:00:14. > :00:19.Good evening, this is BBC Newsline with Noel Thompson and Donna
:00:19. > :00:22.Traynor. The headlines this Tuesday evening:
:00:22. > :00:26.An 83-year-old man is hit in the face with an iron bar as he and his
:00:26. > :00:29.brother are robbed for the third time.
:00:29. > :00:32.We're getting ready for a big influx of tourists this summer -
:00:32. > :00:35.but what's to be done about our decaying towns?
:00:35. > :00:38.No shift in the number of people smoking, but the Health Minister
:00:38. > :00:41.has a vision for a tobacco-free society.
:00:41. > :00:50.Ovarian cancer is killing over 100women a year - campaigners say
:00:50. > :00:58.society needs to be more open about the disease. We speak about breasts,
:00:58. > :01:01.we speak about testicles, so why can't we speak about ovaries?
:01:01. > :01:05.The cab down his arm for this year's International 200 and some
:01:05. > :01:07.of the top road racers are here in the BBC -- the countdown is on.
:01:07. > :01:16.And tomorrow, hopefully a few brighter intervals again but, like
:01:16. > :01:20.today, they could be pretty Good evening.
:01:20. > :01:23.An 83-year-old man was hit in the face with an iron bar by a gang of
:01:23. > :01:26.men who ransacked the house he shares with his 81-year-old brother.
:01:26. > :01:29.This is the third time the pensioners have been robbed and the
:01:29. > :01:31.police had supplied security devices to the house.
:01:31. > :01:38.Our district journalist Francis Gorman has been talking to the
:01:38. > :01:41.Murtagh brothers at Lurganare Cross on the outskirts of Newry.
:01:41. > :01:47.Jimmy and Patsy Murtagh at home today, still coming to terms with
:01:47. > :01:51.their latest ordeal. Around teatime last night, a gang of masked man --
:01:51. > :02:01.men forced their way into the home. Jimmy it remembers being afraid we
:02:01. > :02:02.
:02:02. > :02:10.heard noises from the kitchen. thought, what is that? There was
:02:10. > :02:15.too much thumping. And that put me up. And I knew, I was expecting
:02:15. > :02:21.trouble. I knew then. But I didn't see them until they came it, and I
:02:21. > :02:26.knew when they left tools and will, I was in trouble. The gang ran spat
:02:26. > :02:30.-- ransacked the house and in 50 minutes, made off with the
:02:30. > :02:33.brothers's pensions and wallets. The imagine you are in your room
:02:33. > :02:39.and five men walk into your room with balaclavas and one of them
:02:39. > :02:49.carrying an iron bar. It is very frightening. It is terrible. I had
:02:49. > :02:50.
:02:50. > :02:55.a big stick and one fellow was very big. Well over six foot. And he was
:02:55. > :03:02.thin. And I made at him with the stick and he grabbed it and he
:03:02. > :03:06.pulled a knife, and he bawled at 1/4 to my chest. -- Paul Kidd and I
:03:06. > :03:11.caught it. After they were rocked the second time, the brothers got a
:03:11. > :03:14.panic button. Patsy usually wears it around his neck, but last night
:03:14. > :03:16.it was unfortunately on his dressing table.
:03:16. > :03:20.Derelict and half-finished buildings that blight our towns and
:03:20. > :03:23.cities - many are the ugly consequences of the property crash.
:03:23. > :03:32.Today, the Assembly has been trying to come up with ways to tackle the
:03:32. > :03:35.problem. So many may be available,
:03:35. > :03:39.especially for count among -- along the north coast, so they can
:03:39. > :03:44.prepare for the Irish Open in Portrush this summer.
:03:44. > :03:48.The council hoped this derelict hotel in Portrush will soon be
:03:48. > :03:53.demolished. Today, it is an unwanted eyesore, just one of
:03:53. > :03:56.several buildings left rotting in the property downturn. Here are on
:03:57. > :04:03.the north coast, there is added incentive to deal with these blots
:04:04. > :04:13.on the landscape. The Irish golf championship -- Irish Open Golf
:04:14. > :04:14.
