:00:13. > :00:18.Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor and Noel
:00:18. > :00:21.Thompson. The headlines this Tuesday evening:
:00:21. > :00:31.Admissions stopped in a ward at the Ulster Hospital because of a
:00:31. > :00:35.vomitting and diarrhoea outbreak - I'm live with the details.
:00:35. > :00:38.Tuberculosis at a second hospital - health checks are but after a
:00:38. > :00:42.member of staff and a patient are infected.
:00:42. > :00:45.This is the first time I have ever seen a case where a member of staff
:00:45. > :00:50.has been affected with TB from a patient.
:00:50. > :00:56.Police question two men about the murder of a man in a hit and run.
:00:56. > :01:03.Ireland's leading public and adds another 15 parties because.
:01:03. > :01:06.The fans out in force at the top and golf champion -- as the Open
:01:06. > :01:10.golf champion parades is tricky. And after another day of depressed
:01:10. > :01:12.temperatures you may be wondering if its time to pack away the summer
:01:12. > :01:15.clothes. I'll have all the weather details.
:01:15. > :01:18.First to those health scares. The Ulster Hospital in Dundonald has
:01:18. > :01:23.closed a ward to admissions because of an outbreak of vomiting and
:01:23. > :01:28.diarrhoea. And two, possibly three cases of tuberculosis are being
:01:28. > :01:33.investigated at the City Hospital in Belfast. The Norovirus is in
:01:33. > :01:36.four wards at the Ulster. About 50 patients and staff are affected.
:01:36. > :01:40.The South Eastern Trust, which runs the hospital, is also reviewing a
:01:40. > :01:46.small number of cases involving the C diff bacteria. Our reporter
:01:46. > :01:52.Alexandra MacKenzie is at the Ulster.
:01:52. > :01:55.What has been happening today? The hospital here is dealing with
:01:55. > :02:00.two different issues. They are dealing with the vomiting and
:02:00. > :02:04.diarrhoea bark. We understand that around 50 people have been affected
:02:05. > :02:09.by this. That his staff and patients. Four wards have been
:02:09. > :02:14.affected. One of them is still closed. On the other hand, they are
:02:14. > :02:23.dealing with a small number of cases of CD for seal, seven in
:02:23. > :02:28.total. The main concern is that one person who is suffering from the
:02:28. > :02:32.strain 0.27, which has a particularly nasty strain. It
:02:32. > :02:35.releases a higher number of toxins into your system and is resistant
:02:35. > :02:39.to antibiotics. So what has the trust had to say
:02:39. > :02:45.today? What the trust is saying that they
:02:45. > :02:52.are really dealing with cleanliness here. There is a prolonged decline
:02:52. > :02:59.on going. But they are asking people to be vigilant. -- prolonged
:02:59. > :03:02.deep clean. In terms of the bacteria situation, they are
:03:02. > :03:07.concerned that people will be thinking back to a couple of years
:03:07. > :03:12.ago when there was a situation in Northern Ireland when there were a
:03:12. > :03:21.number of death -- deaths. They want people to understand that this
:03:21. > :03:26.situation is different. The reassurance I want to give them
:03:26. > :03:31.is that in the previous situation, it would have taken months to
:03:31. > :03:37.identify the particular strains in the hospital. In our situation here,
:03:37. > :03:41.with our equipment, we can detect these strains on the day of their
:03:41. > :03:44.diagnosis. That has a greater control over the infection. It
:03:44. > :03:48.allows us to put in place the cleaning measures almost
:03:48. > :03:52.immediately. And confident that we're not going to get in the
:03:52. > :03:57.situation that we had in the Northern Trust four years ago.
:03:57. > :04:02.People still want to know if they can visit.
:04:02. > :04:06.People are indeed still allowed to visit the hospital. But the trust
:04:06. > :04:09.is saying to take extra precautions. Make sure that you wash your hands.
