:00:22. > :00:32.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline.
:00:32. > :00:33.
:00:33. > :00:40.The key role played by our golfers in the Ryder Cup victory.
:00:40. > :00:43.The Orange Order says sorry after a bans man is pictured urinating
:00:43. > :00:46.upside a Catholic church. Still some showers around this
:00:46. > :00:50.evening and overnight. But will the dry up for the week ahead? Find out
:00:50. > :00:53.shortly. In an incredible final day at the
:00:53. > :00:55.Ryder Cup, Europe's golfers beat the US to retain the trophy with
:00:55. > :01:00.the contingent from Northern Ireland playing their part in the
:01:00. > :01:04.astonishing come-back. Although it took a police car to get one of
:01:04. > :01:07.them to the course, and just in the nick of time! If you're sensitive
:01:07. > :01:17.to flash photography, be advised that there is some in this report
:01:17. > :01:24.from Stephen Watson, who is in Illinois for BBC Newsline.
:01:24. > :01:32.Champagne celebrations in Chicago. Time for Rory McIlroy it to start
:01:32. > :01:37.the Ryder Cup party. A Yes! But the day of golfing drama could have
:01:37. > :01:42.been so different. The world's best player had to be rushed to the
:01:42. > :01:47.course in a police car after he made a mistake over his tee-off
:01:47. > :01:53.time. After his caddie and everybody else waited nervously,
:01:53. > :01:58.Rory McIlroy it made it with just minutes to spare. Sometimes maybe
:01:58. > :02:06.it is good not to get here and go through the worry, and to show up.
:02:06. > :02:14.The best part of this thing was the crowds, chanting, "central time-
:02:14. > :02:24.zone"! When he got his breath, the 23-year-old from Hollywood produced
:02:24. > :02:26.
:02:26. > :02:31.He beat his inform American opponent, Bradley. He kept Europe
:02:31. > :02:38.on course for an extraordinary comeback. And when German Martin
:02:38. > :02:44.claimed that eventually got the crucial part, an unforgettable
:02:44. > :02:49.Ryder Cup triumph was complete -- Martin Kaymer the. I was worried, I
:02:49. > :02:53.had 20 minutes to get there, usually it is half-an-hour. I got
:02:53. > :03:02.there with a few minutes to spare so it was fine. Obviously to
:03:02. > :03:09.contribute to this tally of 14, It is just an incredible
:03:09. > :03:15.performance. Disappointing for myself but it is a team effort at
:03:15. > :03:23.the end of the day, and just incredible scenes. 24 hours ago,
:03:23. > :03:30.this was all over. It is all over now. We will read this man wasn't
:03:30. > :03:36.going to turn up? -- were you worried? It did cross my mind!
:03:36. > :03:43.Obviously he got his time wrong. He does not need to warm up. Rolls
:03:43. > :03:50.Royces do not need any warming up! Actually, I did not have much time
:03:50. > :03:54.to think about it. I had a couple of putts and a way I went. I had a
:03:54. > :04:02.stretch in the back of the police car! When was the last time you
:04:03. > :04:10.were in one of those? Not for a long time. Not ever actually! It
:04:10. > :04:17.has been an unbelievable team effort this week.... Northern
:04:17. > :04:24.Ireland! LAUGHTER. The fans could not quite believe
:04:25. > :04:34.what they had witnessed. I flew my dad over from Ireland just to watch
:04:35. > :04:38.
:04:38. > :04:44.it! And there and there was another very proud Ulsterman at the heart
:04:44. > :04:49.of it all. He played very well, he is the number one. To watch him
:04:49. > :04:56.take on that rolled today and, I felt privileged to be walking right
:04:56. > :05:01.beside him today. So it Europe keep their hands on the Ryder Cup in the
:05:01. > :05:06.most spectacular fashion. It was sporting drama at its very best.
:05:06. > :05:10.The next Ryder Cup is in Gleneagles in Scotland in two years' time and
:05:10. > :05:15.there could be an Northern Ireland European team captain, as Darren
:05:15. > :05:18.Clarke is hotly tipped to fulfil that role.
