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Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Noel Thompson and Donna

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Traynor. The headlines this Monday evening: another possible case of

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infection in the nave and -- neonatal unit at the Royal Victoria

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Hospital. The row over the staging of next

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year's Fleadh Londonderry. Calls for an investigation into

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violence at a junior Gaelic football match.

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Big fines could be on the cards over Stormont's management of

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Strangford Lough. And it's still nicely settled at

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the moment but the weather is set to change shortly. I'll have the

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The Department of Health has confirmed his treating another case

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of pseudomonas at the Royal Victoria Hospital. The infection

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has killed three babies in the past fortnight. The health minister told

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the Assembly that the water system is one of several areas being

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investigated as a possible source. Our health correspondent has been

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following developments. What is the latest?

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Liberals should tests have yet to confirm that this is another case

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of pseudomonas. -- lab tests. But staff are treating this child as if

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it has the infection. The child is already very ill and obviously at

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this stage the infection has passed in through the skin and into the

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bloodstream. This is a worrying and disappointing development for not

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only the parents but the staff because this morning they were

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optimistic that perhaps they had stopped the spread of the infection

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to other children. As that investigation continues, to

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find the source of the infection, is it possible to find out where it

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actually came into this unit? That is what health officials are

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desperately trying to find out. Over the weekend they sealed the

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room, and inside the room, they were able to spray hydrogen

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peroxide gas in order to try and eradicate the infection. The room

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was sealed for 24 hours. The spray was permeated through the room to

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get to grips with the infection. But in doing that, it may have

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eradicated the source of the infection. I understand that at

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this present time, they are removing taps because it is widely

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felt that it could have been passed from a member of the public onto

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taps, sinks. The scenes are also being removed, and the pipes are

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being examined because this is a water-based infection.

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We will get a report by tomorrow, or being well, in terms of

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potential for it to come from a water problem. That has been the

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case in other outbreaks elsewhere. That is currently being

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investigated. We cannot suggest at this stage that it is the cause of

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the problem, but it is being investigated. Being a micro

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organism, it can live in clean environments. The matter of hygiene

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is critical. We do know that five of the babies

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in the units have traces of this on their skin. How worrying is that?

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It is extremely worrying. While it is on their skin, it is so fragile

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for some of these small babies, some of whom are may be only two or

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three pound in weight. It can have devastating consequences. But in

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order to try and pre-empt that, according to the Chief Medical

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Officer, some of these children may already have started a course of

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antibiotics. Most of those bacteria will not

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cause any problem, but when it breaks through the skin, when it

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gets through the membranes and into the lungs or into the bloodstream,

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it causes infection. Obviously the doctors and nurses called -- caring

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for the children will monitor them closely. The doctors may decide to

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commence antibiotic treatment purely as a precaution, to be

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certain that there's no spread of the bacteria. There has been

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concern among parents that children are transferred from one hospital

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with the infection to another. We do know that a baby was transferred

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from hospital in Derry to Belfast before Christmas. This was reported

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to us on Friday, but we are told that was a different strain of the

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pseudomonas infection. The water system is being tested also.

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Representatives of an Irish traditional music body in

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Londonderry say they'll appeal against the refusal of the Ulster

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Council of Comhaltas to support the city's bid to host next year's All-

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Ireland Fleadh. The council said that because of

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the dissident republican threat, it was impossible to support the

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application. But the local committee claims some members of

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the Ulster Council don't want the Fleadh linked to Derry's year as UK

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The annual Fleadh attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors. Last year,

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a band led the festival parade through the streets. Next year,

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Derry wanted to be the first place in Northern Ireland to host it.

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Just last Wednesday, members of the local Comhaltas voted in favour of

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the bid and expected it to be ratified. But after two bombs in

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the city last Thursday, the council said it could not support the

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application because of the danger. That has not been accepted here.

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have reports prepared about the quality of life in the city. They

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have not taken the trouble to read them. They are basing their

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decision on anecdotal evidence. There had already been some dissent

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about the bid. Next year the city become the UK's

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first City of Culture. Others say it is about culture, not labels.

