:00:23. > :00:27.Good evening, this is BBC Newsline. The headlines this Friday evening.
:00:27. > :00:33.They soldier could be disciplined after it dissident republican bomb
:00:33. > :00:37.is planted in his unlocked car. Portrush is back in the golfing big
:00:37. > :00:42.time as the Irish Open and some of the world's biggest arts are set to
:00:42. > :00:47.come to the North Coast. I hope that as many of the top players in
:00:47. > :00:52.the world welcome and play here. It isn't always easy to do that. I may
:00:52. > :00:59.be asking for a few favours if I can. We will ask of the tourist
:00:59. > :01:03.industry is up to the challenge for hosting the Open's lots of visitors.
:01:03. > :01:07.Find a way will need deep pockets to buy these amazing items from the
:01:07. > :01:17.Titanic. And would be a weekend for staying
:01:17. > :01:20.
:01:20. > :01:22.indoors? Good evening, the soldier found a bomb in his car in north
:01:22. > :01:25.Belfast made this discipline the -- disciplinary action for ignoring
:01:25. > :01:30.security rules. It is understood that the device was planted after
:01:30. > :01:34.he left his car unlocked outside his girlfriend's home in Ligoniel.
:01:34. > :01:41.It is understood there were some form of military insignia displayed
:01:41. > :01:46.in the car's rear window. Mid- afternoon and the security
:01:46. > :01:51.operation was still going on. It was a film 30 hours after the bomb
:01:51. > :01:55.was found inside the soldier's car. The intended target discovered it
:01:56. > :02:00.himself as he prepared to collect a child from school. The dissident
:02:00. > :02:04.republicans who planted it claimed they had tied the trip wire to the
:02:04. > :02:08.seat belt buckle. The car the subject to forensic procedures to
:02:08. > :02:12.establish how would happen. It is no doubt about it was intended to
:02:12. > :02:17.murder or kill whoever was in that vehicle and it was used by more
:02:17. > :02:21.persons than the actual soldier. Around 30 homes were cleared
:02:21. > :02:25.overnight during the alert. It meant a major disruption for
:02:25. > :02:30.families, many of them with young children and none of them are
:02:30. > :02:38.prepared to appear on camera. have to litter and run. It was a
:02:38. > :02:42.bit scary. It had to be done. dissident groups, even though they
:02:42. > :02:46.are small in number, they are intent on creating the maximum
:02:46. > :02:51.devastation to lives if possible. The need to be thwarted and
:02:51. > :02:55.defeated and the way to do that is to pass on information. People are
:02:55. > :02:59.angry. They realise that residents could have been killed. It will
:02:59. > :03:03.achieve nothing. It is understood the young Scottish soldier was not
:03:03. > :03:07.based here, but had been visiting a girlfriend in the predominantly
:03:07. > :03:10.nationalist area and had been staying at the house for a number
:03:10. > :03:13.of weeks. It is understood that the car in which the bomb was found
:03:13. > :03:18.have been used to take people to parties in a number of different
:03:18. > :03:22.parts of the city and had been left unlocked in at least two locations.
