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:00:13. > :00:23.Good evening, this is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor. The headlines

:00:23. > :00:26.this Friday evening: child abuse, and the Catholic Church, we have

:00:26. > :00:31.details of the major reports out next week.

:00:31. > :00:35.The American city at the centre of a row at Stormont.

:00:35. > :00:38.Grieving families wonder why no investigations into the RUC

:00:38. > :00:41.killings. We will be speaking to Minister

:00:41. > :00:43.Edwin Poots as we await the review of the Health Service.

:00:43. > :00:47.We hear from Cliftonville's teenage sensation who is setting the Irish

:00:47. > :00:51.League alight with his goals. And it has been windy today, but it

:00:51. > :00:57.is going to get even windier. A Met Office warning is in force. I will

:00:57. > :01:00.have more shortly. BBC Newsline can reveal that two

:01:00. > :01:07.Catholic dioceses in Northern Ireland are preparing to publish

:01:07. > :01:16.major reports into child safeguarding. -- the Catholic

:01:16. > :01:19.diocese is. -- 3. The Diocese of Raphoe, in Donegal, is to publish a

:01:19. > :01:21.much anticipated report next week. But we have learned that separate

:01:21. > :01:24.reviews will also be published into child welfare in the dioceses of

:01:24. > :01:27.Derry and Dromore. All three reports have been conducted by the

:01:27. > :01:30.National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church.

:01:30. > :01:34.A proposed trip to California by an Assembly committee is being seen by

:01:34. > :01:38.some as a junket - many callers to the BBC voiced their anger over it

:01:38. > :01:41.today. But the committee's chairman, Basil McCrea, says the offer to the

:01:41. > :01:51.11 members is an opportunity to see and learn how it has achieved

:01:51. > :01:52.

:01:52. > :01:56.economic success. Our correspondent Kevin Magee reports.

:01:56. > :02:04.Located on the west coast of America, San Diego's Universities

:02:04. > :02:10.are famous for their research. It is that expertise that the chairman

:02:10. > :02:15.of its committees says he wants fellow-members to see first hand.

:02:15. > :02:19.In September, the idea of the trip abroad was first discussed. We have

:02:19. > :02:25.a -- we have to get a budget for the trip overseas. There is a

:02:25. > :02:29.suggestion which I think would be a good thing, to look at some of that

:02:29. > :02:33.committee going to Brussels. There is a budget that has to be put in,

:02:33. > :02:38.but we will be to have a discussion about where we want to go, we will

:02:38. > :02:42.decide that as a committee. Speaking from Paris today, Mr McRae

:02:42. > :02:46.said the timing of it checked to San Diego was nothing to do with

:02:46. > :02:50.the amount of money left in the Assembly's travel budget.

:02:50. > :02:54.Absolutely not. It is one of a number of potential visits under

:02:54. > :02:59.consideration. I do want to reiterate that unless we can bring

:02:59. > :03:05.forward a robust is this case that stands public scrutiny, it will not

:03:05. > :03:09.be happening. But Sinn Fein says the trip Bob Bird could easily be

:03:09. > :03:14.described as a junket. This particular visit to the United

:03:14. > :03:20.States, I believe, his late on programme, it is ill-conceived and

:03:20. > :03:25.there is not any business plan or rationale. But one of Northern

:03:25. > :03:28.Ireland's leader on -- entrepreneurs supports the idea.

:03:28. > :03:32.think that more of our politicians we can get over to the United

:03:32. > :03:36.States to see what is going on there, the better. They are

:03:36. > :03:40.ambassadors to the country, but they are also getting educated.

:03:40. > :03:42.location has been agreed by the committee. To go or not to go is a

:03:42. > :03:46.decision that will come under a lot of scrutiny.

:03:46. > :03:50.Our Facebook page has been getting reaction to the trip, and there is

:03:50. > :03:53.not a lot of support for it so far. You can join the debate on Facebook.

:03:53. > :04:03.Our Twitter account is updated with the news throughout the day and

:04:03. > :04:05.

:04:05. > :04:10.there is our e-mail address if you want to contact us through that.

:04:10. > :04:15.We can reveal that the Catholic diocese these will next week

:04:15. > :04:19.publish a major reports into child abuse and to reports will be from

:04:19. > :04:24.Northern Ireland. Kevin Sharkey joins ask. Tell us about the

:04:24. > :04:28.reports and the body that is producing them.

