:00:17. > :00:25.Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Noel Thompson and Sarah
:00:25. > :00:27.Travers. The headlines this Tuesday evening:
:00:27. > :00:29.A passport to free degrees, how sixth formers heading to Scottish
:00:29. > :00:34.universities could avoid paying for tuition.
:00:35. > :00:42.The pensioner who died during a burglary suffered a heart attack.
:00:42. > :00:44.Neighbours pay an emotional tribute. I just cannot get it out of my mind.
:00:45. > :00:47.The great rates rip-off, businesses claim they're being pushed to the
:00:47. > :00:49.brink by high taxes. More harrowing details emerge at
:00:50. > :00:56.the trial of the elderly couple accused of killing their disabled
:00:56. > :01:00.granddaughter. I am live in Belfast at the new
:01:00. > :01:04.Titanic Building Wedd two sports are gearing up for a big summer. It
:01:04. > :01:12.has been milder than normal on the 1st May but will it stay that way
:01:12. > :01:14.tomorrow? Sixth form pupils in Northern
:01:14. > :01:17.Ireland have been told they qualify for free university tuition in
:01:17. > :01:20.Scotland, if they hold a Republic of Ireland passport. European Union
:01:20. > :01:23.rules have created the loophole. With a saving of up to �30,000 at
:01:23. > :01:27.stake for the average course, its no surprise that for students of
:01:27. > :01:35.any political persuasion, the Irish passport is suddenly a hot ticket.
:01:35. > :01:39.Our education correspondent, Maggie Taggart has this exclusive report.
:01:39. > :01:45.The Scottish Parliament so Scottish students will not pay university
:01:45. > :01:51.fees but those from other parts of the UK must pay at least �27,000
:01:52. > :01:54.for their degree courses. However, the dual Irish, British nationality
:01:54. > :02:00.available to Northern Ireland pupils appears to provide a
:02:00. > :02:03.loophole. Our inquiries to education bodies show that some say
:02:03. > :02:08.it pupils should have lived in that country for three years but it may
:02:08. > :02:12.not be insisted on. The official policy of the Scottish parliament
:02:12. > :02:17.is the nationality of the student takes precedence over where they
:02:17. > :02:21.live. The situation is confused and a at this school students who
:02:21. > :02:26.applied to Scottish universities that contradictory responses.
:02:26. > :02:31.told us that these would be free and there would be no problem but
:02:31. > :02:37.Dundee said they were but excepted. Even close to the border with
:02:37. > :02:42.Republic of Ireland, boys with Irish passports are in a quandary.
:02:42. > :02:47.This seven the questionnaire online to determine my fee status and I
:02:47. > :02:51.filled it in and it came back to make but I would be considered a UK
:02:51. > :02:55.national. 70 miles away, students in Belfast are told a different
:02:55. > :03:02.tale. Most in this school have British passports but the lure of
:03:02. > :03:06.three tuition has encouraged some to apply for Irish passports.
:03:06. > :03:11.waiting on getting an Irish passport. I have run the Edinburgh
:03:11. > :03:16.University and ask them about my fee situation and they said they
:03:16. > :03:19.will accept it if I send a photocopy of my Irish passport.
:03:19. > :03:23.contacted Glasgow to find out what was going on with the Irish
:03:23. > :03:27.passport situation and they were fine with it. They said it was in
:03:27. > :03:32.the passport off we will be eligible for the new the situation.
:03:32. > :03:35.Despite assurances, teachers are not totally convinced. I think it
:03:35. > :03:41.is a terrible shame for people caught in this situation because
:03:41. > :03:46.there are young people at the heart of this. It is a pretty big deal if
:03:46. > :03:50.you are trying to make a decision about which university to go to.
:03:50. > :03:54.Even if they are classified as an EU student and get free tuition in
:03:54. > :04:01.Scotland, they could still get a student loan as a Northern Ireland
:04:01. > :04:05.citizen. Maggie is with us now.
