:00:18. > :00:22.Good evening. A main news this Friday evening.
:00:22. > :00:31.Jennifer Cardy parents talk about coping with the trauma of the last
:00:31. > :00:36.30 years. Robert Black stole the life of our daughter, but he will
:00:36. > :00:45.never steal our lives for our family's lives. We will continue to
:00:45. > :00:51.live. Live from Dublin, the Labour veteran Michael D Higgins will be
:00:51. > :00:56.elected Ireland's ninth president. Karen Walsh is told she must serve
:00:56. > :01:06.at least 20 years for murdering a Maire Rankin.
:01:06. > :01:08.
:01:08. > :01:13.First tonight we return to the horrific killing of a nine-year-old
:01:13. > :01:17.Jennifer Cardy outside Lisburn the third tick -- 30 years ago.
:01:17. > :01:20.Yesterday Robert Black was convicted of her murder. He was
:01:20. > :01:26.already serving life for the abduction and murder of three other
:01:26. > :01:29.girls. Jennifer's parents had been speaking to the BBC. During the
:01:29. > :01:35.interview they talked about their Christian faith, and said sitting
:01:35. > :01:42.through the trial was like losing her again every day. We asked them
:01:42. > :01:52.how they had coped with their loss? To be very honest, there were days
:01:52. > :02:02.I wished that my whole family could have it ended. Everyone, not only
:02:02. > :02:08.struggled, but every one had a painful, painful experience. I can
:02:08. > :02:13.remember when we were looking for Jennifer, and we thought we were
:02:13. > :02:18.looking for a body. I can remember we went down, my brother-in-law
:02:19. > :02:24.arrived one day, and he said, I want you to come down with me to
:02:24. > :02:29.the nerve centre where they were searching. We went down, and only
:02:29. > :02:34.walk through the door and there was a flap on. They asked us to leave.
:02:34. > :02:41.That is when they had found the body. I can remember the excitement
:02:41. > :02:46.of that, that I would be seeing her again. Then I had to go with a
:02:46. > :02:55.police woman to identify the body. I can remember anxiously waiting
:02:55. > :03:03.just to see her again. And it was in McRae gather no more. I can
:03:04. > :03:10.remember that day. Going there with my wife to see her in the morgue. I
:03:10. > :03:18.can remember the awfulness of that. They brought her out for me to see,
:03:18. > :03:24.and they can remember I collapsed. I know what that means, you just
:03:24. > :03:31.want to dive. You wanted to finish, you want it to go away and it will
:03:31. > :03:37.not. You have to wake up another day, to live through it another day.
:03:37. > :03:47.That was horrendous. I can remember it like yesterday. When Jennifer
:03:47. > :03:48.
:03:48. > :03:54.was murdered, I remember talking to the police and one of the first
:03:54. > :04:02.things I said to them was, this is fearful. The person who has
:04:02. > :04:11.murdered Jennifer has either done it before, and will do it again.
:04:11. > :04:21.No-one does this as A1 off. In all those days of the trial. Did he
:04:21. > :04:30.ever occurred to? No. Never once did he look at us. He was just so
:04:30. > :04:36.cold and unemotional. All he did was sit and listen and drink water.
:04:36. > :04:42.On occasion he dropped his head, he was not even embarrassed. The other
:04:43. > :04:49.thing is, we were just talking about this last night, when we lost
:04:49. > :04:55.Jenifer it was awful. But we have to say, that over the last six
:04:55. > :05:02.weeks was like losing her each and every day. And we both reckon that
:05:02. > :05:07.it has been that worse for us on this occasion. So difficult to
:05:07. > :05:14.explain that when people say, yes, you'll be glad of closure. In one
:05:14. > :05:23.sense, that is right. But the fear of it. And I know Andrew is with me
:05:23. > :05:30.on this, the fear of seeing the face of the man who murdered her,
:05:30. > :05:40.the fear of seeing the face that she last saw, the fear of hearing
:05:40. > :05:41.
:05:41. > :05:51.the exacts of what happened to her. No, I think Andrew and I, we had
:05:51. > :05:59.come through it and we would have easily backed off. And that was
:05:59. > :06:05.painful. But the last six weeks had been particularly, I do not know
:06:05. > :06:11.the best for deepest words to say how we felt. When we heard the
:06:11. > :06:20.interviews and his own voice saying what he had done, or what he had
:06:20. > :06:23.fantasised to do too little children. Some of the things are we
:06:23. > :06:29.heard wouldn't have even been in our imagination. Will you be
:06:29. > :06:34.haunted by what you have heard? pray that we will not. I have said
:06:34. > :06:38.many times that one of the lovely promises in the scriptures is that
:06:38. > :06:43.the Lord it gives us a piece in this world that passes
:06:43. > :06:49.understanding. Has it undermined your faith in people and goodness?