:04:28. > :04:32.The national safeguarding Board was set up some years ago, essentially

:04:32. > :04:36.after all the scandals that have engulfed the Catholic Church, and

:04:36. > :04:41.its aim was quite simple, to make sure that children receive in the

:04:41. > :04:45.Catholic Church. At the moment, it is reviewing diocese he's up and

:04:45. > :04:54.down the country. We have no -- we have known for some time it is

:04:54. > :05:00.carrying out a review. The diocese of Raphoe is where one of that

:05:00. > :05:09.country's most the tourist beat of a priest abused young children.

:05:09. > :05:15.Because of the focused on Raphoe,. Two of the diocese is in Northern

:05:15. > :05:21.Ireland, in Derry and Dromore, they will also report next week.

:05:21. > :05:24.Essentially, what will happen, the board has been tracking back to

:05:24. > :05:28.1975, and will look at what was done in the past in terms of child

:05:28. > :05:32.protection issues, the stakes that for me, and look at what lessons

:05:32. > :05:35.can be learned. The recently retired Bishop of

:05:35. > :05:44.Derry is expected to be in the Spotlight next week.

:05:44. > :05:50.Very much so. He officially retired just a few days ago, he was the

:05:50. > :05:54.Bishop in Raphoe in the 1980s and early 1990s. That is when Eugene

:05:54. > :06:02.Green was abusing boys. Questions are expected to be asked, how was

:06:02. > :06:07.he managed during that period. An update of our exclusive report

:06:07. > :06:11.on killings by the RUC and the legal limbo which means they cannot

:06:11. > :06:15.be reinvestigated by the police ombudsman's office and less there

:06:15. > :06:21.is new evidence. Nearly 50 cases are involved, but it was said today

:06:21. > :06:24.that more than 20 families had been contacted. One of those was the

:06:24. > :06:34.family of Sammy McLarnon, who was shot by policemen with and 40 years

:06:34. > :06:34.

:06:34. > :06:41.ago. -- more than. It was quite severe all over

:06:41. > :06:45.Belfast that night. Some McLernon cannot remember

:06:45. > :06:49.August 1969, he was on the two years old. But events that night

:06:49. > :06:54.when the RUC came to her street have played a big part in his life.

:06:54. > :07:04.For 40 years, no memories of his father, just a memorial to visit.

:07:04. > :07:09.My father had said, there will be trouble here to me. Glas came into

:07:09. > :07:16.the House. I put the blame down. That is when the shooting came in,

:07:16. > :07:19.my mother heard the crack. For 38 years, the family tried to gather

:07:19. > :07:29.evidence from local people but never had any official information

:07:29. > :07:33.

:07:33. > :07:41.about the shooting. The said my family was murdered, but once you

:07:41. > :07:45.mentioned that it is the RUC,, it is like, what did he do? Four years

:07:45. > :07:51.ago, the ombudsman was handed almost 50 cases of such killings.

:07:51. > :07:55.The McLaren and family to cope. When a letter said no investigation

:07:55. > :08:00.into their case had started. Then yesterday, a phone call to explain

:08:00. > :08:05.the legal difficulties. Getting a letter in September saying there

:08:05. > :08:09.was no investigation, and I am getting too old now that there

:08:09. > :08:14.never will be one. The Police Ombudsman's Office says more than

:08:14. > :08:18.20 families have been contacted, roughly half of the total, to make

:08:18. > :08:24.points to discuss those cases which may never see an investigation.

:08:24. > :08:34.After four years of discussions, some in the client cannot decide if

:08:34. > :08:35.

:08:35. > :08:38.it is worth listening any more. Our entire public transport network

:08:38. > :08:40.will come to a standstill on Wednesday as public sector workers

:08:40. > :08:43.go on strike. Trains and buses, including some school services,

:08:43. > :08:46.will be affected. Translink says it is sorry for any inconvenience to

:08:46. > :08:53.customers, but that it is beyond its control. Many of the drivers

:08:53. > :08:57.are from the union Unite. The stoppage will be complete. We

:08:57. > :09:01.would normally have a bus service from early in the morning until

:09:01. > :09:06.midnight on Wednesday. There will be no bus service, completely that

:09:06. > :09:10.day. There will be no trains service that day. The whole of the

:09:10. > :09:14.transport industry will shut down for that day. This is not something

:09:14. > :09:18.we take lightly. It is something that the whole of the people of

:09:18. > :09:21.Northern Ireland are coming out to support. It is very regrettable

:09:21. > :09:25.when people cannot get to their schools, but it is something that

:09:26. > :09:34.we in Northern Ireland feel very strongly about. This is robbery of

:09:35. > :09:37.our pensions and we are not going to take it lightly.