:04:14. > :04:19.Championship is on its way to an Manage its potential. There is a
:04:19. > :04:23.scheme planned to improve derelict site on the north coast. Time is
:04:23. > :04:30.limited, so I can't do grandiose schemes but we can cosmetic to make
:04:30. > :04:33.some of the derelict buildings Blakelock -- look more attractive,
:04:33. > :04:38.so the images can be beamed around the world during the Irish Open.
:04:38. > :04:43.don't think it will make a lot of difference to tourists coming up.
:04:43. > :04:49.But but it this way, a cosmetic job is not very good because it doesn't
:04:49. > :04:53.last very long. This project shows what is possible. This is an old
:04:53. > :04:58.hotel, still unoccupied, but with Cantle intervention its appearance,
:04:58. > :05:02.at least, has been given a makeover. In Belfast, the local council has
:05:02. > :05:09.also been active, forcing the dereliction of a derelict property
:05:09. > :05:14.that also once stood here. It is a problem the MLA once addressed.
:05:14. > :05:18.There are issues of health and safety around those sides, and also
:05:18. > :05:22.of illegal dumping it, so we have to make sure the Minister speaks to
:05:22. > :05:26.officials within councils to try and less than the gap with regards
:05:26. > :05:30.to legislation and give them the powers to be able to go in and
:05:30. > :05:34.force developers to actually tidy up those sites. So it is not just
:05:34. > :05:39.the north coast problem. Neglected buildings are a feature of many
:05:39. > :05:47.towns. Portrush and its surrounding area could be poised for special
:05:47. > :05:48.treatment. The plight of people living on
:05:49. > :05:50.half-finished housing developments is another growing problem.
:05:50. > :05:54.Developers running into financial trouble, disappearing and leaving
:05:54. > :05:56.so-called "ghost estates" in their wake. And no organisation prepared
:05:56. > :06:00.to complete the work. Residents say it's not just about a
:06:00. > :06:03.lack of services, there's the danger to their children. Their
:06:03. > :06:07.fears were intensified with last week's drowning of a toddler on a
:06:07. > :06:14.ghost estate in Athlone in County Westmeath.
:06:14. > :06:18.Kevin Sharkey reports from Ripley Crescent in Portadown.
:06:18. > :06:23.It didn't look like this in the brochure. And now the developers
:06:23. > :06:27.have gone. Some houses never built, and the outside of the others never
:06:27. > :06:34.finished. But the bills keep coming. The Post man one of the few
:06:34. > :06:39.services willing to come into this estate. Residents must drag Benz to
:06:39. > :06:45.a nearby road. The lorries will not come in here, too dangerous. The
:06:45. > :06:49.residents say it is dangerous for them as well. Manholes are sitting
:06:49. > :06:54.Open over there. The fences are not complete, you can't let your
:06:54. > :06:58.children out to play without being supervised. Coming into the warm
:06:58. > :07:01.weather, what are you meant to do, let them out or keep them in?
:07:01. > :07:07.Residents that have too many answers to the problems, but they
:07:07. > :07:11.do know what is needed. We need street lighting, it is extremely
:07:11. > :07:15.important to make it safe. We need the area tidying up and the roads
:07:16. > :07:19.finished. Ideally, we would like the whole site finished and with
:07:19. > :07:26.all families so we don't feel so vulnerable and isolated. You can
:07:26. > :07:31.feel vulnerable and you are living in pitch black on a derelict site.
:07:31. > :07:34.So the danger remains, but who should be doing something about it?
:07:34. > :07:39.This organisation, the Health and Safety Executive of Northern
:07:40. > :07:43.Ireland, has a role, but only while construction is still under way.
