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Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline:

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Carrick Hill residents' legal bid over the Covenant centenary parade

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fails. A first look at the new scanner

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that may reduce the number of strip searches in our prisons.

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And local apple growers count the cost after a poor autumn harvest.

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I'm at Ballyclare Golf Club where pros and amateurs alike have been

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watching the Ryder Cup get underway, with Rory McIlroy and Graeme

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McDowell leading Europe's charge. And we still have some showers

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around this evening. But will they clear off in time for the weekend?

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Find out later in the programme. "Troubled waters that have been

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calmed should not be disturbed by futile judicial reviews." Those

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were the words of a judge today who turned down an attempt by a

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nationalist to have tougher conditions imposed on part of

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tomorrow's Ulster Covenent parade in Belfast. The resident of the

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Carrick Hill was contesting a Parades Commission ruling covering

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a feeder march which passes St Patrick's Church in the north of

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the city. Members of Carrick Hill residents'

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Association of were in court for the hearing but the action was

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brought by a single resident from the area who is not a member of the

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association but does attend St Patrick's Church. He was granted

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anonymity by the court because of the tensions around the parade. It

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hinged on the Parades Commission's decision to allow parades to play

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music as they passed the church. The applicant wanted it to be a

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single drum beat. The lawyer argued said other tunes can be said to

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other words and can become sectarian. The judge referred to an

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Orange Order statement which gave assurances only religious songs

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would be played. He stressed that is clear for everyone. Other

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grounds for quashing the ruling were kicked into touch by the judge.

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The resident gave their reaction. Disappointed but not surprised. I

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am amazed that we have the Orange Order, who do not make any

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representation to the Parades Commission, produce a then non

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substantiated argument that have had a major impact on the outcome.

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The people of Carrick Hill will take it and hold our protests in a

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peaceful dignified way. We will continue that until they talk to us.

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It refusing the application, the judge made some comments regarding

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the circumstances. In a clear reference to the tensions

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surrounding to oppose a parade, he said, troubled waters that have

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been calmed should not be disturbed by such futile judicial reviews.

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Tomorrow's event is expected to be the biggest Unionist parade seen in

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Belfast for decades. The chief constable says his officers will be

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working hard to ensure it passes off in a way that brings credit to

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all involved. We report on the preparations.

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The soldier -- the Covenant cufflinks have arrived and

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preparations are underway. It is expected to be the biggest

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demonstration in years. There will be exhibitions, music and family

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entertainment. The run-up to this celebration has been overshadowed

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by the dispute over a section of the route passing a North Belfast

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church. That has upset organisers. The opposition there has been to

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mind that one big parade in this decade of centenary has got the

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decade off on a sour note. I have been disappointed there has been so

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much opposition to our parade from the nationalist community. The mood

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music around the contested section appears relatively calm. The

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determination -- rules say they must be a non-religious. Residents

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met to discuss last night. They took 55 minutes for them to be

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briefed and air their rules. The result was unanimous. The mood is

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hurt. People have been offended. People will be dignified here and

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are united in their protest and they believe that protest should be

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peaceful and I believe it will be peaceful. There will be a sizeable

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police operation in place tomorrow at large parts of the centre will

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be affected, particularly in the morning as marchers assembled. It

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is hoped the day that commemorates our history will pass off without

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incidents. There will be widespread traffic destruction, particularly

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in east Belfast. The Orange Order is describing it is an family day.

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It begins at 10:15am. Two separate parades, each with bans, will set

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off from Carlisle Circus to the city all. For -- bands. There will

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be protests on Clifton Street and outside St Patrick's Church as the

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parade passes. The main lodge is due to set off at 11am from the

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city hall. -- main parade. The route takes the parade passed St

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Matthew's Church. The bans have been told they can play only

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religious souls. It will arrive at Stormont at 1pm. -- religious songs.

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After a speech and the grande master, they will start the return

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route at 4:15pm. It is all expected to be over by 6pm. You can see more

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details of the parade on the our news websites, including a link to

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traffic warnings. Later in the programme, Julian O'Neill will be

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looking at how the Covenent was reported in the newspapers in 1912.

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You are watching BBC Newsline. Still ahead on the programme:

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McIlroy and McDowell get Europe's first point on the board at the

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Ryder Cup. BBC Newsline has obtained pictures

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of the new search scanner which is being piloted in Magilligan Prison.

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It comes at a time when there has been controversy over strip

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searching in Maghaberry jail. Dissident Republicans have objected

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to intimate body searches and have been on a dirty protest. With this

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exclusive look at the Magilligan scanner, here is our North-West

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reporter. The new scanner are now being used

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at Magilligan Prison is among one of the most sophisticated on the

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market. The person being searched stands in front of the machine and

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turns full circle while images are taken. The system is being used up

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at airports like Heathrow. increases the security and

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detection capability in checkpoints and search areas. It uses a safe

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Radia waif based technology to screen a person. -- radio wave

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based technology. It will detect objects of any material. If it is

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plastic, metallic, a liquid, narcotics, anything that is

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different to the body will be highlighted by the scanner.

