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Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Noel Thompson and Donna | :00:13. | :00:21. | |
Traynor. The headlines: Number one in the world, Rory McIlroy achieves | :00:21. | :00:27. | |
his childhood ambition. I am live at Holywood Golf Club | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
which is celebrating another milestone in Rory McIlroy's golfing | :00:30. | :00:37. | |
career. Also on the programme. | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
Fears of hundreds of job cuts at one of the big banks. | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
A human rights report condemns the treatment of all people in some | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
nursing homes. She was not being washed. Her teeth were not been | :00:51. | :00:53. | |
brushed under one deserves to be treated like that. | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
I heroes welcome home for are two Oscar-winning film makers. | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
And a dry and cold night coming up, it is looking more unsettled from | :01:02. | :01:11. | |
tomorrow onwards. Northern Ireland has a new world | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
champion, at the ripe old age of 22, Holywood golfer Rory McIlroy has | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
made it to number one in the world rankings, as he won the weekend's | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
Honda Classic. It is the fulfilment of an ambition that began in his | :01:25. | :01:31. | |
home club in County Down. Stephen Watson is there for us. | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
Here at Holywood Golf Club where it all started for young Rory McIlroy. | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
As a kid, he always believed he could be the best golfer in the | :01:38. | :01:44. | |
world. From that boyhood ambition, he has developed into a truly | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
global sporting superstar. Nine months ago we were here to see him | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
return home triumphantly with the US Open trophy. That was his first | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
major championship success. Now the club is celebrating another magical | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
milestone for Rory. He is the second youngest world number one | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
ever, behind Tiger Woods. Last year was Rory's coming of age. Last | :02:06. | :02:16. | |
night, was truly his coronation. Rory McIlroy has realised his dream. | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
He has ascended to the top of the world. The prize money may have | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
been $1 million, but the achievement was priceless. As Rory | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
McIlroy fulfilled his lifetime's ambition. It was always a dream of | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
mine to become world number one, the best player in the world or at | :02:34. | :02:42. | |
everyone to college. -- or whatever you want to call it. Being able to | :02:42. | :02:49. | |
go to the top of the world rankings, it meant a lot to go out there. I | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
did what they needed to do to get the job done. He gave a golfing | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
masterclass to prove why he has become the best at the sport. And | :02:58. | :03:04. | |
he had to hold of the challenger, former world number one Tiger Woods. | :03:04. | :03:10. | |
-- hold off. He was back to his best, but Rory McIlroy was | :03:10. | :03:20. | |
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unflappable. I think Rory finished in the top 10 or so they let that. | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
So, that is pretty impressive playing. That is what you have to | :03:26. | :03:33. | |
do. You will not win every time, but you can be so insist -- be | :03:33. | :03:41. | |
consistent and that what he has done. He may just be 22 years old, | :03:41. | :03:47. | |
but Rory Mackle right intends to stay world number one for sometimes. | :03:47. | :03:57. | |
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-- and Rory McIlroy. If I can do that, if guys can get me off the | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
top spot. The by I am playing at the moment, the level of | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
consistency, I could stay there for a while. It is good for the game | :04:05. | :04:12. | |
and everyone is excited. I know I am. Looking forward to getting back | :04:12. | :04:20. | |
and giving it another shot. another trophy for the collection. | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
As the young man from Hollywood finds himself on top of the world. | :04:25. | :04:31. | |
Last year he famous they had a meltdown at the British Masters | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
tournament. Since then he has proved he is the comeback Kid and | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
who would bet against him winning the tournament in just a few weeks' | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
time? I will be back later when I will be talking to the man who has | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
coached Rory McIlroy every step of the way. | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
Or from Steven later for stock they are growing fears that a First | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