:04:09. > :04:16.And when you are in a ward, make sure there's not too many people
:04:16. > :04:20.around a bed. Don't sit on the beds. Children should be supervised. The
:04:20. > :04:24.trust is also advising that young children and babies should not be
:04:24. > :04:29.taken to the hospital. There's another hospital under
:04:29. > :04:34.pressure today. That is right. I was at the Belfast
:04:34. > :04:39.City Hospital earlier this morning and they have been dealing with two
:04:40. > :04:45.confirmed cases of TB. One of them was confirmed back in February. But
:04:45. > :04:50.a couple of weeks ago, they confirmed another case, which was
:04:50. > :04:56.linked to that case in February. That was a member of staff that
:04:56. > :05:00.contracted TB from a patient. Letters have gone out to around 43
:05:00. > :05:05.people who are invited to come back to the hospital. They were patients
:05:05. > :05:09.in the hospital around February. They have been invited back for
:05:09. > :05:15.screening. Tuberculosis cells under the
:05:15. > :05:22.microscope. A disease which affects the lungs. For those who contract
:05:23. > :05:29.it, it is serious but curable. The symptoms include coughing, chest
:05:29. > :05:33.pains, weight loss and sweating. In Belfast, a patient in his 70s was
:05:33. > :05:38.diagnosed with TB in February. Earlier this month, a member of
:05:38. > :05:41.staff on the same ward was diagnosed with the same strain.
:05:41. > :05:45.Belfast Health Trust says she is recovering.
:05:45. > :05:48.In nearly 30 years of practice, this is the first time I have seen
:05:48. > :05:53.a case where a member of staff has been affected with TB from a
:05:53. > :05:57.patient. I have seen a situation where a member of staff has come
:05:57. > :06:02.back from working in Africa or a third world country. But this is
:06:02. > :06:08.not a situation I would have come across before. The public should be
:06:08. > :06:13.assured that we are dealing with something very unusual.
:06:13. > :06:21.The number of people admitted to hospital in Northern Ireland and
:06:21. > :06:28.diagnosed with TB has fallen in the last decade. In the year 2,000-2001,
:06:28. > :06:32.102 people contracted TB. In 2009- 2010, 72 people were diagnosed with
:06:32. > :06:36.the disease, lower than for the rest of the UK.
:06:36. > :06:44.Some screenings have already taken place. A third possible case of TB
:06:44. > :06:50.has been discovered. It has no proven link to the other two cases.
:06:50. > :06:53.The message from the trust tonight is not to panic. Indeed, it is
:06:53. > :07:03.difficult for TBT be transmitted and you would have to have
:07:03. > :07:04.
:07:04. > :07:07.prolonged contact with somebody who is infected.
:07:07. > :07:10.Detectives investigating the murder of a man in a deliberate hit and
:07:10. > :07:13.run have made an arrest. Declan Quinn from Coalisland died from his
:07:13. > :07:16.injuries last night. He was knocked down in the town last Saturday. Our
:07:16. > :07:20.district journalist Louise Cullen has the latest on the investigation.
:07:20. > :07:27.A murdered man remembered. The Pope -- UK's mark the spot where Declan
:07:27. > :07:34.Quinn was hit by car. He was treated in hospital but he died
:07:34. > :07:38.from his injuries last night. This close-knit community on the
:07:38. > :07:42.outskirts of the island have been shocked.
:07:42. > :07:47.I would like to offer my condolences to the family. It is an
:07:47. > :07:52.awful thing that has happened. I hope they are coping as best as
:07:52. > :07:57.they can in the situation. I would like to just urge anybody with any
:07:57. > :08:04.information to report it. The silver coarser that hit Declan
:08:04. > :08:08.Quinn was found yesterday. The road there was still cordoned off today.
:08:08. > :08:12.The police say they are following all lines of investigation in what
:08:12. > :08:16.is now a murder inquiry. A 20 yard man was arrested
:08:16. > :08:21.yesterday and his being held on suspicion of withholding
:08:21. > :08:24.information. Today, a 21-year-old man was also arrested.
:08:24. > :08:30.It is understood the victim lived locally and was well-known in the
:08:30. > :08:33.area. His parents and family are now preparing for his funeral.
