07/02/2013 BBC Newsline

Good evening. Here are the headlines: It is revealed that the

cost so far for the Union flag protests is over �15 million. Over

100 jobs set to go as HMV closes all but one of its stores in

Northern Ireland. I am live in Dublin where the Government is

chairing a deal that will wipe billions off of debt repayments

over the next decade. The unique music festival showcasing emerging

young talent get ready to hit the city of Culture. Michael O'Neill is

still waiting for his first win as international boss as a Northern

Ireland falter in Malta. And not a great deal of sunshine and the

forecast, but it will be slight the last cold, for a couple of days

anyway. -- are slightly less cold. The cost of policing a the Union

flags protests has risen to more than �15 million. Senior officers

told the Policing Board that is more than twice what was spent on

the entire marching season last year. It has also been revealed

that the PSNI has sent hundreds of hours of video footage to the

Metropolitan Police in London to help identify those involved in

riots and illegal parades. Business leaders in Belfast say -- say that

the protests have cost at least �15 million since early December. The

PSNI Today revealed that it has paid a similar price for policing

those protests. The number of protests -- police that we have had

to put out on the streets is twice what it cost us to police the whole

of the marching season over six months last year. Addressing the

Policing Board today, the chief constable also emphasised the human

cost, with more than 140 police officers injured. There have been

broken noses and hospitals covered in pink and sand. To see the

restraint that they have shared has been magnificent and you will not

see that in any part of in Europe or any other part of the world.

Only two people have been charged with taking part in an illegal

parade. The police have issued photographs of those involved in

rioting and have asked the public to help identify them. They have

also turned to a specialist team of detectives working for the

Metropolitan Police, who have identified hundreds of people who

were involved in the rioting in London in 2011. Hundreds of hours

of footage have been sent from London. The police have come just

off the back end of the riots and they have specialist footage to

review from that footage. We are simply using those specialists and

they are saving us taking more police officers off the street.

economic cost of the protests is now estimated at �30 million, �3

million for each week since the protests began.

There have been claims that a French hotel chain could abandon

plans to move into a development in Belfast city centre due to the

flags protests. The president of Belfast Chamber of Trade and

Commerce said the firm, Accor, may pull out of the hotel which is

being built on the city's Dublin Road. Joe Jordan told the Stormont

Enterprise Committee that the firm was looking for a way out based

purely based on the events of the last nine weeks. This evening Accor

said it is still committed to coming.

It has been a day of dramatic economic news across Ireland.

Shortly we will be going to a Dublin where the island's most

infamous bank has been put out of business. But on this side of the

border, the high street has been hit with another 100 job losses as

HMV announced almost all of its stores here are to close.

Uncertainty has surrounded the future of the HMV chain, and today,

the administrators delivered their verdict, 66 out of 200 of branches

in the UK are going to close, but Northern Ireland will suffer

disproportionately, with nine out of 10 shops here closing their

doors. The only branch that will survive is this one in Belfast city

centre. Two others in Belfast, as well as stores in Londonderry and

other towns will have store closures. HMV is yet another well-

known change that -- chain that will all but disappear from the

High Street. It has fallen victim to changing patterns in consumer

behaviour. More and more people have decided to do their shopping

online. And with the closures, the fear of the knock on effect. It is

a sad loss to our retail sector. But also, the closure of these nine

stores will result in less food off for the surrounding traders in the

high streets and town centres. -- Lescott fault. There was brighter

news for an engineering firm. But they will be creating 61 new jobs

One bank says it is hopeful that it will see a return of profit by 2015

at the latest. Meanwhile Ireland's most notorious

financial institution has been liquidated in an attempt to reduce

the huge burden Irish taxpayers face due to their bank bailout. In

a dramatic sitting of the Dail which went on into the early hours

of this morning, the former Anglo Irish Bank was effectively killed

off. It was the developer's bank which lent money for everything

from the Odyssey in Belfast to The collapse has cost 30 billion

euros. That money will have to pay that back, but taxpayers will have

much more time to do it. Our economics editor is in Dublin where

he can explain what is happening. A remarkable 24 hours in Ireland's

furniture history. A significant moment, with this debt burden from

Anglo Irish Bank, the most hated of the bad banks, being alleviated to

some extent. The taxpayers will now have much longer to pay this off

and it will cost them much less on an annual basis. Many people here

will see that as good news. The speed with which things unfold it

took everyone by surprise. It is getting very late. It took a messy

late night session in the Irish parliament. If he wants an order

from the government, perhaps he should close the door. It was only

at lunchtime today that the Irish government knew that a full

agreement had been reached. outcome today is an historic step

on the road to economic recovery. It secures the future financial

position of the state. The Government is an during the

disastrous if banking policies that brought this state to the brink of

a national bankruptcy. The Anglo Irish Bank is no more. It has been

liquidated. Anglo Irish Bank had grand ambitions, but ultimately, it

became unstuck. The building behind me here would have been a glorious

headquarters. Now, it is an empty shell waiting to be occupied by the

Irish central bank. In today's world, it is the central bankers

that hold all of the cards. We took note of the Irish operation, and I

am going to refer you to the Irish government and the Irish central

bank for the details of this operation. It means billions less

and burrowing over the next decade for Ireland, and probably fewer

cuts and tax rises. -- borrowing. This should be an enormous positive

for the Irish actor and for the Irish economy as a whole. --

Exchequer a. This will have many benefits for Northern Ireland.