:07:43. > :07:46.Once the Bill does leave, irrespective of the reasons, they
:07:46. > :07:55.have no responsibility -- the builders. That Leeds residents like
:07:55. > :08:00.this with few options other than to tread carefully. -- it in Leeds
:08:00. > :08:03.The Former First Minister Lord Bannside has been discharged from
:08:03. > :08:06.hospital where he was receiving treatment for heart problems. It's
:08:06. > :08:09.understood Ian Paisley was well enough to walk out of the Ulster
:08:09. > :08:12.Hospital in Dundonald last night. He spent more than a week in
:08:12. > :08:15.intensive care. In a statement issued this morning, Baroness
:08:15. > :08:17.Paisley thanked the staff at the hospital for their care and all
:08:17. > :08:20.those who had offered prayers and support.
:08:20. > :08:23.The number of people smoking has not dropped for the last five years,
:08:23. > :08:27.but the Health Minister says he's still aiming to create a tobacco-
:08:27. > :08:30.free society. Edwin Poots has launched a ten-year
:08:30. > :08:39.strategy to help people stop smoking and prevent others from
:08:39. > :08:44.taking it up. Chris Page reports. Attitudes towards smoking have
:08:44. > :08:48.changed a lot since the 1960s, when most people lit up frequently. It
:08:48. > :08:52.is now much less common habit but recently, the number of smokers has
:08:52. > :08:58.stopped falling. 24% of people in Northern Ireland smoke, that
:08:58. > :09:01.proportion has not reduced in the last five years. Smoking causes
:09:01. > :09:06.around 2,300 deaths every year and the cost to the health service is
:09:06. > :09:14.huge. Hospital spent �190 million treating smoking-related illnesses
:09:14. > :09:20.in a year. -- 119. The Health Minister hopes to bring down of the
:09:20. > :09:24.percentage of smokers to 15%, meaning they would be around
:09:24. > :09:27.130,000 fewer smokers. It is not just about stopping people smoking,
:09:27. > :09:31.it is about reducing the number of people starting to smoke and
:09:31. > :09:35.protecting those that living environments where there are
:09:35. > :09:39.smokers, such as children in cars. A so this week, cigarette vending
:09:39. > :09:44.machines will be effectively banned. And sides like this will become a
:09:44. > :09:49.thing of the past. -- sites like this. Large shops will have to
:09:49. > :09:52.remove tobacco despise. They will be banned in small shops from 2015.
:09:52. > :09:57.There will also be a consultation on whether smoking Inkatha should
:09:58. > :10:02.be made illegal and the Health Minister is suggesting smoking ban
:10:02. > :10:05.could be extended to some outdoor places. Many people complain of
:10:05. > :10:10.people smoking outside the front doors of shopping centres and
:10:10. > :10:13.hospitals. That is something we will be looking at. Doctors say it
:10:13. > :10:18.is particularly important the message gets through to young
:10:18. > :10:22.people. We are seeing patients coming in in their twenties and
:10:22. > :10:25.thirties with heart attacks, which seems ridiculous but it happens and
:10:25. > :10:29.his unfortunate the more common than we would like to think. There
:10:29. > :10:32.may be a long way to go, but the minister believes a tobacco free
:10:32. > :10:35.society is possible some time and that is his ultimate aim.
:10:35. > :10:38.And lots of people have been engaged in some pretty energetic
:10:38. > :10:40.debate on this subject on our Facebook page. If you want to join
:10:40. > :10:50.Facebook page. If you want to join in the address is on your screen.
:10:50. > :10:52.
:10:52. > :10:56.You can also follow us on Twitter Still to come on the programme: We
:10:56. > :11:00.are in Uganda to help -- see how help from here is offering a
:11:00. > :11:04.brighter future. And we start the countdown to the
:11:04. > :11:07.international North West 200 here in the BBC.
:11:07. > :11:12.Ovarian cancer kills around 120 women here every year - that's
:11:12. > :11:13.about twice the number of road deaths. Because the symptoms are
:11:13. > :11:18.often confused with non-life threatening conditions, diagnosis
:11:18. > :11:21.can come too late. To raise awareness and save lives,
:11:21. > :11:25.a local charity wants women to start talking as openly about their
:11:25. > :11:32.ovaries as they do about their breasts. With the story, here's our
:11:32. > :11:37.Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly.
:11:37. > :11:43.An increasing number of women are having to access information on
:11:43. > :11:46.ovarian cancer. Around 120 die from the disease here every year.