:04:05. > :04:09.What have the Scottish government the same about this? They have
:04:09. > :04:12.confirmed that Northern Ireland students with a passport are
:04:12. > :04:16.eligible for free education. There have been vague warnings saying the
:04:16. > :04:20.main aim is to provide free tuition to Scottish students and the aim is
:04:20. > :04:24.not to give it to Northern Ireland students. He said the Government is
:04:24. > :04:29.trying to find a way of getting an EU management fee but they have not
:04:29. > :04:32.worked out a legal way of doing it. He has warned the students that
:04:32. > :04:38.they should not play fast and loose with their offer of a university
:04:38. > :04:44.place just in case. We asked if they could claim EU citizenship
:04:44. > :04:52.without living in the Republic of Ireland. Playing fast and loose,
:04:52. > :04:56.would that be someone who switches from a UK student to again be used
:04:56. > :05:01.student. Yes. The universities have control of admissions so there is
:05:01. > :05:05.no absolute on this. They can be none because universities have
:05:05. > :05:11.different rules. They base their ambitions on their criteria. The
:05:11. > :05:17.University of Scotland's view is that residency is an important part
:05:17. > :05:20.of the qualification. It has not gone down entirely well in Northern
:05:20. > :05:25.Ireland. No, there is another thing students have to worry about. If
:05:25. > :05:31.they applied as a UK resident and then suddenly changed to Republic
:05:31. > :05:33.of Ireland, there may be a problem because there is in some
:05:34. > :05:37.universities a cap on publicly- funded places so they may find
:05:37. > :05:40.there is more competition for the place they want but if they go for
:05:40. > :05:45.the fee-paying option which will cost them a lot of money at least
:05:45. > :05:50.there may not be so many people competing for the places and they
:05:50. > :05:54.are consider this extra numbers on top of the Scottish ones. Gregory
:05:54. > :05:59.Campbell has said because Northern Ireland students are entitled to
:05:59. > :06:02.have both Irish and UK citizenship, Scotland should make a special case
:06:02. > :06:07.and allow free tuition to all Northern Ireland students,
:06:07. > :06:12.including those who would not feel comfortable Uplyme for a Northern
:06:12. > :06:19.Ireland passport. He's as open the floodgates and let everybody in.
:06:19. > :06:22.Thank you very much. And if you are a student intending
:06:22. > :06:24.to study in Scotland, or indeed an interested parent, you can join the
:06:25. > :06:27.conversation on our Facebook page. The daughter of the murdered
:06:27. > :06:30.Coleraine pensioner Bertie Acheson has described what's happened to
:06:30. > :06:33.her family as a living nightmare. The 72-year-old died from a heart
:06:33. > :06:36.attack after being assaulted by a man who broke into his home in the
:06:36. > :06:40.early hours of Sunday morning. Our reporter David Maxwell is in
:06:40. > :06:43.Coleraine. As you say, within the last couple
:06:43. > :06:49.of hours the police have revealed details of the post mortem
:06:49. > :06:56.examination which was carried out on Mr Addison today. It revealed he
:06:56. > :07:00.died of a heart attack. -- Bertie Acheson. The heart attack was
:07:00. > :07:05.precipitated by a emotional stress due to the assault. The police are
:07:05. > :07:09.saying they are treating this death as murder. I had the opportunity to
:07:09. > :07:13.speak to Bertie Acheson's daughter. She did not wish to be interviewed
:07:13. > :07:18.on camera but she says it has had an devastating effect on the family
:07:18. > :07:23.and calls it a living nightmare. She says her father was a quiet man
:07:23. > :07:26.and a family just need time now to come to terms with what has
:07:26. > :07:31.happened. The police cordon in this quiet cul-de-sac has been reduced
:07:31. > :07:35.and only Bertie Acheson's house is cordoned off and that has given me
:07:35. > :07:42.the opportunity to speak to some neighbours and a close friend.