end of the Anglo Irish Bank could be the beginning of a much needed

recovery. A was politically important for the

Irish government to get a deal, but ordinary people see a difference? -

- it was politically important. Irish government does not have to

write a cheque to English -- Anglo Irish Bank because they do not

exist any more. They will have an extra 1 billion euro to play with.

There will be slightly fewer tax rises and cuts. What is good for

the economy here in the republic can only be good for Northern

Ireland as well. John Quinn and his family have been battling with the

Bank. But will happen to their cases? When you look at the -- what

will happen to their cases? When you bought at the case, there is

not have much going on there. Any by that is trying to take the

former bank to court, their case perhaps disappears into a dead end.

That is perhaps bad news for John Quinn and his family. On the other

side of things, any of the responsibilities in terms of

tracking down the assets are going to be passed to another Irish

agency, the national assets Management Agency. That means that

perhaps one case is at a dead end, but it is a case of don't sue us,

we will sue you. What has been the reaction on the markets today?

is almost euphoric, you could say. One of the economic -- benefits of

this is not just for a big government, the long-term effects,

if Ireland can get out of the bail out and start financing itself

again, the implications are that that is now a real possibility and

it will probably happen more quickly because the debt price for

Ireland has dropped to its lowest level today, not seen since before

the whole furniture or crisis. -- You're watching BBC Newsline. Still

to come on the programme: Described as a priceless treasure,

but could this wartime memorabilia How do you stop young people

rioting in interface areas? One youth club in North Belfast which

is trying to do just that has been given a helping hand with almost

half a million pounds in lottery funding. Julie McCullough finds out

how they plan to use the money. All eyes may have been on east

Belfast for the last couple of months, but it wasn't that long ago

that the rioters were out in the north of the city. Again, many of

those taking part were children. As Thomas knows all too well. As a

teenager, he was caught rioting himself. He originally came to the

club to serve more than 200 hours of community service. Now, he is

the man in charge and he wants to help others learn from what

happened to him. If I can use my experience in any way to try and

help some other young people who maybe have had to go through that

experience or may be get to speak to them before they go through that

experience, it could be quite useful in terms of their process in

life, rather than having to go through what I went through in the

criminal justice system. The club has been awarded almost half-a-

million pounds to reach those children, with the aim of improving

their education and mental health as well as helping them find jobs.

The youth club is open five nights a week for children aged eight

upwards. Although it is pretty busy here this evening the club would

like it to be even busier, so that is why a big portion of the lottery

money is going to be used to employ three full-time members of staff

who are going to go out onto the streets to get even more junk

people through the door. Those who already come here believe it has

helped to keep them out of trouble. I would have been on the streets,

but the youth leaders keep you right. There is nothing else to do,

you can meet up with the lads, have a good time and talk about problems

with everyone else. The youth club is just one of nine projects to get

lottery funding, in total more than �4 million has been given out in

grants to help children most at risk all over Northern Ireland.

Now to a story about a mobile museum. It has been called a

priceless treasure, but is now in danger because of a funding crisis.

David McCallion's massive collection of wartime memorabilia

includes rare military vehicles, weapons, and medals. He is

desperate to find a permanent home for it, or else it may be lost.

Chris Page has more. This is an anti- aircraft guns from

1944. It is one of hundreds of items from the world wars which

David McCallion has collected. But now his mobile museum, called War

Years Remembered, is at risk of being decommissioned because of

shortage of funds. He says he doesn't want us and it but he needs

help. I have had hundreds of thousands of people through, they

have seen that this is now at risk and they had all come out and

support it and will hopefully lobby the MPs to find some direct funding

to preserve this unique piece of Irish history. David takes a

collection on tour to schools and community events. In Ballyclare he

has put as much as he can on show to demonstrate how precious it is.

Everywhere you looked in this warehouse there are rare, even

unique items. The uniforms, the guns, the vehicles. And yet what is

on display in here isn't even half of David McCallion's whole

collection. Restoration and preservation is costly. David says

the collection needs a permanent home. His supporters are trying to

find new sources of money. What we have here is priceless treasure and

I really think the community has got to get behind David and I think

government has also got to do something as well. We want

everybody on board to help us get this saved for Northern Ireland,

not go some way arouse. This exhibition will be open on Saturday

for anyone who might be able to help. The battle to save War Years

Remembered is on. A remarkable collection.