:05:18. > :05:20.A senior member of the Orange Order today apologised to a Catholic
:05:20. > :05:29.priest and his parishioners after a bandsman was pictured urinating at
:05:29. > :05:31.the gates of the church. But there was no apology for widespread
:05:31. > :05:34.breaches of a Parades Commission determination, forbidding bands
:05:34. > :05:38.from playing anything but hymns during part of Saturday's Ulster
:05:38. > :05:45.Covenant rally. It was the biggest Orange gathering in Belfast for
:05:45. > :05:53.many years and passed without serious incident.
:05:53. > :05:59.This is a bird's-eye view of the covenant parade. Six miles long
:06:00. > :06:07.from City Hall to the grounds of Stormont, a celebration of the
:06:07. > :06:09.stand against home wrought a century ago. We still want to be
:06:09. > :06:16.part of the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland, Britishness is
:06:16. > :06:21.still a big part of who we are today. A big security operation was
:06:21. > :06:27.mounted, because of a national protest stage at a Catholic Church
:06:27. > :06:32.over the behaviour of loyalist fans earlier this year. 14 bands took
:06:32. > :06:36.part in this section of the march and they played hymns. The Parades
:06:36. > :06:42.Commission had outlawed anything else. But the way some bands acted
:06:43. > :06:47.attracted criticism. Some of them were a bit exuberant but the
:06:47. > :06:52.process was more respected than it had been before, but it can be
:06:52. > :06:57.sometimes interpreted by members of the community as insulting.
:06:57. > :07:07.Commission had also ruled him so the outside St Matthew's Catholic
:07:07. > :07:10.
:07:10. > :07:15.Church. -- hymns. It defied its legal determination for this leg of
:07:15. > :07:21.the parade. One bandsman was also photographed urinating at the
:07:21. > :07:26.church gate. We are disappointed that a bandsman was urinating
:07:27. > :07:31.through the church gates. I was disappointed to see that some of
:07:31. > :07:36.the bands that were passing and few were abating by the Parades
:07:36. > :07:42.Commission ruling were shouted at for not playing party tunes.
:07:42. > :07:48.Orange Order said sorry in person to the local priest. What exactly
:07:48. > :07:51.is it you were apologising for? behaviour of the bans man, what he
:07:51. > :08:00.did in public should not happen but particularly against a place of
:08:00. > :08:04.worship. It was wrong. Did you cover the conduct of the band and a
:08:04. > :08:09.kind of music it was playing? think there was a police
:08:09. > :08:14.investigation and I would not wish to prejudice any investigation.
:08:14. > :08:18.PSNI gathered video evidence. The PSNI it were not the only people
:08:18. > :08:24.here are observing what went on on Saturday. The Parades Commission
:08:24. > :08:30.had ears and eyes on the ground also, and its chairman says he is
:08:30. > :08:36.awaiting reports on what went wrong. Why there breaches of the
:08:36. > :08:41.determination? I have had some reports but I will not comment
:08:41. > :08:44.until we get police reports and other representation. I think
:08:44. > :08:49.people will draw their own conclusions to that but it is
:08:49. > :08:53.important we gather all of the evidence. Speaking on Saturday, the
:08:53. > :08:58.chief constable was pleased at how the day had gone. I have seen a lot
:08:58. > :09:02.of people with smiles on their face participating and going about their
:09:02. > :09:07.business and at the moment, it is a dignified parade and I am the very
:09:07. > :09:11.grateful for that. There was another act of vandalism at Clifton
:09:11. > :09:17.Street overnight. Paint was thrown on what the order said was a
:09:17. > :09:21.reaction to the parade on Saturday. In a few minutes, head-to-head in
:09:21. > :09:29.the debate over gay marriage. After Stormont rejects the idea, we hear
:09:29. > :09:32.from those in favour and those again here in the studio. -- and
:09:32. > :09:35.those against. Tributes have been paid to David
:09:35. > :09:40.Mills, the former Irish league footballer, who was murdered in
:09:40. > :09:43.Ballynahinch yesterday. The 47- year-old who used to be manager of
:09:43. > :09:52.his local team in Drumaness suffered head injuries in an
:09:52. > :09:58.assault. A 30-year-old man was arrested. Claire Savage reports.