:11:46. > :11:51.Difficult to diagnose, the statistic is not improving. This
:11:51. > :11:55.woman was given the news for years ago. A few years before that, I had
:11:55. > :12:00.been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome and the symptoms got worse
:12:00. > :12:04.and I had severe abdominal pain and a lot of tummy bloating, so I was
:12:04. > :12:08.taken into the hospital and initially they thought it was
:12:08. > :12:15.appendicitis, but after scans and tests, they discovered it was a
:12:15. > :12:19.tumour on my ovary, which turned out to be cancer. This is one of
:12:19. > :12:24.the services we provide for ovarian cancer patients. This charity in
:12:24. > :12:28.Belfast is the only ovarian Cancer Support Centre in the UK. I want
:12:28. > :12:34.the public to not be embarrassed about talking about gynaecological
:12:34. > :12:37.cancers. In 2002, Maureen Clarke's daughter died from the disease. She
:12:37. > :12:42.says greater funding and even awareness of symptoms which include
:12:42. > :12:46.back and pelvic pain, and even feeling follow-up, are vital.
:12:46. > :12:50.old statement is in the male population, this is a female
:12:50. > :12:54.problem, a woman's problem, but it's not if you have a loved one
:12:54. > :12:59.diagnosed with ovarian cancer. And we need to speak out more about
:12:59. > :13:03.ovarian cancer. We speak about breasts, we speak about testicles,
:13:03. > :13:09.so why can't we speak about ovaries? During Edyta's treatment,
:13:09. > :13:14.test revealed she has also a career of a genetic Bell condition. That
:13:14. > :13:24.is information the family prefer to convert rather than shy away from -
:13:24. > :13:24.
:13:25. > :13:31.- confront. For females, it would been ovarian, for males, it would
:13:31. > :13:36.be bell. We are regularly screened. So far, genetic testing is proving
:13:36. > :13:39.effective. The majority ovarian cancers are detected at a late
:13:39. > :13:43.stage, which is hard to treat, but is it is picked up after their
:13:44. > :13:48.early stage, it is much more and it -- if it is picked up early, it is
:13:48. > :13:51.more easy to manage. Part of the success behind the Breast Cancer
:13:51. > :13:55.awareness campaign has been transforming it from a taboo
:13:55. > :14:00.subject to one that is openly discussed and even used as a theme
:14:00. > :14:09.for open air concerts and marathons. Now those involved in ovarian
:14:09. > :14:13.cancer and bowel cancer are calling It is believed a body found in a
:14:13. > :14:19.river in County Donegal is a man who escaped from police custody in
:14:19. > :14:21.Strabane last year. A digger driver discovered skeletal remains near
:14:21. > :14:25.the River Finn in Lifford this morning. They are believed to be
:14:25. > :14:30.the remains of 22-year-old David Colhoun. He went missing ten months
:14:30. > :14:35.ago, running off during a transfer between police cars. It could take
:14:35. > :14:40.place two weeks to identify the body, David's father says he is
:14:40. > :14:46.sure it is his son. I am shocked, but relieved, it is coming to a
:14:46. > :14:53.close. Sand, but we knew he would - - we would get in some day. He was
:14:53. > :14:58.there, we were right all along. Republic waters have been at --
:14:58. > :15:02.waters have been asked how much say they should have in the economy.
:15:02. > :15:09.The Government is encouraging I guess boat, seemed it is vital to
:15:09. > :15:14.rebuild the country's reputation. - - the yes board. The no camp,
:15:14. > :15:19.including Sinn Fein, say it could condemn the Republic to austerity.
:15:19. > :15:23.How big a surprise was this referendum today? It was widely
:15:23. > :15:28.suspected of this treaty was boarded Trust -- specifically to
:15:28. > :15:32.avoid Ireland having to have a referendum on this issue, but the
:15:32. > :15:36.Attorney General advised that, because the treaty is unique, a
:15:36. > :15:43.referendum was necessary. The treaty is designed to tighten
:15:43. > :15:48.budgetary controls are crossed the eurozone states to avoid a repeat
:15:48. > :15:51.of the current debt crisis. Financial sanctions would flow from
:15:51. > :15:56.Brussels to Dublin where those rules to be breached, leading to
:15:56. > :16:01.concerns that too much financial control would be given to Brussels.