:08:33. > :08:35.And a short time ago the police said the 20-year-old man questioned
:08:35. > :08:39.about helping offenders and withholding information has been
:08:39. > :08:42.released on bail. The hotelier Bill Wolsey has bought
:08:42. > :08:45.a chain of bars and a hotel for �8 million. Mr Wolsey, who already
:08:45. > :08:48.owns the Merchant Hotel in Belfast, bought the 15 premises out of
:08:48. > :08:57.administration. It's a difficult time for the pub industry, as our
:08:57. > :09:01.business and economics editor Jim Fitzpatrick reports.
:09:01. > :09:06.Is the glass half-full or half- empty? Like life, when it comes to
:09:06. > :09:10.the pub business in Northern Ireland, it depends who you talk to.
:09:10. > :09:16.The industry at the moment is very simply on its knees. We are losing
:09:16. > :09:20.a PUP pay day. Some way in the region of 300 pubs are in
:09:20. > :09:23.difficulty. We can expect to lose another 100 this year. When you
:09:23. > :09:27.start from a base of 1,400, that is a big part of the industry and a
:09:27. > :09:32.lot of jobs. But not everybody is complaining.
:09:32. > :09:36.In this recession, cash is king. If you have access to finance, there
:09:36. > :09:39.are bargains to be had. The owner of this institution has
:09:39. > :09:44.just bought 15 pubs out of administration. It cost the
:09:44. > :09:49.previous owners �24 million to build the chain. But the new owner
:09:49. > :09:54.paid just eight and it confirms him as Northern Ireland's leading
:09:54. > :09:57.publican. These were always good pubs. We
:09:57. > :10:01.felt that they had been in the doldrums for a number of years. We
:10:02. > :10:10.have been in this business a long time and thought that hour
:10:10. > :10:15.expertise added to the good pubs. And cash, of course, is king at the
:10:15. > :10:21.moment. Business people may find it difficult to keep liquid. How is it
:10:21. > :10:27.that you are managing to do that? Our existing pubs are trading
:10:27. > :10:33.profitably. On this expansion, where we have taken on the 15 pubs,
:10:33. > :10:37.the Bank of Scotland, the deal but we did with then enable us to keep
:10:37. > :10:41.some cash in the pubs. The latest pubs of the survey
:10:41. > :10:51.revealed that a third of them cut staff last year and two-thirds cut
:10:51. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:01.staff hours, with 300 forced sales Changes are also being made in the
:11:01. > :11:03.armed forces that are expected to affect civilian workers employed in
:11:03. > :11:06.bases here. The 19 Light Brigade, which has its headquarters in
:11:06. > :11:08.County Down, is being disbanded, and its 2,000 soldiers will be
:11:08. > :11:11.redeployed to other units. The Brigade's regiments include 2
:11:11. > :11:14.Rifles, based at Ballykinlar, and 2 Mercian, based in Holywood. A
:11:14. > :11:18.spokesman said there was likely to be an impact on civilian staff but
:11:18. > :11:21.it was too early to know what, and that trade unions would be
:11:21. > :11:29.consulted. You're watching BBC Newsline. Still
:11:29. > :11:34.to come on the programme: The paint job in a village that is
:11:34. > :11:40.not seen as art. And that man again - Darren Clarke
:11:40. > :11:50.donates his medal to his home club at will Portrush.
:11:50. > :11:52.-- at Royal Port Rush. Questions are being asked about why
:11:52. > :11:55.the Department of Culture and Leisure has re-stocked a County
:11:55. > :11:58.Down lake with fish when the water is polluted with thick algae.
:11:58. > :12:01.Loughbrickland Lake has been choked with the weed since Easter, but
:12:01. > :12:05.earlier this month it was re- stocked with 500 trout. Last week,
:12:05. > :12:08.local people photographed dead fish in the water. Julia Paul reports.
:12:08. > :12:13.This lake attracts anglers from across Northern Ireland. It is also
:12:13. > :12:18.a popular beauty spot for walkers and wildlife enthusiasts. But since
:12:18. > :12:24.the spring it has been becoming less and less attractive.
