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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.

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The Belfast Health Trust is investigating the death of the

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second patient on a trolley in accident and emergency.

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The parents calling for this priest to be suspended over indecent

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photos. Why the new Ulster Unionist leader

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wants to find out what it's like to live in a deprived area.

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Titanic take off - the new businesses that have taken up

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residence in the regenerated docks area.

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A major sporting week begins with the return of a familiar Cup to

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Crossmaglen. And over the next couple of days

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there'll be a touch of winter in our weather - it all starts

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tomorrow morning, join me later. The BBC understands that the

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Belfast Health Trust is investigating the death of the

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second patient in the Royal Victoria Hospital. The Trust this

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afternoon by the family of the man who died at accident and emergency

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last month and said that they accepted that something went

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terribly wrong for. The family met representatives of

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the Belfast Health Trust of the city hospital including the medical

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director of Dr Tony Stephens. It was the first face-to-face meeting

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they had had both health chiefs and there were many questions on the

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agenda including why a post mortem was not conducted, why medical

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notes were not updated, was the department under staffed and one

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contact details were lost and the PSNI called to notified a patient's

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partner. And where there was contact -- where there was

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confusion over the time of death. The BBC also understands the

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investigation will include the death of a female patient in

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January. The team will establish what happened leading up to the

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death of each patient, how care was delivered at house staff

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communicated with each other. The family of the dead man say they are

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not entirely happy with the investigation. Their local MLA is

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speaking on their behalf. independent inquiry is made up from

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people from different health Trusts and they tend to know each other.

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But I was assured that this would in no way influenced the inquiry

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and the team had in fact been chosen for their independent

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thinking. The Belfast Health Trust has agreed to the family's request

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to let them meet some of the medical staff including the nurses

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who were working in the excellent and emergency department the like

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their father died. He lay on a trolley for almost 24 hours whilst

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attempts were made to find him a bed. It will be an emotional

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occasion for the family but I can assure them that the family are

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entirely genuine. They do not want to criticise them, they want to

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praise them? Absolutely. The what the system changed. According to

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the family it is a tragedy that it took the death of their father to

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prompt corrections to the ongoing crisis in accident and emergency.

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They say the problems must be fixed and soon or their father's death

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would have been in vain. Parents who were inadvertently

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shown pornographic images by a priest are calling for him to be

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suspended. It happened during a meeting in a primary school in

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Pomeroy about the childrens' First Communion - an 8-year-old boy was

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also present. What happened here last week is now

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the subject of a church investigation. Parents claim that

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during a presentation by the parish priest, around 16 explicit images

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of men were shown on the screen. They said when the images appeared,

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the priest became flustered and quickly left the room. Father

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Martin McVeigh said he was shocked at the sexual images and claimed

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that others had been using the memory stick which there were

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stored on. On the did not serve Mass on Sunday, he has not been

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told to step aside from his duties. In a statement the head of the

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Catholic Church in Ireland said that Father Martin McVeigh claimed

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he had no knowledge of the offending imagery. Sean Brady said

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the police were contacted and they said no crime had been committed.

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He added that father Martian Myddfai is co-operating with the

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investigation by the Church. Parents are due to meet again this

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week amid uncertainty over the parish priest's position as Easter

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approaches. The new Ulster Unionist leader Mike

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Nesbitt has begun to make arrangements to stay with a family

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in a deprived area to experience their day-to-day problems. Mr Les

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but won the leadership at the weekend. Here is our political

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editor. Less than 24 hours after the Ulster Unionists adopted him as

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their new leader, Mike Nesbitt was putting himself up for a different

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kind of adoption - this time he was looking not for political home but

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a real home. What I need to do is go and find a family to stay with

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for 24 hours, in an area of social deprivation. The new leader's

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opponents immediately accused him of pulling a stamped. I think

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everyone has been struck by the crassness and condescension of him

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suggesting that 24 hours would give him any grasp of what the problems

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would be up that people are going through. In Newtownards were my

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best bit is a local MLA, opinions were divided. It is a good idea.