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Dissident republicans in Magilligan Prison have been engaged in a long-

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running protest. -- Maghaberry prison. For all body searching is

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in every prison on the same basis. We are making changes following up

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or what we were recommended to do. We recognise a full body searching

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is not pleasant for the prisoners or officers. We must have something

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which maintain security. The new scanning system the officially

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began this morning. It will be used alongside existing and traditional

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methods of searching. The pilot period will be for several months.

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At a similar scanner from a different supplier will be trial to

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in other prisons. Both systems will be evaluated after the pilot

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programmes finish. On Wednesday you may remember I was

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reporting on how the erratic weather since the spring has played

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havoc with the potato crop. Well, apple growers are suffering just as

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much, with some harvesting as little as a fifth of their normal

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yield. Our district journalist has been in the orchards of Armagh

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getting to the core of the problem. With something like 6,000 acres of

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Armagh covered in orchards, a bad harvest is bad news. A normal yield

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in Armagh is about 10 tons of apples per acre. I would say this

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year we will be getting up three tons. We had the darkest, wetter

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summer we have ever had. Here at this institute, they have row upon

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row of trees being tested for everything, from the best way to

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plant them to the best way to deal with the depressingly wet summer.

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You can see an apple which grew at the proper time and then a flower

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which developed and became a small apple about six weeks later in the

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growing season. This represents the fact of the physiology of the trees

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are totally out of kilter by the weather. The bad harvest effects

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for the growing number of small artisan cider makers. We find it

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hard to get the fruit. By Matt and or supplier could not supply us. He

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did not have the quality we wanted. If -- our supplier. Fife it was

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harder to find what we needed. This man is a large scale apple grower

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and Armagh's biggest cider producer. He believes the changing climate

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means it time for local growers to look beyond the Bramley. There is a

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market but it is an expensive Apple to grow. It is uneconomic to grow

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it for cider. The growing costs are too high. The rain has finally

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eased off and the farmers are high at least getting into the fields to

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save what they can. But it does look like it is too little, too

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late. On the fourth Saturday of September

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1912, thousands of unionists gathered to sign the Ulster

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Covenant. The biggest rally by far was in Belfast. As unionists

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prepare to mark the centenary, BBC Newsline's Julian O'Neill's been

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discovering that the city of the present has some parallels in the

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city of the past. September 1912 and union this

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master in Belfast to cider the Ulster Covenant. Not simply a

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document opposing a home that role but a call to arms. -- to sign. If

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passed, the Bill would see Ulster and the rest of our Ireland

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governed by a Dublin parliament, exercising extensive power devolved

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from Westminster. Then, as now, political boundaries were divided

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along sectarian lines. The papers of the day devoted acres of

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newsprint to the issue but had very different takes on the

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demonstrations. A rousing call to arms, said to the newsletter of one

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rally. It referred to have a stirring speech where someone

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said... A thousands of men are joined the profession -- position.

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Over the church tower, there was the union Jack and the square was

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gay with bunting. The colours blended harmoniously in the bright

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sunshine. The Irish News, referring to orange ruffs insulting a parish

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priest while a policeman took no action, said, conductor with

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Unionists in the north of Ireland is aggressive and to intolerable.

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It is a moot question whether the Government is acting wisely

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ignoring the condition of things which would not be tolerated in a

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civilised country. Some traders were keen to chime with the spirit

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of the times. One a lost no time in urging readers to sign the covenant,

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with one of its fountain pens. Another said their desert and table

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knives had handled a blaze which would not separate, like unionist

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bloc. Belfast Ladies have their last chance to see a demonstration

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of corsets. On the day before the rally, many of the shops were

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closing on the day itself. The Tramway company announced it would

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not be running normal services, on the day when the covenant was

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signed. A lot of people thought, let them have their day. To disrupt

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it would playing into their own hands that Ireland was not

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governable. In the end, this remarkable event was held and it

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was well organised. There were stewards. The town returned to

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normal pretty quickly. A normal life came back quickly. They had

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got their gesture to the world. Aside from the Home Rule debates,

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the papers carried more promising news for music lovers, with the

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announcement bass singing sensation would be appearing at the Ulster

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Hall. Internationally, there were fears about the future of the

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American economy. It depended on the outcome of the country does

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look forthcoming election. More ominously, a few column inches were

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devoted to events in the Balkans, events which would lead to Germany

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sending guns to both sides in Ireland ahead of the outbreak of a

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much bigger conflict. The First World War swept aside the Home Rule

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debate. The lives of thousands of yearss and nationalists for and

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anyone a Westminster to oppose those who had signed that they work.