:03:22. > :03:26.It is understood that the soldier made no secret of his military
:03:26. > :03:29.service and had told a number of people. If all of that is borne out
:03:30. > :03:34.by the investigation, then it is likely that he will face some kind
:03:34. > :03:38.of disciplinary charge. Police are now appealing for anyone who saw
:03:38. > :03:42.the red Vauxhall Astra car between Wednesday night and Thursday
:03:42. > :03:46.morning to contact them. All this raises issues for any security
:03:46. > :03:50.force members visiting Northern Ireland. Clear guidance is issued
:03:50. > :03:58.to soldiers on the security here and it is likely that all of that
:03:58. > :04:02.will now be reviewed. The it has been the worst-kept
:04:02. > :04:06.secret in golf, but today it has been confirmed that the Irish Open
:04:06. > :04:11.welcome to Royal Portrush in June. It is the first time in Northern
:04:11. > :04:15.Ireland in almost 60 years. Later in the programme we will focus on
:04:15. > :04:23.the money spin-off that could be generated and further afield. First,
:04:23. > :04:30.two Portrush and Stephen Watson. Thank you. This is a club steeped
:04:30. > :04:34.in golfing history and tradition. But last hosted the Open in 1947
:04:34. > :04:38.and then the Open championship in 1951. Tonight, it is quite rightly
:04:38. > :04:43.back in the golfing be time with the confirmation of the news that
:04:43. > :04:48.we revealed to you last night. The tournament which comes here this
:04:48. > :04:52.summer is going to be one of the biggest tournament ever seen in
:04:52. > :04:56.Northern Ireland. An exciting day, not just for the club but for golf
:04:56. > :05:00.in Northern Ireland in general. Up to 100,000 people are expected to
:05:00. > :05:07.flock to the North Coast this summer to see some of the world's
:05:07. > :05:16.biggest golfing stars including our own trio of champions. First, it
:05:16. > :05:21.was Graeme McDowell. Followed by Rory McIlroy. Then at Darren Clarke
:05:21. > :05:27.brought a third major golfing trophy home to Northern Ireland.
:05:27. > :05:33.That success was the catalyst for today's major announcement. It is
:05:33. > :05:37.fantastic for all golfing fans in Ireland. It is coming to one of the
:05:37. > :05:44.biggest -- best courses in Ireland. It will be brilliant. I hope we get
:05:44. > :05:48.the crowds and the support. Irish Open will be a fantastic
:05:48. > :05:55.event and you have promised to open your contacts book to attract some
:05:55. > :06:02.big names, will that be possible? do not know. The guys have the
:06:02. > :06:06.schedules and they will take a look at it. Certainly, the fact it is
:06:06. > :06:11.being played on one of the best courses in the world will give the
:06:11. > :06:21.guys the chance to add it to the schedules if they can. Like Tiger
:06:21. > :06:21.
:06:21. > :06:27.Woods? We can dream! Hopefully we can get a strong field. The Open
:06:27. > :06:32.golf championship is held for the first time in poor rush. It is the
:06:32. > :06:35.biggest golf tournament to be held in Northern Ireland since 1951. The
:06:35. > :06:43.man flying the flag for European golf is confident that this
:06:43. > :06:47.summer's event will not be a one off. I would like to think it would
:06:47. > :06:53.be back here. I will not say in the near future, but in a reasonable
:06:53. > :06:57.time that suits both parties. The answer is yes. Today's official
:06:57. > :07:03.confirmation would not have been possible without funding from the
:07:03. > :07:07.Executive, believed to be in the region of about �2 million. We have
:07:07. > :07:12.spent nearly twice as much as ordinary tourists. Demand a people
:07:12. > :07:15.who welcome here and to the wider Northern Ireland for the week,
:07:15. > :07:20.spend their money and perhaps come for the first time, it will be well
:07:20. > :07:23.worth the money that we put in. Portrush's ambassador will be
:07:23. > :07:27.hoping that the Irish Open will be a forerunner to the biggest
:07:27. > :07:32.tournament in the world which he won last year coming back to the
:07:32. > :07:37.North Coast. First things first, take little steps and we will make
:07:37. > :07:44.sure that everyone involved, players, European tour, everyone
:07:44. > :07:48.will make this a successful event. Hopefully the RMA will look upon it
:07:48. > :07:55.favourably and take another little step down that route of trying to
:07:55. > :07:57.get the Open here. The metal which Darren one for winning the Open
:07:57. > :08:02.Championship sits here in the trophy Cabinet alongside that of
:08:02. > :08:06.Fred Daly, another proud man is with me. This is the captain of
:08:06. > :08:11.Royal Portrush. A great day today. Now the hard work starts to get
:08:11. > :08:15.this tournament up and running? has been a fantastic day today.