:07:42. > :07:48.will be sadly missed here. By me especially. In the summer time he
:07:48. > :07:54.would come out and sit with me. I am very emotional about it. Just
:07:54. > :08:00.tell you the truth. I hope the culprit that done it is caught and
:08:00. > :08:06.punished. This is a very good area to live. We have never had any
:08:06. > :08:10.trouble. Until now. That was the very emotional words of a neighbour
:08:10. > :08:14.here. That is echoed on any doorstep that to call that in this
:08:14. > :08:18.street. The man they are looking for was in his late teens or early
:08:18. > :08:22.twenties, on the night in question he was wearing a dark blue jacket
:08:22. > :08:26.and light grey jogging bottoms. The police are saying today that what
:08:26. > :08:30.they need is more help from the local community. They believe that
:08:30. > :08:39.someone somewhere has a vital piece of information and they are calling
:08:39. > :08:44.on them to come forward, specifically what they want to find
:08:44. > :08:49.his Mrs Thatcher some's red purse which was taken on the night. It
:08:49. > :08:54.was red and contained cash and credit cards in her name. They say
:08:54. > :08:56.that is a vital clue in solving this crime.
:08:56. > :08:58.You're watching BBC Newsline, still to come on the programme:
:08:58. > :09:00.And Northern Ireland's most dangerous job is...
:09:00. > :09:06.Farming? Why does it still claim one life a
:09:06. > :09:10.month? With a motor Cycling raise the just
:09:10. > :09:14.around the corner, join me in at the Titanic Building to meet the
:09:14. > :09:17.biggest stars. The trial of the elderly couple
:09:17. > :09:19.accused of causing the death of their severely disabled grand-
:09:19. > :09:23.daughter has heard more harrowing details about the family's
:09:23. > :09:26.background. David and Sarah Johnston, from Carwood Drive in
:09:26. > :09:30.Glengormley, are charged with the manslaughter of Rebecca McKeown,
:09:30. > :09:40.who died 11 years ago. Today it emerged that Rebecca's stepfather
:09:40. > :09:45.took his own life. Chris Page was in the court.
:09:45. > :09:51.Today was the third day for this woman in the witness box. She is
:09:51. > :09:55.the mother of the victim and the daughter of the accused. The couple,
:09:55. > :09:59.in their late eighties, are charged with the manslaughter of their
:09:59. > :10:08.granddaughter 11 years ago. Under cross-examination from a defence
:10:08. > :10:14.barrister, Rebecca McKeown's mother said her stepmother -- stepfather
:10:14. > :10:20.took his own life in 2008. She said he had suffered mental problems
:10:20. > :10:24.after having a stroke. She was also questioned about a medical
:10:24. > :10:30.examination which a doctor carried out on Rebecca McKeown at her home
:10:30. > :10:40.before she was admitted to hospital. The barrister produced a document
:10:40. > :10:40.
:10:41. > :10:44.She agreed that she felt that at the time she made the statement and
:10:44. > :10:48.she said Rebecca did not seem distressed before the examination
:10:48. > :10:53.that cried out in pain during it. The prosecution claims that
:10:53. > :10:58.Rebecca's death from pneumonia was the result of a sexual assault
:10:58. > :11:05.carried out by one or both grand parents. David Johnston and Sarah
:11:05. > :11:09.Johnston denied charges of manslaughter and child cruelty. The
:11:09. > :11:14.trial continues tomorrow. Living and working on a farm can be
:11:14. > :11:18.a hard life and also a dangerous one. There have been 100 deaths
:11:18. > :11:28.from agricultural incidents since 1996. A farm safety partnership has
:11:28. > :11:33.been set up to tackle the issue. William may have lost an arm in an
:11:33. > :11:38.accident but he counts himself as one of the lucky ones. Accidents
:11:38. > :11:42.have claimed 100 lives a farms here in the past 16 years. He survived
:11:42. > :11:48.and now he helps other victims and their families come to terms with
:11:48. > :11:52.their pain. I could feel her tugging sensation and I knew
:11:52. > :11:56.automatically it was caught. I looked up at the tractor to
:11:56. > :12:00.Jonathan who was sitting in the tractor and he stopped the track to
