13/08/2012 BBC Newsline

Welcome to BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor. The headlines this

evening: He's back on top of the world - Rory gets his second major.

I am live at Holywood Golf Club with all the reaction to Rory's

record-breaking success. The boys are back in town and BBC

Newsline is live at our Olympic medallists for the homecoming.

A scathing report finds a culture of fear and mistrust in the Fire

Service. It is back to normal - more

unsettled weather coming this week. I'll have the forecast later.

Hot on the heels of Northern Ireland's best ever medal tally at

the Olympics, we're celebrating another home-grown success with

Rory McIlroy. The 23 year-old from Holywood won the USPGA tournament,

one of the sport's four majors and it was by a record-breaking margin.

Stephen Watson is in Holywood for While any of us were watching the

closing ceremony of the Olympics, this success there Rory McIlory

caught us off guard last night? Absolutely. Apart from last hardy

golf fans and everyone here at Holywood Golf Club, it seemed the

world was good to the Spice girls and the final celebrations of the

Olympians in London but many of us could not take her eyes of what was

happening across the Atlantic at the golf course in South Carolina.

Rory McIlory turned in a come cutely incredible performance. He

lifted the famous trophy. He returned to Number One in the world.

He secured his second major championship in emphatic style.

Here is how he did it. Yet another winner's trophy for the

Holywood golfer who has become a global sports star. Rory McIlory

was simply untouchable in South Carolina. It dropped in and it was

the perfect way to end the perfect day. Something just felt right. I

came here, got to my locker room and looked at the window and

thought, I like the feel of this place. I got onto the course and I

liked what I saw, I loved greens and I thought it was some of the

best services we have putted on. Everything just worked out. Rory

McIlory made the game look easy. Holding the lead going into the

final round, he hit six birdies to pull away from the rest of faint.

He showed why he is the best golfer in the world. All I wanted to do

was to go and and win the tournament and getting back to the

world's number one was just a bonus. Being able to speak to Caroline and

my mum back home as well and speak to the people that are very

important to you, it is just great to be able to share this with them.

He has made a seamless transition from a young prospect to major

winner and is now being tipped to become one of golf's all-time

greats. I never set out to try and set targets for myself or or decide

how many tournaments I wanted to win but to get two tournaments so

early on in my career is a huge achievement and it just makes you

even hungrier to get more and do the best I can. I realise I am a

role model and every time I am on a TV screen or playing on the golf

course, I want to set a good example for people to look up to me.

I hopefully do that the the most part. Sometimes I don't but mostly

I try to do that and continue to try to do that. An extraordinary

talent with maturity to match - at 23, the sky is the limit for Rory

McIlory. Here at Holywood, people

celebrating Rory's victory into the early hours. This is the club where

his talent was first spotted and everyone is immensely proud of his

latest achievement. To those who have known him all his

life, it cannot be much of a surprise that this 10 year-old boy

has become the best golfer in the world. Even at this age, he was

hitting shots which were the envy of adults. The man who organises

events for under 18 supper-club says Rory McIlory stood out. He was

always very enthusiastic and very visible here at Holywood. I

remember on the 18th fairway, watching him one afternoon, it was

raining and the clubs in the bag were taller than him and he just

loved it. That a dedication helped him win dozens of cups and

championships as a teenager. At the international media noticed his

exceptional promise. Those now famous pictures of our young Rory

McIlory playing on this course and his amazing success since have had

a big effect on the next generation of golfers who are being inspired

to be the best they can be. He is amazing and I am really proud of

him and he is a good inspiration for everybody will stop it is

incredible, to win by eight shots is just incredible. Every time they

go into the clubhouse, they are reminded of his achievements. Now

the club will no doubt find space here to mark his second major win.

Hollywood is making the most of being the home of one of the best

known sports people on the planet. In this part of the world, you know

you have done something special when you appear on a cake.

