:00:24. > :00:29.Good evening. This is BBC Newsline. The headlines this Thursday evening.
:00:29. > :00:33.Cracking down on illegal fishing. With an anti-poaching patrol on the
:00:33. > :00:35.River Foyle. The chief constable hits out at criticism of a recent
:00:35. > :00:37.search and arrest operation saying he won't allow any political
:00:37. > :00:40.influence. More than 50 properties in Northern Ireland are now under
:00:40. > :00:42.the control of the Irish government. The Orange Order is accused of
:00:42. > :00:50.trying to raise tensions in Portadown by breaching a Parades
:00:50. > :00:54.Commission ruling. Jeremy in Coleraine were I have all
:00:54. > :00:58.the latest from the Northern Ireland Milk Cup football
:00:58. > :01:01.tournament. And the Irish Open in Killarney.
:01:01. > :01:04.Temperatures took a bit of a tumble today but will be on the rise again
:01:04. > :01:10.over the next day or two - does that mean sunshine for the weekend?
:01:10. > :01:14.I'll have the details. First tonight, the fight against
:01:14. > :01:16.illegal fishing, which has taken a sinister and dangerous turn. Loughs
:01:16. > :01:19.Agency staff have had concrete blocks dropped from a bridge onto
:01:19. > :01:28.their boats, stones thrown at them, and traps with eight inch nails
:01:28. > :01:30.laid to catch them. There have been seven serious
:01:31. > :01:34.assaults by poachers in the past few months and two officials have
:01:34. > :01:37.had to be hospitalised. The crackdown on salmon poaching at
:01:37. > :01:40.this time of the year means the Loughs Agency is working flat out
:01:40. > :01:47.during the night to stop the illegal netting. Our environment
:01:47. > :01:54.correspondent, Mike McKimm, joined a night patrol.
:01:54. > :02:01.It is dusk and the poachers have been spotted getting into position.
:02:01. > :02:06.Two men it on on Ireland. They recognise one of the vehicles as
:02:06. > :02:10.one may have caught year before. But what are they up to? In fact
:02:10. > :02:19.they're putting nets into the River Foyle. But how to reach them
:02:19. > :02:24.without being spotted? I have a number of operations on tonight.
:02:24. > :02:29.serious cat and mouse game is on. First catch the next and then those
:02:29. > :02:37.who sit and guard them. Many poachers are known to the agency by
:02:38. > :02:44.their cars. It is of white van. their lives have been deployed in
:02:44. > :02:49.the pitch-black to find the net. Uniquely, they have the power of
:02:49. > :02:56.arrest by the sight of the border. Things change as we suddenly
:02:57. > :03:06.discovered that the Net has been abandoned. This is about 20 metres.
:03:06. > :03:09.It is the middle of the night on that Donegal side of the river. But
:03:09. > :03:14.we are operating in both jurisdictions. When the Net is
:03:14. > :03:22.recovered it is time to bring in the poacher's boat. What you have
:03:22. > :03:32.here is a typical River Foyle poaching boat. It is the boat of
:03:32. > :03:38.choice on poachers on the Foyle. Once the boat has been carried to
:03:38. > :03:42.the road to be picked up, the team is off again. Before long they are
:03:42. > :03:45.rushing to the aid of colleagues who have spotted people acting
:03:45. > :03:50.suspiciously by the river in the middle of the night. In the dark
:03:50. > :03:59.they do not know what might happen next. It is not only stones that
:03:59. > :04:03.are fired at the bailiffs. And as of today the agency has
:04:03. > :04:05.seized 101 nets so far this year. The Chief Constable has defended
:04:05. > :04:08.the way his officers conducted search and arrest operations this
:04:08. > :04:10.week in relation to Constable Ronan Kerr's murder. Matt Baggott has
:04:10. > :04:15.signalled clearly that he thinks the criticism from the Deputy First
:04:15. > :04:18.Minister and other Sinn Fein politicians is inappropriate.