:12:00. > :12:04.quickly but as soon as I had spoken, the next thing I realised was I was
:12:04. > :12:07.lying on the ground face down into the mark. I remember opening my
:12:07. > :12:11.eyes because one of my eyes had been damaged and I could see
:12:11. > :12:15.Jonathan moving away from me and I had the sensation of was the end of
:12:16. > :12:20.my life and I was passing away. I realised I was still in the same
:12:20. > :12:24.place and I got on to my feet and I look down and Amazonian my
:12:24. > :12:28.underwear and a pair of socks. I looked around and I could see an
:12:28. > :12:34.arm lying there which belonged to me. Many families have lived with
:12:34. > :12:41.the results of serious accidents and this -- fatalities continue at
:12:41. > :12:48.the rate of one a month. In the past few years, farm deaths have
:12:48. > :12:56.been 50% of all death that a work- related. Older farmers are
:12:56. > :12:59.particularly at risk. Farming is a solitary occupation. I suppose
:12:59. > :13:05.farmers sometimes think they need to get the job done and they will
:13:05. > :13:10.do things that they really shouldn't be doing. Launching a new
:13:10. > :13:15.farm safety partnership, ministers said the majority of deaths
:13:15. > :13:25.involved machinery, light stock all falls. The new partnership plans a
:13:25. > :13:27.
:13:27. > :13:30.campaign to convince farmers to work safety.
:13:30. > :13:33.A man has admitted stabbing a former Fermanagh GAA player to
:13:33. > :13:35.death at a party. Gary Moane from Brookeborough pleaded guilty to the
:13:35. > :13:37.manslaughter of Ciaran Woods. With more, here's our Fermanagh District
:13:37. > :13:40.Journalist Julian Fowler. This was the scene of the killing
:13:40. > :13:48.the day after the attack. A late night party at this house which
:13:48. > :13:55.ended in tragedy. It was here that 36-year-old Kieran Woods, a father
:13:55. > :14:00.of one and a former GAA player was stabbed to death. Today Gary Moane
:14:01. > :14:05.was due to stand trial for murder. Instead his guilty plea to
:14:05. > :14:09.manslaughter was accepted by the prosecution. The judge told the
:14:09. > :14:13.jury that the prosecution accepted that he suffered from an
:14:13. > :14:17.abnormality of mind which impaired his responsibility for his actions.
:14:18. > :14:21.The decision to accept the guilty to manslaughter plea followed a
:14:21. > :14:26.number of psychiatric reports and the prosecution said it had been
:14:26. > :14:29.taken in consultation with the police and the family. Gary Moane
:14:30. > :14:34.was detained a short time after the attack when he was stopped by
:14:34. > :14:39.police in a car. At his first court appearance he expressed regret over
:14:39. > :14:43.the death and shock at the tragic events that unfolded. He also
:14:44. > :14:48.admitted charges of attacking a woman and threatening to kill
:14:48. > :14:58.another man as well as hijacking a car and drink driving. Sentencing
:14:58. > :14:58.
:14:58. > :15:01.Nowhere is the impact of the recession more obvious than on the
:15:01. > :15:04.high streets of our towns and cities. The steepest downturn since
:15:04. > :15:06.the 1930s has combined with the shift to internet shopping to
:15:06. > :15:09.devastating effect. But while many landlords have cut rents,
:15:09. > :15:11.politicians are demanding the same property taxes and have postponed a
:15:12. > :15:21.rates revaluation until 2015. Here's our Business and Economics
:15:22. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:30.Editor Jim Fitzpatrick. Small businesses are feeling the
:15:30. > :15:36.pinch. There is what cost they cannot cut out - rates. There is no
:15:36. > :15:41.negotiation whatsoever. This city centre street is
:15:41. > :15:46.benefiting from the fact that when rates were at last set, the nearby
:15:46. > :15:56.shopping magnate of the square had not opened. So rates are relatively
:15:56. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:00.low. If you have seen where our rates are, you have seen lots of
:16:00. > :16:10.new retailers come into this area because it is competitive.
