:00:14. > :00:17.Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Noel Thompson.
:00:17. > :00:20.The headlines this Monday evening - homeless charities say more people
:00:20. > :00:29.than ever are being forced to sleep rough, leaving them vulnerable to
:00:29. > :00:34.unprovoked attacks. You have people coming over and
:00:34. > :00:38.kicking you when you are sleeping. They call you names.
:00:38. > :00:44.It is wet, it is called committed Wendy, yet here tonight many people
:00:44. > :00:47.will be looking for a doorway to sleep in.
:00:47. > :00:57.Also on the programme tonight... We hear from Antrim snooker star
:00:57. > :00:59.
:00:59. > :01:02.A no-ball g from easyJet to a blind women who refused to let a board
:01:02. > :01:08.with a guide dog. The army killing of a teenager 40
:01:08. > :01:12.years ago. Papers could be with the prosecution service in a fortnight.
:01:12. > :01:18.We will hear from a disappointed Mark Allen after losing the biggest
:01:19. > :01:22.game of his stricken career. -- his snooker career.
:01:22. > :01:25.And as we have seen, it's a pretty wet evening, and another very windy
:01:25. > :01:28.spell is on the way with snow for some, as well.
:01:28. > :01:33.This wintry chill makes us want to rush home from work or shopping to
:01:33. > :01:36.get into the welcoming warmth for a cup of tea.
:01:36. > :01:39.But what if you had no home to go to, no respite from the weather
:01:39. > :01:42.except a doorway and a damp sleeping bag? Homeless charities
:01:42. > :01:45.say more people than ever are being forced to sleep rough, especially
:01:45. > :01:49.in Belfast. Tonight we have the first of two reports on what it is
:01:49. > :01:53.like to be homeless. Our reporter Will Leitch joins us live from the
:01:53. > :01:58.rain-streaked city centre. Belfast is busy, with two shopping
:01:58. > :02:02.weeks left until Christmas. But night time brings a different story
:02:02. > :02:06.- the growing number of people who have nowhere to stay and have to
:02:06. > :02:10.sleep where they can. I have been meeting one group of ordinary
:02:10. > :02:18.people who don't even live here. They are from Richill in Armagh,
:02:18. > :02:24.but regularly drive up to Belfast to do what they can to help.
:02:24. > :02:28.A busy city centre. Shoppers hurried by a with purses and
:02:28. > :02:33.wallets to NT and banks to fill. What a difference a few others can
:02:33. > :02:37.make. By half-past 10, someone is sleeping rough in the same spot on
:02:37. > :02:43.what of the stormiest night of the winter as though far.
:02:43. > :02:51.Have you enough layers, there is another jumper here? Do you want
:02:51. > :02:58.another jumper? This man has been unable to get a space in the any
:02:58. > :03:06.hostel. He is cold, and with arthritis weakening his legs he
:03:06. > :03:11.cannot move to a more sheltered spot. He is being helped from a
:03:11. > :03:16.Christian group from County Armagh. They cannot do much except of a
:03:16. > :03:20.food and clothing and just stay for a while. A one of the men in our
:03:20. > :03:24.team met a man for a night, a homeless guy, and he spoke to him
:03:24. > :03:33.and he said at said -- it was the first conversation he had had in
:03:33. > :03:38.weeks. He said that a smile is worth �1 million. Across the city,
:03:38. > :03:41.Gary is checking his possessions before searching for a hostel bed.
:03:41. > :03:47.But I haven't got a clue yet, to be honest.
:03:47. > :03:52.If I get in, I get income if I don't. 21 years, on and off,
:03:52. > :04:01.walking these streets. It doesn't bother me, it is a bit cold tonight,
:04:01. > :04:07.though. He goes to find a bed. All the signs pointing towards these
:04:07. > :04:12.days be much harder than it used to be. Stephen's bed might be a mile
:04:12. > :04:18.away, but he can't be sure. I don't know until I go to the
:04:18. > :04:21.place, and hopefully I will have a roof over my head, a cup of tea or
:04:21. > :04:26.coffee or something like that. What if it falls through?