:09:58. > :10:02.A hard-working, popular, likeable, well-loved character. That is how
:10:02. > :10:08.the Friends of David Mills have described him. He had a love of
:10:08. > :10:14.golf, cricket, darts and football. In their 80s and 90s he played
:10:14. > :10:20.football and was on the field when Portadown hosted a top flight
:10:20. > :10:25.Portuguese team. He made 150 appearances for them. He always
:10:25. > :10:31.gave 100%. He was a big player for us in the early years when we first
:10:31. > :10:36.did the double. It was important for us. He was respected on and off
:10:36. > :10:40.the pitch and everyone is in shock. This morning at the scene in
:10:40. > :10:44.Ballynahinch when he was attacked, a number of people left flowers and
:10:44. > :10:49.note to him and his family. A murder investigation is under way
:10:49. > :10:59.as the police try to find out what happened. One local councillor knew
:10:59. > :10:59.
:10:59. > :11:02.him., personal perspective, I know the family well. They are very well
:11:02. > :11:06.known in the Ballynahinch area and I would like to take this
:11:06. > :11:11.opportunity to extend my sympathy on behalf of the people, to the
:11:11. > :11:17.extended family and everybody, that it is a sad loss and a terrible
:11:17. > :11:24.tragedy. In his early years he played for Drumaness. Meanwhile,
:11:24. > :11:28.Drumaness Mills football club have said tributes have also been paid.
:11:28. > :11:33.The retail chain JJB Sports is to close ten of its 12 stores in
:11:33. > :11:37.Northern Ireland with the loss of 150 jobs. All three of its Belfast
:11:37. > :11:40.shops are to shut. One of the group's two Londonderry stores will
:11:40. > :11:45.remain open, along with shops in Antrim and Lisburn, securing 65
:11:45. > :11:50.jobs. The troubled retailer has sold 20 of its stores in Britain to
:11:51. > :11:59.Sports Direct. 133 stores across the UK will close with the loss of
:11:59. > :12:01.2,200. Jobs. The man who went up against Mike
:12:01. > :12:06.Nesbitt for the Ulster Unionist leadership has been stripped of his
:12:06. > :12:09.deputy leader's position. The move against the South Down MLA John
:12:09. > :12:16.McCallister follows a speech which criticised unionist unity. Mark
:12:16. > :12:20.Devenport is at Stormont. What led to this?
:12:20. > :12:26.It was a speech made by John McCallister on Saturday night, in
:12:26. > :12:30.which he said the Ulster Unionists were according to some sleepwalking
:12:30. > :12:34.towards Unionist unity. John McCallister spoke about recent show
:12:34. > :12:39.at events, statements and commemorations in relation to the
:12:39. > :12:43.Big Parade and the Ulster Covenant, involving the leaders of the two
:12:43. > :12:47.main Unionist parties, and he said they gave the impression that the
:12:47. > :12:52.Unionist unity train had left the station, with the Ulster Unionists
:12:52. > :12:56.in the passenger seat. Yesterday I spoke to John McCallister and he
:12:56. > :13:06.denied that his comments amounted to an assault on Mike Nesbitt's
:13:06. > :13:09.
:13:09. > :13:14.Most of these events were in the process of organising before Mike
:13:14. > :13:20.Nesbitt became leader, so it is not a criticism of that, it is a
:13:20. > :13:23.warning that we are saying, look, there is a perception out there and
:13:23. > :13:28.the perception with commentators is that we could be heading down a
:13:28. > :13:31.certain route, which we are not. Obviously Mike Nesbitt thinks it is
:13:31. > :13:38.an attack on him and that is why he's sacked him.
:13:38. > :13:41.Yes, he was very swift to take that action against John McCallister. He
:13:41. > :13:47.said the leader had taken many complaints about the phrase,
:13:47. > :13:50.sleepwalking towards Unionist unity. John McCallister says he is
:13:50. > :13:55.disappointed about what has happened but recognises that Mike
:13:55. > :13:58.Nesbitt has the right to remove him from his position. We understand
:13:58. > :14:02.that John McCallister is standing down as health spokesman for the
:14:02. > :14:05.party, an act which I think shows he is disappointed about the way
:14:05. > :14:09.things have turned out. Still to come on the programme:
:14:09. > :14:19.Plucked from obscurity. Find out how this bunch of would-be actors
:14:19. > :14:23.
