:00:22. > :00:27.Hello and welcome to the programme. The headlines: the justice minister
:00:27. > :00:30.under pressure to force the higher RDC officers to pay back their
:00:31. > :00:38.redundancy money. What we need to do is correct this.
:00:38. > :00:41.Call it what you want, but what is clear is that this is not right.
:00:41. > :00:45.Pharmacists when a court case against the Department of Health
:00:45. > :00:50.against cuts in funding. Domestic abuse on the increase,
:00:50. > :00:54.especially at Christmas and it takes many forms. Mine was not
:00:54. > :00:58.physical abuse. Mine was more a mental torture which got to the
:00:58. > :01:02.point where I thought, I cannot take this any more.
:01:02. > :01:07.An early Christmas present for the National Library of Ireland, Seamus
:01:07. > :01:11.Heaney donates his literary archive. And we have another very milky, we
:01:11. > :01:19.have another one in store tomorrow. Will it stay that way for
:01:19. > :01:23.Christmas? Good evening. The justice minister
:01:23. > :01:26.David Ford has said he is not ready to block a loophole which allows
:01:26. > :01:29.former RUC officer to be be employed at to keep the payments
:01:29. > :01:33.made under the Patten redundancy scheme. Under the present law, a
:01:33. > :01:37.former officers can be be hired as civilians within days of retiring.
:01:37. > :01:42.They would be doing jobs like checking CCTV pictures to handling
:01:42. > :01:46.sensitive intelligence. Sinn Fein says that anyone be hired within
:01:46. > :01:51.five years of retiring should have to return their pattern redundancy
:01:51. > :01:58.money. Changing the face of policing was
:01:58. > :02:02.highly contentious, and hugely expensive. Almost �0.5 billion was
:02:02. > :02:08.spent on what is believed to be the most journalists -- generous
:02:08. > :02:12.redundancy scheme anywhere in the world. It encourages experience of
:02:12. > :02:18.us have to retire early to make way for new recruits, half of women
:02:18. > :02:23.were Catholic. It worked. More than 4,000 RTC officers retired with
:02:23. > :02:26.large lump-sum payments and enhanced pensions. Further after
:02:26. > :02:31.taking off their uniforms, hundreds of former officers would be hired
:02:31. > :02:35.at the PSNI as civilians. Legislation introduced in 2003 said
:02:35. > :02:39.that anyone who volunteered to retire early under the scheme has
:02:39. > :02:44.to repay any lump-sum payment they received St be joined the police
:02:44. > :02:51.within the five years. That rule does not apply to anyone be hired
:02:51. > :02:53.as a civilian. As a result, many claim that retired officers where
:02:53. > :02:59.taken on within a short time performing duties similar to those
:02:59. > :03:02.they performed before leaving. Sinn Fein's board members have
:03:02. > :03:07.criticised the cost and practice of be hiding a former RUC officers in
:03:07. > :03:11.recent weeks. They bought the Justice Minister to change the law.
:03:11. > :03:15.In future, they say former officers be hired to the PSNI in any role
:03:15. > :03:20.within five years of retiring should have to get back any lump-
:03:20. > :03:28.sum payments they received under the scheme. What we need to do is
:03:28. > :03:32.correct this. Call it an anomaly, call it a huge expense. Call it
:03:32. > :03:36.whatever you want. What is clear about this is that it is not right.
:03:36. > :03:43.It is not the way to move the policing project forward. We need
:03:43. > :03:49.to put an end to it. DP members of the policing boards said they will
:03:49. > :03:53.oppose any attempt to change the law. It would be discrimination to
:03:53. > :03:58.refuse them the opportunity to apply for a job in the PSNI. Let's
:03:58. > :04:05.be absolutely honest, there are police forces throughout the world
:04:05. > :04:10.for our headhunting X RUC officers. It is too, offer them advice based
:04:10. > :04:17.on their experience. The PSNI could well do with the former RUC
:04:17. > :04:21.said he is willing to discuss the issue with Sinn Fein, but seems
:04:21. > :04:25.unlikely to agree to their request. What is clear is that there are
:04:25. > :04:28.wider employment law issues. I remain to be convinced that it
:04:28. > :04:32.would be easy to make the kind of changes they are suggesting, or
:04:32. > :04:37.that it would be right to make the changes they are suggesting. In a
:04:37. > :04:41.statement, the PSNI said they forelock UK and European employment
:04:41. > :04:46.law legislation, which does not allow discrimination against any
:04:46. > :04:50.individual based on their former employment.