:12:24. > :12:29.I have been living here for 30 years. This is the worst that I had
:12:29. > :12:34.seen it. It is affecting the wildlife. More hens can't get out.
:12:34. > :12:38.They are struggling to get out. Then last week we had dead fish
:12:38. > :12:42.appearing on top of the water. Andy took these photographs last
:12:42. > :12:46.week. It is thought the fish died because they were starved of oxygen.
:12:46. > :12:52.Despite that, two weeks ago the Department of Culture and leisure
:12:52. > :12:56.stock the lake -- stopped the lake again with drought.
:12:56. > :13:03.Normally we would welcome that, but on the other hand, the lake has not
:13:03. > :13:09.been cleared of the algae. I am concerned that taxpayers' money has
:13:09. > :13:12.been misspent. Normally the lake is kept here
:13:12. > :13:16.using this harvester. But people say it has been broken for six
:13:16. > :13:22.months. In a statement, the Department said that since the fish
:13:22. > :13:26.were released, the algae levels on the lake had increased
:13:26. > :13:34.significantly. The numbers of fish killed was more, though. The
:13:34. > :13:44.Department and start to remove the week tomorrow. -- was small, though.
:13:44. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:51.This should be be issued a busy Two men have been arrested in
:13:51. > :13:54.connection with rioting in North Belfast on the 12th of July. The
:13:54. > :14:04.arrest of the 37- and 23-year-olds brings to 13 the number of people
:14:04. > :14:08.
:14:08. > :14:12.detained in relation to serious The Republic's Justice Minister has
:14:12. > :14:14.asked for a report on the case of a caretaker who continued to work at
:14:14. > :14:17.a County Donegal school, despite a conviction in 2002 for sexual
:14:17. > :14:27.assault. The man went on to abuse more children. Our North West
:14:27. > :14:58.
:14:58. > :15:05.I was raped. I was abused and molested. It has ruined my life. He
:15:05. > :15:11.took away all his victim's lives. The man who assaulted Derek was the
:15:11. > :15:17.school caretaker, 55-year-old Michael ferry. The case has caused
:15:17. > :15:23.outrage, after it emerged that Michael had earlier been convicted
:15:23. > :15:31.of indecent assault at the same school, in 1985 and 1986. He was
:15:31. > :15:36.registered as a sex offender. But he kept his job, despite the
:15:36. > :15:42.conviction, and went on to abuse again. Yesterday, he was sentenced
:15:42. > :15:49.to 14 years in prison for the rape and sexual assault of four more
:15:49. > :15:54.boys. Mr Justice Paul Carney said despite the fact he pleaded guilty
:15:54. > :16:04.to sexual assault, he remained working in the school to continue
:16:04. > :16:05.
:16:05. > :16:11.to engage in the stalking and Which we are concerned with today.
:16:11. > :16:16.They were told. They knew what he was capable of, yet they still kept
:16:16. > :16:25.him their. I want answers. Derek says he is relieved he has spoken
:16:25. > :16:30.out. He has urged other victims of abuse to highlight their cases.
:16:31. > :16:34.The tribunal investigating guard or collusion of two senior RUC men has
:16:34. > :16:41.been hearing evidence of a Garda officer who has been accused of
:16:41. > :16:48.passing information to the IRA. The Smithwick Tribunal is to tech -- is
:16:48. > :16:58.investigating whether Owen Corrigan helped to other killers. Our Dublin
:16:58. > :17:02.reporter was at the tribunal. Owen Corrigan was first accused by
:17:02. > :17:08.Jeffrey Donaldson in the House of Commons. He specifically refer to
:17:08. > :17:14.that in his evidence today. Yes, and to put this into context, who
:17:14. > :17:19.is Owen Corrigan? He is a former Garda sergeant. He was it based at
:17:19. > :17:28.Dungiven for the bulk of his career. His name was first mentioned in
:17:28. > :17:33.public in connection with claims of IRA collusion. Jeffrey Donaldson MP
:17:33. > :17:37.referred to Owen Corrigan as being a Garda officer. Today, Owen
:17:37. > :17:42.Corrigan said that was the first time anyone had ever took her to
:17:42. > :17:49.him as being an IRA mole. He said it caused great distress to his
:17:49. > :17:53.family, and also spoke of his revulsion. He said it made good
:17:53. > :17:58.copy for selling newspapers, but there was no foundation for that
:17:58. > :18:06.statement. Just remind you, the Smithwick Tribunal is not a trial.