:09:37. > :09:40.Tyrone GAA officials have handed down like the suspensions to the

:09:40. > :09:43.Carrickmore and Dromore clubs following a brawl during the County

:09:43. > :09:46.League final twelves days ago. people from each club involved in

:09:46. > :09:48.fighting in the stand have been banned for a year. Suspensions were

:09:48. > :09:52.also handed out to three Carrickmore players, while both

:09:52. > :10:00.clubs have been banned from the league play-offs next season.

:10:00. > :10:06.they want to achieve is to move on, take responsibility for individuals

:10:06. > :10:12.on and off the field and if they do cross the line, we have to ensure

:10:12. > :10:18.they are dealt with with severely under the rules of the game.

:10:18. > :10:22.A local technology company is investing �80 million to create 166

:10:22. > :10:28.jobs. Andor Technology makes digital cameras which are used for

:10:28. > :10:31.scientific research. The cameras made here in West

:10:31. > :10:35.Belfast are some of the most sensitive in the world. They are

:10:35. > :10:40.used for scientific research into conditions such as Parkinson's,

:10:40. > :10:43.cancer and Alzheimer's. The company already employs 230 people in

:10:43. > :10:48.Northern Ireland. We expect these jobs to help with the next phase of

:10:48. > :10:52.her development. So we are expanding her sales channels,

:10:52. > :10:56.expanding her product range, and we think the future opportunities for

:10:56. > :11:03.our products. It is important to us to say that we have the technology,

:11:03. > :11:11.we have the people to deal with the issues that and or Andor Technology

:11:11. > :11:18.has and they are working closely with the university. Invest NI have

:11:18. > :11:21.offered financial support. We have been focusing on the Health

:11:21. > :11:25.Service this week and the big changes that a new review could

:11:25. > :11:29.bring. That review will that be delivered to the Minister a week

:11:29. > :11:33.later than expected, he will now receive it on December 7th. It will

:11:33. > :11:40.make interesting pre-Christmas reading for Edwin Poots, who joins

:11:40. > :11:43.us now. All this week, we have been concentrating on different parts of

:11:43. > :11:50.what we expect to be in that review. One issue that has really rattled a

:11:50. > :11:53.lot of people is the review is likely to recommend the GPs'

:11:53. > :11:58.surgeries provide some of the specialist treatment that we now

:11:58. > :12:04.get in hospitals. They believe that the waiting lists in the hospitals

:12:04. > :12:11.will now be transferred to longer waiting times at GP surgeries.

:12:11. > :12:14.is a very negative view. But it is a legitimate one. It is something

:12:15. > :12:19.we want to do something about, and certainly, we believe considerably

:12:19. > :12:23.greater services could be delivered in the primary care sector. Number

:12:23. > :12:29.one, that is closer to people's homes. Secondly, it can be done

:12:29. > :12:32.will keep people from actually going into hospital. I do not know

:12:32. > :12:39.anyone who does not need to be in hospital we deserves to be in

:12:39. > :12:44.hospital. Those are all very positive things. Oblivion volte-

:12:44. > :12:49.face is an investment in the primary care sector. -- what will

:12:49. > :12:53.be involved for us. Instead of an elderly person who has a chest

:12:53. > :12:59.infection sitting in accident and emergency, they can go to their

:12:59. > :13:03.local GP, be diagnosed, a physiotherapist is also at that

:13:03. > :13:06.side, and it is a better outcome all round. You mentioned elderly

:13:06. > :13:10.people. One other thing we have been looking at this week is

:13:10. > :13:15.services and care for elderly people. But Justin residential and

:13:16. > :13:20.nursing homes, but also in their own homes. When can you see more

:13:20. > :13:25.investment in that care at home? Because a lot of families are very

:13:25. > :13:33.much under financial pressure, under terrible stress, doing a job

:13:33. > :13:37.that is unpaid, but they do it but of love and duty. Let us be honest,

:13:37. > :13:41.we in the Health Service could not deliver the level of care that has