:04:26. > :04:31.I will have to lie on the street wrath somewhere. You have people
:04:31. > :04:38.coming over kicking you when you are sleeping, calling unions. It is
:04:38. > :04:42.not on, because I could beat anybody. It could be them.
:04:42. > :04:48.Unfortunately it is not them, it is me, it is myself.
:04:48. > :04:52.He set off hoping it is worth his while. Every night in Belfast,
:04:53. > :04:55.these men are far from the only ones. Sleeping rough in this kind
:04:55. > :04:59.of weather. Tomorrow on BBC Newsline we look at
:04:59. > :05:06.fears that a change in the law in the New Year could mean more young
:05:06. > :05:10.Easyjet has apologised for any inconvenience caused to a blind
:05:10. > :05:13.woman who wasn't allowed onto a flight with her guide dog. The
:05:13. > :05:16.airline said Joanna Jones didn't have the proper documents to prove
:05:16. > :05:26.the animal was trained for flying in the cabin of a plane. Mervyn
:05:26. > :05:27.
:05:27. > :05:33.Flying home for Christmas, and a lead indicator of one passenger on
:05:33. > :05:38.morning. Joanna Jones, who lives in Lisburn, was stopped from boarding
:05:38. > :05:41.a flight to Belfast last night in London, because she had no
:05:41. > :05:44.documentation to show her dog was a guide dog. This letter frustrated
:05:44. > :05:49.and angry. The guide dog Association could
:05:49. > :05:54.provide you with a certificate or any documentation when you qualify
:05:54. > :05:58.but the dock, and I was not also told when I boot the assistance of
:05:58. > :06:03.the week before last and told them I was travelling with a guide dog,
:06:03. > :06:09.they never mentioned this paperwork then.
:06:09. > :06:13.She is wearing her harness and has attack on, that -- I thought that
:06:13. > :06:16.would be good enough. When you were told that was not,
:06:16. > :06:20.what does that -- was your response?
:06:20. > :06:24.Why have I been allowed to fly with them for the last 12 years?
:06:24. > :06:29.EasyJet says it welcomes and carries hundreds of passengers with
:06:29. > :06:39.guide dogs in the last year. -- in the last year.
:06:39. > :06:43.However, on its website, a statement says...
:06:43. > :06:46.EasyJet has apologised to her for the inconvenience caused. The issue
:06:46. > :06:53.got up a head of steam after it appeared on social media sites last
:06:53. > :06:56.night. If it was not already on the airline's radar, it is now.
:06:56. > :06:59.And you have been joining in the debate today on that story on our
:07:00. > :07:09.Facebook page. Most people are expressing sympathy with Joanna
:07:10. > :07:19.
:07:19. > :07:25.It is looking very likely that we'll soon be back paying for
:07:25. > :07:28.prescriptions. The Health Minister Edwin Poots has been hinting at it
:07:28. > :07:31.since he came to office in May, but in an Assembly debate this
:07:31. > :07:36.afternoon Mr Poots said he would put the issue out to consultation
:07:36. > :07:42.sometime in the New Year. We will move forward Ben de la Parc
:07:42. > :07:49.of the new year with the consultation on introducing some
:07:49. > :07:53.form of subscription charge -- prescription charge to provide the
:07:53. > :07:56.appropriate care for people with life-threatening illnesses.
:07:56. > :07:59.Tributes have been paid to the County Armagh GAA player who was
:07:59. > :08:02.murdered at the weekend. James Hughes was in a taxi in Dundalk in
:08:02. > :08:05.the early hours of Sunday morning when shots were fired into it. Two
:08:05. > :08:09.other people in the car were other people in the car were
:08:09. > :08:13.wounded. A 32-year-old man later wounded. A 32-year-old man later
:08:13. > :08:18.handed himself into the gardai. Julie McCullough reports.