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We don't have to present ourselves as being a participant in the UK

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City of Culture. We will participate in the city of culture

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but we also realise that Derry is a city of many cultures. From our

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point of view it is going to be a Gaelic, traditional celebration. I

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think all the people of this island would want to be part of that

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celebration. These local musicians think having the Fleadh on their

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doorstep would be an opportunity. It would be good for the

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traditional music scene in the town. I think we needed. I think I would

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be happy to see it. We have musicians from everywhere.

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It will be an amazing thing for anybody studying.

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It would be a great opportunity for the youth, as well as the older

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generation who are still playing. It would be a great learning curve

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for everyone involved. It is believed to be the first time

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in its history that a branch IN to host the Fleadh has not been

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supported. Members of the Comhaltas in Bury have launched an appeal. --

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in Derry. Well, the day has brought some good

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news for Derry's City of Culture - the announcement within the last

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hour of a grant of a �1 million from the Lottery Fund. Joining us

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from Derry is the chief executive of the City of Culture company,

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Shona McCarthy. How much of a blow would it be to

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the city of Culture not to have the being?

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I am still very optimistic. We have an incredible year plan. It is a

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really rich programme. Of course, the Fleadh would be a jewel in the

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crown of that. But we also had the announcement that be Atlantic

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fiddle convention will be happening this year. This is a huge year. I'm

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still hopeful that we can make the case for the Fleadh.

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It must be disappointing, at least, that politics is rearing its head

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in this decision. It is an internal process for Comhaltas to deal with.

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We understand and the feedback has been that the bid going for from

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the city has been the strongest ever seen by the Comhaltas movement.

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And confident the city has put its best foot forward and has made a

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fantastic bid to host the Fleadh and I'm optimistic we will have the

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right decision and see the opportunity for this event in the

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city. You have got another �1 million in

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your pocket now. What is that going to do? That is the start of a whole

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series of announcements. I'm delighted that in front of me now,

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the big lottery have announced a �1 million for communities, not only

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in Derry, but also across the North, to really engage with the themes

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and ideas of the city of Culture initiative. So there is a chart-

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topping boy in Northern Ireland to make it their City of Culture. --

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so there's a chance in Northern The GAA is awaiting a referee's

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report on yet another Gaelic match marred by trouble. Violence broke

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out at a junior football championship game yesterday between

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Derrytresk of Tyrone and a club from Kerry. A brawl erupted just

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before half-time, and one Kerry spokesman said the scenes were

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among the most disgraceful he had ever seen on a Gaelic pitch. In

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recent months the GAA has had to deal with violence at club games in

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Ballygawley and Rasharkin. With me is our sports reporter, Austin

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O'Callaghan. It seems to have been pretty bad,

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judging by the eyewitness accounts. You can make your own mind up

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because we have pictures from the incident, which happened in this

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All Ireland semi-final at a neutral venue. This is the game. A brawl

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broke out on this side line involving players and mentors from

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both sides. You can see people hopping over the holdings here, a

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couple of spectators, and some unsavoury incident involving one

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player who was on the ground being hit by a group of men. Another one

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suffered concussion, a broken jaw, and another had another injury. It

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took a few minutes for order to be restored.

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So what have the team has been saying?

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I have been unable to get a public comment from the Derrytresk team.

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But we have heard that security is being improved for players.

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What about punishment? What about sanctions against those involved?

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That is unclear. Derrytresk are contesting the final in February.

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They say they will want for -- wait You're watching BBC Newsline. Still

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to come on the programme: The burglars who stole the fixtures

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and fittings, and even the bath. And huffing and puffing - I'll blow

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the ball in! Incredible goals from the weekend.

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Tomorrow could see the start of a process that ends in big European

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fines over Stormont's management of Strangford Lough. Nearly 10 years

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ago, the Ulster Wildlife Trust first complained to the EU about

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the destruction of horse mussel reefs, seen as vital for the

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lough's habitats. The Trust says nothing's been done and it's

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complained again. The Assembly held a debate on the problem today, but

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it's likely to be too late to stop Strangford Lough is one of the most

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protected bodies of water in Europe. It is recognised for its unique

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habitats. The horse mussels out there in the middle of the Lough

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our deep on the sort -- seabed but form a living reef. 100 sees --

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species depend on them for survival. That is why it is so special. Many

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of the horse mussels are now dead, victims of human interference. In

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2003, to avoid fines from Europe, we promised to take care of the

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remaining mussels. But we did not keep the promise, so for the second

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time, the Ulster Wildlife Trust made a formal complaint to Europe.