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think it is a disgrace. There's no one impoverished nowadays. Among

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them did Donald could not be described as a fan for a start he

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has a cheek because he has not come near this estate. Despite that the

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care worker will welcome the new media as a guest in her home

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although he might be taken aback by how she intends to greet him.

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your finger out and do something, it is about time something was done

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before it hits rock bottom. And it is heading that way if something is

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not done for our area. On the BBC airwaves Mike Nesbitt

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was getting some equally blunt messages. This morning I had to

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choose between buying milk and paying for dinner money for my

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daughter. On Talkback he was coming down with invitations, making the

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programme feel a bit like a political edition of Blind Date.

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Do you want to spend time with me, you can choose the day. Let us

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figure it out. Mike Nesbitt is not the first

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politician to try to get a feel for how the other half lives. The

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former Conservative minister Michael Portillo swap lives with

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the single mother for a television programme almost a decade ago.

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Unlike Michael Portillo's experiment, like the mess that is

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making it clear he does not want his 24 hour experience of

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deprivation to be recorded on camera.

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There has been a lot of reaction to that plant on a Facebook site.

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Still to come on the programme. How successful was it? The latest from

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renewed Titanic Belfast visitors' centre. And victory for Crossmaglen

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again in the All Ireland final. Many small rural schools are facing

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the axe but could cross-border partnerships offer a way of keeping

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some of them open? The Department of Education of Belfast and Dublin

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are to seek the opinions of those living around the border to see if

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they would like more Corporation. One school is St Mary's near

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Belleek. With just 132 pupils, at St Mary's

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is one of the smallest secondary schools in Northern Ireland. Just a

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few miles from the Donegal border. A review carried out by the

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Commission on Catholic education has recommended that the school be

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closed. They say it is just too few pupils, does not teaching of

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subjects and is financially unsustainable. The three-month

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consultation on the closure has begun today. If it closes, pupils

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would have to be bused more than 20 miles away to a school in

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Enniskillen. We would like the opportunity not to lose the heart

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of our community and the children themselves. The current proposal

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would mean children travelling for in excess of an hour in the morning

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and in the evening. We feel there must be a better way. Could the

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answer to the problems lie just down the road across the border?

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One of the schools that St Mary's hopes to link with his in Bonn

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Doran. It was closed today for Easter and different school

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holidays are just one of the practical barriers that have to be

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overcome. There are challenges with two different systems. Of and to us

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looking at the age that children's new terms start of. A group

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fighting to keep the school open is made up of both Catholic and

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Protestant parents. And the cross- border links are being supported by

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both communities. We want this to be a long-term solution and I think

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cross-border is the way to go. Donegal is our natural hinterland.

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There is already a North South Corporation in health and

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university education. The education minister says if there is demand,

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new cross-border arrangements for schools could be in place by

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September of next year. Renewed Titanic visitor attractions

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sold out of tickets today according to the operators. More than 11,000

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people have toured the complex in the past three days. It opened at

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midday on Saturday to the sound of trumpets. But once they got inside,

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what did the visitors think? It was a bright beginning fought a

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glimmering �77 million project. The public opening was a fanfare

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occasion. We did it, up on time and on budget! I am delighted.

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guest of honour was Cyril Quigley, now aged 105, but who as a four-

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year-old boy I saw the Titanic launched in 1911. The crowds to

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watch the ceremony on Saturday were soon queuing up for admission.