:04:51. > :04:54.500 pharmacies are celebrating a court victory. They took legal
:04:54. > :04:57.action against the Department of Health over its a big cuts in
:04:57. > :05:03.funding earlier this year. They judge has ruled that the department
:05:03. > :05:07.failed to carry out for proper consultation.
:05:07. > :05:11.Chemists say that collectively they have taken a �38 million head to
:05:11. > :05:15.business after the Department changed their funding arrangements
:05:15. > :05:20.for things like fees for dispensing prescriptions and the way drugs are
:05:20. > :05:25.paid for. Today's court when is the first good news after months of
:05:25. > :05:28.financial pain. In essence, 30% of the income to
:05:29. > :05:33.pharmacy business has been taken out of the system, and it happened
:05:33. > :05:39.back in April 2011. It is ongoing month-on-month, and most of us were
:05:39. > :05:41.looking into the New Year with huge problems ahead of us. Therefore,
:05:41. > :05:45.today's does when comes as a great relief.
:05:45. > :05:48.The High Court judge ruled that before the changes were implemented,
:05:48. > :05:52.the Department of Health failed to carry out proper consultation. He
:05:52. > :05:57.also said that the department did not conduct a sufficient impact
:05:57. > :06:03.assessment. We welcomed the ruling given today by the judge in this
:06:03. > :06:06.case. It was about process and the Department and board have been
:06:06. > :06:11.found to have an inappropriate process. This does that get away
:06:11. > :06:15.from the magnitude of funding cuts facing pharmacies. The department
:06:15. > :06:20.did not comment on today's ruling, saying that it would study the full
:06:20. > :06:24.judgment carefully when it is a should by the court in due course.
:06:24. > :06:29.While pharmacists say that today's ruling represents a great victory,
:06:29. > :06:33.it does not solve the funding issue. He won fresh talks with the
:06:33. > :06:42.Department of Health. Both sides will be back at the High Court
:06:42. > :06:46.early in the New Year. Some more court news now, the trial
:06:46. > :06:51.has ended of the two men accused of murdering two soldiers at
:06:51. > :06:57.Massereene barracks in and some in 2009.
:06:57. > :07:00.Colin Duffy from Lurgan and Prime shivers denied murder and attempted
:07:00. > :07:05.murder charges. Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkar were shot dead as
:07:05. > :07:09.they collected a pizza delivery at the gates of the army base.
:07:09. > :07:12.Liam Adams, the brother of the Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has been
:07:13. > :07:18.refused bail on charges of sexually abusing his daughter. He denies the
:07:18. > :07:22.charges. This time of year should be a happy
:07:22. > :07:26.time for families, but at Christmas the police always in say -- always
:07:26. > :07:31.it see a rise in calls from people suffering domestic abuse. There we
:07:31. > :07:35.are more than 12,000 reported incidents in the six months between
:07:35. > :07:41.April and October. Or correspondent has been hearing from a victim who
:07:41. > :07:46.wants to encourage others to speak to the police and support groups.
:07:46. > :07:50.Mine wasn't physical abuse. Mine was more mental torture. It is
:07:50. > :07:54.harder to prove to family members, two friends. He controlled
:07:54. > :07:58.everything. It got to the point where I thought, I just cannot take
:07:58. > :08:05.this any more. Jane, not her real name, suffered abuse from her
:08:05. > :08:09.husband for around 15 years. She felt helpless and intimidated.
:08:09. > :08:13.aspect of domestic abuse that a lot of people are not so familiar with
:08:13. > :08:18.is the issue around finances. Financial abuse did hold me back
:08:18. > :08:24.from running away. He knew that. If there is no money there, she cannot
:08:24. > :08:31.drive. There is nothing she can do, she can -- she will come back. Kids,
:08:31. > :08:34.using them as a threat. experience as -- in being trapped
:08:34. > :08:38.any abusive relationship is disturbingly common.
:08:38. > :08:41.The police received more than 12,000 calls from people claiming a
:08:41. > :08:45.family member was abusing them between April and a proper. The
:08:45. > :08:49.area with the highest number of incidents was Londonderry, with
:08:49. > :08:53.more than 1,100. Women are not always the victims, one in five
:08:53. > :09:02.calls came from men. The police say that there are still lots of people
:09:02. > :09:05.who stay silent. It is an under- reported crime. In the last six
:09:06. > :09:11.months, we have seen an increase in over 600 calls in what he would
:09:11. > :09:14.have expected this time last year. Maybe the stigma is disappearing.