:16:01. > :16:06.Ireland has a history of rejecting EU treaties, what would happen if
:16:06. > :16:10.they produced a no this time. -- this time?
:16:10. > :16:15.Yes, that is right, and there are genuine fears something like that
:16:15. > :16:20.could happen again, after years of austerity there is support for
:16:20. > :16:26.Europe -- the support for it Europe in the Republic has weakened, and
:16:27. > :16:32.there are fears of a public backlash. F Ireland voted no, the
:16:32. > :16:36.treaties could still go ahead because it only needs to be
:16:36. > :16:42.ratified by 12 of the 17 euros on members. But, Ireland would no
:16:42. > :16:47.longer get a financial assistance from the other members. His bete --
:16:47. > :16:50.expect a lot of this debate to revolve around Ireland somehow
:16:50. > :16:55.being bribed to pass this referendum. Another view is that
:16:55. > :17:05.this is a great opportunity for I went to press for debt reduction as
:17:05. > :17:06.
:17:06. > :17:09.quid pro al for ratification. -- quid pro -- quid pro quo.
:17:09. > :17:12.Assembly members want to build greater links with a country more
:17:12. > :17:17.than 4,000 miles away, a place devastated by civil war.
:17:17. > :17:22.20 years ago, Uganda was a failed state, and although it has been
:17:22. > :17:26.transformed with a booming economy, millions remain in poverty. MLAs
:17:26. > :17:32.want to build on the work of charities and stretches, helping
:17:32. > :17:39.people in the north of the country. Our reporter travelled there to
:17:39. > :17:45.find out how arrogant is offering hope to a brighter future in Uganda.
:17:45. > :17:52.Kampala, the capital of Uganda, on the shores of Lake Victoria. A mix
:17:52. > :17:55.of prosperity and poverty. In the market you can buy Irish. The main
:17:55. > :17:59.-- that is the name the Ugandans have given to potatoes. Travel
:18:00. > :18:08.north across the river Nile and you are in our region devastated by
:18:08. > :18:13.conflict. Until a few years ago, a population the size of Northern
:18:13. > :18:16.Ireland where refugees in their own country, living in camps as the
:18:16. > :18:20.Government fought the rebel soldiers of the Lord's Resistance
:18:20. > :18:25.Army. The work of local aid agencies is helping to transform
:18:25. > :18:31.the lives of those who have returned home. One-third of the
:18:31. > :18:36.family's we work with would have a cash income of about �40 per year,
:18:36. > :18:40.so if you put that in perspective, it is less than �1 per week. It is
:18:40. > :18:45.often the simple things that are most effective. Many ways been
:18:45. > :18:53.spent on kerosene for lamps, but one think Uganda has freely and
:18:53. > :18:58.abundance is sunshine, and these solar lights are at it. Every time
:18:58. > :19:02.you need a family they say, before, I spent my money on kerosene, I
:19:02. > :19:06.have the solar lights and I am now spending my money on school fees,
:19:06. > :19:12.tools for the farm or medical services for my family, or I am
:19:12. > :19:15.saving a bit of money. consequences of a spark can be
:19:15. > :19:19.devastating, but there have been a no fires this year where solar
:19:19. > :19:24.lamps are used. There have been other benefits to health and
:19:24. > :19:29.education. The local school has reported the best exam results in
:19:29. > :19:33.that district. The children in primary and secondary schools are
:19:33. > :19:40.taking their exams and they're using it for reading effectively at
:19:40. > :19:46.night, under the solar lamp, and it also improves on their academic
:19:46. > :19:52.performance in school. The long- term aim is to help those who have
:19:52. > :19:54.relied on aid to help themselves. This work has been supported by the
:19:54. > :20:02.Partnership for National Development, which has provided
:20:02. > :20:06.funding to end the years of darkness in this part of Africa.