:08:18. > :08:22.James Hughes was a familiar figure in his home town of Crossmaglen. It
:08:22. > :08:28.was where he had played for the local Gaelic senior football team.
:08:28. > :08:32.The 35-year-old was killed outside a house in an estate in Dundalk
:08:32. > :08:38.just after four o'clock yesterday morning. He was in a taxi when a
:08:38. > :08:43.man approached the car and fired a number of shocks. There is a strong
:08:43. > :08:46.sense of shock and disbelief in the tragic killing of James Hughes, a
:08:46. > :08:51.very well-known young man in their area, very well liked and his
:08:51. > :08:54.family is very popular. This is a huge tragedy for them and my
:08:54. > :09:00.sympathy goes out to them, and people are struggling to come to
:09:00. > :09:04.terms with any rationale for a senseless killing.
:09:04. > :09:08.Two other people were in the car when James used was killed, 21-
:09:08. > :09:13.year-old woman and a 40-year-old man who was driving the taxi were
:09:13. > :09:19.both injured but not seriously. A 32-year-old man has been arrested
:09:19. > :09:21.after handing himself into a Gardai station. Irish police say they are
:09:21. > :09:24.investigated a motive for the attack.
:09:24. > :09:27.The police have confirmed that a suspicious object which caused a
:09:27. > :09:31.security alert in county Armagh Keady was a bomb. It had been left
:09:31. > :09:33.near to Keady PSNI station. A number of homes nearby were
:09:34. > :09:37.evacuated last night after a telephone warning. The army made
:09:37. > :09:40.the device safe. BBC Newsline has learned that a
:09:40. > :09:42.file on the controversial killing of a Londonderry teenager could be
:09:42. > :09:44.handed over to the Public Prosecution Service within a
:09:44. > :09:47.fortnight. On Friday an inquest found that 15-year-old Daniel
:09:47. > :09:52.Hegarty was innocent when he was shot dead by a soldier during
:09:52. > :10:00.Operation Motorman in 1972. As Kevin Sharkey reports, the victim's
:10:00. > :10:06.family say the soldier should be brought before a court.
:10:06. > :10:10.The quest for justice has taken a long time. Four decades. It was
:10:10. > :10:16.delivered by an inquest jury in just four hours. This brought
:10:16. > :10:22.relief to Daniel Hegarty's family, their brother's good name restored
:10:22. > :10:27.and a long campaign vindicated. He was cleared of all wrongdoing.
:10:27. > :10:33.We did not do it out of revenge or hatred, we just wanted justice. We
:10:33. > :10:42.wanted somebody held to account. We went down to the grave yesterday,
:10:42. > :10:47.and now he can rest in peace. I will always miss Daniel.
:10:47. > :10:50.One chapter of this case is closed now, but it raises another question
:10:50. > :10:54.about the soldier who killed Daniel Hegarty.
:10:54. > :10:59.The they are referring to someone as soldier become a letter of the
:10:59. > :11:03.alphabet, and that this individual has killed a 15-year-old child. It
:11:03. > :11:09.is distressing for the family, but I think the family had always
:11:09. > :11:14.believed at some stage they would stand before a criminal court.
:11:14. > :11:18.For the family, law and order dictates nothing less.
:11:18. > :11:23.I respect the law, treat everyone with the same equal rights and
:11:23. > :11:32.bring this mantra the court. Despite bringing this man to the
:11:32. > :11:36.court. What has remained here ever since - the steam on Daniel
:11:36. > :11:40.Hegarty's good name. What happens now to the soldier who killed him?
:11:40. > :11:50.The coroner has told BBC Newsline today he will make a decision
:11:50. > :11:53.
:11:53. > :11:56.You are watching BBC News line. Still to come on the programme...