:08:15. > :08:20.Great news for Portrush and the borough and Northern Ireland. There
:08:20. > :08:24.has been a fair bit of work, but there is a lot more to do between
:08:24. > :08:29.now and the end of June. We have heard a lot about one of the
:08:29. > :08:34.driving forces coming here, the secretary of the club, but she has
:08:34. > :08:40.been crucial hasn't she to the event coming here? She has been
:08:40. > :08:44.with us for 27 years and when you come in as captain, you see the
:08:44. > :08:47.amount of work she doors. She has been fantastic in the effort she
:08:48. > :08:52.has put in, not just in the last few months, or for the last few
:08:52. > :08:58.years, to get this event. I could not give her enough credit for what
:08:58. > :09:04.she has done. Peter Dawson from the RNA has been to Royal Portrush to
:09:04. > :09:08.see the course, to think there is a realistic possibility that the Open
:09:08. > :09:14.championship can come here in the future? 2019 has been mentioned
:09:14. > :09:17.already today. We have set our sights on a major tournament and
:09:18. > :09:22.this is a stepping stone what we have achieved to date. We would not
:09:22. > :09:27.be behind the door to say yes we would love to see the Open come
:09:27. > :09:31.back here. We cannot live on the legacy of 1951 forever. People will
:09:31. > :09:35.look and see how we perform and I am quite sure that we will perform
:09:35. > :09:40.and the up to the mark for the Irish Open. What happens after that
:09:40. > :09:47.is at the RMA. Everyone today has been asking how do you get tickets
:09:47. > :09:52.for this? They are available if you go to the European Tour website.
:09:53. > :09:57.And we shall return it to the wider implications of the Open coming
:09:57. > :10:01.north later in the programme. It 20-year-old Newry man has been
:10:01. > :10:05.told he must serve at least 11 years in prison for kicking a man
:10:05. > :10:11.to death. 40-year-old Marek Muszynski from Poland was killed at
:10:11. > :10:13.Upper Edward Street in the City in July 2009. Adrian Cunningham from
:10:13. > :10:17.Lisgullion Park admitted the killing.
:10:17. > :10:22.Work has started to take thousands of tons of oil off the damaged
:10:22. > :10:25.tanker in Belfast Lough. The Genmar Companion has been sheltering off
:10:25. > :10:29.the Copeland Islands since 16th December. Previous attempts to
:10:29. > :10:33.remove the oil had to be cancelled because of bad weather. Tugs helped
:10:33. > :10:38.bring it alongside another tanker to offload the cargo.
:10:38. > :10:42.Al Hutchinson will move closer to stepping down as Police Ombudsman
:10:42. > :10:46.next week when he delegates his responsibilities to newly-appointed
:10:46. > :10:50.interim Chief Executive. The move means he will cease to function as
:10:50. > :10:57.ombudsman at the end of this month, but he will not formally retire
:10:57. > :11:02.until the end of February. Al Hutchinson announced his intention
:11:02. > :11:05.to quit as Police Ombudsman at the end of this month, following a BBC
:11:05. > :11:08.Spotlight programme which identified a significant failings
:11:08. > :11:13.in the work of his office. Responsibility for appointing a
:11:13. > :11:18.successor lies with the First and Deputy First Ministers and the new
:11:18. > :11:21.ombudsman isn't expected to be in place until the summer. A Al
:11:21. > :11:25.Hutchinson will leave his post early as planned, however. An
:11:25. > :11:29.interim Executive will be appointed by the ombudsman next week. That
:11:29. > :11:32.person, who is expected to be some are not currently working for the
:11:32. > :11:38.Police Ombudsman, will take over Al Hutchinson's responsibilities at
:11:38. > :11:42.the end of this month. That means Mr Hutchison will seize to operate
:11:42. > :11:48.in his post, but will not formally retire until the end of February.
:11:48. > :11:51.The Department of Justice says this is necessary to ensure an ordinary
:11:51. > :11:54.transition and because of outstandingly. The ombudsman will
:11:54. > :11:57.meet Justice Minister David Ford next week to discuss the handover
:11:57. > :12:00.of his responsibilities and to ensure that the necessary
:12:00. > :12:06.arrangements are in place for the Office to function until a
:12:06. > :12:10.successor is appointed. A spokesperson said that Mr Hutchison
:12:10. > :12:14.will not receive any additional payment as compensation for leaving
:12:14. > :12:19.office earlier than originally planned.