:13:41. > :13:45.actually been carried out by families. It is something that is

:13:45. > :13:52.absolutely essential and most families will actually do it at

:13:52. > :13:56.some stage. So we really appreciate the care that people give. A when

:13:56. > :14:05.we put more investment into it, we are currently looking at carrying

:14:05. > :14:08.out in the next couple of days, connected Health were we have

:14:08. > :14:12.services put people homes, where we can have more of -- that are

:14:12. > :14:15.monitoring. We will ensure they receive appropriate care in their

:14:15. > :14:20.own homes. We do not want a situation where people are left

:14:20. > :14:26.isolated in their own homes. They can actually get out and enjoy

:14:26. > :14:30.friendship with others. Minister, sorry to interrupt, but changes

:14:30. > :14:36.going to cost money. It is also going to take time. A lot of what

:14:36. > :14:46.is going to happen is going to prove very unpopular. Also among

:14:46. > :14:48.

:14:48. > :14:52.We will wait and see if it is unpopular. I don't anticipate that

:14:52. > :14:59.everything in the report will be well received Burtenshaw many

:14:59. > :15:04.aspects of it will. We have a Health Service waiting list that is

:15:04. > :15:11.continuing to grow and as a consequence, the whole concept of

:15:11. > :15:16.the National Health the source is undermined. -- the National Health

:15:16. > :15:23.ethos. This isn't about saving money, it is about creating better

:15:23. > :15:28.outputs with the money that we have. We await with interest the review

:15:28. > :15:32.into the Health Service. Still to come on the programme:

:15:32. > :15:35.Over 150 new technology jobs for West Belfast.

:15:35. > :15:44.And two of Ulster's most successful Gaelic football teams get set to do

:15:44. > :15:48.battle in the provincial decider. Gavin's here with the sport in the

:15:48. > :15:54.moment. First, a look ahead now next week's BBC Newsline. We'll

:15:54. > :15:58.have a weather series on preparing for winter. This time last year, we

:15:58. > :16:01.had just entered a record breaking cold spell. Next week, Barra Best

:16:01. > :16:04.reports on how agencies are gearing up for another cold snap and what

:16:04. > :16:08.you can do to get yourself and your home ready. Plus, we have exclusive

:16:08. > :16:11.access to the salt mine in County Antrim where the salt for our roads

:16:11. > :16:13.and pavements comes from. That series starts on Monday at 6.30pm

:16:13. > :16:17.here on BBC Newsline. Sports players and fans will be

:16:17. > :16:21.hoping the weather is kind to them this weekend. There was a bitter

:16:21. > :16:24.wind today. For two of big golfing stars, it's warm and sunny in the

:16:24. > :16:27.Far East where they're looking to win golf's World Cup. Gavin Andrews

:16:27. > :16:29.is here. They starred together in the Ryder

:16:29. > :16:32.Cup last year, but this week Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell,

:16:32. > :16:36.playing as Team Ireland at Mission Hills in China are alongside

:16:36. > :16:39.Australia at the top of the leaderboard. A second round of 68

:16:39. > :16:42.in today's foursomes lifted them to 13 under par and into a share of

:16:42. > :16:46.the lead in the competition going into the weekend. The pair are

:16:46. > :16:56.looking to go one better than the last World Cup, two years ago, when

:16:56. > :16:57.

:16:58. > :17:07.they finished second, and seem to be enjoying their time together. We

:17:08. > :17:12.

:17:12. > :17:15.struggled to find a rhythm and... City it in his former it is a

:17:15. > :17:18.really good school. Football now and Cliftonville's

:17:18. > :17:21.teenage striking sensation Rory Donnelly will be looking to add to

:17:21. > :17:31.his impressive tally of 14 goals this season when his side take on

:17:31. > :17:36.Glentoran tomorrow. We caught up with him training this week. At

:17:36. > :17:40.just 19, he is the talk of local football. Some have suggested a

:17:40. > :17:48.move to England is on the cards but he seems to be finding it hard to

:17:48. > :17:58.see what all the fuss is about. is just hot work. I work really

:17:58. > :17:59.

:17:59. > :18:08.hard in training. He has already built a strong partnership with a

:18:08. > :18:14.striker who has seen it all at this level. He brings it all to the game.

:18:14. > :18:24.He's won the last one's heart. He's the first here and the last away.

:18:24. > :18:24.