:09:14. > :09:21.This new advertising campaign is try to get more victims to come
:09:21. > :09:29.forward. Domestic abuse can only stop when you report it. Sadly,
:09:29. > :09:31.cases of domestic abuse tend to peak around Christmas and new year.
:09:31. > :09:35.The Director of Public Prosecutions it must decide at the soldier
:09:35. > :09:40.should face criminal charges for killing a teenager in Londonderry
:09:40. > :09:44.in 1972. Daniel Hegarty was shot twice in the head during Operation
:09:44. > :09:51.Motorman. The senior coroner John Leckey has passed the file on the
:09:51. > :09:54.case to the PPS. This road has been troubled often.
:09:54. > :09:57.Flowers and memories are brought here for almost four decades. These
:09:57. > :10:02.sisters lost their brother in troubled times on the streets of
:10:02. > :10:06.Derry. Four years, Daniel Hegarty was officially classified as a
:10:06. > :10:11.terrorist. His family eventually cleared his name. As the years
:10:11. > :10:16.passed, new generations have come along, and now a new hope for
:10:16. > :10:20.justice. When Operation Motorman are rolled onto the streets almost
:10:20. > :10:24.four decades ago, it achieved the army's main objective of creating
:10:24. > :10:28.the no poor areas. The legacy of the life and particularly the
:10:28. > :10:32.circumstances of the death of Daniel Hegarty has never gone away.
:10:32. > :10:38.This mother's inquest have found that he was no more than a curious
:10:38. > :10:41.teenager excited at the prospect of seeing big tanks in his home city.
:10:41. > :10:45.The finding has moved this case on to a new legal level.
:10:45. > :10:50.It is prompting interest and expectation in legal circles close
:10:50. > :10:53.to the case. I have no doubt that the director will take into
:10:53. > :10:58.consideration the views of the Hegarty family, which I think are
:10:58. > :11:01.well known. It is a matter for the prosecution service. The Hegarty
:11:01. > :11:06.family to date have placed their faith in our legal system and I
:11:06. > :11:13.think they should be commended for that. Daniel bigoted's family have
:11:13. > :11:18.spent a long time waiting. -- Daniel Hegarty's family. The loss
:11:18. > :11:24.say they are here to protect us all. I want to know what went wrong that
:11:24. > :11:29.they did not arrest the soldier on d1. Why was it left to bowl on 40
:11:29. > :11:33.years before someone started to listen? The family say they cannot
:11:33. > :11:41.look rest until they get justice for their brother. Even if the
:11:41. > :11:46.quest is left to coming generations. You are watching BBC News Line, and
:11:46. > :11:50.still to, the programme. biggest music festival in Ireland
:11:50. > :11:59.forced to take a break by the economic downturn. I have a report
:11:59. > :12:02.on the distillery which has been swallowed up by an American giant.
:12:02. > :12:08.If you want to know the work involved in being Ireland's
:12:08. > :12:12.greatest living poet, you now have a chance to read hundreds of papers
:12:12. > :12:16.penned by Seamus Heaney. The Nobel laureate has donated his literary
:12:16. > :12:21.archive to the National Library of Ireland. It is the real coup for
:12:21. > :12:25.the appellant to have no books and manuscripts gathered over details.
:12:25. > :12:30.Our correspondent was among Seamus Heaney's family who gathered in
:12:30. > :12:34.Dublin for the occasion. The Reading Room in the National
:12:34. > :12:41.Library. A magnificent setting on a momentous occasion for the
:12:41. > :12:47.institution and for Seamus Heaney. I am overwhelmed with the number of
:12:47. > :12:52.people that the library have brought in to celebrate this moment.
:12:52. > :12:57.I am deeply indebted and deeply honoured, that is what it means to
:12:57. > :13:04.me. Here to honour him, a prim full of writers, family and some old
:13:04. > :13:08.friends. On one level, we are immensely proud of Seamus. I think
:13:08. > :13:13.this gesture is fantastic. Just looking at the manuscript and
:13:13. > :13:17.seeing how an entire page can be reduced to make four or five lines
:13:17. > :13:21.just by the editing and the constant warning of the skills is a
:13:21. > :13:25.great insight into the whole process of writing poetry.