Trust Bank is on the verge of announcing hundreds of job losses. | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
The company is controlled by Allied Irish Bank which was taken over by | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
the Irish Government when it lost billions in the property crash. | :05:02. | :05:10. | |
Kevin Magee is with me now. This has been a long time coming. | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
The AIB Group announced in April last year that it could be looking | :05:13. | :05:19. | |
for about 2,000 redundancies across all its operations, including the a | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
and be back in the south, First Trust in Northern Ireland and | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
interests in Great Britain. There was speculation in the media in | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
Dublin at the weekend that an announcement would be made sometime | :05:29. | :05:34. | |
this week. The bank is saying it is still a negotiations with the | :05:34. | :05:40. | |
Department of Finance in Dublin. Since the bank was effectively | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
nationalised, it owns the AIB. No decision will be made until those | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
discussions have concluded. there are fears that First Trust | :05:50. | :05:55. | |
will cut hundreds of jobs. Can you be specific? We do not know the | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
specifics for the details yet, but if those job losses are | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
proportionately made across all AIB's interests, that would mean | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
that some were in the region of several hundred jobs at First Trust | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
in Northern Ireland could be affected. That is a workforce of | :06:13. | :06:21. | |
about 1,300. When will they know? The bankers union says that the | :06:21. | :06:27. | |
expect an announcement soon. Some time this month. They expect the | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
Bank to give more details on that, full details as to the extent and | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
the scope of these lay-offs. As soon as that happens, I will give | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
you the details. A 40-year-old man and a 35-year-old | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
woman have been charged in connection with a murder of | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
Christopher Mackin, was shot dead in Belfast on Thursday. They are | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
expected to appear before Belfast magistrates court tomorrow. The 27- | :06:52. | :06:55. | |
year-old man and the 24-year-old woman were arrested last night and | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
are still in custody. An investigation into nursing homes | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
has heard claims of appalling treatment of elderly residents, | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
including allegations that some were hospitalised with dehydration | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
and others were forced to wear incontinence pads. The Health | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
Minister says many of the claims are old and have been addressed but | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
the report by the Human Rights Commission will be studied. Here is | :07:18. | :07:22. | |
Julian O'Neill. The elderly in nursing care are | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
among society's most vulnerable and the Human Rights Commission says | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
they are exposed to back practice. A report has detailed allegations | :07:31. | :07:37. | |
of poor treatment. -- bad practice. It is giving cause for concern. | :07:37. | :07:43. | |
are not saying that there is bad practice across the sector, we are | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
talking about bad apples. follows a long investigation. | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
Decommissioned did fieldwork research at for nursing homes, the | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
most damning read it -- revelations came in submissions from members of | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
the public who were answering an appeal for information. A number of | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
disturbing cases were reported. 15 residents were hospitalised with | :08:04. | :08:09. | |
dehydration because a home failed to give them enough to drink. A 17 | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
are gap without any food between dinner-time and breakfast. -- 17 | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
hour. And residents were told to using Continent pads instead of | :08:20. | :08:26. | |
being taken to the toilet. -- incontinence pads. Suzanne says her | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
late mother was treated badly in nursing care. She was not been | :08:30. | :08:35. | |
lodged, her teeth were not been brushed. She was not receiving her | :08:35. | :08:41. | |
medication. -- she was not being washed. You are paying an | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
extortionate price and like everything else you pay for a | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