:18:06. > :18:11.Witnesses cannot be compelled to give evidence -- be compelled.
:18:11. > :18:20.did he say they regard to that allegation that he was working with
:18:20. > :18:30.the IRA? He refuted all allegations of collusion with the IRA. Or any
:18:30. > :18:34.
:18:34. > :18:40.claims he assisted the IRA. He said any other garden... He also spoke
:18:40. > :18:46.about the murdered RUC officers. The Chief Superintendent Harry
:18:46. > :18:50.Breen and Bob Buchanan, they were lying dead. Owen Corrigan said he
:18:50. > :18:55.did not meet them, he did not even know they were in the station that
:18:55. > :19:00.the meeting. On hearing of the murder, he would said he was aghast
:19:00. > :19:05.that they had even used it in the first place. He described at the
:19:05. > :19:11.road as the most are dangers in South Armagh at the time. A lot of
:19:11. > :19:21.the dramatic evidence, but still a long way to go.
:19:21. > :19:22.
:19:22. > :19:26.Two pieces of public art worth nearly �100,000 had been vandalised.
:19:26. > :19:34.Our district journalist has this story.
:19:34. > :19:42.At a cost of nearly �50,000, the now extinct elk returns to a
:19:42. > :19:48.roundabout. These three men and a dog but from a short story. And
:19:48. > :19:54.this Navigator stand in memory of the men who built at the City's
:19:54. > :20:01.canal, the first of its kind in the British Isles. Just three of nine
:20:01. > :20:06.pieces of new art paid for by you, the public. But one has hit the
:20:06. > :20:14.headlines for the wrong reasons. This is called on the way to be
:20:14. > :20:19.fair, and stands on a roundabout. The two cost nearly �50,000, and
:20:19. > :20:25.depicts a farmer picking his car to market. Within days, a sash was
:20:25. > :20:28.painted around his neck. The Heritage Trust put it up, and says
:20:28. > :20:32.it is in contact with local community representatives to try
:20:32. > :20:39.and get the paint removed. Somebody obviously have a sense of humour.
:20:40. > :20:44.They put a sash on the farmer. That is part of the way that we
:20:44. > :20:49.celebrate our holiday period. The problem is, this will still be here
:20:49. > :20:55.once all the flats have been removed. In the last few days, the
:20:55. > :21:01.elk has been vandalised as well. One council has condemned the
:21:01. > :21:11.damage and says it is making plans to remove the paint, paid for at a
:21:11. > :21:12.
:21:12. > :21:18.public funds. Portrush gave Darren Clarke a
:21:18. > :21:22.homecoming to remember. The new Open champion is back home after a
:21:22. > :21:27.whirlwind 48 hours, and their is no sign of the frenzy around him
:21:27. > :21:35.letting up to date. Darren's youngest son has not let
:21:35. > :21:41.the job out of his grasp. He woke up with the trophy on his pillow
:21:41. > :21:51.this morning. A dream for the plaque boys, and the Open champion
:21:51. > :21:52.
:21:52. > :21:56.had the big day ahead. Portrush was swamped by the media, or tried to
:21:56. > :22:04.get a piece of Darren. But before anything, he wanted to give
:22:04. > :22:10.something back. One of the perks of winning the Open is that they give
:22:10. > :22:18.you a gold medal. For those of you have not been here before, they are
:22:18. > :22:26.a couple of Cabinet on the way up the stairs. I want this one to go
:22:26. > :22:29.up by the 1947 medal. Darren gave it to me very quietly in the
:22:29. > :22:35.council room before the press conference. He did not want to make
:22:35. > :22:39.a fuss about it, which in itself said something. I said there is no
:22:39. > :22:46.way we can accept a gift like this without doing it publicly, and ask
:22:46. > :22:52.being able to acknowledge it. It is a great measure of Darren Clarke.