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We feel we have waited that we have been very transparent, we have

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given every opportunity to act but the action has happened. We are in

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a position where Europe has had to intervene. We have been forced into

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that situation. It is not that the government

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departments involved were not aware of the fines. This is a file of

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correspondence between the two departments on the hot mussels. One

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of the mouse says -- the message is says the commission has found out

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we have not done enough. That was two years ago. Tomorrow the EC will

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hear what the Department of Agriculture have to say about the

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complaint. Today the Assembly debated the matter when it was

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raised by the committee chairperson. We have a restoration plan set but

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it has not done enough, and the two departments, of the environment and

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agriculture, have not really been working together enough.

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What happens now it is up to the Department of Environment, who have

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to enforce the European legislation. We are running close to a huge

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fines starting at �7 million and going upwards. That is why I have

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tried to prevail upon people and we're making progress. We are

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moving forward positively, and I hope that Europe understands that

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as we are moving positively, they should not interfere further and

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they should not impose any fines. The meeting between the Commission

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and departments is to decide what is going to happen next regarding

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fines. It may already be too late, some environmentalists say, to help

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A family targeted in a racist attack in Dundonald at the weekend

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are considering leaving their home. It was the second attack in the

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space of a week. The Awoyelu family have been living in Northern

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Ireland for the past seven years, as Eunan McConville reports.

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The latest attack came in the air early hours of Saturday morning. An

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eight year-old was hit through the window like a brick. The family is

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now in temporary accommodation. wife is fine, my children are OK

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and that get school. I will put their safety and their mental

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health about everything else. local politicians and the family's

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church had been trying to help them get things sorted out. A lot of

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work has been done in this area to make sure that people from whatever

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background are welcome here. They are part of our family and we are

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better for them, we watched to see them staying within the local area.

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And today the family met with the First Minister at Stormont.

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meeting went well, he was helpful and said he would put pressure on a

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lot of organisations to sort this out. Police say they are treating

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this as a hate crime and their following a definite line of

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inquiry. Everyone I spoke to today expressed disgust at this attack

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but none wanted to appear on camera for fear that they would be

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targeted. They all said they hoped that the family would return as

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soon as possible but that is a decision that the family have to

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make in due course. A County Down woman is reeling from

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the shock of a burglary at her home in the village of Clough. Thieves

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took more than just her personal belongings. The house was stripped

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bare of nearly all fixtures and fittings. Our district journalist,

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Francis Gorman, reports. This is not what you want to come

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home to at this time of the year. The fireplace stolen. Sockets gone,

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light switches removed. The tenant, who did not wish to be identified,

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had been living here happily for eight years but have to move out

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when she was told that the house was being repossessed. She was back

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and forward several times to pick up her belongings but on one trip

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she got the shock of her life when she realised she had been burgled.

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The first thing I noticed was the doors and then the carpet. I went

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into the kitchen and noticed the fireplace as well as I was walking

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past. I was afraid to go any further. In the kitchen they had

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taken the sink cold, cooker and washing machine. Upstairs they took

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the bath and other fixtures and fittings as well as a lot of

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personal belongings. Mike chandeliers were taking, pictures,

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everything. Things belonging to the children. Outside the burglars took

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the boiler and the oil in the tank. The tenant says she still on edge

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trying to come to terms with what has happened.

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It was a good weekend for Ulster rugby, but it came so close to

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being one of the greatest. Brian McLaughlin's men qualified for the

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Heineken cup quarter finals, despite a narrow 19-15 defeat to

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Clermont-Auvergne. A first ever win in French soil didn't quite happen,

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however they did finish second in the group and now face Munster away

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in April's quarter-final. Thomas Niblock was in France.

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The visitors gave much respect from the home was bought -- home support.

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The contest boiled down to just one moment. The referee did not give it

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and instead awarded the try, the replay showing an illegal tackle.

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Clermont-Auvergne took their chance to top the group, Ulster did not.