:16:10. > :16:15.A re-evaluation of rates is not on the cards until 2015. We would
:16:15. > :16:19.still want to get the same amount of money from business rates, it
:16:19. > :16:25.would simply mean the amount you paid per pound would double for.
:16:25. > :16:28.Alliance councillor Tom Deacon believes it local Government
:16:28. > :16:33.offered rates holidays for a limited period, it would achieve
:16:33. > :16:36.more in the long run. It only takes about five years for the pay back
:16:36. > :16:39.to come. I think we should take more courage.
:16:39. > :16:44.Streets like this demonstrate the kind of economic activity that can
:16:44. > :16:48.take place when rates are set at a reasonable level. But if Government
:16:48. > :16:53.is set to take the same amount in rates each year, but no more firms
:16:53. > :17:01.that put the ball, the more pressure is piled on those
:17:01. > :17:04.remaining businesses. -- that go to the wall.
:17:04. > :17:07.Unionists have rejected a call from the Deputy First Minister Martin
:17:07. > :17:09.McGuinness for a debate about axing the post of Northern Ireland
:17:09. > :17:11.Secretary. In a speech in London last night Mr
:17:11. > :17:14.McGuinness argued that transferring the remaining powers of the
:17:14. > :17:17.Northern Ireland Office to the Stormont Executive would be a vote
:17:17. > :17:27.of confidence in local politicians and a massive saving for the
:17:27. > :17:38.
:17:38. > :17:41.taxpayer. Here's our Political Editor Mark Devenport.
:17:41. > :17:47.The role of the Northern Ireland Office, and the Secretary of State,
:17:47. > :17:51.has diminished. Before the transfer of justice powers two years ago,
:17:51. > :17:57.the norm and powdered Office had 2000 staff and a budget of more
:17:57. > :18:02.than �1 billion. After that, staff numbers fell to just over 160, and
:18:02. > :18:06.the budget to �40 million. The Secretary of State still has a role
:18:06. > :18:10.dealing with national security matters, lobbying for a cut in
:18:10. > :18:15.corporation tax or explaining the impact of UK-wide welfare changes
:18:15. > :18:21.on Northern Ireland. But Sinn Fein argues that the Northern Ireland
:18:21. > :18:31.Office has passed its sell-by date. Power-sharing doesn't work. People
:18:31. > :18:33.
:18:34. > :18:40.have become more comfortable with Unionists however reject what they
:18:40. > :18:43.believe is just another Brits out ploy. In it is important for
:18:43. > :18:48.Northern Ireland to have his voice and some presence at the Cabinet
:18:48. > :18:52.table, and for the Executive in some -- my view to have a person
:18:52. > :18:55.they can relate to to deal directly with the Northern Ireland in the
:18:55. > :18:59.Cabinet as well. It does not make any sense at all from a Northern
:18:59. > :19:03.Ireland this back to four stop from time to time there has been
:19:03. > :19:07.speculation in London about the Northern Ireland, Scottish and
:19:07. > :19:14.Welsh Office to be merged into less than September 11th single
:19:14. > :19:18.department of the region. However, it may ironically make
:19:18. > :19:24.Westminster politicians more conscious -- cautious about any
:19:24. > :19:26.dramatic change. Some of the biggest names in
:19:26. > :19:29.motorcycling and Gaelic football have gathered tonight in the
:19:29. > :19:33.Titanic building. Stephen Watson is there live for us.
:19:33. > :19:35.In just over two weeks' time two of this summer's big sporting events
:19:35. > :19:37.get under way - Gaelic football's Ulster Championship, and the
:19:37. > :19:41.International North West 200 motorcycle race. Stars of both
:19:41. > :19:46.sports are here in this impressive building to tell us what we can
:19:46. > :19:49.expect this year. First to the bikes - in a moment I'll be talking
:19:49. > :19:51.to one of the best known road racers in the world. But first,
:19:51. > :20:01.here's how Dungannon's Ryan Farquhar started his season in
:20:01. > :20:02.