:04:18. > :04:21.Five men were arrested and later released and a woman is still being
:04:21. > :04:30.questioned about the police officer's killing in April. BBC
:04:30. > :04:34.Newsline's Will Leitch reports. This week's search and arrest
:04:34. > :04:40.operations in the investigation of the murder of Ronan Kerr saw six
:04:40. > :04:44.arrests in all. Up to 200 officers were involved in Toomebridge,
:04:44. > :04:47.Coalisland and Ballee Roman and later in Omagh. All of the first
:04:47. > :04:54.five arrested have now been released without charge. Sinn Fein
:04:54. > :04:58.says the rest of one of them caused anger in East Tyrone with claims
:04:58. > :05:04.that it was done it very much in the public eye and with poor
:05:04. > :05:09.intelligence. Why did they use 200 police officers? Wide where the
:05:09. > :05:16.cameras there? That must be done on the basis of trying to make it into
:05:16. > :05:22.a public statement that they were moving on the Ronan Kerr arrest.
:05:22. > :05:27.The suspicion is that it is a publicity stunt. That is no way to
:05:27. > :05:30.run this investigation. The Chief Constable has responded saying that
:05:30. > :05:34.the investigation remains methodical and relentless,
:05:34. > :05:38.absolutely impartial and completely free from political influence. But
:05:38. > :05:44.a fellow Policing Board member sees the operation and the response of
:05:44. > :05:47.Sinn Fein quite differently. deputy First Minister has direct
:05:47. > :05:53.access to the chief constable when he wants it. He could have called
:05:53. > :05:56.and spoken to him and clarified any points he wanted before appearing
:05:56. > :06:02.in the media. This will no doubt unsettled the community and this
:06:02. > :06:08.type of criticism is not a positive way forward for policing on the
:06:08. > :06:11.whole. The chief constable also pointedly says that the Policing
:06:11. > :06:16.Board is the appropriate place for scrutiny during alive and sensitive
:06:16. > :06:20.operation. Clearly signalling his opinion that Sinn Fein's comments
:06:20. > :06:23.are inappropriate. Details have been given for the
:06:23. > :06:26.first time of the Northern Ireland properties controlled by NAMA. It's
:06:26. > :06:29.the so-called bad bank set up in the Republic to take on big
:06:29. > :06:34.property loans given by Dublin- based banks. Our business and
:06:34. > :06:43.economics editor, Jim Fitzpatrick, is with me. Just remind us what
:06:43. > :06:48.NAMA is? It is the National Asset Management Agency. The Republic's
:06:48. > :06:52.so-called bad bank. When there was the property crash the banks could
:06:52. > :06:56.not function because on their books ahead billions of loans secured
:06:56. > :07:00.against property that was worth a lot less. So the Irish government
:07:00. > :07:05.relieved them of the burden of those loans and passed it to the
:07:05. > :07:08.taxpayer to allow the banks to function. And then be had this
:07:08. > :07:13.agency set up his job was to get rid of those loans over a long
:07:13. > :07:22.period of time. What did we learn today about the Navan Island
:07:22. > :07:25.Properties? The agency controls a vast array of property. Property
:07:25. > :07:28.worth �3.5 billion in Northern Ireland. And today they are
:07:28. > :07:32.released a list of some of those properties, just those connected to
:07:32. > :07:39.those to ballot because they have put into administration or
:07:39. > :07:43.receivership. -- those developers. There's an interesting mix right
:07:43. > :07:45.across the province. We have four properties in County Fermanagh,
:07:45. > :07:51.seven in Tyrone, six in county Derry, four in Antrim, the same
:07:51. > :07:56.number in Armagh and Belfast and a whopping 49 in County Down. There
:07:56. > :08:04.are so many in County Down because of one particular developer. We can
:08:04. > :08:08.see the consequences of that in today's Belfast Telegraph. Two full
:08:08. > :08:13.pages of agency connected properties for sale. You can pick
:08:13. > :08:18.up an apartment which is just a shell for �40,000 or as seven-
:08:18. > :08:23.bedroom home on the market now for �400,000. Why does all of this
:08:23. > :08:28.matter to us? It matters because the agency controls such a vast
:08:28. > :08:32.slice of the property market here. It has said it will not have a fire
:08:32. > :08:36.sale, will not sell off all the properties on the cheek.
