09:32.means that for 10 minutes, they will have to follow at pre-set
:09:32. > :09:36.route without instructions from the examiner. The good news is that
:09:36. > :09:39.getting lost does not mean feeling. We want to see people take
:09:40. > :09:47.responsibility for what they're going and make decisions, when and
:09:47. > :09:51.where they should change lanes and check mirrors, etc. For some who
:09:51. > :09:56.have been through the test and field, it's an added burden. On the
:09:56. > :10:00.day of the test you are extremely nervous. You will do the test and
:10:01. > :10:07.will be panicking and down they will lead to travel by yourself.
:10:07. > :10:12.What if you are in an unfamiliar area? You will not know where to go.
:10:12. > :10:16.I am very nervous as it is. I am panicking. Instructors say this
:10:16. > :10:21.isn't something to get worked up about. A lot of people are worried
:10:21. > :10:25.about this. If they follow proper manoeuvres, speeding I'm looking
:10:25. > :10:30.properly. They will not have any problem. It is the most significant
:10:30. > :10:35.change to the test in 50 years and there could be more to come. I am
:10:35. > :10:39.looking at other interventions to change the driving test so that any
:10:39. > :10:43.person about to be qualified will be more fit and able to go onto the
:10:43. > :10:48.roads, including motorways. Alex Attwood concedes that doing the
:10:48. > :10:52.test is a daunting task. He confessed today that he probably
:10:52. > :11:02.should have failed in 1977, when he did his. He stalled on a three-
:11:02. > :11:02.
:11:02. > :11:09.point turn but got away with it. Still to come! On the trail of a
:11:09. > :11:13.humpback whale spotted metres from Bangor Marina. Join me at the US
:11:13. > :11:21.Open golf championship. I have been talking to Rory McIlroy, who says
:11:21. > :11:23.he is recce -- ready to what might -- ready to mount a major challenge.
:11:23. > :11:25.Bus and rail fares are being frozen. Translink, which operates Metro,
:11:25. > :11:28.Ulsterbus, Goldline, Northern Ireland Railways and the Enterprise,
:11:28. > :11:32.says it hopes the move will help people budget in these difficult
:11:32. > :11:38.economic times. The company says it's been able to freeze the prices
:11:38. > :11:41.because of efficiencies. A police officer has gone on trial for rape
:11:41. > :11:44.in Belfast. Gary Ervine, whose address was given as PSNI
:11:44. > :11:47.headquarters, was off-duty when he met his alleged victim in a Belfast
:11:47. > :11:51.nightclub in March 2009. He went back to her home in East Belfast
:11:51. > :11:56.where he allegedly raped her while she was asleep. He denies one
:11:56. > :11:59.charge of rape and two of sexual assault. For some people, housing
:11:59. > :12:02.sex offenders in the community after prison is a recipe for
:12:02. > :12:07.disaster. But the agencies who work with them say it helps reduce the
:12:07. > :12:09.risk of re-offending. For the latest in our series on the
:12:09. > :12:11.management of sex offenders, our home affairs correspondent, Vincent
:12:11. > :12:13.Kearney, has been given unprecedented access into a
:12:13. > :12:23.normally private meeting, where government agencies discuss the
:12:23. > :12:25.
:12:25. > :12:28.risk posed by an offender and how to deal with it. There are more
:12:28. > :12:33.than 1100 registered sex offenders living in the community. After they
:12:33. > :12:38.have served a prison sentence. The police and agencies who work with
:12:38. > :12:42.than say that is the best way to reduce the risk of reoffending. At
:12:42. > :12:46.says in the risk posed by a sex offender and how best to manage
:12:46. > :12:50.that is discussed by a local area public protection panel. More than
:12:50. > :12:54.20 meetings take place across Northern Ireland every month. The
:12:54. > :12:59.one taking place today is attended by representatives from the police,
:12:59. > :13:03.Probation Board, Housing Executive, social services and I lay adviser,
:13:03. > :13:09.representing the views of the public. This is the first time
:13:09. > :13:11.cameras have ever been allowed to film such a meeting. The name of
:13:11. > :13:20.the offender being discussed has been changed to protect his
:13:20. > :13:23.identity. Mr Black is to be managed within the agency for three years,
:13:23. > :13:30.having been sentenced at court for offences against a female child
:13:30. > :13:33.known to him. The prohibitions contained a Rolls follows... No
:13:33. > :13:37.unsupervised contact with a child without social services approval
:13:37. > :13:42.and he must not enter a relationship without informing the
:13:42. > :13:46.risk manager. The police currently undertake the designated risk
:13:46. > :13:52.manager role in this case. Until recently, Mr Black has been
:13:52. > :13:56.engaging well. However, within the last few days, and yesterday in
:13:56. > :14:00.particular, a number of issues have actually come to my attention. The
:14:00. > :14:06.first is that Mr Black might have commenced a relationship with a
:14:06. > :14:10.young woman. And she may actually be a single mother. When I went to
:14:10. > :14:17.call with him yesterday, he was not there. He was not at his registered
:14:17. > :14:21.address. The information from police today is a cause for concern.