:13:25. > :13:29.Nobel laureate donated 12 boxes full of papers, notebooks Scripts
:13:29. > :13:35.and essays, all offering a unique insight into his creative
:13:35. > :13:40.imaginings. What people will see in the future is the process, and the
:13:40. > :13:43.stops and the start. The alleyways and byways that Seamus went down in
:13:44. > :13:46.his creative process. Depending on their knowledge of his poetry and
:13:46. > :13:56.where they're coming from, there will be something for everyone to
:13:56. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:06.learn. At the heart of it all, the poetry. As recited by this 14-year-
:14:06. > :14:11.old. Paying tribute, the tee shot said Seamus Heaney had given an
:14:11. > :14:16.important and priceless gift to the nation's sickie and soul. As for Dr
:14:16. > :14:24.Fine, he was relieved to have more space in his home. There is
:14:24. > :14:27.happiness to feel no regrets at the removal of the stuff from the house.
:14:27. > :14:37.But to feel it rather a cause for gratitude and pride. Thank you,
:14:37. > :14:44.
:14:44. > :14:51.You can read more about Seamus Heaney's donation to the National
:14:51. > :14:56.Library on Our local news website. Fans will be disappointed to learn
:14:56. > :15:01.there will be no Oxegen Festival next year. Local companies will
:15:01. > :15:07.lose the income it generates, but the downturn is the reason for the
:15:07. > :15:15.festival taking a break. Diouf Oxegen Festival is one of the
:15:15. > :15:22.biggest in Ireland and has been at bringing in thousands of festival
:15:22. > :15:26.goers. Hot weather, at last year's sales were down and the impact of
:15:26. > :15:36.the cancellation on some businesses in Northern Ireland will be
:15:36. > :15:37.
:15:37. > :15:43.significant. Every year, festival- goers were ferried across by the
:15:43. > :15:52.local bus company. Promoters also advertise heavily in the local
:15:52. > :16:02.media. It also gave a chance for an coming bands in Northern Ireland to
:16:02. > :16:08.
:16:08. > :16:18.perform. Playing the festival's -- Festivals, hanging around the be a
:16:18. > :16:21.
:16:21. > :16:31.list as backstage, it is a massive opportunity. -- a Alastair's.
:16:31. > :16:32.
:16:32. > :16:37.Glastonbury is also taking a break next yeah, but the Oxegen Festival
:16:37. > :16:46.organisers insist it will be back in 2013. If you want to get in
:16:46. > :16:49.touch with us, here are aware details. -- our details.
:16:49. > :16:52.A drop of the crater is one of Ireland's most popular tipples, but
:16:52. > :16:56.now the Americans are catching on to the delights of Irish whiskey
:16:56. > :16:59.with sales up by more than 10% in the last year. The drink is making
:16:59. > :17:01.such a comeback across the Atlantic that one of the America's biggest
:17:01. > :17:04.whiskey firms has bought a distillery in County Louth, from
:17:04. > :17:09.where our business correspondent Kevin Magee reports. This is one
:17:09. > :17:12.product that has not been affected by the global downturn - Irish
:17:12. > :17:22.whiskey. Around the world, a drop of a heart stop has never been in
:17:22. > :17:23.
:17:23. > :17:28.such demand. The American company Jim Bean is buying this distillery
:17:28. > :17:32.in County Louth. So why the renaissance in Irish whiskey?
:17:32. > :17:37.think it is because it is smoother, more balanced and a little bit
:17:37. > :17:44.sweeter. It has really caught on in the United States, with young men
:17:44. > :17:50.in particular. That has led to an explosion of sales and what starts
:17:50. > :17:58.in the United States goes on to other countries and that is what is
:17:58. > :18:03.happening today. This distillery currently sells 250,000 cases of
:18:04. > :18:09.whisky a day, but has the capacity for substantial growth. It owns and
:18:09. > :18:15.produces four main brands, but it is not divulging any trade secrets.
:18:15. > :18:24.In it is a secret recipe. What we do when we produce our spirit of
:18:24. > :18:32.grain and malt, we mature than in different casks and then from those
:18:32. > :18:39.we have a matrix of whiskies that we can blend together. The company
:18:39. > :18:42.was started in 1987. The shareholders can expect a windfall
:18:42. > :18:51.following the �60 million acquisition. You are more likely to
:18:51. > :19:01.see these brands in the United States rather than your local pub.
:19:01. > :19:06.
:19:06. > :19:12.Just like the product itself, there is strong prove that Irish whiskey
:19:12. > :19:14.in has international appeal. Now to football.
:19:14. > :19:17.Linfield and Portadown, the top two sides in soccer's Carling
:19:17. > :19:27.Premiership, both dropped points last night. And in the five matches
:19:27. > :19:28.