:08:36. > :08:41.Politicians here are concerned about that. This is probably not in
:08:41. > :08:44.its interest to do that. But because it controls so much, it
:08:44. > :08:50.actually sets the market so the impact is not just on these
:08:50. > :08:52.properties but every home and office in Northern Ireland.
:08:52. > :08:58.Nationalist politicians have accused the Orange Order of trying
:08:58. > :09:00.to stir up tension in Portadown. It comes after a group of Orangemen,
:09:00. > :09:02.who were protesting at Drumcree Church last night, appeared to
:09:02. > :09:06.ignore the Parades Commission ruling and set off along part of
:09:06. > :09:10.the route which has been barred to them for more than a decade. Here's
:09:10. > :09:17.our district journalist, Gordon Adair.
:09:17. > :09:21.This is as close to the Orange Order has come up to walking on the
:09:21. > :09:25.Garvaghy Road since 1997. The following year, at the march was
:09:25. > :09:29.banned and has remained so ever since. The protest here at Drumcree
:09:29. > :09:33.has never actually stopped. Every Sunday members of the Portadown
:09:33. > :09:39.district parade down this road. They're normally stopped by a
:09:39. > :09:42.police officer at the bridge. They make a protest and they leave.
:09:42. > :09:47.Recently in response to criticism from the parades Commission
:09:47. > :09:50.apparently, they made the decision to hold a protest here twice a week.
:09:50. > :09:55.Now they parade on Wednesday evenings and they did that last
:09:55. > :09:59.night. But this time there was no police officer so they carried on
:09:59. > :10:07.marching In the wake up hill and write to the edge of the
:10:07. > :10:13.nationalist Ballyronan estate. the PSNI did arrive, nationalists
:10:13. > :10:18.were out of their homes. That is what prevented it last night. It
:10:18. > :10:23.could have turned very nasty and we could have had a serious public
:10:23. > :10:27.order situation on the streets. Questions have to be asked as to
:10:27. > :10:34.why the piece and I allowed that to happen. It is clear that the police
:10:34. > :10:38.should have been there. From the start. But the owners were last
:10:38. > :10:44.night rests squarely with the Orange Order who are the people who
:10:44. > :10:47.breached the parade Commission determination. It is the Orange
:10:47. > :10:51.Order who hold responsibility for what has happened in Portadown at
:10:51. > :10:55.the moment. In a statement the police said they were aware that
:10:55. > :10:59.this was an emotive issue. Is that they had been delayed attending the
:10:59. > :11:03.Parade last night but that everyone had a responsibility to uphold the
:11:03. > :11:08.law and anyone who broke it would be held accountable. The Orange
:11:08. > :11:12.Order has not yet said anything about the incident while the area's
:11:12. > :11:17.MP, David Simpson, himself a high- profile Orangeman, said details
:11:17. > :11:22.about what happened was still unclear but the issue was the
:11:22. > :11:26.failure to find a long-term solution to the problem at Drumcree.
:11:26. > :11:31.Still to come on the programme: Dreaming of competing in one of the
:11:31. > :11:41.toughest Olympic sports of all. The stage is set for a special
:11:41. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:45.The funeral has taken place of the teenager from Londonderry who
:11:45. > :11:48.drowned in Donegal almost two weeks ago. Sean McNair, who was 17, was
:11:48. > :11:51.swept away after he jumped off a pier into Lough Swilly. His body
:11:51. > :12:01.was recovered at the weekend. The priest told mourners Sean was a
:12:01. > :12:01.
:12:02. > :12:06.young fellow who loved life. You have heard of a summer camp, a
:12:06. > :12:09.soccer camp, a boot camp. Some are enjoyable, some are torture. Well,
:12:09. > :12:12.a group of eight young men have given up their summer holidays for
:12:12. > :12:14.an app camp, where they are learning how they can make their
:12:14. > :12:23.fortunes in the mobile phone technology. Our education
:12:23. > :12:27.correspondent, Maggie Taggart went to see what they were up to.