:14:23. > :14:27.A gang locked into a men in the backyard of a Newry bar last night
:14:27. > :14:33.and then said the building on fire. Today, the police said the men
:14:33. > :14:37.could have been seriously injured, and the pub was badly damaged in
:14:37. > :14:42.the arson attack. When the Fire and Rescue Service
:14:42. > :14:47.arrived, the bar was well ablaze. The damage is extensive. The roof
:14:47. > :14:52.is off and the interior is gone. The fire was started around 11:30pm.
:14:52. > :14:57.Four men forced the owner and other staff into the backyard, sprinkled
:14:57. > :15:03.petrol around the place and set it alight. A gang fled, leaving the
:15:03. > :15:06.staff to fend for themselves. have fire crews were met with a
:15:06. > :15:10.well-developed fire. They tried to gain access to the front of the
:15:10. > :15:15.premises and tried to gain access to the rear. They discovered there
:15:15. > :15:18.were two people trapped in the backyard. The fire crews got an
:15:18. > :15:23.extension ladder and rescued them, and got on with tackling the fire.
:15:23. > :15:26.The police are trying to establish a motive for the attack, which came
:15:26. > :15:31.after an earlier altercation involving some people who had been
:15:31. > :15:34.drinking there. One man who was in the bar last night said shortly
:15:35. > :15:38.before the arson attack, a number of people who had been drinking in
:15:38. > :15:42.the premises were asked to leave. As they did so, they did minor
:15:42. > :15:46.damage. They smashed a television and broke the front windows of the
:15:46. > :15:54.bar as they went out. It is still not known whether that is linked to
:15:54. > :16:00.the more serious incident which followed. For people to almost lose
:16:00. > :16:05.their lives as well as their livelihood, it is out reached -- it
:16:05. > :16:12.has Ardgrange the local community. Detectives said the earlier
:16:12. > :16:15.incident is a primary line of inquiry. The this is arson with
:16:15. > :16:19.intent to endanger life. There was a possibility that the staff could
:16:19. > :16:21.have been injured as a result of this. The staff members were taken
:16:21. > :16:28.to hospital, where they were treated for smoke inhalation and
:16:28. > :16:32.shock. The Assembly has voted against
:16:32. > :16:36.allowing gay people to get married in Northern Ireland. Plans are well
:16:36. > :16:39.advanced to legalise gay marriage in England, Scotland and Wales, but
:16:39. > :16:48.a proposal put forward by the Green Party and Sinn Fein to allow the
:16:48. > :16:51.same thing Kabul who was defeated. The vote was taken on a vast --
:16:51. > :16:55.cross-community basis and with the vast majority of Unionists against
:16:55. > :17:00.it, it failed. Members of the gay community held a demonstration
:17:00. > :17:03.today. Among those taking part were Maurice Dixon and Paul Finlay. They
:17:04. > :17:08.are having a settled partnership ceremony next year. They said they
:17:08. > :17:15.would like to be able to get married. I just want to be treated
:17:15. > :17:18.equally. I have always been brought up in a Christian family, and I do
:17:19. > :17:22.not want to feel I'm being discriminated against. I want to
:17:22. > :17:29.have the same relationship that my mum and dad had.
:17:29. > :17:34.With me is Jim Allister and John O'Doherty, from the Rainbow Project.
:17:34. > :17:37.Jim Allister, putting religious belief to the site, how concerned
:17:37. > :17:42.argued that the perception in Northern Ireland is now at on a
:17:42. > :17:46.moral issue, people do not have equal rights? In is not an issue of
:17:46. > :17:50.equality. This is not about equality, this is about perversion
:17:50. > :17:56.of marriage. Marriage is hysterically and accurately the
:17:56. > :18:00.union of one man and one woman. -- historically. This is an assault on
:18:00. > :18:05.that, to say that two men or two women can married. The ultimate
:18:05. > :18:10.logic of that position, if it is an equality position, is that if a man
:18:10. > :18:15.says, there are two people I love, I want to have a polygamous
:18:15. > :18:21.marriage, are we to say, equality, we have to let them do that? It is
:18:21. > :18:26.an absurd proposition to be quit the marriage of a man at a woman to
:18:26. > :18:32.the relationship of two men of the same sex. Why do gay people want to
:18:32. > :18:37.get married? Civil partnerships, we have about 100 every year? Once
:18:37. > :18:41.again, it is really damaging dangerous language in relation to
:18:41. > :18:45.gay people. The same arguments we have been hearing today, we heard
:18:45. > :18:49.around the introduction of civil partnerships. We heard it would
:18:49. > :18:53.lead to polygamy and the legalisation of bestiality. None of
:18:53. > :18:57.those things are reality. Gay people want equal marriage.