standard of care and you expect to receive it. More importantly, | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
whether you are paying or the Government are paying, it comes | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
down to basic human rights and no one deserves to be treated like | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
that. Or any of these people are being treated. A group representing | :08:59. | :09:03. | |
many of Northern Ireland's nursing homes says more money is needed to | :09:03. | :09:10. | |
improve standards. A prisoner costs society �5,000 per week, it really | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
spend just over �500 per week for an older person. There is an issue | :09:14. | :09:18. | |
there that needs to be addressed. They Health Minister says some of | :09:18. | :09:21. | |
the worst allegations are old and have been dealt with. Having been | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
picked up by health care inspectors. But he does accept there may be | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
room for improvement. There is a strong regulation process. However, | :09:32. | :09:37. | |
it is not perfect. The Human Rights Commission are identifying that | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
there are areas that need work and we are happy to look at that. | :09:42. | :09:45. | |
commission says the Stormont Executive man needs to act, and act | :09:45. | :09:51. | |
urgently. You are watching BBC Newsline, | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
still to come on the programme: More than 70 years after the | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
Germans bombed Newtownards, the young servicemen killed are finally | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
commemorated. And any other time we would take | :10:03. | :10:11. | |
the draw, but for the players in Paris, it felt like defeat. | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
The family of a former IRA prisoner shot dead by loyalists 22 years ago | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
have rejected a report by the Historical Enquiries Team was says | :10:19. | :10:26. | |
collusion in the murder. The HET says nine undercover soldiers were | :10:26. | :10:29. | |
close to the scene when some martial was shot dead on leaving | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
Lurgan police station. But it says there is no evidence that security | :10:32. | :10:39. | |
forces knew there was going to be an attack. Vincent Kearney reports. | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
This plaque marks the spot where Sam Marshall were shot dead 22 | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
years ago. His family say they believe members of the security | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
forces helped the killers. The 31- year-old former prisoner was shot | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
shortly after leaving Lurgan police station with two other men. | :10:57. | :11:04. | |
Including high-profile Republican, seen here after leaving court. They | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
were walking home after signing in, as part of bail conditions for | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
charges of possession of ammunition. As they turned this corner, gunmen | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
opened fire. Sam Marshall was shot three times in the head. Afterwards, | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
the two survivors claimed they had been under surveillance by | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
undercover soldiers in a car that had driven past them a number of | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
times. The police said there was no surveillance operation. But a | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
report by the Historical Enquiries Team has confirmed there was. It | :11:36. | :11:40. | |
reveals that two undercover soldiers with cameras were in an | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
observation post at Lurgan police station when the three Republicans | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
arrived and left. The report says at least nine soldiers were | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
involved in the surveillance operation. And that they used six | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
different vehicles. Two of the soldiers were on fit and four less | :11:56. | :12:03. | |
than 100 yards away when two gunmen fired shots. The soldiers said they | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
did not intervene to try to stop shooting, because they did not see | :12:07. | :12:11. | |
the attack taking place. Face of the gunmen leaving the scene, but | :12:11. | :12:17. | |
said they did not challenge them because they were too far away. The | :12:17. | :12:22. | |
HET does not make his report publicly available but sent a copy | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
to some martial's family and they decided to release it. They reject | :12:26. | :12:30. | |
the conclusion from the HET that there was no collusion in the | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
shooting. These soldiers were so close to the gunmen. Trained | :12:35. | :12:40. | |
soldiers and they did nothing about it. It just does not add up. Colin | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
Duffy, who was with some marshal the night he was shot, supported | :12:44. | :12:48. | |
that view, would he spoke at a press conference shortly after | :12:48. | :12:54. | |