:11:56. > :11:59.The Prime Minister has told the House of Commons that he acted in
:11:59. > :12:04.the UK's best interests last week in Brussels by vetoing attempts to
:12:04. > :12:08.change the fundamental treaties of the European Union. Has he has he
:12:08. > :12:18.done the best for Northern Ireland? And an Aladdin's cave of Irish
:12:18. > :12:22.
:12:22. > :12:27.treasure north and south is put up for sale in Dublin.
:12:27. > :12:30.Last week. Without Without the safeguards for the Uk's financial
:12:30. > :12:33.services industry he wanted, David Cameron said it was better to allow
:12:33. > :12:35.the other countries to close a separate deal for the Eurozone. So,
:12:35. > :12:37.are the implications for Northern Ireland clearer after today's
:12:37. > :12:42.Common's statement? Our Business and Economics Editor Jim
:12:43. > :12:47.Fitzpatrick has been keeping a close eye on developments.
:12:47. > :12:52.Particular interest for Northern Ireland in this debate. Yes, there
:12:52. > :12:57.is. There was bad weather forecast, but within Europe there is a storm
:12:57. > :13:01.forecast. Unfortunately, we could be within the eye of that storm.
:13:01. > :13:05.We're the only part of the UK with a land border with the eurozone,
:13:05. > :13:11.the Republic. We are so involved in the economy, in terms of things
:13:11. > :13:15.like exports but even things like property. There are public property
:13:15. > :13:23.agency controls our property market. The Republic has a �5 billion loan
:13:23. > :13:26.from the UK, so we are entirely interwoven in the Northern Ireland
:13:26. > :13:30.economy with the Republic. Scotland has complained no
:13:30. > :13:35.attention was given to them in this refusal to go along with the rest
:13:35. > :13:38.of the eurozone. Does that apply to Northern Ireland, as well? Was
:13:38. > :13:41.there any attention given to our needs?
:13:41. > :13:46.The Prime Minister says he looks out for the interests of the UK as
:13:46. > :13:50.a whole, and he was supported today by the DUP's Nigel Dodds in the
:13:50. > :13:53.House of Commons. The Prime Minister made the point that UK
:13:53. > :14:00.financial services are such a big industry, they account for 10% of
:14:00. > :14:07.taxes. Northern Ireland get a �9 billion paid -- bail out in the
:14:07. > :14:12.year, and no one asks us to pay that back. Whether these laws are
:14:12. > :14:15.protected or not, is a moot point. If you are trying to export to the
:14:15. > :14:19.Republic, you would be more concerned.
:14:19. > :14:23.The Prime Minister has insisted he is not going soft on the banks and
:14:23. > :14:29.there will be more explanation about what happened to RBS and the
:14:29. > :14:33.subsidiary, the Ulster Bank. Yes, a lot of these problems in Europe and
:14:33. > :14:39.in the UK started in the banking system. Those were certainly a
:14:39. > :14:44.major factor in Ireland's problems. Ulster Bank, UK owned, and now
:14:44. > :14:49.taxpayer owned, was a problem child for RBS in the island. It accounted
:14:49. > :14:53.for a disproportionate amount of its bad loans. You can see why
:14:53. > :14:56.financial-services at a big part of the UK economy and why Europe wants
:14:56. > :15:05.to control them slightly differently. That debate is still
:15:05. > :15:08.Bus drivers were all too often victims of attack in the Troubles.
:15:08. > :15:11.More than 20 lost their lives, countless others were caught up in
:15:11. > :15:14.hijackings and burnings as they kept buses running in those
:15:14. > :15:20.dangerous decades. Tonight they will be honoured for their services.
:15:20. > :15:24.BBC Newsline's Julian O'Neill reports.