:20:06. > :20:09.And on tomorrow's programme, we hear from the victims and survivors
:20:09. > :20:12.of the Lord's Resistance Army, including a former child soldier
:20:12. > :20:18.forced to take part in the massacres.
:20:18. > :20:23.Next, some of the world's top road racers are at the BBC tonight as
:20:23. > :20:29.the countdown to this year's North West 200.
:20:29. > :20:35.Thanks very much indeed. Tonight here at the BBC we are looking at
:20:35. > :20:38.the exciting plans of the extensive coverage this year across radio,
:20:38. > :20:41.online and television, and BBC Newsline will be live from the
:20:41. > :20:46.North West 200, as well, shall casing of these machines and some
:20:46. > :20:49.of the best road racers in the world. One of the best is home-
:20:49. > :20:53.grown - Alastair Seeley is the current British Supersport champion,
:20:53. > :20:56.and his success in the North West 200 over the last few years has
:20:56. > :21:00.helped him earn a place in the Sports Institute of Northern
:21:00. > :21:04.Ireland. As Niall Forster will find out, he works as hard off the track
:21:04. > :21:08.as on it. From a superbike to an exercise
:21:08. > :21:12.bike, Alastair Seeley has adopted a different approach to his
:21:12. > :21:17.preparations for the new season. The guys I am not against, they
:21:17. > :21:21.will train just as hard, so I have to push beyond that and train
:21:21. > :21:24.harder. When I get on the grid, the first round, I can look around and
:21:25. > :21:31.say to the guys, I have trained harder than you come and it will
:21:31. > :21:36.pay off in the race, hopefully. And to achieve more success, he is
:21:36. > :21:41.pushing himself through the pain barrier.
:21:41. > :21:46.The dead list to start with, we are now up to 120. We will keep pushing
:21:46. > :21:52.that up, it is basically a lot of arm, shoulder and backward. It is
:21:52. > :21:57.all the upper half and torso. With the North West 200 around the
:21:57. > :22:05.corner bomb Alastair has his sights set on a new personal best.
:22:05. > :22:09.North West 200 is fun, but it gets serious on race day. I want to win
:22:09. > :22:13.five races and be the second man to do it since Philip McCann. As long
:22:13. > :22:18.as I can feel stronger on the bike and fitter come the end of the
:22:18. > :22:24.season, standing on the top step. And if he does, although hard work
:22:24. > :22:30.will be worth it. Philip McCann, who holds that
:22:30. > :22:35.record, is with me. Alastair tries to -- is trying to
:22:35. > :22:39.equal your record of this year. How good it -- is it to have a rider
:22:39. > :22:43.from Northern Ireland there? It is superb, there is a lot of
:22:43. > :22:47.pride, we have a lot of people from across the world coming to try and
:22:47. > :22:50.win a our Irish road race, and it is great we have a man to pick out
:22:50. > :22:54.the a truly defending those big races.
:22:54. > :22:58.Last year was a bit of a washout at the North West 200, one race and
:22:58. > :23:02.then an oil spill put paid to any racing at the end of the day, a
:23:02. > :23:06.bomb scare, as well. This year at the hope is it can get back on
:23:06. > :23:11.track, bigger and better. I think it will, organisers are
:23:11. > :23:17.putting a lot of work in. I believe we cannot have bad weather another
:23:17. > :23:20.year. No matter what, this year will be better than last. The want
:23:20. > :23:27.the BBC and the organisers are putting in, they have reorganised
:23:27. > :23:30.the racing so we have two days of practice, then we have all day
:23:30. > :23:33.Saturday, I think we are in for a superb North West 200.
:23:34. > :23:39.That extra racing on the Thursday night, is that important for the
:23:39. > :23:44.riders to give them more race time? Yes, lots of practice in, to put
:23:44. > :23:48.two races in on Thursday night is the will to that dream. Every rider
:23:48. > :23:53.wants to ride more when he comes to the North West 200, so the line-up
:23:53. > :23:57.on Saturday will be even more competitive than ever. The I keep
:23:57. > :24:00.their much indeed, enjoy the rest of the evening.
