11/08/2011 BBC Newsline

Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Sarah Travers. The headlines

this Thursday evening. Hopes are dashed that the remains

of one of the disappeared had been recovered.

A report finds this man was unarmed when soldiers killed him 40 years

ago. Dissident republicans accuse the

justice minister in a prison protest.

Tributes to veteran journalist James Kelly who's died at the age

of 100. Racing is underway at the Ulster

Grand Prix where there has been an accident and a rider has been taken

to hospital. After the miserable weather today,

will there be any sign of the sun this weekend - I'll have the

details later. More heartbreak tonight for the

family of one of the Disappeared. Remains exhumed from a graveyard in

County Monaghan in June are not those of Columba McVeigh who was

abducted and murdered by the IRA in 1975. His brother told the BBC that

while he's not surprised, he is disappointed. Mervyn Jess reports.

And when a grave was exhumed in County Monaghan, the hopes of a

family of Columba McVeigh were once again raised only to be dashed. The

17-year-old from County Tyrone was abducted in Dublin nearly 26 years

ago, never to be seen again. He is one of nine people to have been

murdered by the IRA and secretly buried. This is the first time the

decks have taken place to search for his body, and his brother said

the latest setback was not unexpected. I am not surprised but

I am disappointed. The Independent Commission for the Location of

victims' remains said DNA samples taken from the human remains

exhumed from the grave show it is not Columba McVeigh or any of the

other disappear. An absolute tragedy that should not

have happened. The finding of the Historical Enquiries Team into the

death of a young man shot by soldiers in Belfast 40 years ago.

Billy McKavanagh, a Catholic, was 21 when he was killed in the

Markets area. At the time, soldiers said he was an IRA gunman. His

family say they want an official apology from the government. Chris

Page reports. Billy McKavanagh's family have

waited for my decades for the record to be set straight. Now, 40

years to the day when he was shot dead, the historical inquiries team

have said he was innocent. Billy McKavanagh was killed here in

Katharine Street, in the markets area. At the time, the army has

surrounded a bakery just across the road, which had been taken over by

the Official IRA. Barely picked up some stolen goods which looters had

left lying on the state. They were confronted by the army and ran away.

A soldier shot Billy in the back. His twin sister Margaret said she

knew he was dead even before she had been told. We had then coming

into the house. I was able to say to my mother then, he was shot

through the back. I have to be quite honest with you. They said,

he's alright, he's fine. instincts were right. The soldier

who killed the boy said he told the investigators he thought the boy

had a machine gun. He's as the Organisation de podesta the family

on his behalf. The report concludes that his death was an absolute

tragedy they should not have Once we get the apology, the book

will cause. We're just delighted to get justice for him. Like I say, if

we get an apology that will be the cherry on top. The Ministry of

Defence says it will consider that defence. As the height of the

Troubles fades further into history, the family hope they will get some

closure at last. Two men and a youth have been

charged in connection with a sit-in at the Alliance Party headquarters

in south Belfast this morning. They're all members of a dissident

republican pressure group called the Republican Network for Unity.

This report from our political correspondent Gareth Gordon.

These are not the type of seems you expect to find outside a Lions

party headquarters, but the quarrel with the Minister of Justice means

The protesters claim Mr Ford has gone back on a yield agreement.

members have already gone into that building this morning for a meeting

with him. They have barricaded themselves in the room. Although

some republicans remain outside the building, we're told inside the

protest is over. The last man was taken out by the back door a few

minutes ago. David Ford was and at party headquarters. If people want

to debate with me, the way I am carrying out by a it duties as

Justice Minister, I welcome the bed. I think, however, however minor the

incident was, pitting a degree of fear on behalf of staff of the

Alliance Party, those who work to provide constituency services, has

nothing to do with any kind of rational discussion or debate and

it is extremely worrying to me that that is a people are carrying on.

What David Ford needs to do is rather than approach appeasement,

he is to stand firm. Forget about the agreement because the

republican prisoners have gone back on that agreement. We are put up

and go back to how it was before agreement was reached. They may

have highlighted the case but these Republicans appear no closer to

getting what they want. Two brothers have been in court

accused of trying to kill a man on the outskirts of west Belfast

earlier this week. Their father and a 14-year-old boy have already been

charged with the attempted murder, which was described in court as

part of an escalating feud within the travelling community. Kevin

Sharkey was in the court. This case centres around an attack

on a caravan in a lag more area of west Belfast. A man inside a shot

in the ankle. The two men who appeared at court today where a 21-

year-old with an address in west Belfast, and alongside him his

brother Sean, who is 20 yesterday. The brothers accused of trying to

kill John Delaney, and also with possession of a machete and a gun.