:15:24. > :15:30.Belfast in the mid- 1970s was a dangerous time and bus drivers will
:15:30. > :15:37.often easy targets. In the worst cases, it lives were lost keeping
:15:37. > :15:42.services running. Some will rush died on the job in 1970 free, hit
:15:42. > :15:47.by a stray loyalist bullet aimed at a security checkpoint. It was a
:15:47. > :15:52.kind of bravery just to go out in those days and try to pass. I think
:15:52. > :15:57.are many just realising that today when you asked me was he in danger.
:15:57. > :16:07.Now I realise that was the kind of courage. A sense of duty came from
:16:07. > :16:09.
:16:09. > :16:15.the top down. This is the German boss bowls from the time. He
:16:15. > :16:18.probably carried away as suspect parcel bomb. But do you think will
:16:18. > :16:25.be tempted to come and carry suspect packages of the buses of
:16:25. > :16:28.the need arises in the future? told the Chief Constable at
:16:28. > :16:34.midnight, there is an thing happening one minute after midnight,
:16:35. > :16:40.it is someone else's problem. often ended up as burning
:16:40. > :16:44.barricades. Decades later, drivers of finally being honoured at a
:16:44. > :16:48.civic reception in Belfast tonight. They risk their lives doing nothing
:16:48. > :16:51.more than their job but they did it with a dedication and commitment
:16:51. > :16:55.because what they were risking their lives for was to bring a
:16:55. > :17:01.sense of normality to Belfast at the time and it definitely was not
:17:01. > :17:06.normal. Today's buses operate in better times but recognition for
:17:06. > :17:09.pass service has been a long time coming. The head of the grammar
:17:09. > :17:12.schools group which uses the GL Assessment transfer test says he
:17:12. > :17:15.regrets the breach of security and copyright which allowed some
:17:15. > :17:23.children to view past papers. But as our education correspondent
:17:23. > :17:28.Maggie Taggart reports, a more serious claim has not been proved.
:17:29. > :17:32.The papers in question were the 2009 English and maths transfer
:17:32. > :17:36.tests. The Catholic Principals Association raised the alarm when a
:17:36. > :17:39.parent reported having obtained a copy from a grammar school,
:17:39. > :17:44.completely against the rules of the commercial company that provides
:17:44. > :17:47.the test. The investigation could not find evidence that the test had
:17:48. > :17:53.been seen before people sat it but it did find that copies had been
:17:53. > :17:56.made and circulated among some pupils practising for the exam the
:17:56. > :18:00.following year. What we have found is that there was a breach of
:18:00. > :18:05.security, but the papers were not returned warfare to copied and
:18:05. > :18:09.handed out as a practice paper. We cannot establish if there was an
:18:09. > :18:16.unfair advantage to any child because the source of the leak was
:18:16. > :18:19.not identified. The minister says he is still open to hearing more
:18:19. > :18:23.evidence of further security breaches.
:18:23. > :18:28.Now it was a close thing for Mark Allen as he fought for his first
:18:28. > :18:32.big title. But it was not to be. Antrim's Mark Allen lost narrowly
:18:32. > :18:34.to Judd Trump of England at the UK Snooker Championships. During the
:18:34. > :18:38.tournament, Allen criticised World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn about
:18:38. > :18:42.changing the format of the competition. But he says he would
:18:42. > :18:50.like to meet to settle their differences. Thomas Kane reports on
:18:50. > :18:55.what was a thrilling final. He may have looked relaxed but this
:18:55. > :19:04.was the biggest game that Mark Allen had ever played in. He
:19:04. > :19:14.trailed by as many as FF5 during the first to 10 contest. But
:19:14. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:27.produced three breaks over 130, to battle back. Then came the turning
:19:27. > :19:28.
:19:28. > :19:32.point. A long road from Mark Allen missed by the smallest of margins
:19:32. > :19:42.and it turned out be his last shot of the final and of the tournament,
:19:42. > :19:43.
:19:43. > :19:48.has Judd Trump won the biggest prize of his career. I'm obviously
:19:48. > :19:52.disappointed to lose, you come here to try and win the event. But
:19:52. > :19:57.sometimes you just have to say that your opponent was the better player.