:12:27. > :12:32.Parents may think this is what the young people to constantly, hanging
:12:32. > :12:36.out playing games or checking applications on their phones, but
:12:36. > :12:40.this has a purpose. These undergraduates have been selected
:12:40. > :12:49.for a summer camp to help them invent their own money-spinning the
:12:49. > :12:59.phone taps. - - phone applications. It is so with that. I'm so glad I
:12:59. > :13:05.have come here. The company involved in this has more than 200
:13:05. > :13:10.computing staff in Belfast. It has recruited 70 this year and there is
:13:10. > :13:15.fear competition from the high flyers. A hopefully it is a win,
:13:15. > :13:19.win situation. The company will benefit because we get early access
:13:19. > :13:27.to some of the cream of first-year students. The students will benefit
:13:27. > :13:33.because we have given them an eight-week training course.
:13:33. > :13:42.Hopefully that will help make their name. It is a full day five days a
:13:42. > :13:47.week for two months. Her ideas won them a place. It is a finance
:13:47. > :13:53.manager called Budget buddy. It will allow people to income - - in
:13:53. > :14:01.put their incomes and outcomes. This is really tailored for your
:14:01. > :14:09.needs. They are always there to help you with any problem. So, now
:14:09. > :14:12.I can check what time did tide goes out in Port Rush, or bomb macro I
:14:12. > :14:16.should really check the safe I'm going to be out of money but the
:14:16. > :14:23.end of the month. Maybe I should just sharpen up by Matt skills.
:14:23. > :14:27.Even better, how to navigate the Galaxy. Such a choice of bright
:14:27. > :14:30.ideas. One of the world's finest baritone
:14:30. > :14:34.singers staged a special performance on the Peace Bridge in
:14:34. > :14:37.Londonderry today. It was at the start of a music festival which
:14:37. > :14:47.hopes to promote new classical talent. With more, here's our North
:14:47. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :15:01.West reporter, Keiron Tourish. MUSIC.
:15:01. > :15:04.Now in its third year, the walled city Music Festival tries to
:15:04. > :15:08.inspire a new generation of classical musicians, as well as
:15:08. > :15:13.attracting some of the top names from around the world. There is a
:15:14. > :15:18.strong emphasis on masterclasses for students. We are trying to find
:15:18. > :15:23.artists who are willing to work within their community and break
:15:23. > :15:31.the stereotype of classical music being stuffy. We want classical
:15:31. > :15:35.musicians who will be able to work with people in workshops. Sir James
:15:35. > :15:43.Galway has pledged his support to the Festival and will be performing
:15:43. > :15:50.here, too. He is probably the most famous name in music in general,
:15:50. > :15:55.and he'd just so happens to be from Northern Ireland's. He contacted us
:15:55. > :16:03.to express his interest in taking part. He wants to make a difference
:16:03. > :16:07.to young musicians in Northern Ireland. This man is one of the
:16:07. > :16:17.emerging world talents. The baritone had a special request when
:16:17. > :16:22.he heard about the new Peace Bridge in Londonderry. A wanted to choose
:16:22. > :16:26.something that maybe is what the Peace Bridge is. It is about unity
:16:26. > :16:36.and pride and giving thanks for what we have, looking after each
:16:36. > :16:39.
:16:39. > :16:42.The walled city festival officially starts tomorrow.
:16:42. > :16:46.In a moment a tribute to a footballing genius called the
:16:46. > :16:50.Cheeky Chappie. First, to Stephen Watson who you would expect to be
:16:50. > :17:00.at the Irish Open in Killarney and at the Milk Cup, but he couldn't be
:17:00. > :17:01.
:17:02. > :17:07.in two places at once! So, tonight, he's in Coleraine.
:17:07. > :17:10.I will make it to Killarney for the weekend. Here we are getting ready
:17:10. > :17:13.for the Milk Cup semi-finals this evening. We start with golf and
:17:13. > :17:20.Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke, Graeme McDowell and Padraig Harrington,
:17:20. > :17:23.with six Majors between them, were all in action in Killarney today.
:17:23. > :17:26.Yesterday, a member of the public walked into a Magherafelt
:17:26. > :17:36.bookmakers and placed a �50,000 bet on McIlroy to win. As Mark
:17:36. > :17:51.