Joining the is the general manager of Holywood Golf Club. A everyone

keeps asking me today, is there an official homecoming this week, is

to bring the trophy here? He is based out in America and he will

probably stay at their. We're not expecting him home. Hope fully

before Christmas, you may get the trophy Ikea to let everyone see.

That would be fantastic. I know he was here a few weeks ago giving a

golfer Nick clinic to all the young people here. It is a club which is

still dear to his heart and he wanted to give a lot back. Yes he

came a few weeks ago and did a golf clinic and had a corporate day here.

He does continually support us and he has not tried to lose his

connection with us. We're very proud of him. He doesn't just win

majors, he winds them in record- breaking style - how impressed

where were you with his performance? That is the second

major he has won by eight shots. Guys struggle to win it and that

says a lot about what he can do going forward and how many majors

he can win. He has proved he can win more and when he can win them

by eight shots, who knows how many more? He took a lot of criticism

this year when he missed four cuts under five, especially defending

the US Championship, does this might prove that people were harsh

in judging him too early? He is only 23 years old and only five

weeks ago he missed four cuts in a row. We were hearing all sorts of

things, that he needed to change his coach or caddie, get rid of his

girlfriend! You heard all sorts of stuff from experts but luckily he

has the sense and majority not to listen to them. He takes his own

counsel and has proved them all wrong and it is great. You have

known him a long time for. He used to come in when he was playing here

and he would be chopping -- chatting to me in between rounds.

He used to love the scorecards of my counter and he would fill in the

scorecards of incredible scores and then he would sign his name in the

players' box and in the market was matchbox he would write Nick Faldo

or Tiger Woods! Isn't it fantastic for the last

three years, Northern Ireland has had a major golfing champion!

You have just returned from London and use of Paddy Barnes and Michael

Conlon get their medals, now you have come home and are reporting on

more golfing success. Can you sum up for asked what this really means

for local sport? I fully expected to be standing one lysed time in

our studio outside the Olympic Park tonight, reflecting on what was a

magical Olympic Games and a special one for Northern Ireland. Bringing

five medals home. We will talk to a couple of our boxers later in the

programme. The Coleraine rowers will have a homecoming on Wednesday

but to top off, probably the best weeks in sport, just to remind us

of how many top sportsmen and women be had in Northern Ireland.

Remember, golf is being included in the Olympics in Rio in four years'

time so we could have a couple of Olympic golf medallists as well.

Still to come on the programme: A scathing report finds a culture of

fear and mistrust in the Fire Serivce.

How are we paying for our summer holidays this year?

A scathing internal review of the Fire and Rescue Service has found

that staff are working in a culture of fear and mistrust. The review

which follows allegations by whistleblowers is highly critical

of management and governance at the organisation. In a significant move,

the job of running the service has now been split. An interim Chief

Fire Officer will now share the role with an interim Chief

Executive, brought in from Scotland. Fire-fighting is a high-risk job

often causing tremendous stress for those on the front line. But it is

not their actions that are under scrutiny, instead, and what it

focuses on those at the very top of the organisation will stop after

allegations made by two whistleblowers, the Department of

Health carried out its own investigation. Seen by the BBC, it

is a damning report which concludes that staff are working in a culture

of fear and mistrust. Regarding the behaviour of senior staff, there is

systemic problems exacerbated by a lack of strategic direction and

guidance from the very top of the organisation. It questions the

length of time it takes to develop and implement policies and

describes at best a casual approach by some staff were to applying and

adhering to existing policies will stop it says there is a culture of

shifting blame. For instance, the BBC understands there are up

outstanding grievances relating to alleged harassment against one

person who continues working within the organisation. Up until recently,

these allegations had not been acted upon, either by senior people

within the fire service, or within the Department of Health. Last

month an employee you received �20,000 compensation after she was

suspended for reporting financial wrongdoing. Some of those

allegations have been proven true, a separate investigation continues

into a recruitment exercise last summer. We understand there are

also questions about the authorisation of bonuses over a

number of years. The organisation is hiding nothing. In the past two

or three years, we have had three chairs, three cheats and a period

of instability. That is why morale is low in headquarters because

there was a big confidence blow when that initial gaffe happened

and we have been working through. My board... What gas was that?