:18:57. > :19:00.Everybody wants equal marriage, wants to be treated equally. If we
:19:00. > :19:04.are tax payers an important members of the society and we want to be
:19:04. > :19:10.treated equally. Are partnerships should not be recognised as any
:19:10. > :19:15.different from those as the heterosexual committee. The other
:19:15. > :19:19.point that Jim makes about marriage is not true. Divorce was something
:19:19. > :19:24.was -- that was not always available. He is a religion and
:19:24. > :19:27.moral issues not separate from equality under law? I absolutely
:19:27. > :19:31.and emotion is clear. The motion called for the introduction of
:19:31. > :19:34.civil marriage for everyone at included protections for faith
:19:34. > :19:38.based organisations and religious groups to decide whether or not to
:19:38. > :19:42.hold the partnerships. We are going to be left behind by Scotland,
:19:42. > :19:49.Wales and England. We are going to be left behind and different from
:19:49. > :19:52.the rest of the United Kingdom if we keep our objections to a gay
:19:52. > :19:55.marriage. Legislators have to legislate in accordance with the
:19:55. > :20:00.morals and standards of the area they legislate for. It is quite
:20:00. > :20:03.clear that in Northern Ireland there is no appetite to change the
:20:03. > :20:10.fundamental description of marriage. And indeed throughout the world, it
:20:10. > :20:15.is very much a minority that have any concept of same-sex marriage.
:20:15. > :20:20.The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that it is not a breach
:20:20. > :20:26.of human rights to deny the same- sex marriage. So, we are on the
:20:26. > :20:28.firmest possible ground, but the best ground to be on it is to
:20:28. > :20:32.acknowledge the historical and important position of marriage as a
:20:32. > :20:36.union between one man and one woman. Even if there was cross-community
:20:36. > :20:40.support, this would not have gone through in the Assembly today. The
:20:40. > :20:44.politicians are representing the electorate and they are saying no.
:20:44. > :20:51.That is the negative coming out of today. I prefer to focus on the
:20:51. > :20:53.positives. This is the first time that LGBT issues have been
:20:53. > :20:59.discussed in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Do you think it might
:20:59. > :21:04.change? Absolutely. Almost 50% of MLAs voting today supported the
:21:04. > :21:07.motion. Jim, what do you think? do not think people will change
:21:07. > :21:13.their mind about issues of conscience and principle. If they
:21:13. > :21:19.do, they haven't got much principle. The vote today was 50 against, 454.
:21:19. > :21:25.I would have liked to have seen a bigger margin. It was a victory to
:21:25. > :21:29.defeat an absurd proposition. Earlier in the programme we were
:21:29. > :21:33.reminded of the winning heroics of Europe's office in a Ryder Cup.
:21:33. > :21:42.They were not the only team snatching a late victory at the
:21:42. > :21:46.weekend. Now, more on the sport. Derry's camogie players are
:21:46. > :21:48.celebrating an All-Ireland title. It looked as if they are replayed
:21:48. > :21:53.final against Galway might be slipping away from them but in the
:21:53. > :21:58.closing moments of the match, this late Karen Kielt goal helped Derry
:21:58. > :22:04.to a dramatic one-point win, sparking a great scenes of
:22:04. > :22:09.celebration. Karen Qaeda's heroics earned warm praise from the captain.
:22:09. > :22:15.-- Karen Qaeda's heroics. She is a fantastic player. Today, she scored
:22:15. > :22:20.a goal when we needed it. She gave us the margin to get in front.