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architecture is amazing and the excitement round here is one of in

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a lifetime. I'm glad that they put it as close as they could to the

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doctor. It has lifted Belfast into a new place because we had so many

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years of bad press. Just bringing back the importance of it all, the

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people who died. And it is also bringing tourism to the area as

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well which we desperately need. Titanic Belfast needs to attract

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around 300,000 visitors annually simply to break even. If it gets

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those kinds of numbers, it will rank amongst the most popular of

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Northern Ireland's tourist attractions. A charity event with

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participants in a shipyard style caps swell the visitor numbers on

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Sunday but many of the attractions customers came from further afield

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and they liked what they find on. It was amazing when you went

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through to the part where they found the bodies and wear

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identifying them, how silent everyone was and the end of the of

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the people who were there with the people who had been lost was

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fantastic. It is amazing, I'm crazy about the Titanic story. I was

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moved by it when I was a child. It is my first time coming to Belfast

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and I'm so lucky. Titanic Belfast said that today was a sell-out of

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all 5500 tickets and that 60% of those tickets sold were two people

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from outside of Northern Ireland. Well when the tetanic liner was

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launched 100 years ago, Belfast was known across the world as an

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industrial powerhouse. There had the largest shipyard, the largest

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roadworks and was a major exporter of linen and tobacco products.

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Those old industries may be gone but in their place you ones are

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emerging. Our Business Editor reports on the nude Titanic economy

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for a top it is a while since I played this game but for these guys,

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this is not play time but work. A century gold the men of working

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here but the Titanic but today they are building augmented reality

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tours. The Northern Ireland science park sits on a 25 acre site within

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the Titanic Quarter and his home to a mixture of 100 high-tech

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companies, some large but many small who want to be bigger one day.

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They seek an evolution from shipbuilding to software

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development. The Titanic was amazing technology in its day. The

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technology behind it was fantastic. And that entrepreneurial and

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engineering Jean lives on. At a time when we built the biggest

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ships in the world and exported things, the exports going out of

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the science park are amazing. Everything goes out over the Nat

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work. Nearby Beales Harland and Wolf Hall is now a movie studio.

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This is big money for the Northern Ireland economy. It injects a huge

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level of cash into the economy very quickly. That is a lot of money at

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any time. It is as substantial amount of money at the heart of a

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at the same show. -- of where recession.

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We have Lydia production and creativity causes, also a fashion

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courses on offer at the Belfast Metropolitan College. The pump

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house here was absolutely state of the art in its day. It could empty

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the Thomson Dhokia in record time. And these would win it marvels of

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engineering build with massive investment by the Belfast Harbour

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Commissioners to encourage the latest in shipbuilding. The harbour

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commissioners today are making similar investments in order to

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promote the new technologies of the 21st century. And here is their

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latest project - on an even bigger scale. This is the largest ever

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investment by the Belfast Harbour Commissioners, the development of a

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leak -- a logistics centre for offshore wind farms. That is one of

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the future emerging sectors. It is a �100 billion investment and this

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is our slice of the it. It seems that the new Titanic economy of

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Belfast is once again putting the city at the forefront of technology

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and innovation. Well we have created a special

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website focusing on all things Titanic. That is on the screen now.

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We're also on Twitter. In a moment we visit if a man as

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soccer club celebrating as track success. But first rare in Armagh

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up with a group of footballers well used to win in.

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Well the fans are behind me. Crossmaglen Rangers, All Ireland

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football club champions for the 6th time in the club's history. There

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used to success in this part of the world. The goalkeeper and team

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captain at are with me now. You are just getting used to this! I would

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know of say we're used to it but it is a good feeling. You now have six

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All Ireland club man dolls. It is a great feeling. We are fortunate to

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be involved with it. But this probably eclipses everything we

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have done so far. It has been at a fantastic campaign and we are

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ecstatic. We can look at the key moments of the win and the

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celebrations. The scoreline told us it was a one-sided.

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Yes but a lot of effort went into the game. From the very first

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whistle and lot of effort went into getting us to that stage. It was

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great teamwork and movement. And a nice touch for you to lift the cup

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as well. And a nice touch in Crossmaglen yesterday. Antrim

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hurling join Duke for the celebrations?

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Yes they had a couple of drinks with us and the crack was mighty.