Yesterday, the two men's father appeared in court. Tom is Dalton

was also charged with attempted murder. A 14-year-old boy faced the

same charge. This school boy was remanded in custody for his own

safety. The court was told of fears that the boy could be drawn into an

escalating feud in the community. Four people have now been remanded

in custody, charged with attempted murder. The father and his two sons

and a 14-year-old schoolboy. A bail application for the schoolboy will

be heard in the High Court in the morning.

A man has been arrested after a 40- year-old woman was stabbed outside

a health centre in north Belfast in what is believed to be a domestic

incident. The attack happened in the foyer of the Grove Wellbeing

Centre on the York Road just after midday. The woman was taken to

hospital where she's in a stable condition. A 23-year-old man was

arrested a short time after the stabbing on the Church Road in

Holywood. The veteran journalist James Kelly

has died. He was 100 years old and had retired just a few months ago.

Martina Purdy looks back at the life of the man who spent more than

75 years in newspapers, and was regarded as the father of

journalism in Northern Ireland. James Kelly had a right to's memory,

and a story to illustrate every major event in Irish history or the

past century. Child who'd reflections on the 1916 Easter

rising and of course the partition in 1921. He was a schoolboy at when

King George mark the visit to mark the opening up of Parliament.

felt a sense of grievance because all the other schools in the City

had been let off for the day but here we wear, groaning. By that

time the new parliament was ready its dormant, James Kelly was a

young reporter, and recall the experience recently in his last

interview with the BBC. The crowd cheered and the Prince had to

acknowledge it, so it was quite some time for him to get into the

house where he was to speak from the desk. During the blitz of 1941,

he filed his copy from Belfast's body ravaged Donegal state. He

chronicled just about every step of the civil rights marches. In the

1970s, he was there when Stormont caused the and then again in the

1990s when it reopened after the horrors of the Troubles. It was its

dormant that politicians of all hues toasted his 75 years in

journalism. He was always a likeable rogue. He was not a

political correspondent who was neutral. He was a nationalist and

made it very clear that he did not like Unionists. On a personal level,

he was always very friendly. James Kelly filed his last column for the

Irish News in May, aged 100. Still to come on the programme: At

motorcycling's also Grand Prix and diver has been taken to hospital.

We await an update of his condition. Join me at the theatre at the mill

to find out what a west end star, a broadway musical and a group of

talented young people have in common.

The Catholic Church in Ireland has been rocked in recent years by sex

abuse allegations and, more damaging still, claims that much of

that abuse was covered up. Last month, the Taoiseach took the

unprecedented step of accusing the Vatican of downplaying the rape of

children to protect its power and reputation. But has this led to a

change in attitude towards the church among ordinary people? Our

reporter Andy Martin's been to the west of Ireland to investigate.

There was a time in the west of Ireland when the Vatican and the

Pope would utterly irreproachable. When the Taoiseach, who was born

and bred in the less, criticises them, the fatal shot. Enda Kenny

spoke out following another investigation into clerical sex

abuse covered up by the Church. Crown report excavates the

dysfunction, the disconnection, the elitism of their Vatican culture

today. Dead Enda Kenny or overstep the mark? This part is often

portrayed as the place where time stands still and opinions change

slowly. Good people really be on the brink of reassessing their

relationship with Rome? If you want to hear the views of the Catholic

faith on the west coast of Ireland, there is really no better place to

come than the Kilpatrick mountain in County Mail. Catholics from all

shades and every corner of the island come here, often claiming

the suffers barefoot on this traditional pilgrimage. I was taken

aback by what he said. I thought he should have thought that over a bit

more carefully. Personally, I think he hit the nail on the head. He was

spot-on because for a long time, the Church in Ireland has been

domineering in politics and right across the culture. Do you, sir,

still have respect for the Pope? wouldn't take what he says his

infallible any more. Across the country, the Irish Catholic

newspaper is writing about a definite and seismic shift away

from the hierarchy. We after a kind of reformation Mahmood, if you like.