Inappropriate payments to nonuniform directors. The auditor

does not suggest public safety is being put at risk but it questions

staff morale. People I have spoken to have described the atmosphere as

toxic, a survival of the fittest, a rat race and an environment where

the moral compass has gone askew. would describe it as a rat race. It

felt like Dodge City, where you have people doing their own thing

in their own way. This is the new entrant chief-executive and

Scotland. In a fundamental change, the job of running the service has

now been split between him as an Executive and the uniformed chief

officer. This is all highly embarrassing, not only for the fire

service but for the Department of Health. One it took to

whistleblowers to expose what has been going on, it is now the

responsibility of this new entrant chief-executive and ultimately the

health minister to restore best practice behind closed doors.

The County Antrim firm, Wrightbus, has secured a �41 million contract

to supply 550 buses to south-east Asia. The vehicles will be produced

as kits in the company's Ballymena plant and then assembled in

Singapore. The firm will be the main supplier of the vehicles to

SBS Transit and has already sold 450 buses to the Asian company

since 2010. This is our third order from

Singapore in as many years. We started in 2009 with an order for

150. Follow that up with another order for 300 so there are four and

50 Wrightbus double-deckers in Singapore today. This particular

order was of a larger magnitude. The government in Singapore is

increasing investment in public transport and we are clearly the

beneficiary. A yacht club which was destroyed in

an arson attack in Londonderry says its annual regatta on Lough Foyle

will go ahead as planned later this month. There has been widespread

condemnation of the attack on the clubhouse at Culmore Point which is

believed to have been set alight by a gang on Friday night. The inside

of the building has been destroyed and it will probably have to be

demolished. This is a small club, limited

resources and we have just been vandalised and burnt out - a

pointless act. Where do we go from here? I am speechless.

Our time, our place - it is a slogan that has been difficult to

miss over the last six months. It is the name of the campaign to

promote Northern Ireland as a must see visitor destination. New events

like the MTV awards, the Irish Open and the new Titanic building were

promoted as big draws but is it working? Throughout this week, Tara

Mills is looking at different sides of the tourism story. This evening

she has the results of a survey of 500 of our viewers. We asked them a

range of questions including their holiday destination this year.

Despite the recession, 45% of those we asked said they would be going

abroad this year. The vast majority said they would not let the

economic climate spoiling their choice of foreign holiday. How were

they pay for it? Perhaps surprisingly, 37% said they had

saved up all year to pay for their holiday while around 45% said it

was a mixture of savings and credit. Sometimes savings and sometimes

when the holiday needs to be taken and you don't have any money, you

get the credit card out. Save up physically. I pay for it on my

credit card but I make sure I have the money first. Just get the money

and go for it. No point in saving. If you want to get out of Belfast,

just pay the money and get out. What about those staying at home?

15% said they were not going abroad because they simply could not

afford it. For a variety of reasons, we decided to watch the pennies

this year and stay at home in case we were needed. I have not

regretted it at all. It has been great. Let's look at our home-grown

a tourist attractions. We asked 500 people which once they had visited.

The Giants Causeway came out as No. 1. The Ulster folk and Transport

Museum and the Mourne mountains were joint second. It is heaven.

The Irish, if their economy is bad, should not worry. It is gorgeous.

It seems we are proud of where we come from. 81% said they would

recommend Northern Ireland as a tourist destination. Edie 7% said

they recognised there were factors that would put people off, not

least the weather and the possibility of violence. A lot of

foreign countries are not clean, this was very keen. People were

friendly. I cannot say anything bad. Knowing about what has gone on in

the past and the things we have seen on the news in years gone by,

it was amazing to see there is nothing like that. The picture

appears to be rosy for this year at least. Tomorrow night we will hear

from foreign visitors on why they chose Northern Ireland for their

holiday. For those who use Facebook, we have

a special poll about how you pay for your holiday and we would like

to hear your views. Tomorrow we try to find out how they can encourage

those foreign tourists to return. The boxers glory at the Olympics

continues a long tradition of Irish success in the ring, especially

among Belfast's fighters. Mark Sidebottom is at tonight's

homecoming celebration for Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlon.