:18:24. > :18:28.He did so it's all the plaudits he is getting. He has played very well

:18:28. > :18:37.and the few does continue to do so, he is on his way. The youngster has

:18:37. > :18:43.no shortage of confidence. When we are on, I can beat anybody. We keep

:18:43. > :18:46.pushing on, trying to get 20 at the 20. Next in his sights is then

:18:46. > :18:52.touring on Saturday. Rugby now and Ulster are away to

:18:52. > :18:57.Glasgow in the Pro 12 shortly. It's a game you can see live on BBC Two

:18:58. > :19:07.from 7.30pm. Both coach and captain recognise it'll be a tough test

:19:07. > :19:16.tonight. Number had there's got to layers, the Scottish contingent the

:19:16. > :19:20.back in,... It means a big difference. We have seen the last

:19:20. > :19:26.two or three years, been up to throw the ball round, a happy

:19:27. > :19:33.really mobile pack that can work in the tackle and it's really

:19:33. > :19:39.expensive. We are expecting a quick game. It is quite a small field. We

:19:39. > :19:41.know there will be a lot of running and we're all up for that.

:19:41. > :19:44.'$$NEWLINE Sunday sees Crossmaglen Rangers and Burren, Ulster's two

:19:44. > :19:46.most successful sides over the past 25 years, battle for the Ulster

:19:46. > :19:49.Senior Club Championship. Crossmaglen are the current All-

:19:49. > :19:52.Ireland and Ulster champions. The last time Burren achieved that,

:19:52. > :19:55.their current star Kevin McKernan was just a baby, while his Daddy

:19:55. > :20:05.was helping the Down champions to All-Ireland glory. Thomas Niblock

:20:05. > :20:07.

:20:07. > :20:17.reports. They were kings of Ulster are back in the 1980s. It is easy

:20:17. > :20:23.

:20:23. > :20:33.to see why it. It was Alton to London looking in. We played him a

:20:33. > :20:36.

:20:36. > :20:42.view to an Easter club has the up. Last year, Kevin McKeon's last

:20:42. > :20:48.chance at snatched an and draw. The difference between winning and

:20:48. > :20:58.losing can sometimes be measured in inches. The result, Crossmaglen

:20:58. > :21:05.Rangers 1 and sweet I connected up all and I am. Up and you've got the

:21:05. > :21:09.chance is what the game. Crossmaglen Rangers of the team

:21:09. > :21:15.everyone wants to get Sue and up it's no different. We had a chance

:21:15. > :21:25.to give them a good game on Sunday. Lastly, we had a lot of regrets and

:21:25. > :21:27.

:21:27. > :21:32.have three this year, we will leave with a happier performance. And a's

:21:32. > :21:39.fund, the perfect setting for the battle between Ulster's footballing

:21:39. > :21:48.aristocracy. The PSNI had an historic first

:21:48. > :21:58.outing at Croke Park this afternoon. But because of technical

:21:58. > :22:06.

:22:06. > :22:16.difficulties come week and not sure you it. We have a forecast of the

:22:16. > :22:18.

:22:19. > :22:23.weather. I hope there is no snow on This was the scene today and it

:22:23. > :22:31.will remain the scene over the weekend for a while, wet, windy and

:22:31. > :22:36.at times on a bright and sunny. It will get windier, too. We have a

:22:36. > :22:43.year warming up on the Met Office. There will be some severe gales on

:22:43. > :22:49.there. Is the evening and overnight, and all age where. But because no

:22:49. > :22:55.Cornwall in and the temperature will be at fault of all six degrees.

:22:55. > :23:04.A windy theme remains to a row and it will be on the stock we will

:23:04. > :23:07.continue to see at rates of rain in the weights. It's the, it would say

:23:07. > :23:11.any where and when you take into account the eastern wins, it will

:23:11. > :23:20.be quite blustery out so I stopped temperatures getting up to a team

:23:20. > :23:25.of walking degrees. He very much a to come but with wet weather and

:23:25. > :23:33.the wind, it will you come at the block the stock and barrel the the

:23:33. > :23:38.the East you are. In northern areas, we could see gusts of up to 60mph

:23:38. > :23:48.up. More rain to come as the them overnight in two Sunday which will

:23:48. > :23:50.

:23:50. > :24:00.eventually here. A truer picture, a near as we have. You may get one or

:24:00. > :24:09.

:24:09. > :24:19.two neck Russia and a ring in. The Monday, it looks as though theories

:24:19. > :24:19.