:17:51. > :17:58.Sidebottom reports, he'll be a Rory McIlroy, referred to his
:17:58. > :18:03.second shot at the 14th hole, as one of the best he has ever played.
:18:03. > :18:13.As he bent the ball around the trees and on to the green. The US
:18:13. > :18:15.
:18:15. > :18:19.Open champion went fishing at the par four. To finish with the six at
:18:19. > :18:25.the last was tough to take, but I am not too far off the lead
:18:25. > :18:34.disallowable go out tomorrow and should a good one. There was also a
:18:34. > :18:38.spat with the golf commentator, J Townsend. He had tweeted that Rory
:18:38. > :18:48.McIlroy's Golf Management with some of the worst he had ever seen. Rory
:18:48. > :18:53.
:18:53. > :19:02.Mackle Roy - - Rory McIlroy tweeted back that he should just shut up.
:19:02. > :19:07.Graham McDowell is one over par. If a pair of footballing brothers
:19:07. > :19:16.have been lighting up the Milk Cup. Both qualify for Northern Ireland
:19:16. > :19:22.through their mum. It is not just their surname they
:19:22. > :19:29.have in common. Brothers Matthew and Dominic ball had been scoring
:19:29. > :19:33.goals at this year's Milk Cup tournament. My brother is playing
:19:33. > :19:39.in the Premier Section four Tottenham Hotspur, and I'm playing
:19:39. > :19:48.for Northern Ireland. I always asked my mum and dad and my brother
:19:48. > :19:53.has got on. For the parents, it is a case of divided loyalties.
:19:53. > :19:58.Monday they said they were going to go and watch Matthew. I was
:19:58. > :20:02.delighted to see them at the game. When I celebrated for my second
:20:02. > :20:09.goal, I ran towards them and they were just leaving to go and see
:20:09. > :20:14.Matthew. He scored as well, so it was a good day! One man believes
:20:14. > :20:22.that's he could join his brother in the Northern Ireland set-up. Two or
:20:22. > :20:28.three years down the line, I could see him getting into some Northern
:20:28. > :20:33.Ireland representative teams. brothers Johnny Evans and Corey
:20:33. > :20:43.Evans established in the Northern Ireland team, the Paul brothers
:20:43. > :20:43.
:20:43. > :20:49.could soon be joining them. You can see highlights of the Milk
:20:49. > :20:52.Cup on the red button. All this week BBC Newsline is profiling some
:20:52. > :20:55.of Northern Ireland's Olympic hopefuls with the London Games now
:20:55. > :20:58.one year away. This evening we introduce you to a young Derry
:20:58. > :21:01.woman who has dreams of competing in one of the toughest Olympic
:21:01. > :21:07.sports of them all - the triathlon. Austin O'Callaghan reports now on
:21:07. > :21:12.Aileen Morrison. If you enjoy an morning lie-in,
:21:12. > :21:16.then the triathlon probably isn't the Olympic sport for you. I could
:21:16. > :21:21.alarm clock is just one of the ingredients going into Aileen
:21:21. > :21:31.Morrison's preparations for London. Her sport is the 1500 metres swim,
:21:31. > :21:32.
:21:32. > :21:37.followed by the 40 kilometre cycle, not to mention the 10 kilometre run.
:21:37. > :21:42.Morrison is 29 years old, but a relative newcomer to this event.
:21:42. > :21:47.have only been taking it seriously for three years. I did do some
:21:47. > :21:52.races at school level, but on a borrowed bike and often no cycling
:21:52. > :21:58.training whatsoever. Then it was baby steps along the way. Buying a
:21:58. > :22:04.bike at a birthday money, maybe cycling its once a week, then
:22:04. > :22:09.getting into it that way. I realised I was good and begins a
:22:09. > :22:12.more effort and got a coach. As an indication of how good, last
:22:12. > :22:17.summer's World Championship event in Hamburg provided her with with
:22:17. > :22:23.the best month of her career, and the most frightening. There were so
:22:23. > :22:27.many people and arms and legs are you getting hit in the face, and
:22:27. > :22:34.you have got a tight turn with 60 girls trying to get round it at the
:22:34. > :22:39.same time. I thought I was going to die! I made it through and came out
:22:39. > :22:49.of the water in 14th. She won a bronze medal, the best-ever
:22:49. > :22:49.