being acquitted of involvement in the murder of two soldiers. | :12:54. | :13:02. | |
believe that all of these facts, you know, does in my opinion expose | :13:02. | :13:10. | |
this case as being one of the cases which can truly shed light on the | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
area of collusion. Some martial's family want a public inquiry into | :13:14. | :13:22. | |
the circumstances of the shooting. A memorial has been unveiled to a | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
group of young servicemen described by some as forgotten soldiers. The | :13:25. | :13:28. | |
13 men died during the Second World War when Newtownards airfield was | :13:28. | :13:31. | |
bombed. Our district journalist Claire Savage was at today's | :13:31. | :13:39. | |
dedication. Before the Second World War, the | :13:39. | :13:46. | |
German foreign minister landed at Newtonards airfield to meet the | :13:46. | :13:52. | |
Mayor of London three. -- Londonderry. The love our cause | :13:52. | :13:56. | |
back three years ago killing hundreds in the Belfast pits. They | :13:56. | :14:00. | |
also bombed Newtonards airfield killing 13 soldiers, most of them | :14:00. | :14:06. | |
teenagers. It is possible they mistook it for Belfast. Belfast has | :14:06. | :14:15. | |
got a lock. It was a well lit up. They could have been mistaken. | :14:15. | :14:19. | |
Others will tell you the planes came in Thurleigh low. And they | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
knew what they were doing. Emma Maura has been unveiled to the | :14:24. | :14:30. | |
victims. George's father was killed. I was five unsold when he was | :14:30. | :14:36. | |
killed. I never knew him, but I have great pride. I feel very | :14:36. | :14:40. | |
honoured to be here today to represent him and my mother. | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
relative flowing from Texas and says the memorial means a lot. | :14:44. | :14:51. | |
is important for me personally because I never met my uncle, but... | :14:51. | :14:59. | |
It is a chance to do so. Among the 13, there were to 18 year-olds, and | :14:59. | :15:05. | |
16 year-olds. So I thought, these guys are not mentioned on the local | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
war memorial, something has to be done. Some of these have been known | :15:10. | :15:13. | |
as the forgotten soldiers but now there will be a permanent reminder | :15:13. | :15:19. | |
to those who lost their lives. The film director Terry George says | :15:19. | :15:22. | |
his Academy Award is Northern Ireland's Oscar. He won last week | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
for his film The Shore which was produced by his daughter Oorlagh. | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
Most of the cast were local and it was set in County Down. Our | :15:30. | :15:33. | |
reporter Chris Page met the Oscar winners when they arrived back from | :15:33. | :15:43. | |
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the United States this morning. A homecoming for an Oscar-winning | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
hero. There was great sense of anticipation as Terry George's | :15:48. | :15:55. | |
plane touched down at Belfast International. And then a great | :15:55. | :15:58. | |
sense of pride, achievement and history as the director and | :15:58. | :16:08. | |
producer appeared with their golden statues. What a tremendous moment | :16:08. | :16:14. | |
this is. Terry George and Oorlagh have brought the biggest award in | :16:14. | :16:18. | |
movie business back to Northern Ireland. There were hugs forever -- | :16:18. | :16:24. | |
relatives. What everyone wanted was to hold a real life Oscar. It is | :16:24. | :16:31. | |
really heavy, isn't it? After another walked down the red carpet, | :16:31. | :16:36. | |
Terry George said he wanted his homeland to share his success. | :16:36. | :16:40. | |
film industry particularly in the North, I think, is a vital industry | :16:40. | :16:44. | |
and it is important for me to support it, and because of the | :16:45. | :16:51. | |
support they gave to The Shore and my next film, it is great to come | :16:51. | :16:54. | |
home and this is Northern Ireland's asked. I am excited to share it | :16:54. | :16:58. | |
with my family who were all in the film. And also with everyone who | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
made it possible, so we are looking forward to celebrating we them. | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
celebrations may happen in South Down are where most of the film was | :17:07. | :17:13. | |
shot. I will go and get him. No, I want to surprised him. Was the | :17:13. | :17:18. | |
Academy Award a surprise for the director? I knew from the cast and | :17:18. | :17:22. | |
crew, from the acting we had, from the location, from the spirit of | :17:22. | :17:25. | |
the thing that we had made something special and I am really | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
proud of it and proud of where we shot and proud of what of the elms | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
says. They have plenty of plans to make more movies here but, for now, | :17:34. | :17:39. | |
the father and daughter are taking a break with the Oscar, literally, | :17:39. | :17:47. | |
in the bag. Many of us have been asking why | :17:47. | :17:52. | |
Oorlagh got one and wine Terry George? Why do they both get it? We | :17:52. | :17:57. | |
have been doing some research. While the Oscar celebrations will | :17:57. | :18:00. | |
continue into the night in Killough in County Down, further up the | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