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But qualification is secured and an epic performance almost did the

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trick. The way they've played today, we

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will give anybody a huge game in the quarter-final. And we are more

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than capable of beating anyone. quarter-final will be against

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Munster who Ulster dividend three weeks ago. So can the result be

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repeated in the Heineken Cup quarter-final? Absolutely, I do not

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Daljit for one second. -- doubt it. We want to take a step up from last

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year and the quarter-final is not good enough, we have to get to the

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semi-final. So there is everything to play for. We are on the cusp of

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doing something special and hopefully we can keep it all

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together. We feel we are a team that can compete year in, year out.

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That opportunity will come on Easter weekend against Munster in

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Limerick. In a repeat of last year's decider,

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Derry will face Tyrone in the final of the Gaelic Footballs Power NI

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McKenna Cup. In the weekend's semi finals, Tyrone defeated Fermanagh

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for the second time in four days, while Derry edged past Down, as

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Thomas Kane reports. If you think of the mechanic Cup as

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something that does not matter to the county sides, this exchange

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between John Brennan and James McCartan would suggest otherwise.

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It became a battle of the free takers. This was a match winner for

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Derry. This structured the task well and

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to defend the final and be back at this wonderful place, it is just

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good for the players. In the other semi, and upset when the Gulf put

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Fermanagh four points up. But that was as good as it got as Tyrone

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were dominant after that early shot. Ronan O'Neill scored a second goal

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for Tyrone to secured a place in the final.

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Tyrone were lucky and came back very well. There is a final to play

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for. 12 months ago Derry were winners over their neighbours by

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one point lifting the first aware of the season. Tyrone will want to

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make sure that they are doing the celebrating this time around.

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At the weekend Paul Owen from Coleraine shot this remarkable goal.

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There was some fortune on his side of the Showgrounds. Two looping

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corners, two goals. I have not seen that in a long career of watching

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football! He came very close to the third.

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I knew it was going to be difficult. With the first one into white in

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the far corner but with the second I was a bit lucky. At Windsor Park

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Linfield cruised to a 3 - nil win over Dungannon Swifts. The occasion

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marked with some fancy footwork. Cliftonville meet Lisburn

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Distillery 2 - 1. And: Brixton salvaged a point for Dungannon in a

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Alastair Seeley was named Irish Motorcyclist of the Year at the

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Adelaide Motorcycle Awards at the weekend. The British Supersport

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champion won the public vote and received the coveted Joey Dunlop

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trophy. It is an honour to receive the Joey

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Dunlop award. Thanks to everyone who voted for me. It is the icing

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on the cake for the 20 11th season. I know the family and Joey Dunlop

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was a hero of mine. I have watched him in a lot of races and I'm

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really happy. More motorcycling news in the

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programme tomorrow. Now we have programme tomorrow. Now we have

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some extraordinary pictures. We have had some great photographs

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sent in of the aurora borealis. These were taken along the Antrim

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coast proving that you do not need to go all the way to the North Pole

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to get a glimpse of these fantastic sights.

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To keep those pictures coming. If you're hoping to catch a glimpse of

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the aurora borealis, unfortunately we do not have great conditions. We

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have a bank of cloud coming in through the night. We have some

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clear spells at first along the eastern areas but eventually

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clouding over. Some heavy and persistent rain overnight. We will

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eventually lose that rain but it stays unsettled in the next few

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days. Tomorrow is damp at times but there will be a rise in the

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temperatures. The wind is fairly light coming in from the south-west

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and temperatures back into double figures. But it will not field to a

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private -- too pleasant in the breeze. Into the Wednesday, more

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outbreaks of rain pushing in. Tomorrow night will be milder. We

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have the wind building up and Wednesday itself will be a much

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wetter day with some heavy downpours. But we hold on to those

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mild temperatures. There is a cold front that is going to push an

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overnight into its Thursday so we make see some wintry weather across

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make see some wintry weather across the higher ground.

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Finally a reminder of the stories making the headlines. There is

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another possible case of infection at the Royal Victoria Hospital

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neonatal unit. Local Irish music representatives are to appeal a

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decision not to hold next year's all Ireland Fleadh in Londonderry.

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