I think a new form of the Catholic Church is going to have to emerge.

I think Ireland may have to be a crossroads place for that will

emerge, where it is a very easy country to experiment with. Back

here, the question for some young families is why it has taken so

long to challenge the church. the current climate, it is the only

statement that could be made. I think what the town shake make it

said -- for Catholics in the Republic, the unthinkable is

happening. Many priests are openly disregarding the church leadership.

Finding fault with the bishops and Roadworks are something every

driver hates, but what if they were there for two years? That's just

what those living in the County Antrim village of Cullybackey have

had to deal with. As our district journalist, Nicola Weir, found out.

This is the road close to Cullybackey in County Antrim. This

is what drivers have had to go around since 2009. It is on a

winding part of the road and those striking a round that barrier have

to make sure there are no vehicles coming around this corner before

pulling out. This is where the problem lies. About two years ago

there was subsidence on this part of the road and since then the

owner of the land and the road surface have been locked in a

battle as to who is responsible for clearing it up. Residents say they

are fed up about being caught in the middle. It is dangerous when

you're coming up from the village because, despite the movement of

the speed limit sign, people come flying down this road far too fast,

and you can be just whether white and is now and some did will appear

here. If there is some dispute about he was responsible for fixing

this, there should be some kind of conciliation. It is going to wait

until somebody is killed. Under this month the court ruled that the

Department for regional drama was responsible for fixing the wall and

not a land owner, but one local MLA says it should not have taken so

long to sort out. But think what we're having is an issue of blame

game over public safety. This matter should not have been put at

the bottom of the shelf for two years, it should have been sorted

out long ago and I will be urging the Department to make sure that

this get sorted out as an absolute priority. The department said it

didn't yet know how much that to your legal dispute has cost.

However it did reveal it has spent nearly �2,000 to put up new signs

warning of road problems in the area. Meanwhile, the landowner the

Department has battled for pretty for months, Andrew Fraser, said he

had nothing further to add. It was a night of firsts for

Northern Ireland football last night - the sports minister

attended her first international at Windsor Park, the captain scored

his first goal and Pat McCourt had his first competitive start and

stole the show. With that and the rest of the sport, we can join

Stephen Watson, who's live for us tonight at the Ulster Grand Prix.

We'll bring you up to speed with the bikes shortly, but first

football, and it seems everyone is talking about Pat McCourt's wonder

goal at windsor Park. Even the bicycle pants here at today are

stopping me and asking -- motorbike fans. It turned out that in sports

minister and miss the moment of magic.

Northern Ireland were already one- Neil up when Carl NiChuilin arrived.

It was the first time a senior Sinn Fein official had attended an

international soccer match at Windsor Park. The minister was

greeted like some of the Irish footballer satiation's top

officials and there was no crowd reaction as she took her seat in

the stand. But think it is another page turned because when you look

at it logically we have had four sports ministers in the Northern

Ireland Assembly, and we invite to every match the current sports

minister. It is no different tonight. For security reasons, the

minister left Windsor Park before the full-time whistle. But if she

dominated the front pages, there was no doubting who was the star of

the back pages. It was nice to score a good Col. Any goal is nice.

To get to tonight and to get the second one, which was pretty good,

is policing. As I said before, I saw the keeper off his line or

tried to chip in and it came off. Paddy McCourt thrilled the home

fans with his dazzling footwork. Captain 28 Fred opened his account

at international level on his 77th appearance. While Rangers Steven

Davis provided a moment of magic on a night when Northern Ireland put

themselves back into contention for qualification. Rugby, and Declan

Kidney has made nine changes to the Ireland team for Saturday's World

Cup warm up away to France - Rory Best is recalled as hooker, fellow

Ulstermen Andrew Trimble and Paddy Wallace retain their places. From

Dublin, Thomas Niblock reports. It was all relaxation and smiles at

training this morning. Even if such they's game has come too early for

Brian O'Driscoll. Rory breast comes in at hooker in an Ireland team

hoping to improve on last weekend's defeat to Scotland. We relied on

our defence too much. We felt comfortable defending but it was

disappointing at the end. But we cannot afford to defend. We are

going away against France and if we give them that much possession will

be a hard day at the office. It is another chance for Declan Kidney

two-Test eventual success at number 13. He has 100 caps under his belt,

which means we don't have too much expressed elsewhere in the 13th

position. So he will gain from it this week. All the experience will

be exposed in the bank at the end of the night. Declan Kidney and his

players will leave the hotel tomorrow for Bordeaux. The French

coach has said this week there's no such thing as an international

friendly, especially among before the World Cup, and that is

reflected in his team selection. The Ireland team knows that the

ferocious battle awaits this weekend in the south of France.