:22:52. > :23:02.He wanted to present it to the club. Fred Daly is a micron and is part
:23:02. > :23:11.
:23:11. > :23:16.of the world, but I wonder if he received a reception like this? A
:23:16. > :23:26.quiet walk about on the first fairway turned into a scrum of fans
:23:26. > :23:29.
:23:29. > :23:36.and friends. It is quite crazy today. But it is wonderful for so
:23:36. > :23:46.many people did turn up and see me. It is fantastic. Finally starting
:23:46. > :23:47.
:23:47. > :23:55.to sink in a little bit. For those people, what would it mean to see
:23:55. > :24:02.Darren playing a major tournament in Portrush?
:24:02. > :24:10.Following his defeat at the hands of Amir Khan, Paul McCloskey has
:24:11. > :24:16.promised it would next fight at home.
:24:16. > :24:22.When Paul McCloskey he walked into the arena this lunchtime, he did so
:24:22. > :24:30.determined to exercise the ghost of Manchester. That spring night, a
:24:30. > :24:38.clash cost him his unblemished record and the world title. I am
:24:38. > :24:44.head at the press conference. We will go one better, we will be the
:24:44. > :24:53.boy that be me. It is a tough fight. It could yet be a bumper evening
:24:53. > :24:58.for Belfast fight fans as well. They have offered us the fight.
:24:58. > :25:05.There is no reason why it would not happen. What we need you to have
:25:05. > :25:10.that on a backyard? It means so much. It would give me an extra we
:25:10. > :25:20.boost. It not be an easy fight. With 10,000 fans shouting behind
:25:20. > :25:30.you, it will help. The bout is not yet a done deal. An announcement is
:25:30. > :25:31.
:25:31. > :25:37.The Rangers striker needs to undergo a hernia operation and will
:25:37. > :25:40.miss the first month of the new football season. Stephen Craigan
:25:40. > :25:44.has announced his retirement from international football. The
:25:44. > :25:46.Motherwell defender has amassed 54 caps for Northern Ireland.
:25:46. > :25:50.Finally, Linfield are currently playing the second leg of their
:25:50. > :25:53.Champions League qualifier against Bartay Borisov. 1-1l after the
:25:53. > :26:03.first leg. The score in the second leg in Belarus is Bartay 0,
:26:03. > :26:10.
:26:10. > :26:15.Linfield 0. That's 1-1 on aggregate There was not much sign of summer
:26:15. > :26:21.again. Temperatures below the average. There is hope, though.
:26:21. > :26:26.Things will get a warmer and sunnier later in the week. The wind
:26:26. > :26:34.has been a feature of the weather today. It has dragged a lot of
:26:34. > :26:40.cloud in. Things are starting to dry up and brighten up. As the wind
:26:40. > :26:47.continues to ease, the showers will be courted at the north coast. Most
:26:47. > :26:52.places ending up dry. Tomorrow, we are stuck with this cool weather.
:26:52. > :26:55.There will also be dampness around. Many western areas will have a
:26:55. > :27:01.better day than today. Some sunshine developing here and there.
:27:01. > :27:08.A couple of showers around as well, but not too many. Towards lunchtime,
:27:08. > :27:13.thicker cloud will start to edge into eastern areas. That will bring
:27:13. > :27:19.bits of nuisance rain. Temperatures: 15-16 degrees. The
:27:19. > :27:24.brighter skies will be over the West tomorrow. There were also be
:27:24. > :27:29.less wind than today. By the evening, that cloudy, damp weather
:27:29. > :27:38.it moves away from the East. Things are looking brighter, sunnier and
:27:38. > :27:41.less breezy. If you are on your holidays, it is still pretty chilly.
:27:42. > :27:45.But things are warming up as we head through the rest of the week.
:27:45. > :27:50.Still the risk of a shower. Temperatures getting back up to