:12:19. > :12:25.Still to come on the programme. Rescued from the depths, but who
:12:25. > :12:29.could afford the price tag for these Titanic artefacts?
:12:29. > :12:36.After 1000 games, he is heading for the dugout. Glenn Ferguson takes up
:12:36. > :12:41.the managerial reins at Ballymena United.
:12:41. > :12:45.Now, but last year's Irish Open in Killarney attracting a record
:12:45. > :12:48.attendance of 85,000 visitors, hotels, guest houses in caravans in
:12:48. > :12:52.the Portrush area will be in big demand for the end of June. The
:12:52. > :12:56.North Coast is already a popular spot, especially for day-trippers,
:12:56. > :13:01.and local businesses are preparing to deal with even more people as
:13:01. > :13:06.our reporter has been finding out. People in Portrush say the Irish
:13:06. > :13:10.Open will be the greatest event to be held here for decades. It is
:13:10. > :13:15.about much more than the Golf. Millions of people around the world
:13:15. > :13:18.will be watching on television, so it is an opportunity to show off
:13:18. > :13:24.magnificent beaches like this and everything else that the area has
:13:24. > :13:28.to offer. It is thought up to 25,000 people per day may come here
:13:28. > :13:33.to see the golf for themselves, perhaps taking in sites like this
:13:33. > :13:36.castle on the way. This bar is expecting lots of business. The
:13:36. > :13:41.manager has commissioned these works from a local artist as a
:13:41. > :13:46.tribute to our golfing heroes. He says this is a huge moment for
:13:46. > :13:50.Portrush. I think Portrush getting the Open is exactly the same
:13:50. > :13:55.proportionally as London getting the Olympics. Might comb his hair
:13:55. > :14:01.red hot. I have had a telephone calls from Santa Barbara and
:14:01. > :14:05.Australia and Icelandic today wishing us all the best of luck.
:14:05. > :14:12.All those guests will need somewhere to stay. Many hotels and
:14:13. > :14:17.B&Bs are already booked out. This man says it is a great opportunity.
:14:17. > :14:24.It is fantastic. It will be a big boost for the economy, not only for
:14:25. > :14:29.accommodation, but for the shops in the area. The spin-off from this
:14:29. > :14:32.will be the amount spent. Even if watching golf is the main event,
:14:32. > :14:35.hundreds of visitors will want to do something else as well. This
:14:35. > :14:42.riding school, which also has holiday cottages is getting lots of
:14:42. > :14:46.interest. We are very pleased and we were not expecting it. A lot of
:14:46. > :14:52.groundwork had started, but we are very pleased, because anything that
:14:52. > :14:58.extends the summer season is a bonus for everyone. Portrush
:14:58. > :15:03.golfers are delighted. It will be a fantastic draw for tourism, that is
:15:03. > :15:07.the main thing. Absolutely fantastic news, long overdue.
:15:08. > :15:11.People here feel that they are riding the crest of a wave. If they
:15:11. > :15:20.catch a momentum, the Irish Open will generate millions of pounds
:15:20. > :15:25.Will the Open make any difference to tourism away from the north
:15:25. > :15:31.coast? Ciara Riddell has been finding out. F 2011 was a great
:15:31. > :15:37.year for Belfast after hosting the MTV awards, then 2012 is predicted
:15:37. > :15:43.to be even better. And I cannot hide my delight at the prospects
:15:43. > :15:48.for tourism for Northern Ireland in many aspects, but this is superb.
:15:48. > :15:53.Irish golf, the Irish Open, going to Portrush. By this stage of the
:15:53. > :15:57.year, the January blues have set in. But not in Belfast. The ripple
:15:57. > :16:03.effect from Ireland's biggest golf tournament and the plant titanic
:16:03. > :16:07.event means the city is excited at the prospect of this summer seeing
:16:07. > :16:13.business rocketing. There will be a fantastic amount of interest, this
:16:13. > :16:17.is our year. The Minister has said this, we are supporting it and all
:16:17. > :16:22.the companies should be ready for this influx of new tourists.