:14:21. > :14:26.Social services have not given Mr Black approval for unsupervised
:14:26. > :14:33.contact with any child. Moving on to the other concern, can you
:14:33. > :14:35.clarify the current position? Black has applied for housing, he
:14:35. > :14:39.applied on the 21st of you pull 2011 and his application has been
:14:39. > :14:42.assessed and has been placed on the list. There are a number of
:14:42. > :14:47.concerns regarding potential relationships, potential child
:14:48. > :14:52.victim access... Like in the case of Mr Black, were sex offenders
:14:52. > :14:55.live is a crucial part of risk management. It is also one of the
:14:55. > :15:00.most controversial, because parents do not want a convicted sex
:15:00. > :15:06.offender living near their families. I am a parent of two young boys and
:15:06. > :15:09.I entirely understand the emotions. But the issue of housing cuts to
:15:09. > :15:14.the nub of the challenge of public protection arrangements because it
:15:14. > :15:17.is a balance between public protection and knowing what the
:15:17. > :15:21.offender is and having them in an environment really can effectively
:15:22. > :15:29.risk the risk against having them live somewhere where it will be
:15:29. > :15:32.difficult to manage. The murder of eight year-old Sarah Palin by a sex
:15:33. > :15:37.offender in Sussex seven years ago led to new laws in England and
:15:37. > :15:41.Wales allowing parents to check whether someone with access to
:15:41. > :15:45.their children is a chance sex offender. It is unlikely to be
:15:45. > :15:52.introduced year. The environment in Northern Ireland is sadly different.
:15:52. > :15:56.A number of people who are actively shooting people who are involved in
:15:56. > :16:00.this type of behaviour. The murder of Attracta Harron demonstrated
:16:00. > :16:04.that the risk of reoffending cannot be removed. Her killer, convicted
:16:05. > :16:09.rapist Trevor Hamilton, had been released weeks earlier. He was
:16:09. > :16:15.regarded as such a high risk, he was supposed to be the most closely
:16:15. > :16:19.monitor sex offender at the time. The agency accepts that risks
:16:19. > :16:27.cannot be completely removed. But they insist that housing offenders
:16:27. > :16:31.in the community helps to reduce Tomorrow, we continue with the
:16:31. > :16:34.experiences of a victim of a sex offender.
:16:34. > :16:39.If you were looking out to sea in Bangor today you may have been
:16:39. > :16:42.lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a humpback whale, a rare sight.
:16:42. > :16:48.There have only been three sightings of this a mammal off our
:16:48. > :16:52.coast. When we got reports of ones, we jumped at the chance to see it.
:16:53. > :16:58.Natasha Sayee is on a boated just outside Bangor marina. Have you
:16:58. > :17:03.seen it yet? I am afraid we are out of luck today. We have not been
:17:04. > :17:08.able to spot it. We were lucky enough to come across a photograph
:17:08. > :17:14.of it and you should be able to see it now. It shows you how far inland
:17:14. > :17:18.the creature came, really within metres of the marina. You should be
:17:18. > :17:23.able to see across my shoulder are a couple of the fishermen on the
:17:23. > :17:30.walls of a harbour. Apparently they got a fright when this huge whale
:17:30. > :17:36.surfaced and made massive noise. There was also a group of bird
:17:36. > :17:40.watchers on this boat. They were heading out to the Copeland Islands.
:17:41. > :17:46.They did not expect to see it at all. Tell us about it, what was it
:17:46. > :17:56.like? We are very close in to the peer and someone on the boat just
:17:56. > :17:59.
:17:59. > :18:09.shouted, whale! There was an enormous splash. At first I thought
:18:09. > :18:12.
:18:12. > :18:17.-- solve the top end of the whale. It came up about half a dozen times.