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-- Covenant. And we would like to thank the

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Public Records Office of Northern Ireland - PRONI - for allowing us

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to use some of their still pictures in that piece and throughout this

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week looking back at the events of Still to come - if they may be long

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gone but the sound of our old steam engines will be heard again at this

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weekend. But then you may be Chicago but

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Ryder Cup fever has spread across the Atlantic thanks to the

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performances of two Ulstermen. I am sure there was not much golf played

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behind due today. 100 golfers were playing in an

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event here. While they were concentrating on their own golf,

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they were checking for Updates on the Rory McIlroy and Graeme

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McDowell. They Ulster drew water does not

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disappoint today. The sun was barely act as Rory

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McIlroy what to the practice range. It was an early start. The two team

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that successfully at the last Ryder Cup. He will be nervous. I was

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watching him on the range. He seemed so relaxed. I hope they will

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do the business. An intimidating atmosphere awaited. Friends and

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family were among the European support being drowned out by the

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home crowd. Soon it was time to enter this unique sporting arena.

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There was one of very proud person. It was amazing. I did think he

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looked nervous, but he will be all right. He will get out there and

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forget all about his notes. They will do well. They proved to be a

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formidable pair. Rory McIlroy showing why he is the best in the

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business. Graeme McDowell also rose to the occasion. He rolled and Pat

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after putt. -- rolled in the shot after shot.

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Graeme McDowell held his nerve again.

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It was an nervous finish to that contest.

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What a thrilling contest. How was it? It was tough at their end. We

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got off to a great start. It was looking good. The Americans came

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back at us. We had to hang in there. We got a lucky break and made the

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most of that. Nerves of steel. do not know about that, but I found

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the bottom of the cup which was nice. We fed off each other really

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nicely. We made some nice shots. But you expect these guys to come

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back all time. They did. They came back at as. It was nerve-racking.

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The two have you made some fantastic shots. I had a chip on at

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four. That got us going. That got as fired up. We went on from there.

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Do you realise the roller-coaster of emotions you are putting

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everyone through at home at the moment? This is the Ryder Cup.

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There is more of that to come. Do not expect an easy ride. But he

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made some good shots. That is what we did. What about this afternoon?

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We are going to get prepared. Have some lunch. We will be out again

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together. We are not sure where in the order, but we are out again

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together. Good luck. They have just began their next

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match. We will have news of that on our next bulletin.

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I am joined by Damian McGrane. European side need to get hot to a

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good start. Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell needs to get off to a good

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start. Rory McIlroy being world number one that puts pressure on

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him. It is fantastic. Both players are world class. They are young men

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that they have become flagship bearers. Absolutely. They have a

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good record. They will add to it this year. The team rely on it Rory

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McIlroy and Graeme McDowell. They are great players. The most

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important thing is they love the Ryder Cup. They love that format.

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Would you keep them together for the rest of the weekend? Once the

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players are content and happy it is easy. Those guys are playing great.

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They love the atmosphere of the event. I am sure they will want to

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play all day every day. It is due to to.

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In the Pro 12 Ulster will be playing against the Cardiff Blues.

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After the memorial service last Sunday the players all got a chance

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to meet the family of Nevin Spence. We have got to go out and start

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playing again. Bat has been a huge inspiration for all of us. -- that

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has been. There is live coverage on BBC Two from 7pm it.

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Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are currently two down in it their

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match. Before you switch over for the

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rugby we have a trip of nostalgia. 55 years ago the last train

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departed Enniskillen. It was the end of the Great Northern Railway

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and the steam engines. The traction engines are reducing the routes. --

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read tracing the roots. Andorran was once a popular

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destination by a train. 55 years after the last train departed these

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traction engines set off on a nostalgic trip. The tracks have

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long since disappeared but the memories have not.

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Letting off steam. The new generation experiencing the sites

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and the sounds of steam. The smell is OK. There noise is loud. I think

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they are very good. I like the crystals on them. 60 years ago

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people relied on the railways to get about and even to tell the time.

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This is the path of the old railway line. The last 55 years have taken

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their toll. Another one is over there at the edge of the shed.

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station master still lives in the Old Station House. They were great

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days. Steam it may not be an express mode of transport that it

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is still fondly remembered. is still fondly remembered.

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Here is the weather: You may have noticed and are in their ear. We

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have a few showers. This time last year we had temperatures of 24

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Celsius. We were in the middle of an autumn heat wave. To date many

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areas struggle to get near 14 Celsius. A few showers to come this

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evening for the north and west. Some clear skies tonight. A few

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cold spots in the countryside. Tomorrow is going to be a decent

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day, certainly better than today. We are looking at more sunshine.

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There will be some cloud beginning to roll in it during afternoon from

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the West. The winds may be lighter that they will stay in Basque.

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Tomorrow will be largely dry. -- the wins will stay brisk.

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There is a positive. With that cloud around it will not be as cold.

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Some of the rain will stay but as as we go into Sunday. There will be

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more in the way of dry weather as it clears away. Temperatures on

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