:20:02. > :20:07.style last weekend. The Cooks Thai 100 is the curtain-
:20:07. > :20:15.raiser to the road racing season, and Ryan Farquhar has won more
:20:15. > :20:20.times than any other rider. He was chased hard by England's Guy Martin.
:20:20. > :20:24.He had won at the first Superbike race of the day, but was too late
:20:24. > :20:30.on the brakes this time. As for cut road between the hedges to take the
:20:30. > :20:36.honours in the feature event. win the big race of the day does
:20:37. > :20:46.not get much bigger -- better. The team's done a fantastic job of all
:20:47. > :20:51.
:20:51. > :20:58.weekend. So four more visits to the winner's
:20:58. > :21:00.podium for Ryan Farquhar, he now has his eye on an international
:21:01. > :21:07.wind at the International North West 200.
:21:07. > :21:12.Guy Martin and Jeremy McWilliams. Guide, you saw the circuit for the
:21:12. > :21:20.first time yesterday. How much are you looking forward to it? I was
:21:20. > :21:25.apprehensive before, but I had it right round it and it... I think in
:21:25. > :21:31.your head you have this imagination that it will be real tough, but
:21:31. > :21:36.Steve was so matter of fact about it and put me at my ease.
:21:36. > :21:42.We wish you well. One man who has raced the north-west and there are
:21:42. > :21:48.many times his Guy Martin. You are a big fan of Engineering. You
:21:48. > :21:51.enjoyed your tour of the Titanic Building. You would never have
:21:51. > :21:56.thought here in the middle of Belfast what they had going on here.
:21:56. > :22:04.Fascinating. Can you get an international win at the North West
:22:04. > :22:12.this year? We don't come here to finish second. We are here to win.
:22:12. > :22:18.We are going to use it as a warm-up to the TT. Good to see you in
:22:18. > :22:21.Belfast tonight. Enjoy the launch this evening. The day after the
:22:21. > :22:30.International North West 200 is the start of Gaelic football's Ulster
:22:30. > :22:35.Championship. Thomas Niblock looks at this year's trough.
:22:35. > :22:39.-- draw. A first Ulster Championship since
:22:39. > :22:43.1992 for Donegal, but they will start the to past and 12
:22:43. > :22:47.Championship without Michael Murphy, ruled out through injury for a
:22:47. > :22:52.repeat of last year's semi-final against Cavan. The impending
:22:52. > :22:59.transfer of Johnston and the resignation of manager and his last
:22:59. > :23:05.month, have dominated the headlines. For Cavan, waiting for the winners
:23:05. > :23:09.of that preliminary round will be dairy, staying up in Division Two
:23:09. > :23:14.by the skin of their teeth. They will have Bob Bradley brothers fit
:23:14. > :23:20.again. Bradley's performance against our mark one of the
:23:20. > :23:26.highlights of 2011. Unless you were from the orchard county. Mickey
:23:26. > :23:30.Hart with one defeat this year, lying in wait for arguably the tier
:23:30. > :23:40.of the first round for. Brian McGregor and will not be here
:23:40. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:47.this summer, but Lonergan will. They play and train. -- Antrim. But
:23:47. > :23:57.generally, it was his season to forget for the M Bradley, and the
:23:57. > :24:02.
:24:02. > :24:05.players who will travel in June. The 2010 or Ireland finalists visit
:24:05. > :24:11.Bristol Park hoping for nothing less than a win.
:24:11. > :24:15.We have persuaded the manager has to join us.
:24:15. > :24:21.Peter, how much a unity forward to making your debut as a manager in
:24:21. > :24:25.the Championship this year? Very much so. 2005 is the last time I
:24:25. > :24:30.was involved in the Ulster Championship as a player, so I have
:24:30. > :24:34.missed the buzz of being involved in the Ulster Championship. It is
:24:34. > :24:38.unique to us all and I am looking forward to being involved again,
:24:39. > :24:45.all be it in a different role. you feel that you are making
:24:45. > :24:49.progress? We thought we were making progress until the final.