:22:20. > :22:28.It was a poignant weekend for another GAA team. The Lisnaskea M
:22:28. > :22:31.its Club in Fermanagh were contesting the senior match which
:22:31. > :22:38.was the first since our colleague, Brian of McLaughlan, was killed
:22:38. > :22:47.last month. Their opponents won by 15-1-4. Afterwards as a jester,
:22:47. > :22:50.Conor Foy invited Mark McKenna to wear -- lift the cup. -- as a
:22:50. > :22:54.gesture. Stephen Small has resigned after
:22:54. > :22:57.eight months in charge of Donegal Celtic. Celtic, who are second from
:22:57. > :23:02.bottom in the Premiership and without a win in their opening nine
:23:02. > :23:10.games, taken Lisburn Distillery this evening in the cadet and seed.
:23:10. > :23:15.Glentoran play Linfield. -- the County Antrim Shield.
:23:15. > :23:21.The EGGS Factor has come to town. Some spring chickens have been
:23:21. > :23:24.hand-picked, or HEN-picked, for a starring role on the stage. The
:23:24. > :23:28.feathers are flying at a forum in Garbutt.
:23:29. > :23:32.A chance to be plucked from obscurity. These chickens were
:23:32. > :23:36.preening themselves for their big audition and a chat -- the actors
:23:36. > :23:44.were ready to put them through their paces. I never thought I felt
:23:44. > :23:49.this way about you, Roger. I know, it feels weird for me to. A theatre
:23:49. > :23:54.company from Portstewart descended on a farm in Curva to find their
:23:54. > :24:00.perfect partners. -- Garvagh. Five feathered friends will be picked to
:24:00. > :24:04.go on tour for its new play. I want them to beat Real Character
:24:04. > :24:10.chicken's. It would be nice for them to have real personality and
:24:10. > :24:15.to be high energy and focal. loves the camera. When the actors
:24:15. > :24:19.looking for the next Gregory Peck? I am begging for an actor's chicken,
:24:19. > :24:25.a chicken ready and willing to work in the ensemble. Don't worry, we
:24:25. > :24:31.will sort them out if there is any trouble. Paul Rankin said he had no
:24:31. > :24:35.bother with them on television. They were dead but did not seem to
:24:35. > :24:40.cause problems, and I like that. This dark was turned down for
:24:40. > :24:47.having the wrong lock. But these ones seemed to take all of the
:24:47. > :24:57.right boxes! Let's have the critics do not give
:24:57. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:01.them a roasting. We have had a fair amount of
:25:01. > :25:05.showers Today. We still have some at the moment, but fewer than we
:25:05. > :25:08.have had. The remaining mostly consistent across parts of the
:25:08. > :25:15.North West, maybe into County Down in the night. Many areas staying
:25:15. > :25:23.dry as temperatures dip. Holding on to the unsettled team into tomorrow.
:25:23. > :25:33.But to begin with tomorrow, not too bad. Medicine spells about. --
:25:33. > :25:43.spells of sunshine about. Rain coming in from the south-west. Up
:25:43. > :25:47.to 28 mm of rain in power areas. It will be drier in South Down that
:25:47. > :25:52.everyone else. The rain will linger in northern areas. Overnight, some
:25:53. > :25:57.of it will linger. Some showers following behind. Tomorrow night,
:25:57. > :26:02.temperatures falling back once again to seven or eight degrees.
:26:02. > :26:07.Not especially chilly. At the cloud around, it will be higher in towns
:26:07. > :26:11.or cities. It will stay on settled towards the middle of the week but
:26:11. > :26:16.not as bad as today or tomorrow. On Wednesday although there will be
:26:16. > :26:26.some showers, there will be plenty of dry and bright weather around as
:26:26. > :26:34.well and spells of sunshine. It may fear: As temperatures only reach
:26:34. > :26:40.about 14 degrees. Sheltered areas not feeling too bad. Some showers
:26:40. > :26:43.on the horizon. High pressure is building for the weekend and it
:26:44. > :26:52.looks promising for Saturday if you have any outdoor events planned. We
:26:52. > :26:56.will keep the update on Twitter. -- Keep your updated.
:26:56. > :27:00.The mood was bright and for so many of us last night. We could not