:16:22. > :16:29.isn't just the ferries bringing in business. When and 40 cruise ships
:16:29. > :16:33.will, for Titanic 2012. There could be unprecedented numbers.
:16:33. > :16:37.ripple effect will mean that Belfast will benefit, not just from
:16:37. > :16:42.occupancy and hotel accommodation but as a gateway to Northern
:16:42. > :16:48.Ireland. Hotel rooms are already being snapped up, but will prices
:16:48. > :16:54.rise? Northern Ireland has the cheapest rates in the whole of
:16:54. > :17:02.Europe. For 2012, they have been published six months ago. There is
:17:02. > :17:06.a question of jumping on the bandwagon. You heard it here first.
:17:06. > :17:09.Sorry to correct him! We know that the price of some hotel rooms more
:17:09. > :17:13.than doubled overnight when the event was announced. Something to
:17:13. > :17:16.keep an eye on. And people have been discussing the Irish Open
:17:16. > :17:19.announcement today on our Facebook page. If you'd like to tell us what
:17:19. > :17:23.you think about the Irish Open going to Portrush, join in. The
:17:23. > :17:26.address is on your screen. You can also follow us on Twitter. If you
:17:26. > :17:29.want to email the programme, there's our email address. Back to
:17:29. > :17:32.Portrush now for the rest of the sport. Michael O'Neill has barely
:17:32. > :17:42.settled in as Northern Ireland football manager and he has his
:17:42. > :17:42.
:17:42. > :17:46.first problems. Stephen? Yes... Officially confirmed as a manager
:17:46. > :17:48.earlier this week. O'Neill will probably be without two key players
:17:49. > :17:52.for his first international match in charge, the friendly against
:17:52. > :17:58.Norway on February 29th. Chris Brunt of West Brom has undergone
:17:58. > :18:00.surgery today on an ankle injury and is now out for up to ten weeks.
:18:00. > :18:06.And Kyle Lafferty's hamstring injury has proven worse than first
:18:06. > :18:09.feared. The Rangers striker is now sidelined for seven weeks.
:18:09. > :18:12.Meanwhile, James McLean, who joined Sunderland from Derry City last
:18:12. > :18:17.August, has reiterated today that he wants to play for the Republic
:18:17. > :18:23.of Ireland. McClean played for Northern Ireland at under-21 level
:18:23. > :18:26.but declared for the Republic last year. Few greater players have
:18:26. > :18:31.graced the Irish League than Glenn Ferguson, with over 1000 games and
:18:31. > :18:41.over 500 goals. Tomorrow, he begins his managerial career as boss of
:18:41. > :18:42.
:18:42. > :18:46.Ballymena United. Thomas Kane has been to meet him. As a player,
:18:46. > :18:51.Glenn Ferguson was always one of the first names on a team sheet.
:18:51. > :18:57.Now, it is his job to pick the team. They it will be a challenge but it
:18:57. > :19:02.is something I will not shirk. Over the years I have had it done to me,
:19:02. > :19:05.I have been released from clubs. It does not bother me at all. I am big
:19:05. > :19:15.enough and I have borne the shoulders to tell somebody if they
:19:15. > :19:18.are not in my plans. There will be changes at Ballymena. Ferguson
:19:18. > :19:26.played with Ards, Glenavon, Linfield and Lisburn Distillery.