:22:49. > :22:55.performance by any Irish try athlete. Today those working with
:22:55. > :23:00.or see the potential. Looking at the world rankings for women's
:23:00. > :23:07.triathlon, she is well placed in the top 15 in the world at the
:23:07. > :23:11.moment. She has got the right attributes, in regard of training
:23:11. > :23:16.ability. She has got a lot of the skills required. When you're
:23:16. > :23:25.thinking about London and the Olympics, it is a big goal and
:23:25. > :23:30.achievement. I do want to get predicted as the excited about it.
:23:30. > :23:33.- - ridiculously excited about it. Now to a tribute to a local
:23:33. > :23:36.footballing hero, 40 years after his death. According to one former
:23:36. > :23:38.team-mate, Charlie Tully would have been worth �50 million on the
:23:38. > :23:48.transfer market today. Fans honoured the former Celtic winger
:23:48. > :23:53.
:23:53. > :23:58.at his grave in West Belfast last night. Chris Page has more.
:23:58. > :24:02.This is what Glasgow's Celtic's supporters sing in the terraces.
:24:02. > :24:09.Back in the 60s, one player in particular got them in the mood for
:24:09. > :24:15.the song, demand that these people - - the man whose create these
:24:15. > :24:20.people were gathered around last night. Charlie Tully was A*. He
:24:20. > :24:23.moved from Belfast Celtic to Glasgow Celtic in 1940 it. At tea
:24:23. > :24:32.made too little on the European Cup said that the world's biggest clubs
:24:32. > :24:38.would be tried to sign him if he was playing now. I would think that
:24:38. > :24:46.at the minutes he would be worth about �50 million. You just love
:24:46. > :24:50.playing. He loved the sport. Charlie Tully's runs and passing it
:24:50. > :24:58.and hugely popular. He was nicknamed the Cheeky Chappie
:24:58. > :25:02.because of his daring style on the pitch. Charlie had everything. In
:25:02. > :25:07.the game against England, he took the corner kick straight into the
:25:07. > :25:14.net. The referee disallowed it so Peter could again, same thing again,
:25:14. > :25:20.straight into the net. That is what I call skill. Sadly he died in 1971
:25:20. > :25:25.the age just 48. His family said the ceremony means a lot to them.
:25:26. > :25:30.To think that 40 years on the fans to remember him and idolise him. He
:25:30. > :25:40.is a legend. I suppose the great thing is the respect they have for
:25:40. > :25:48.
:25:48. > :25:58.That is it from the show grounds. I will be back on the late news with
:25:58. > :25:59.
:25:59. > :26:05.more from the Milk Cup. You will have noticed that a little
:26:05. > :26:15.bit cooler and fresher today. There is hope for more sunshine and
:26:15. > :26:17.
:26:17. > :26:21.better temperatures in the next few days. This is a nice photograph of
:26:21. > :26:28.Portrush. The sunshine has been further Easter Day, across in
:26:28. > :26:32.England. Bits of the coast that they have managed to get some nice
:26:32. > :26:37.sunshine today. For most this is this evening the cloud will break
:26:37. > :26:47.up, so there will be some evening sunshine around. It will be a dry
:26:47. > :26:48.
:26:48. > :26:55.night and clear at times. Tomorrow will be a warmer day and so sunnier.
:26:55. > :27:04.- - and sunnier. There will still be a slight northerly breeze so
:27:04. > :27:14.part of the north coast will be cool tomorrow. The temperatures
:27:14. > :27:16.
:27:16. > :27:21.will be a couple of degrees higher than today. The dry and bright
:27:21. > :27:27.weather will continue into tomorrow evening, so a fine into the working
:27:27. > :27:37.week. The weekend will start off with plenty of dry weather, too.
:27:37. > :27:41.The winds will be found this out on Saturday. For most this is it will
:27:41. > :27:47.be a fine day. Unfortunately it does not stay like that the whole
:27:47. > :27:52.way through the weekend. We are looking at cloudier skies for the