:19:57. > :20:06.He might not have let your with the title but his performance boosted
:20:06. > :20:08.his ranking to 10th in the world and its bank balance by �46,000.
:20:08. > :20:12.Rory McIlroy has withdrawn from this week's Thailand Golf
:20:12. > :20:16.Championship as he recovers from a virus. He won't play again until
:20:16. > :20:19.the New Year. McIlroy couldn't quite finish the season as the
:20:19. > :20:24.number one player in Europe yesterday. Despite rolling in a few
:20:24. > :20:28.birdie putts, his challenge faded at the Dubai World Championship.
:20:28. > :20:35.McIlroy ended the year as runner up in the Race to Dubai to Luke Donald,
:20:35. > :20:37.with prize money of over �2.7 million.
:20:37. > :20:41.Belfast swimmer Melanie Nocker clinched her first major
:20:42. > :20:44.championship medal yesterday. She took bronze in the 200 metres
:20:44. > :20:50.backstroke final at the European Short Course Championships in
:20:50. > :20:55.Poland. Nocker had set an Irish record in the qualifying heats, and
:20:55. > :20:58.went even faster in the final. Her medal is a major boost to her
:20:58. > :21:02.confidence ahead of her attempts to ensure qualification for next
:21:02. > :21:07.summer's London Olympics. Glentoran's Gary Hamilton is set to
:21:07. > :21:11.be named as the surprise new player manager of Glenavon Football Cclub.
:21:11. > :21:14.It's expected terms will be agreed between the clubs this week.
:21:14. > :21:17.Hamilton was a disappointed man at the weekend as Glentoran lost to
:21:17. > :21:27.Portadown and fell 14 points behind the league leaders, Linfield.
:21:27. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:33.Thomas Niblock reports. Glentoran's Gary Hamilton may be on
:21:33. > :21:37.his way to take over as 28 Fred manager but do Logan side achieved
:21:37. > :21:44.a comfortable weekend victory to move off the bottom of the
:21:44. > :21:54.Premiership. Linfield remained clear at the top of the table after
:21:54. > :21:57.
:21:57. > :22:01.her victory over Crusaders. We are ticking away nicely. We had a few
:22:01. > :22:08.disappointments but our response was to come out and we have got
:22:08. > :22:18.five points on the bounce. Cliftonville remained in second
:22:18. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:26.place, defeating Lisburn distillery 3-1. That may be detained League
:22:26. > :22:35.wins in a row. It took them to equalise for us to lift our game.
:22:35. > :22:42.But I thought it was a deserved victory. The Portadown manager
:22:42. > :22:46.celebrated 10 years as manager in the best fashion as his side
:22:46. > :22:51.defeated Glentoran. Martin O'Neill made winning start
:22:51. > :22:54.as the new Sunderland manager. But he was made to sweat. His new side
:22:54. > :22:57.were trailing 1-0 at home to Blackburn up until the last six
:22:57. > :23:07.minutes of the game, when two spectacular strikes secured all
:23:07. > :23:08.