:06:49. > :06:56.Never. That will never before stop Robert Black stole the life of our
:06:56. > :07:00.daughter, but he will never steal my life. He will never steal our
:07:00. > :07:05.lives for our family's lives. We will live and a witness for the
:07:05. > :07:10.Lord. The parents of the Jennifer Cardy on the trauma of her death
:07:11. > :07:15.and the horror of hearing details during Robert Black's trial. How
:07:15. > :07:22.did the police bring Robert Black to justice. The first interviewed
:07:22. > :07:25.him in 1996, but it will was a review in 2002 that have led to the
:07:25. > :07:30.key breakthrough. Many different strands of evidence were pulled
:07:30. > :07:33.together to make a ground-breaking prosecution. Our district
:07:33. > :07:38.journalist has followed this case and spent this morning talking to
:07:38. > :07:45.the detective team behind the investigation.
:07:45. > :07:50.The Serious crime sweet, but PSNI's was Secure interviewed facility. In
:07:50. > :07:54.May 2005 it was practically locked down for three days as police
:07:55. > :07:58.turned all available resources on one man, Robert Black. The
:07:58. > :08:02.interviews came three years into a review of the Jennifer Cardy case
:08:02. > :08:07.and produced key moments like Robert Black's admission he was in
:08:07. > :08:13.Northern Ireland. So, you would have been in Ireland from the
:08:13. > :08:18.morning of Wednesday 12th August until that evening? Yes.
:08:18. > :08:27.interview strategy took almost a year to write. Did not get an
:08:27. > :08:34.absolute cut and dry admission from. We got 95% of the material that we
:08:34. > :08:40.wanted. The interviews were very central in the prosecution case.
:08:40. > :08:44.Raymond Murray has spent almost a decade of bringing black to justice.
:08:44. > :08:49.His links to the case stretch right back to the very day in 1981 that
:08:49. > :08:53.her body was found here. The first police officer to reach the scene
:08:53. > :09:00.that was a want Eric Murray, the Serjeant at Hillsborough station
:09:00. > :09:07.and Eric's father. Now retired, he was a regular visitor to Robert
:09:07. > :09:11.Black's child. It was an emotional moment for him, as it was for many
:09:11. > :09:15.of his former colleagues, including this retired detective who worked
:09:15. > :09:21.on the early stages of the investigations. What did it mean
:09:21. > :09:27.the yesterday to see someone court, even 30 years on. It was the
:09:27. > :09:31.elation. It was a relation to see the satisfaction for the family. I
:09:31. > :09:34.have become a personal friend to the family since that time and it
:09:34. > :09:41.was great satisfaction from a police point of view to have a
:09:41. > :09:45.conviction. I am very privileged in the line of work I do, I have
:09:45. > :09:50.investigated quite a few murders, and when you work with families
:09:50. > :09:55.when you deliver a result for them you bring closure. I would have to
:09:55. > :09:59.say, and 9.5 year investigation, from the beginning of that review
:09:59. > :10:05.and taking it all the way through, it is probably the most satisfying
:10:05. > :10:15.case I have fought on to date for. Robert Black has been linked to
:10:15. > :10:16.
:10:16. > :10:19.other cases. This landmark success could now see more cases reviewed.
:10:19. > :10:25.Next on the programme we focus on their presidential election and it
:10:25. > :10:30.looks like the winner is Michael D Higgins from the Labour Party. His
:10:30. > :10:34.nearest rival, Sean Gallagher, has conceded defeat. It looks like a
:10:34. > :10:39.big victory for the veteran politician.
:10:39. > :10:48.This was supposed to be a two horse race and Ireland was braced for a
:10:48. > :10:53.tense day, but it did not turn out like that. Last week's clear
:10:53. > :10:58.favourite Sean Gallagher had just melted away. Sinn Fein's Martin
:10:58. > :11:02.McGuinness looks set to take third place. Our political correspondent
:11:02. > :11:08.has been following the day's developments.
:11:08. > :11:13.The evidence was clear from very early on. Lovers of political
:11:13. > :11:19.cliffhangers could look elsewhere. I am quite certain the next
:11:19. > :11:24.President will be Michael D Higgins. I would like to send my love and
:11:24. > :11:30.congratulations to him and his family. I also think it is a good
:11:30. > :11:35.day for Ireland. Michael D Higgins's camp did not deny it.