:24:00. > :24:05.-- thank you very much indeed. In football, Michael O'Neill has
:24:05. > :24:13.named Steven Davis as the new Northern Ireland captain. He will
:24:13. > :24:18.lead at the side out in the friendly against Norway tonight.
:24:18. > :24:22.It was day one of his budding relationship -- this budding
:24:22. > :24:26.relationship between the captain and the manager, one fans hope will
:24:26. > :24:34.blossom in the years to come. He is a player that leads by
:24:34. > :24:36.example. He never shirks responsibility on the pitch. He is
:24:37. > :24:46.always trying to get positive performances and bring the best out
:24:47. > :24:48.
:24:48. > :24:51.of the people around him by how he O'Neill has been impressed without
:24:51. > :24:56.Davies has coped with the added pressure of captaining Rangers at
:24:56. > :25:00.club level. He knows a lot when terms of house
:25:00. > :25:05.he plays, and within the team we have a lot of readers, a lot of
:25:05. > :25:07.experience, so it is not a case of one person being the captain. We
:25:08. > :25:12.have a lot of experience and leaders in the team that could,
:25:12. > :25:15.also. If with Aaron Hughes reversing his decision to retire
:25:15. > :25:23.from international football, the manager resisted the temptation to
:25:23. > :25:27.hand him back the captain's armband. I spoke to them previously, in
:25:27. > :25:30.relation to coming out of retirement. He had no expectations
:25:30. > :25:36.to return as captain for stroppy has been extremely supportive of
:25:36. > :25:39.the decision. He recognises that it is perhaps time for someone else to
:25:39. > :25:44.take over captaincy of the team for a long time.
:25:44. > :25:49.Having been selected as -- have been selected his captain, O'Neill
:25:49. > :25:54.will wait until tomorrow to run -- name the rest of the team.
:25:54. > :25:57.The Republic of Parliament are in friendly action, as well, taking on
:25:57. > :26:02.and the Czech Republic at the Aviva Stadium. Robbie Keane will return
:26:02. > :26:06.to his side, LA Galaxy, after the game. He is in pretty good form
:26:06. > :26:12.after his recent spell with Aston Villa. He says first team football
:26:12. > :26:17.is keeping him sharp. Going to LA Galaxy and winning the
:26:17. > :26:21.championship and the first few months, that was great. It is just
:26:21. > :26:25.about playing, the more you play it the sharper and fitter you get in
:26:25. > :26:29.games. You certainly see the benefits from it.
:26:30. > :26:36.That is just about it from Black Star studios, it is not me on my
:26:36. > :26:43.own tonight, we have a pretty full house here to hear about the BBC's
:26:43. > :26:46.plans for North West 200 this year. His fans, of course!
:26:46. > :26:50.His fans, of course! Let's see what the weather is doing.
:26:50. > :26:56.The emphasis is still very much on the mild conditions, and it was
:26:56. > :27:00.exceptionally mild today, up to 16.3 Celsius earlier, almost ten
:27:00. > :27:06.Celsius above the seasonal average and closer to what you would expect
:27:06. > :27:15.at the end of May. They had some direct sunshine earlier, some parts
:27:15. > :27:19.also had some hazy sunshine. For many, it was predominantly cloudy.
:27:19. > :27:25.We will hold on to the cloud through this evening, though it is
:27:25. > :27:30.dry, as well. Through the night the cloud goes down to the hilltops,
:27:31. > :27:40.perhaps squeezing out some drizzle, some mistiness and damp air over
:27:40. > :27:45.the hills. But for most of us it staves drive. -- it stays dry. The
:27:45. > :27:50.mild weather continues tomorrow, still a lot of cloud, too, so it
:27:50. > :27:58.could be damp, up mistiness may create minor visibility issues, and
:27:58. > :28:02.any drizzle will leave with the dry weather. We will have some bright
:28:02. > :28:11.spots in the afternoon, probably parts of County Down and County