:23:08. > :23:15.three points. You're looking at the clock and thinking 65 minutes, 70
:23:15. > :23:23.part, and you're thinking, is it going to happen for us? But it was
:23:23. > :23:26.great. The place lifted, absolutely lifted. Two great goals. It was
:23:27. > :23:30.magnificent. Ulster's emphatic 31-10 win over
:23:30. > :23:34.Aironi in the Heineken Cup on Friday night leaves them in second
:23:34. > :23:38.place in Pool Four. Stephen Ferris' try midway through the first half
:23:38. > :23:41.got Ulster off to a perfect start - and fullback Adam D'Arcy went over
:23:41. > :23:45.in the same corner to establish a 12-3 half-time lead. There was no
:23:45. > :23:48.let-up for the Italians after the break as winger Andrew Trimble then
:23:48. > :23:51.powered through a flagging Italian defence to add five more points,
:23:51. > :23:57.before Paul Marshall scored from a quick tap to snatch a fourth try
:23:57. > :24:02.and a vital bonus point. 19-year- old Paddy Jackson then added a fine
:24:02. > :24:07.fifth try. Ulster meet Aironi against this weekend - hoping for a
:24:07. > :24:10.repeat of that scoreline! Congratulations to Irish runner
:24:10. > :24:20.Fionnuola Britton, who claimed gold yesterday at the European Cross-
:24:20. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:28.Country Championships. So Rory McIlroy got �2.7 million
:24:28. > :24:31.for coming second! We made the wrong career choice! A ticker tape
:24:31. > :24:34.of the world's first wireless transmission by Marconi and unique
:24:34. > :24:38.Titanic memorabilia are just some of the rarer and more unusual items
:24:38. > :24:42.up for auction in Dublin tomorrow. The pieces form part of the Mealys
:24:42. > :24:47.Rare Books auction - Julie Kirby has been taking a look at what's on
:24:47. > :24:57.offer And you can read about more On our news online site -
:24:57. > :25:00.
:25:00. > :25:09.www.bbc.co.uk/ninews Finally, a The ticker-tape says here a wire
:25:09. > :25:13.for Mr Marconi. It is an idiosyncrasy. There was no
:25:13. > :25:20.predictive text backbencher it is the first tie Pope used in
:25:20. > :25:29.journalism! It is expected to fetch up to 20,000 euros at auction. Also
:25:29. > :25:34.on offer are bred books, manuscripts and maps. It is like a
:25:34. > :25:39.child at a sweet shop. There are lots of things that I would like. I
:25:39. > :25:45.have lots of books myself so, at a certain point, I have to try to
:25:45. > :25:48.curtail the urge. Price is key in any auction, but none of the
:25:48. > :25:54.collectors I spoke to thought the recession was having too negative
:25:54. > :25:58.and effect. I do not think so. I think anything that people are
:25:58. > :26:05.looking for, book collectors are very determined breed and they
:26:05. > :26:08.might spend their last penny. to be snapped up with these unique
:26:08. > :26:18.manuscript emerges from Holland and Wolff which are now returning home
:26:18. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:24.to the shipyard that they came from. It is a pretty busy week coming up
:26:24. > :26:28.for the weather. We have the windy spell tomorrow and another later in
:26:28. > :26:34.the week. Either of these has the potential to bring more disruption
:26:34. > :26:41.and damaging cuts. Through the next 24 hours, the Met Office is also
:26:41. > :26:49.warning of snow. We could see a few centimetres on the hills. At the
:26:49. > :26:54.moment, it is rain. Plenty of it across much of Northern Ireland. It
:26:54. > :26:59.is accompanied by gusty winds. Then we will clear the rain out of the
:26:59. > :27:04.way and that is when the cold air starts to sink in. The blustery
:27:04. > :27:07.wind bringing a mixture of clear spells and showers which will
:27:07. > :27:17.increasingly include snow as temperatures dropped towards
:27:17. > :27:18.
:27:18. > :27:22.freezing. It is a cold and blustery start to the date tomorrow. There
:27:22. > :27:29.will be more of those sleet and snow showers through the morning
:27:29. > :27:33.rush hour. Particularly in the West. They may ease off in intensity and
:27:33. > :27:39.frequency for a little while in the afternoon but it is then that the
:27:39. > :27:44.Met Office is warning of the hype wins. Up towards the north coast it
:27:44. > :27:49.could be as high as and two mph. Then we have the next batch of
:27:49. > :27:53.sleet and snow, particularly over high ground in the north and west.
:27:53. > :27:57.For the early evening rush hour we could have the potential for
:27:57. > :28:01.drifting and blizzard conditions. The gales East for a time on