They have all gone boxing balmy here in Belfast. This is what they

have turned out for, a big piece of boxing history. Paddy Barnes,

double bronze and Michael Conlon. Paddy, what a homecoming? It is

brilliant, I didn't expect so many people are to turn out. It is great

to see the support. It is amazing. You might have had a late night

last night but is this beyond your expectations? I thought the crowd

outside was big and then I heard a big noise when it came in and it is

unreal, the amount of people here. Let's take a look at you last night,

the friend of using bolt to just about every other celebrity out

there. Last night, I was on one of the sport staff's shoulders, it was

great. Look at this silver medal, 60 years ago in Helsinki, how much

have things changed? An awful lot. The boxers are now getting what is

due to them. They are getting the chance to earn medals. Freddie, you

are both from the same club, 56 years ago you won it. It is long

overdue? Very much so. We always had a good crowd of boxers in our

club. We had one voice. How good can Michael become? It depends on

himself, to -- providing he looks after himself and it doesn't bother

with girls! Stay away from the women! Until he becomes champion. I

retired after that. Paddy, you are contemplating staying on for Rio,

given that the Chinese man has taken a step that? Yes, I think he

is too old and he will retire before the next Olympics. I created

history by winning him to medals so I wanted to become the first to win

three medals. A quick message to those in Belfast because there has

been massive support host of a frankly so much for honours board,

it drove us on in our sights. Given that you were a more handsome of

the two, I will leave a final word to you. It has been amazing and I

never expected this much support. We love you all!

Back now to the studio. You can see an exclusive interview

with all five of Northern Ireland's Olympic medallists on our news

website. It is not just our sportsmen that

have been celebrating triumphs. A pipe band from Lisburn have found

themselves on top of the world for the incredible eighth time. There

was jubilation as the Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band beat Scottish

Power into second place at the annual World Pipe Band

Championships in Glasgow. Thousands of pipers and drummers from more

than 200 bands took part in the championships.

After winning five Major's last year, it was going to be difficult

to come back and win this year but we have done well to retain the

World Championships which is the main one that everyone wants to

retain. It looks as though we are back to

normal, more unsettled weather is coming this week. The showers are

dying out this evening. It will be at drier night will stop a mild

night, too, with temperatures of 15 degrees. Tomorrow will be a day of

bright spells and scattered showers. At the beginning of the day, rain

coming in from the south. It will break up as we go towards the

afternoon and with that, some sunshine will come out. In the

afternoon, the rain could be heavy and thundery. Temperatures of 20

degrees, not feeling too bad. Charis lingering in the second part

of the afternoon. Many of us will end on another final tomorrow

evening. Staying dry overnight into Wednesday with another mild night

to come with temperatures staying up at 15 or 16 degrees. It will be

short lived because on Wednesday, we already have an early weather

warning in force for some rain pushing its way in from low-

pressure. A wet day on Wednesday and quite windy, too. Quite

unpleasant conditions. Temperatures may say 18 or 19 degrees but in the

wind and rain, it will feel a lot colder. Not to try all the time,

sunshine and scattered showers on Thursday and more rain to come on

Thursday and more rain to come on Friday.

The Olympic Games are over for another four years. For our local

competitors in Team Ireland and GB, it was their time to make their

mark after years of training and sacrifice. London brought medal

glory and heartache. The Olympic medallists from

Northern Ireland. Great Britain and South Africa. It is great Britain

finished second in slobber position. A lot just Coleraine lads any more?

They are still just are the ones. Alan Campbell on the line, getting

the bronze medal! It is another medal for our wee country.

I find it disappointing and juvenile and they would have

expected better. I was sore but I thought, if I can

stand up and get on my bike, I will get going.