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It was brilliant. High times for football and hurling in Ulster

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right now. We will stay here for the rest of the sport in

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Crossmaglen receiving full of Crusaders are through to the semi-

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finals of the JJB Sports Irish Cup. This goal from David Rennie gave

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Crusaders 01 - nil win over Dungannon Swifts. It will be their

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third cup final appearance in four years. But even bigger soccer

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celebrations in County Fermanagh as Ballinamallard United are into the

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top division, the Carling Premiership, for the first time

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ever. This was the proudest day in the

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short history of Ballinamallard United. I always thought it was

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possible but probable, that was a different question altogether. But

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we have answered that now. After defeating Bangor 3 - 2,

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second placed Newry City lost to Limavady Utd insuring that aside

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from County Fermanagh would be represented in the top flight of

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local football for the first time. Andy Little scored last week in

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Scottish League, Kyle Lafferty, guys have left Fermanagh and this

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is now up the opportunity for Fermanagh to showcase the talent

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that is in the county of the moment. It is a big area for soccer and a

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great opportunity. Having done the job on the pitch, Ballinamallard's

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next Challenge is to ensure that the part is ready to welcome the

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big boys next season. Exciting times ahead. And here is a

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side that no Ulster rugby supporter wanted to see - Stephen Ferris When

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the off during the team's win in the pro 12 at the weekend. A scan

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today has revealed that he has suffered serious ankle and ligament

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damage and is rated as doubtful for the big game on Sunday when Ulster

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take on Munster in the Heineken Cup quarter-final. Undoubtedly they

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will be tougher opposition than the Italian us. It will certainly be a

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different game in Munster, there's no doubt about that. We go down

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their positive and full of confidence, knowing we have put a

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good run together. We will have to be tighter in certain areas. Maybe

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at times our defence looked a bit suspect. If we will not be able to

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get away with those things next week. Well next a look at some of

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the key sporting performances elsewhere, starting with a lucky

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escape for one of our motor cyclists. This is the on-board

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camera on the bike of Jonathan Rea going overboard during qualifying

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for the World Superbike. Somehow the rider walked away from his

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accident without serious injury. But he came close to coming off

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again during racing proper as he touched bikes with Eugene Laverty.

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There was a top-three finish for another competitor on two wheels -

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Amy mother-son that dapper and fending qualification for London

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2012 with the second place at the European Cup event in Portugal. And

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Coleraine ice skater Jenner finished 14th overall in France.

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And the Belfast Giants cruised into the play-off finals next week after

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it hammering Dundee stars. A reminder also that we have a

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major we are of golf for you to look forward to.

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It is the hottest ticket in town. To one of the most exclusive

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sporting events in the world. And BBC Newsline has an invitation. I

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will be reporting from the US Masters in a cluster with special

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interviews with Northern Ireland's three representatives. Two of them

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carried major champions. There's Rory McIlroy who last year famously

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blew his final round four-shot lead. Darren Clarke returns as the Open

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champion but there is a doubt as to whether he can take his place in

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the field after withdrawing from a tournament in Houston due to injury.

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And Graeme McDowell, showing a real return to his US Open winning form

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recently, finishing second to Tiger Woods at an event in Florida. Mayor

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set for a thrilling tournament so join me all this week from the

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Masters on BBC Newsline. It is going to be some weak and

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there will be some celebrations for a few days yet here in Crossmaglen.

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a few days yet here in Crossmaglen. Now a look at the weather forecast.

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It is hard to believe that the temperature at last Tuesday was 21

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of but in some places tomorrow we will struggle to reach four degrees.

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It is quite at the moment, still a couple of showers lingering. But

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later tonight we have this area of rain moving in. So it will get

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wetter and also colder. Temperatures dropping to two or

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three degrees. Then the rain will turn it moored to sleet and even

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possibly a bit of snow tomorrow morning. It is really only across

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the hills where we would expect any snow. And the wind will be cold, a

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cold north easterly wind. And eventually it turns dry air through

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the afternoon. Probably a little sunshine before the day is out but

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temperatures of just five or six degrees. A cold and frosty night to

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