:19:26. > :19:31.Before finally retiring at the age of 41 last summer. Former team-
:19:31. > :19:34.mate's have joined his coaching staff at Ballymena. Some one of the
:19:34. > :19:38.calibre of Glenn Ferguson asking you to be an assistant, I was
:19:38. > :19:47.delighted. To come to Ballymena, with those resources, it's a great
:19:47. > :19:52.move. As fate would have it, the first game of the era is against
:19:52. > :19:56.one of his former clubs, Linfield. These things get thrown against you,
:19:56. > :20:00.the league champions in your first match. It's a challenge and I have
:20:00. > :20:09.played for Linfield long enough to know that they raise their game. I
:20:09. > :20:16.hope our boys can raise their game. Often the match-winner on pitch,
:20:16. > :20:20.Ballymena United fans will hope he is just as big a success of it. All
:20:20. > :20:24.the action on Final Score tomorrow. Gaelic football and the season
:20:24. > :20:26.begins this weekend with the start of the McKenna Cup, a competition
:20:26. > :20:29.between the nine county sides and three universities. But all three
:20:29. > :20:31.colleges have lost players who have decided to play with their
:20:32. > :20:41.respective counties. As Thomas Niblock reports, that's causing
:20:42. > :20:42.
:20:43. > :20:45.quite a stir. Because several students have decided to play for
:20:45. > :20:49.their counties rather than College, Jordanstown and Queens will compete
:20:49. > :20:53.this weekend without five players each whilst Saint Mary's are
:20:53. > :20:59.missing their captain and vice- captain. A disadvantage for the
:20:59. > :21:04.universities but good news for the counties. Personally, I think all
:21:04. > :21:08.county players should be with their counties. We are trying to get tins
:21:08. > :21:11.ready for the start of the National League and the only have four weeks.
:21:11. > :21:16.The boys not with their counties at this time of year, it will be
:21:16. > :21:20.awkward for them to get a starting place. It is a different story for
:21:20. > :21:24.the universities, who make the Ulster Council next month to voice
:21:24. > :21:30.their concerns. Could this be the final here we see colleges in the
:21:30. > :21:35.McKenna Cup. All things are possible, as long as it remains
:21:35. > :21:39.viable and the counties and the Ulster Council want colleges, I am
:21:39. > :21:44.sure there will be no danger of that happening. But if things were
:21:44. > :21:49.to change, we could not grow that out. If a player picks University
:21:49. > :21:55.of a county, were there be any manager took against their name?
:21:55. > :21:59.But in my mind. They have to decide for themselves, it might lessen
:21:59. > :22:04.chances of having came time early in the season which would
:22:04. > :22:08.necessarily detract or enhance chances. It isn't a choice, I am
:22:08. > :22:14.asking them to look at what is available and they make the choice
:22:14. > :22:21.that they are happy with. It is a dilemma for students that seems to
:22:21. > :22:25.be working for the counties, but not the universities. Derry City
:22:25. > :22:28.have just named Declan Devine as their new manager. Previous boss
:22:28. > :22:34.Stephen Kenny has left to manage Shamrock Rovers and Devine, who was
:22:34. > :22:39.assistant to Kenny, is promoted to the hot seat at the Brandywell.
:22:39. > :22:43.is a big step and one I am confident that I can do. I have
:22:43. > :22:48.worked very closely with Stephen, who has been very successful, and I
:22:48. > :22:53.haven't learnt a lot from him. I would not have put myself into this
:22:53. > :23:03.position if I did not feel like to do the job. Ulster are away to
:23:03. > :23:09.Edinburgh tonight in the Pro12. Live commentary on BBC Radio Ulster
:23:09. > :23:15.medium wave from 7:30pm. That's it from Portrush on a very proud day
:23:15. > :23:18.for golf in Northern Ireland. Thank you. As Portrush gets ready for an
:23:18. > :23:21.influx of golfers this June, Belfast tourism is all about the
:23:21. > :23:23.100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Here on BBC Newsline,
:23:23. > :23:25.we're keeping across all the different events associated with
:23:25. > :23:30.the centenary, including a huge auction involving thousands of
:23:30. > :23:40.objects from the ship. As Julian O'Neill explains, you'll need very
:23:40. > :23:41.