:24:49. > :24:54.Disappointed we did not get closer at the finish, but I have no doubt
:24:55. > :24:59.that the experience will benefit the boys. Some of them acquitted
:24:59. > :25:03.themselves very well. Some would feel that there was more in them.
:25:03. > :25:10.But we have nothing now but the Championship for these men to look
:25:10. > :25:18.forward to for. You will not be doing a pizza any favours this
:25:18. > :25:24.year? -- Peter any favours? It will be a big asked to go to anybody's
:25:24. > :25:28.home patch, but we will give it in go. Have you ever sat on one of
:25:28. > :25:35.these before? And I am surprised the owner is alarmingly on it. I
:25:35. > :25:42.hope the suspension holds up? Ulster Championship is so special.
:25:42. > :25:46.What is it about it for do? It is a knock out competition, all you did
:25:46. > :25:50.in the league is forgotten. It if you were to win the National League
:25:50. > :25:55.and lives in the first round of the Championship, it counts for nothing
:25:55. > :26:00.in the league. It is the one everybody looks forward to. Isn't
:26:00. > :26:07.it fantastic for Northern Ireland sport - the International North
:26:07. > :26:13.West 200 and the Ulster Championship. Some weekend.
:26:13. > :26:17.Hopefully we will provide some good entertainment.
:26:17. > :26:23.Ulster play in that European Cup final the same weekend, May 19th,
:26:23. > :26:33.May 20th. For the fans travelling to the North West 200, you will be
:26:33. > :26:40.
:26:40. > :26:44.able to watch Ulster live on the Bit of his split today. In the
:26:45. > :26:49.north and the West we had the best of the weather, but in the South
:26:49. > :26:53.East it has gradually clouded over, and beginning to turn a little bit
:26:53. > :27:01.damp. Throughout the evening we will hold on to some of that damn
:27:01. > :27:06.weather. Overnight, maybe for a few hours. -- damp weather. A lot of
:27:06. > :27:11.cloud a round tonight. It won't be especially chilly, with loans of
:27:11. > :27:16.seven or eight degrees. But cloud will stay tomorrow, it will be a
:27:16. > :27:21.cloudier day. But there will be the odd brighter spell, maybe even the
:27:21. > :27:25.odd glimmer of sunshine first thing. But will stay the course as we go
:27:25. > :27:29.into the afternoon - but cloud will come and go but there will be the
:27:29. > :27:35.odd break. The winds are fairly light, coming in from the north-
:27:35. > :27:40.east. Temperatures will get up to a run 14 degrees, just above average
:27:40. > :27:48.for the time of year. Typically they should be around 13. Tomorrow
:27:48. > :27:52.evening and overnight it stays dry, perhaps staying chilly. Five or six
:27:52. > :27:56.degrees around the coast. Further west we hold on to more cloud,
:27:56. > :28:01.staying round about seven or eight degrees. Sole a much cloudier day
:28:01. > :28:07.tomorrow, perhaps damp first thing, but Thursday is an improving
:28:07. > :28:12.picture. Brighter weather settles in and we will have that sunshine.
:28:12. > :28:18.With the the sunshine, temperatures will go up again, up to possibly 17
:28:18. > :28:25.degrees in parts of Fermanagh and parts of Armagh. Along the east
:28:25. > :28:30.coast, a little bit cooler. If you don't have much to do on Thursday,
:28:30. > :28:35.do enjoy that sunshine, because on Friday it will become a little bit
:28:36. > :28:42.greyer and damper. Then it will turn cooler by day and night, just
:28:42. > :28:48.in time for the bank holiday weekend. Do stay tuned to the
:28:48. > :28:55.forecast, and you can get the latest on our Mac weather website.
:28:55. > :29:02.We are also on Twitter. A special programme with its first
:29:02. > :29:08.showing coming up at 10:30pm, on the shame of the Catholic Church.