coast in Holywood, the golf club is getting pretty used to global | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
success. Let's go back there to Stephen. | :18:07. | :18:10. | |
And one of the sport's all-time greats on Rory McIlroy's | :18:10. | :18:16. | |
achievement of reaching that world number one ranking. | :18:16. | :18:20. | |
Earlier, we heard from the former world number one Tiger Woods who | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
admits that Rory McIlroy is the best in the business now. How will | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
he handle the pressure had been at the very top? Who better to ask | :18:30. | :18:33. | |
than the man with more Major wins than anyone else, Jack Nicklaus. | :18:33. | :18:39. | |
This is what he told me. He has got a big responsibility to the game of | :18:39. | :18:47. | |
golf and to the world. He is the top player in the world. So if you | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
take that responsibility, you have got youth, you have got the rest of | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
the players looking up to you, the public looking at you. You have got | :18:56. | :19:01. | |
to figure out who you Oregon, and how you handle that, and how you go | :19:01. | :19:06. | |
about being the player you are, the person you are, and been the role | :19:06. | :19:11. | |
model for young kids. I am sure he will handle that very well. There | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
is pressure with everything, but that is what we live off. Drilling | :19:15. | :19:23. | |
Me Live is Rory McIlroy's code. -- joining the live. We heard from | :19:23. | :19:26. | |
Jack Nicklaus saying that Rory McIlroy can handle the pressure and | :19:26. | :19:32. | |
he did so last night and were you proud? Yes, very proud. Coming down | :19:32. | :19:38. | |
the last few holes, he used a bit of strategy. On the 17th, he could | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
lose the tournament, but he held it on. He went on to play the last | :19:43. | :19:51. | |
hole sensibly. Do you think, has he been listening to Jack Nicklaus? | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
Well, you have to listen to him, because he has done a lot and Rory | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
McIlroy will respect that. He was listening intently to him and he | :19:59. | :20:05. | |
got good advice. Paul, you have had some great days here. What | :20:06. | :20:09. | |
differences have you noticed at the club with Rory McIlroy's success | :20:09. | :20:19. | |
has made the main difference has been the amount of tourists. People | :20:19. | :20:26. | |
just want to come here, see where he came from, see where he grew up, | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
see the memorabilia. So it is the increase in people coming to | :20:30. | :20:36. | |
Northern Ireland. We will have to wait for a while for another party, | :20:36. | :20:42. | |
wind we? Yes, he is in America for a while. It is a great coup for the | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
Irish opening having the world number one playing here. What can | :20:47. | :20:52. | |
Michael -- what can Rory achieve? Can you be the best ever? If you | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
look at his last nine starts, and what he have done, he has come out | :20:56. | :21:02. | |
of the traps very quickly, finishing 5th, second, 5th, and on | :21:02. | :21:08. | |
top of the world now, and he will keep going. Thank you both. Stay on, | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
you can give me a lesson! His success has overshadowed the fact | :21:12. | :21:20. | |
that we had another sporting triumph. Snooker player Mark Allen | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
winning the World Open final in China. Allen strolled to victory, | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
10-1, over Stephen Lee, picking up a cheque for �75,000 for his first | :21:26. | :21:31. | |
ranking tournament triumph. Ireland came so close to a first | :21:31. | :21:35. | |
win in Paris in 12 years yesterday but they had to settle for a 17-17 | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
draw after a strong second-half from the French in the rearranged | :21:38. | :21:41. | |
Six Nations clash. Thomas Kane reports. | :21:41. | :21:45. | |
Both teams left the pitch feeling this was a game they should have | :21:45. | :21:54. | |
won. If Ireland had had a better chance of victory in the capital. | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
We enjoyed the draw. Very disappointed in the Changing Room | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
because we gave ourselves the best possible start going in at half- | :22:02. | :22:06. | |
time. Those huge positivity, and to come all the -- come away with no | :22:06. | :22:15. | |
points, a massive Downer. And I think we are disappointed. It was | :22:15. | :22:19. | |
an opportunity we needed to take. And we gathered a bit of experience | :22:19. | :22:24. | |
from it. But it is the experience you don't want. That is invaluable. | :22:24. | :22:29. | |
It is a tough place. We're getting close every time. Ireland may have | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
outscored France 2-1 tries, but the power of the boot and the home side | :22:34. | :22:39. | |
a draw. A lot of penalties for friends, not a lot for Ireland. Was | :22:39. | :22:48. | |
it justified? We hope to God that they will make some mistakes. We | :22:48. | :22:52. | |
have a six-day turnaround to play our next game, so we are looking | :22:52. | :22:57. | |