:23:41. > :23:46.deep pockets. The Titanic rusts on the floor of the Atlantic. Next
:23:46. > :23:51.April, on the Centre -- centenary of the voyage, a treasure trove is
:23:51. > :23:56.coming up at auction. Objects retrieved from the wreck will be
:23:57. > :24:00.sold a New York. They include passenger belongings, this waist
:24:00. > :24:09.coat belonged to William Allen, a machinist emigrating from Britain
:24:09. > :24:14.to America. He had since and he had a rather exciting cravat, Paisley
:24:14. > :24:18.and red and a polka-dot handkerchief. He had fun. We are
:24:18. > :24:23.trying to find out more about him, that is always the goal. To find
:24:23. > :24:28.out more about people whose effects we have in the collection. It is a
:24:28. > :24:32.single collection of 5000 items owned by Premier Exhibitions and it
:24:33. > :24:39.cannot be broken up. It must also be kept on public display by the
:24:39. > :24:45.buyer, who might have to pay $180 million. To put the cost of this
:24:45. > :24:49.into some context, it translates to about �120 million, �30 million
:24:49. > :24:54.more than it cost to build the Titanic Signature project, which
:24:54. > :24:58.opens in Belfast in a couple of months. The Belfast project has no
:24:58. > :25:01.intention of bidding in a New York, it will instead house a small
:25:01. > :25:06.number of artifacts which originally belonged to Harland and
:25:06. > :25:10.Wolff shipyard but nothing salvaged from the wreck. It said it isn't an
:25:10. > :25:14.museum but a more interactive visitor experience, telling the
:25:15. > :25:24.full Titanic story. You can see more on that story, including a
:25:24. > :25:27.closer look at some of the items in the auction, on our news website.
:25:28. > :25:30.When it comes to the Irish Open in June, here's hoping the weather is
:25:31. > :25:40.kind. And we're looking for some of the same this weekend! Here's
:25:41. > :25:43.
:25:43. > :25:48.It'll be better than it was at the beginning of the week this weekend
:25:49. > :25:56.and as fortune, there is no way I will do the forecast! On average,
:25:56. > :26:02.it is one of the drier, sunnier months. On average... Let's look to
:26:02. > :26:07.the weekend, not much in the way of rain to come but there has been
:26:07. > :26:10.some drizzly weather moving through and some still to come this evening.
:26:10. > :26:14.That by the fund is moving away from us so it will become drier as
:26:14. > :26:18.the night goes on. Fabrice picking up, quite blustery at times towards
:26:18. > :26:23.the north coast but no gale-force winds tonight, the breeze will
:26:23. > :26:27.break up the cloud and it will not be to Chile. Temperatures below
:26:27. > :26:31.with and five degrees so not as cold as this morning and because
:26:31. > :26:37.the cloud will be broken up, we can expect a brighter day compared to
:26:37. > :26:40.today. Not as gloomy. It will not be Sunday all the time, still a
:26:40. > :26:44.fair amount of cloud on the breeze but the further east and south-east,
:26:44. > :26:48.the more broken the cloud will be and the more chance of seeing some
:26:48. > :26:52.sunshine. Some showers coming through on that breeze but they
:26:52. > :26:57.will be light and a lot of places will not see too many showers at
:26:57. > :27:02.all. Try by the Camorra, more likely to see showers across County
:27:02. > :27:05.Antrim, especially in the north. Temperatures down on today, about
:27:05. > :27:08.eight or nine degrees and with slightly more of a breeze it might
:27:08. > :27:14.feel cooler and fresher. Put another layer of Clones on and
:27:14. > :27:20.there's nothing to fear. Enjoy that dry weather when it's around. Those
:27:20. > :27:28.shares will ease tomorrow evening and we have had some nice
:27:28. > :27:37.photographs sent in. The water has can't down. But everybody hates the
:27:37. > :27:42.rain. There will still be some puddles. But make the most of it!
:27:42. > :27:46.Tomorrow night, rain moving in again from the West. Sunday starts
:27:46. > :27:49.off on the downside. But the afternoon will be largely dry.
:27:49. > :27:54.Milder although fairly cloudy and the Sun should be back for Monday.
:27:54. > :27:58.Have a great weekend. And the nights are slowly getting longer.