:18:17. > :18:23.We saw its tail at one stage as well. We were trying to get a
:18:23. > :18:27.picture of it, which was very difficult. I am very proud of my
:18:27. > :18:30.photograph. I was in touch today with a study group who check these
:18:30. > :18:35.things right and they confirmed it was a humpback whale, from the
:18:35. > :18:43.picture I took. It is only the third time it has been seen in
:18:43. > :18:46.Northern Irish waters. The experts are analysing the photograph. They
:18:46. > :18:50.say it is a young male, probably looking for food. If it is good,
:18:51. > :18:56.they could come back. We are hoping to spot him this evening and if we
:18:56. > :19:05.do, we will let you know. What size does he reckoned the
:19:05. > :19:15.whale was? We know and what can be up to 40 metres long. -- we know a
:19:15. > :19:18.
:19:19. > :19:23.whale. I would estimate about 10 metres, very big.
:19:23. > :19:28.I went whale spotting in Canada and never saw anything!
:19:28. > :19:33.Another remarkable animal, smarter than your average bovine. A hidden
:19:33. > :19:36.camera has amassed Daisy as the mastermind behind night time
:19:36. > :19:42.escapes at a South Armagh farm. Her father installed a camera because
:19:42. > :19:46.he thought cattle rustlers were behind the nocturnal ramblings. He
:19:46. > :19:52.was amazed to see the conning tower had worked out how to who fitted to
:19:52. > :19:58.freedom. -- becoming Cara had worked out how to have fitted to
:19:58. > :20:04.freedom. The bovine Einstein!
:20:04. > :20:07.If I asked you what you thought the average teenager would be up to,
:20:07. > :20:11.going to council meetings would be one of the last things she would
:20:11. > :20:15.think of. That is what a 19-year- old has been doing since his
:20:15. > :20:18.election to Belfast City Council. Northern Ireland's young of cancer
:20:18. > :20:21.there is still finding time to do teenage things.
:20:21. > :20:26.For a new councillor, issues come thick and fast with lots of
:20:27. > :20:30.decisions to make about the political game. Councillor Guy
:20:30. > :20:36.Spence and knows that youth alone will not do in politics. He has to
:20:36. > :20:43.impress. That means preparing for the challenges ahead and
:20:43. > :20:47.considering all the options. He was elected for the DUP at the recent
:20:48. > :20:55.elections, taking his place among veteran a city fathers. Already, he
:20:55. > :21:00.has targets. He is paying for the next game! My friends would
:21:00. > :21:05.probably say when I am over here, I would rather be in City Hall. I'm
:21:05. > :21:07.just passionate about the area in which I live, passionate about
:21:07. > :21:11.politics and Northern Ireland and promoting Northern Ireland, whether
:21:11. > :21:18.it is a local or world level, depending on where politics takes
:21:18. > :21:26.me. Sometimes even politics must give way to teenage pastimes.
:21:26. > :21:29.just go bowling, to the cinema, play football and staff. He would
:21:29. > :21:35.like me to call him councillor Spence but it is not going to
:21:35. > :21:39.happen. On election day, he was also meeting his new constituents.
:21:39. > :21:46.Just a few days later, he was back here at the University of Ulster in
:21:46. > :21:49.Jordanstown, sitting his first-year exams in politics. Like teenagers
:21:49. > :21:56.across Northern Ireland, he will spend the next few weeks waiting
:21:56. > :22:02.for his exam results but for now, it is all politics. It is fantastic.
:22:02. > :22:05.We walk into the council and I hope I am a breath of fresh air to
:22:05. > :22:10.everyone, whether it is the girls in reception, the security guard
:22:10. > :22:19.other councillors themselves. I hope to bring a bit of new ideas
:22:19. > :22:24.and new perspective. I am in to win, you know! Elected with over 1,500
:22:24. > :22:29.votes in north Belfast, Councillor Spencer is looking forward into a
:22:29. > :22:31.long career in politics. -- Councillor Spencer.
:22:31. > :22:36.We will soon it not that enthusiasm out of him.
:22:36. > :22:39.It is the US Open at a man from the north coast is centre of the
:22:39. > :22:46.Congressional Country Club in Maryland.
:22:46. > :22:52.It is the other one, this time worry McIlroy leads the charge,
:22:52. > :22:57.hoping to take over from Graeme McDowell. -- Rory McIlroy. Despite
:22:57. > :23:02.his master's map than, he says he is ready for the challenge. --
:23:02. > :23:07.Masters and knelt down. Evelyn it the US Open champion
:23:07. > :23:12.enjoys watching Rory McIlroy play golf. He is one of the most
:23:13. > :23:16.naturally gifted players in a game. He is confident about his chances.