:11:35. > :11:39.was great to see the similarity of votes coming out of different
:11:39. > :11:47.polling stations and to see that reflected across the country. I
:11:47. > :11:50.think Donegal is the only area that is bucking the trend. An RTE poll
:11:50. > :11:55.suggests that more than a quarter of the voters changed their minds
:11:55. > :12:05.in the final week of campaigning. This infamous campaign --
:12:05. > :12:06.
:12:06. > :12:10.television debate did it for her Sean Gallagher. What I have done, I
:12:10. > :12:16.may well have delivered the photograph, if he gives me an
:12:16. > :12:22.envelope... After a bruising campaign where his fiery past was
:12:22. > :12:32.continually raised, Martin McGuinness was set to accept a
:12:32. > :12:35.
:12:35. > :12:39.People are entitled to raise any issue they want in the course of
:12:39. > :12:44.these campaigns. What I would like to see is these issues been dealt
:12:44. > :12:49.with after the campaign as well. at the age of 70 when most people
:12:49. > :12:53.would be happy with retirement, Michael D Higgins, politician and
:12:53. > :13:02.poet is about to write a new chapter as the next President of
:13:02. > :13:05.Well, I'm joined now by our political editor, Mark Devenport,
:13:05. > :13:11.and by Irish Times political correspondent, Harry McGee. This
:13:11. > :13:16.will be remembered as an election which was lost and not one. It was
:13:16. > :13:22.a case of defeat being snatched from the jaws of victory. Sean
:13:22. > :13:27.Gallagher was so far ahead last weekend and the election slipped
:13:27. > :13:30.away from him. Presidential elections are all that credibility
:13:30. > :13:35.and all about personality and it was a very brutal and a better
:13:35. > :13:39.campaign, in which the floors and credibility gaps were ruthlessly
:13:39. > :13:45.exposed. Sean Gallagher had difficulties in relation to
:13:45. > :13:55.explaining his a business career and in the electorate's's eyes, he
:13:55. > :13:57.
:13:57. > :14:03.failed that task. Michael D Higgins looks like you will get 40%, with
:14:03. > :14:10.Shaun Gallagher slipping down to perhaps half of that. Sinn Fein
:14:10. > :14:17.looking at some would G14 and 18%. Will they be pleased with that? --
:14:17. > :14:22.somewhere between 14 and 18%. Therefore it increased in the
:14:22. > :14:32.general election by at least 15%. After all the criticism that Martin
:14:32. > :14:33.
:14:33. > :14:37.McGuinness to the, he was still in there as a player. They may say
:14:37. > :14:47.that they made a bit of a splash and next time around they might
:14:47. > :14:47.
:14:47. > :14:51.attract more or transfers. There is talk of our having ambitions for
:14:51. > :14:57.Europe, but given all the difficulties that she has faced,
:14:57. > :15:03.and then on we getting three or 4% of the vote, it has been a bad day
:15:03. > :15:09.for her. Michael D Higgins is such a blank page for the people of
:15:09. > :15:13.Ireland. What qualities will he bring? He conforms to the image of
:15:13. > :15:19.a president that we used to have. An elder statesman, an experienced
:15:19. > :15:23.politician. He has been on the scene for 40 years, so he will have
:15:23. > :15:28.no difficulties with the constitutional aspects of the job.
:15:28. > :15:38.In terms of that symbolic aspects of the job, he is also a poet, he
:15:38. > :15:39.
:15:39. > :15:47.has his own unique vision of what it means to be Irish. It remains to
:15:47. > :15:54.be seen. You can find out what you might want to know on the BBC News
:15:54. > :16:02.website. There are reactions from the candidates and also what hour
:16:02. > :16:05.listeners and viewers think about it all.
:16:05. > :16:12.The woman who murdered the Newry pensioner Maire Rankin is to serve
:16:12. > :16:14.at least 20 years in prison. The minimum sentence was handed down
:16:14. > :16:17.today to Karen Walsh, a neighbour of the 81-year-old, who was
:16:17. > :16:25.convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering her on Christmas day
:16:25. > :16:35.2008. Conor Macauley reports. Darren Walsh had relentlessly as it
:16:35. > :16:36.
:16:36. > :16:42.-- protested her innocence. -- Karen Walsh. Her victim was beaten
:16:42. > :16:49.with the family crucifix and sexually assaulted. She was found
:16:49. > :16:54.at her family home on Christmas Day 2008. Today, the Justice said that
:16:54. > :17:04.she had been an independent woman whose life had been viciously ended
:17:04. > :17:04.