Now to the racing here at the Ulster Grand Prix which has been

hampered by some pretty serious weather and a very serious crash. A

rider has been taken to hospital. We don't have an update on his

condition and we are still waiting. His having scanned at the moment.

I'm joined by a multiple winner here, Philip McCallan. The danger

comes with this. Unfortunately, you can't have high speed without some

sort of risk. The circuit at the minute, the organisers have made

his super say. I would rather race here than 10 years ago, with

obstacles on things that you can hit it to slide off, they have

removed them. They have taken at fences, remove pose some trees, and

everything they can to make the circuit as safe as possible.

does produce some spectacular racing here. Yes, I have been here

and the lap record is one and and 33 mph. It keeps going up. -- 133

mph. We are talking bird a circuit with two first gear corners, so the

thrill of the speeds of one and 33 mph. This is probably the best road

race circuit in the world. steeped in history. Yes. It is

famous. Our own formula to champion here, it was one of his favourite

circuits. Carl Fogarty was also crowned champion here. Just before

I hand by, time to to do about some golf. It is the opening of the last

major of the season, at the US PGA. Graham McDowell tees off at around

seven of 5pm. We will keep you up- to-date with how all the golfers

get on in our late bulletin and give you the latest update on the

rider who has been injured today. Getting your first big break in a

Broadway musical is something most budding young actors can only dream

about. But a group of youngsters in Newtownabbey are actually getting

that chance. They're performing Rodgers and Hammersteins' Oklahoma,

under the direction of West End star Peter Corry. Ciara Riddell is

live at the Theatre At The Mill. Oklahoma is probably the best-known

musical around. If you're not familiar with it she would

certainly recognise some of the songs. But this is a performance

with a difference because everyone here is between the ages of 12 and

22. They have been taking part in an acting summer scheme he ate in

Newtownabbey under the direction of the West End star Peter Corry. He

auditioned as young people and this is to a lot of talent out there.

silly, there is a great deal of talent. What has been great has

been that not only the talent is good but the passion and enthusiasm

with which these guys have worked has been great. I have to say add

big thank-you to Newtownabbey Borough Council for giving this

facility and supporting the project because it is a great opportunity

for these young people. It is his huge experience for them, but what

can audiences expect? It is one of the best musicals around by what we

have tried to bring out with our particular production is the fun of

the show. Of this the these are times when we all need a bit of a

laugh. There is great, Dean is we have gone for that. It sounds like

a great performance and we also have one of York stars of the show,

Gemma. You are 17, it must have been some experience. It is a

fantastic experience and it is great to were with such a great

artistic team. He not only did but sure as a person but as an actor.

And you would like to be an actress? A look at my best shot,

anyway. I had a chance to see a little greedy during the dress-

rehearsal. But I will let the young That has chaired it up, hasn't it,

after a wet and miserable day for many of us. Let us find out what is

There were reports of blues guy today, apparently, but for many of

us it has been rather parade with poor conditions. Not just because

of the rain and drizzle, but because of the low cloud. There's a

lot of cloud sitting across Britain and Ireland at the moment. As we

close-in we can steed there are still a few spots of rain around.

There are also a few holes in the cloud heading up toured Belfast.

Much of the evening and night will be cloudy. Once again, another

fairly warm night. We will start off rather grey and murky in places

and there is rather more rain on the way. It will not be raining

first thing in the morning. The rain is coming in from the West and

should stay clear of many eastern counties through the rush-hour

tomorrow. Generally a dry start for the East and up towards the north

coast. The wet weather mainly affecting parts of Fermanagh and

Tyrone. But the wet weather will continue to move east so we can all

expect another spell of rain. Perhaps the 4th time around

lunchtime to. One of two dry spells developing in the middle of the day.

The breeze will start to pick up. We had very little wind today. The

breeze is still a feature at times this weekend, so a bit of

brightness coming through and a few showers around on Saturday. Better