:23:17. > :23:22.I feel like my game is in good shape. I am not going to come in
:23:22. > :23:27.and say it is OK. I have been playing well. I feel as if I am
:23:27. > :23:36.playing similarly to the way I went into Augusta. M I can hit it well
:23:36. > :23:41.and -- if I can hit it well and get some holes I will do well. The last
:23:41. > :23:48.major Championship went horribly wrong. He blew the lead at Augusta
:23:48. > :23:55.in dramatic fashion. Eight melted down which he is determined will
:23:55. > :24:00.not leave any mental scars. A lot of questions will be asked of me if
:24:00. > :24:04.I get myself into that position again, not just of myself, but from
:24:04. > :24:10.other people. That is natural that people are going to question you
:24:10. > :24:14.until you actually do it. I would love to be able to stand here on
:24:14. > :24:19.Sunday night and talk to you and say, I did learn from its and what
:24:19. > :24:23.I was telling me at the start of the week was the truth. I hope I
:24:23. > :24:31.can get into position and try and get the win. And replicate the
:24:31. > :24:35.achievement of Graeme McDowell and as -- as back to back Northern
:24:35. > :24:40.Ireland champions. I have got my dad with me this week so it would
:24:40. > :24:44.be a good Father's Day present for him. There is a lot of golf to play.
:24:44. > :24:51.I feel that good coming into this week. Hopefully I will give it a
:24:51. > :24:56.good go. The way it Rory McIlroy handled his US Masters experience
:24:56. > :25:00.has in many ways endeared him even more to his huge number of fans in
:25:00. > :25:07.America and if he triumphs here this weekend, there may be no more
:25:07. > :25:09.popular winner. He is due a win and we wish him
:25:09. > :25:15.well. Northern Ireland's record
:25:15. > :25:18.goalscorer, David Healy, faces an uncertain future. He says he is
:25:18. > :25:22.determined to fight his way back into the international squad. The
:25:22. > :25:26.Olympic Games and Buster was in Belfast today encouraging locals to
:25:26. > :25:32.volunteer for the torch relay, but he ended up fielding questions
:25:32. > :25:37.about his future under Nigel Worthington. I spoke to Nigel and
:25:37. > :25:47.he said I was not going to be in the squad. We had error discussion,
:25:47. > :25:48.
:25:49. > :25:52.I did not agree with what he said. I wanted to be in it. I respect him
:25:52. > :25:55.because he is the manager, although I do not agree with him. He said to
:25:55. > :26:01.me the door is always open and hopefully I can get myself fit, get
:26:01. > :26:05.a club and show what I can do. Donegal Gaelic footballer, Michael
:26:05. > :26:09.Murphy, will find out tomorrow whether he can play in the Ulster
:26:09. > :26:13.semi-final against Tyrone. He was sent off for this off-the-ball
:26:13. > :26:18.incident during Sunday's quarter- final win against Cavan but he is
:26:18. > :26:23.hoping to get it overturned. He will attend an appeal hearing at
:26:23. > :26:29.Croke Park tomorrow to argue his case.
:26:29. > :26:37.The full story of day one of the Gulf tomorrow.
:26:38. > :26:42.In gloomy start today with a lot of cloud, but it was not long before
:26:42. > :26:47.the sun came out and attended just came up. County Down with the warm
:26:47. > :26:53.spot today, temperatures reaching the dizzy heights of 22 Celsius.
:26:53. > :26:57.This evening, temperatures are reluctant to drop off. Sunshine
:26:57. > :27:03.around but there are some road showers as well. Many places
:27:03. > :27:10.avoiding those showers. Clear spells and temperatures generally
:27:10. > :27:14.holding. It is not a bad night for stargazers. The lunar eclipse takes
:27:14. > :27:19.place tonight. Lit to the skies before 10pm and you might catch
:27:19. > :27:24.something unusual. There could be mist and fog but it should not cost
:27:24. > :27:28.too much bother. Thursday, we are back to the familiar combination of
:27:28. > :27:33.sunshine and showers. The morning is the better half of the day,
:27:33. > :27:36.perhaps the odd shower. It is not until the afternoon that they will
:27:36. > :27:44.start to pep up and there will be some aggressive showers during the
:27:44. > :27:49.afternoon, perhaps some thunder. As compensation sunshine as well. In
:27:49. > :27:53.the sunshine, temperatures lifting to about 16 Celsius. When the
:27:53. > :27:59.showers kick off temperatures will tumble. Sharratt gradually fading