:17:04. > :17:09.by a killer in a drunken rage. The Justice said that she had inflicted
:17:09. > :17:16.at sustained and brutal attack on a frail and vulnerable person. She
:17:16. > :17:20.had staged arrant sexual assault to cover her tracks, which was an
:17:20. > :17:24.aggravating factor in what was already a great case. We are
:17:24. > :17:30.pleased with the longer sentence and that it reflects the severity
:17:30. > :17:35.of her murder. Society is protected from a very dangerous woman.
:17:35. > :17:40.Rankin say that Karen Walsh has always protested her innocence and
:17:40. > :17:43.the expect her to continue to do so. And there is a documentary on the
:17:43. > :17:46.Rankin case here on BBC One Northern Ireland next Monday night
:17:46. > :17:50.at 10:35pm, after our late news. It is called A Family Trial, the
:17:50. > :17:53.Murder of Maire Rankin. Northern Ireland's annual Poppy
:17:53. > :17:56.Appeal has been launched by the Secretary of State at Hillsborough
:17:56. > :17:59.Castle. The legion hopes to raise more than one million pounds
:17:59. > :18:02.locally this year for military veterans and families. Helping
:18:02. > :18:04.launch the appeal, with her two daughters, was Brenda Hale, whose
:18:04. > :18:10.husband Mark was killed while serving in Afghanistan two years
:18:10. > :18:19.ago. Golfer Rory McIlroy has his eyes
:18:20. > :18:23.set on winning $2 million. Here's Stephen Watson.
:18:23. > :18:27.Rory McIlroy remains on target for the biggest prize money at any golf
:18:27. > :18:30.tournament. Today he shot a three- under 69 to take a two-stroke lead
:18:30. > :18:33.after the second round of the Shanghai Masters invitational. He
:18:33. > :18:37.had four birdies on the back nine, one following this magnificent chip
:18:37. > :18:44.on the 11th, And another followed after this second shot of the par-
:18:45. > :18:54.four 15th. McIlroy goes into the weekend at 11 under, chasing that
:18:54. > :18:56.record first prize of �1.25 million. Ireland defeated Australia by a
:18:56. > :19:01.record 44 points in the first international rules test in
:19:01. > :19:06.Melbourne. It is the hybrid game played between Gaelic Footballers
:19:06. > :19:12.and Aussie Rules players. The Irish scored four goals to take control
:19:12. > :19:16.of the two game series, as Thomas Kane reports. After a heady defeat
:19:16. > :19:20.in 12 months ago, it was evident from early on that island were
:19:20. > :19:25.considerably more confident this time around. The Donegal captain
:19:25. > :19:35.was the first to find the net. While Australia seemed to struggle
:19:35. > :19:36.
:19:36. > :19:41.with the round ball, the tourists looked perfectly at home. There was
:19:41. > :19:51.very little of the aggression and physicality which had been trade
:19:51. > :19:52.
:19:52. > :20:00.marks of this CDs in the past. -- series. As the game began to peter
:20:00. > :20:10.out, goal number three in the 4th quarter. The experience of Stephen
:20:10. > :20:16.
:20:16. > :20:19.MacDonald was crucial and the our man -- Armagh man came through.
:20:19. > :20:21.This Sunday sees the clash of Ulster's two most successful gaelic
:20:22. > :20:24.football clubs of the past 25 years. Crossmaglen, the current All-
:20:25. > :20:28.Ireland champions, take on St Galls, the winners in 2010. Thomas Niblock
:20:28. > :20:33.has been to meet a key player from each side, starting with the most
:20:33. > :20:39.successful club player ever. The team that does that one is
:20:39. > :20:47.going out into the field to do 20 laps. All right? And I am keeping
:20:47. > :20:50.the score. Whether it is scoring a goal, helping their club through 14
:20:50. > :20:55.county and an amazing five All- Ireland club championships, were
:20:55. > :21:05.teaching adults with learning disabilities, the message in South
:21:05. > :21:06.
:21:06. > :21:11.Armagh is exactly the same. Sport is at serious business. If think
:21:11. > :21:15.we're going as well now as we have been in four or five years. You
:21:15. > :21:22.would have to say that this team is right up there. Why are you still
:21:22. > :21:32.playing? I do not know what it is. I would have regretted it if I had
:21:32. > :21:42.played a part -- if I had not played a part. Why not? You are a
:21:42. > :21:47.