forward to another chance. Many Irish fans didn't make the return | :22:57. | :23:03. | |
trip after the game was postponed. Those who did were not disappointed. | :23:03. | :23:08. | |
We didn't lose, so what a great game. We could have won this match. | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
At the end of the day, coming away with a draw, it is much better than | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
a loss. This may have been just the third time in 60 years that Ireland | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
have left the French capital undefeated, but this was an | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
opportunity missed. And bad news for Ireland tonight. | :23:27. | :23:30. | |
The IRFU has confirmed this evening that captain Paul O'Connell, who we | :23:30. | :23:34. | |
heard from there, has been ruled out of the remainder of the Six | :23:34. | :23:36. | |
Nations with a knee injury and scrum-half Conor Murray will also | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
miss the Scotland and England games. Ulster remain in the hunt for the | :23:40. | :23:42. | |
play-offs in the RaboDirect Pro 12, following their thrilling victory | :23:42. | :23:46. | |
over Edinburgh at Ravenhill on Friday night. The impressive 38-16 | :23:46. | :23:49. | |
demolition of the Scottish side, running in six tries and gaining a | :23:49. | :23:52. | |
bonus point in the process, means Ulster are fifth in the table just | :23:52. | :23:58. | |
one point off fourth place and the play-off spots. | :23:58. | :24:01. | |
And this afternoon Ballyclare have made the School's Cup final for the | :24:01. | :24:07. | |
first time in 39 years, beating Wallace High 26-12 at Ravenhill. | :24:07. | :24:10. | |
They will now face either Methodist College or Campbell College in the | :24:10. | :24:16. | |
final. The two Belfast schools meet on Wednesday. | :24:16. | :24:19. | |
Ballymena United face being ejected from the Irish Cup for fielding an | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
ineligible player, new signing Alan Davidson. Their manager has told | :24:23. | :24:26. | |
Newsline he is furious because he had checked with the IFA that the | :24:26. | :24:36. | |
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striker could play in the game. Nikki Gregg reports. | :24:37. | :24:43. | |
It seemed like good rates - man daydream when Ballymena United | :24:43. | :24:47. | |
scored this winner. He shouldn't have been on the pitch a tall, this | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
player, which has, as a surprise to his manager. I was on the phone | :24:51. | :24:59. | |
with the girl from the IFA. They told me he was registered under | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
available for selection. So I thought he is fine, he can play | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
Saturday. But he wasn't available for the Irish Cup games. Davidson | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
signed last week, missing the deadline to play in the cup | :25:12. | :25:16. | |
competition. Ballymena 2-1 victory seems to have been erased from the | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
record books. The players have worked so hard to turn it around | :25:21. | :25:28. | |
and now we have one of four games tomorrow. We have now a drop now to | :25:28. | :25:32. | |
do better in the season. Linfield are likely to phase Newry City in | :25:32. | :25:37. | |
the semi-finals with this hat-trick helping the holders to a | :25:37. | :25:44. | |
comfortable win. Crusaders kept up their bit for the cup double. The, | :25:44. | :25:50. | |
Faulkner's late equaliser meant to win over their opponents. There is | :25:50. | :26:00. | |
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a few loose ends to be tied up. Now, the weather. | :26:04. | :26:08. | |
It is going to go through some changes through the next 24 hours | :26:08. | :26:12. | |
after what has been a fine start to the week. There were some showers | :26:12. | :26:16. | |
running through, but in between them, some decent spells of | :26:16. | :26:23. | |
sunshine. I hope you made the most of it because the rest of the week | :26:23. | :26:29. | |
is going to be rain or showers. Some of those threatened to turn | :26:29. | :26:36. | |
wintery. Later in the week, it will be fairly unsettled, too. The | :26:36. | :26:41. | |
weather is more-or-less with us, the sunshine. A dry evening tonight, | :26:41. | :26:44. | |
and we will hold on to clear spells for quite a few hours tonight so | :26:44. | :26:48. | |
temperatures will be falling away and for most of us close to | :26:48. | :26:54. | |
freezing, a few rural spots dipping below freezing. Given the showers | :26:54. | :27:01. | |
we had, they could be some icy patches. They will go very quickly, | :27:01. | :27:07. | |
the cloud, but the wind will pick up reading some damp weather. First | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
thing, most places stay dry. The cloud will increase, the breeze | :27:12. | :27:17. | |
will pick up, and probably by around a 9am, we will see | :27:17. | :27:22. | |
persistent rain moving in from Fermanagh into Londonderry. That | :27:22. | :27:27. | |
rain edges East would. It is not particularly heavy by the afternoon, | :27:27. | :27:31. | |
but it is spreading across Antrim and Belfast. Not a pleasant and to | :27:31. | :27:40. | |
the day. -- end to the day. Showers will follow tomorrow night. This | :27:40. | :27:46. | |
photograph was taken yesterday. One of those huge clouds bringing | :27:46. | :27:50. | |
showers, and we might see some more of those on Wednesday. | :27:50. | :27:54. |