:19:28. > :19:31.played, only Glenavon, under their new boss Gary Hamilton, had a win.
:19:31. > :19:36.If the Glenavon Cup continued to produce performances like this, it
:19:36. > :19:46.Gary Hamilton will become a firm favourite. In his first home game
:19:46. > :19:53.
:19:53. > :20:03.as boss, a 3-2 victory was secured. I have followed this up all my love.
:20:03. > :20:15.
:20:15. > :20:25.-- this club all my life. I am glad Porton Down fell to take advantage,
:20:25. > :20:36.
:20:36. > :20:46.despite leading twice. The But as time ticked on, a point was
:20:46. > :20:46.
:20:47. > :20:50.rescued in the final minute of the game. And there will also honours
:20:50. > :20:56.at the Coleraine Showground. The home side took the lead through
:20:56. > :20:59.Curtis Alan. The Derry City manager Stephen
:20:59. > :21:02.Kenny has confirmed he's in talks with Shamrock Rovers about the
:21:02. > :21:04.managerial vacancy at the Dublin club following the departure of
:21:04. > :21:14.Michael O'Neill. One former Brandywell legend says it's no
:21:14. > :21:19.
:21:19. > :21:26.surprise. When you are successful over a number of years, beat top
:21:26. > :21:32.people will come looking for you. He has proved himself with Derry.
:21:32. > :21:41.He has got the experience and know- how, so it is no surprise that
:21:41. > :21:44.Shamrock Rovers is looking for him. Sean McGoldrick is one of the four
:21:44. > :21:46.finalists contesting this year's BBC Sports Unsung Hero award. Sean
:21:46. > :21:49.has already received the Northern Ireland award for helping to
:21:49. > :21:52.transform the fortunes of the Coleraine GAA club Eoghan Rua. He
:21:52. > :21:55.has dedicated 25 years of his life to the sport as a volunteer. The
:21:55. > :21:58.overall winner will be announced during tomorrow's BBC Sports
:21:58. > :22:00.Personality of the Year ceremony, which starts here on BBC One at
:22:00. > :22:02.eight o'clock. And on the subject of awards,
:22:02. > :22:04.congratulations to our education and arts correspondent Maggie
:22:04. > :22:07.Taggart, who has graduated with distinction after completing her
:22:07. > :22:17.Masters in Arts in Media, Film and Television Management and Policy.
:22:17. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:29.An exponent of life-long learning. She will be so smart now, there
:22:29. > :22:30.
:22:30. > :22:36.will be no holding her. Also, talking about congratulations,
:22:36. > :22:42.people want to know whether Our weather girl has had her baby. She
:22:42. > :22:47.has. It's a little girl and she is called Alex. Congratulations to all
:22:47. > :22:53.of them. Now, this time last year we were all feeling the effects of
:22:54. > :23:00.the big freeze. What a difference a year makes.
:23:00. > :23:05.It is hard to believe that this time last year we had daytime
:23:05. > :23:11.temperatures of minus 12 degrees. The weather also cause problems on
:23:11. > :23:17.the roads and at their airports. However, it was not all doom and
:23:17. > :23:22.gloom. We had fun as well. That was last year, but back to this year.
:23:22. > :23:30.It is very mild out there. Today we had temperatures of around 12
:23:30. > :23:40.degrees. Compare that to last year, we had temperatures of minus at ten
:23:40. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:49.degrees. -- ten degrees. Tonight, temperatures will be nine or ten
:23:49. > :23:52.degrees. Tomorrow, it will stay mild, but not much in the wake of
:23:52. > :24:02.sunshine or brightness. We may get one or two glimmers of sunshine in
:24:02. > :24:02.
:24:02. > :24:08.the early part of the morning. Temperatures will be up to 12
:24:08. > :24:14.degrees. Further east towards Belfast, or we could see
:24:14. > :24:24.temperatures up to 13 Celsius. Not much change in the evening. A
:24:24. > :24:26.
:24:26. > :24:36.little bit of drizzle. The rain will push in from the West and it
:24:36. > :24:36.
:24:36. > :24:43.will start to cool down. The colder weather will come in by Friday it
:24:43. > :24:47.and we will see one or two wintry showers. As we go into the
:24:48. > :24:54.Christmas weekend it starts to turn mild again and on Christmas Day we
:24:54. > :24:58.could see temperatures of around top degrees. It will be wet, windy
:24:58. > :25:01.and mild. We will keep you up-to- date.