:21:47. > :21:53.long time retired. He is looking for more. To the club lot
:21:53. > :22:00.championship games, they love their football. You believe you can
:22:00. > :22:10.defeat them? Of course I do. We want to be back there, we know that
:22:10. > :22:12.
:22:12. > :22:22.we're good enough. It is not beyond us, but it will be tough to put
:22:22. > :22:29.them back to back. For one team, that the journey to Dublin will end
:22:30. > :22:32.this Sunday. -- of the journey to Dublin will end this Sunday.
:22:32. > :22:35.After hitting Linfield for six in midweek, Cliftonville are very much
:22:36. > :22:38.the team of the moment. As promised we will show you those goals
:22:38. > :22:44.tonight. But can they continue their free scoring away to
:22:44. > :22:50.Portadown tomorrow in the Carling Premiership. Gavin Andrews reports.
:22:50. > :23:00.It was a record-breaking night for the red. A hat-trick for the
:23:00. > :23:02.
:23:02. > :23:11.teenager. The coaches keeping things in perspective. -- the coach
:23:11. > :23:19.is keeping things in perspective. There are highs and lows. We'll
:23:19. > :23:24.look forward to the final in one month's time. They are back on the
:23:24. > :23:29.road and expecting it to be tough. It is also difficult place to go.
:23:29. > :23:33.They are playing well by all accounts. It is a difficult place
:23:33. > :23:43.to go. We call and hopefully we'll be able to get if you. And close
:23:43. > :23:48.
:23:48. > :23:51.the gap on the team's cup of us. -- on the teams above us.
:23:51. > :23:54.Six of Ulster's Rugby World Cup players have gone straight into the
:23:54. > :23:59.starting line-up for tomorrows Rabo Direct Pro 12 game. Ulster are
:23:59. > :24:09.hoping to get back to winning ways against the Scarlets in Wales.
:24:09. > :24:16.
:24:16. > :24:21.has been a while. Ulster are coming off two or a three defeats now.
:24:21. > :24:24.Live commentary on the game on a Radio Ulster.
:24:24. > :24:27.There will be a couple of notable changes to next year's NorthWest
:24:27. > :24:33.200 Motorcycle race. There will be daytime practice on Tuesday for the
:24:33. > :24:42.first time ever, and two races staged on Thursday night.
:24:42. > :24:52.This weekend the clocks go back. That means less shorter days. Let's
:24:52. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:04.get the weather forecast with The Rain is back this weekend. This
:25:04. > :25:09.is the people's part in Ballymena. The sun is now gone. We have
:25:09. > :25:19.already got some Rain around. Nothing particularly to worry about
:25:19. > :25:25.
:25:25. > :25:29.at the moment. There will be some heavy Rain at times tonight. There
:25:29. > :25:39.are no warnings out. The other feature of the weather tonight is
:25:39. > :25:49.
:25:49. > :25:59.the wind. It is mild, much milder than the last night. Cloudy skies,
:25:59. > :26:09.and there is likely to be some heavy bursts and showers. Still
:26:09. > :26:12.
:26:13. > :26:16.some fairly blustery wind so but temperatures are above average. A
:26:16. > :26:24.little bit of sunshine in some places also before the end of the
:26:24. > :26:34.day. Tomorrow night if you are out and enjoying fireworks, it will be
:26:34. > :26:34.
:26:34. > :26:41.largely dry and fairly breezy. It will be wet on Sunday. It will
:26:41. > :26:51.become a heavier on that Sunday night into Monday. Stay tuned to
:26:51. > :26:52.
:26:52. > :26:56.BBC Newsline weather throughout the weekend. Now we end the programme
:26:56. > :27:06.by going back to Noel in Dublin on the Irish presidential election as
:27:06. > :27:08.
:27:08. > :27:12.we heard earlier the certain winner This will be remembered as the side
:27:13. > :27:17.of the envelope. Yes, that was the moment when Shaun Gallagher lost it.
:27:17. > :27:26.In many ways it was unfair, because there has never been any suggestion
:27:26. > :27:32.that he did anything illegal. That word, on full, reminded viewers
:27:32. > :27:35.into all kinds of inquiries into alleged corruption in the past. It
:27:35. > :27:41.was the business of that word and the way that he slowly but surely
:27:41. > :27:45.changed his tune which made a very bad impression. Let us look forward.
:27:45. > :27:51.Michael D Higgins is a virtual stranger to many people in the
:27:51. > :27:58.north, how will that relationship work? The last Duke presidents have