You're watching BBC Newsline. Still to come: From Dingle to Derry, the

unique music festival which is set to rock the City of Culture.

The Northern Ireland football team has now gone 12 matches without a

win, and the current manager Michael O'Neill is still waiting

for his first victory. Here's Austin. Over 1,000 minutes since

Northern Ireland scored a goal in a friendly international is a

depressing statistic. Yes, the search for that elusive

first win goes on after another disappointing night for Northern

Ireland. A 0-0 draw in Malta, not the result or performance Michael

O'Neill would have wanted. Mark Sidebottom reports.

For the ballet and he made the trip... -- for the valiant fans who

made the trip, it would make for painful watching. He would have to

go back to the sum of 2011 for Northern Ireland's last win. On the

night, Alan Manacor and was man of the match. 0-0 was the final score.

It would have been nice to get a result tonight, because, as the

manager said, to get out of the mentality of accepting that we

don't win a game we need to have a bit more drive, and I think we can

all do that, even the seniors like myself. It was nice to get my first

cap under my belt, hopefully the first of many. I enjoyed it, it was

nice to get out there and put in a shift. Unfortunately we didn't get

the result we wanted. As for the boss' assessment? Aynho and the

players know that not winning the Games is not where we want to be.

Of course we try to win games. But over time we continue to develop

things, hopefully the younger players will adapt, and we look

forward to Russia now with the intention of again hopefully a good

performance and a positive result. So, his glass remains half full,

but the fans are feeling just a little bit empty.

The Republic of Ireland fared better in Dublin winning 2-0

against Poland in Dublin. Ciaran Clark of Aston Villa scored his

first international goal in a performance that will do his claims

for a regular place no harm with World Cup qualifying matches coming

I hope so, there are some big games coming up and everyone wants to be

involved. There is a lot of competition for places, which is

brilliant. But hopefully I might be thereabouts in the back of the

manager's mind. We need confidence, the new players in need this,

because the first game is always difficult psychologically.

Two of our top motorcyclists have told BBC Newsline that the future

of national road racing is bleak unless several issues are addressed.

While international events in to be doing well, rising insurance costs,

lack of sponsorship and professionalism are endangering the

smaller meetings that traditionally serve as the testing ground for up-

and-coming riders. Ryan has put the brakes on a

glittering career as a rider to become a team boss, but he worries

about the health of the sport in the current economic climate.

money isn't about that was a few years ago for clubs to get

sponsorship to run races, and with the increasing costs of insurance,

you know, I think progress is probably the lowest it has been.

Does a rising insurance costs and a lack of sponsorship meant this

year's bush road races were cancelled, and another rider fears

that smaller race meetings are struggling to cope with the demands

of an increase in the professional sport. Some of the meetings now,

and some of the people that run it, it is very amateur and it is not

good for the sport. They want us to put on a show but they do not

realise it costs money. These bikes are worth 70 grand, and the

organisers of some events make it really hard. I honestly do feel

that if they do not get their acts together and start listening, it is

going to be over. But, as Ryan settles into his new career running

a team, he recognises one way he can help the sport is to nurture

fresh talent. National road race a, it is the grass roots of our sport.

Four internationals to continue, we have to look after the national

road racing, and for that to continue we have steered support

young up-and- coming riders and I hope that with my experience with

track knowledge and bike set-up that I can give a few of these

young lads the opportunity to make a name for themselves and go on to

bigger and better things. And that commitment to young talent is seen

as vital for national road racing to keep up to pace in these harsh

economic times. Finally, a major blow to the

Belfast Giants' defence of their Elite League title. Forward Greg

Stewart has been banned for nine matches by a League disciplinary

committee. It ruled on two counts of violent conduct. With just 13

games left to play, Stewart will be absent at a key time.

Austen, thank you. A unique music festival which

started in a small fishing village in the Republic is moving to

Londonderry this weekend. It is called Other Voices, and over the

years it has showcased emerging talent and established stars like

Amy Winehouse. It specialises in intimate gigs which are also

streamed over the internet to local pubs and cafes. Here's our North-

West reporter, Keiron Tourish. # He walks away, the sun goes down.

# He takes the day, but I am blown... #.

For more than a decade, the tiny village of Dingle has hosted at

festival with a emerging talent and performers like Amy Winehouse

performing in a small church over 200 years old. In a special

collaboration, the Other Voices project has joined forces with the

UK City of Culture to host a range of artists at this former

Presbyterian Church in Derry city centre. Among them, Neil Hannon.

# Eyed was born in Londonderry. # I was born in Derry City. #.

It is a place for musicians to play unusual, small venues. A lot of the

musicians are just starting out, at the point in their careers where

they are beginning to pay bigger venues, which, in many cases, puts

a barrier between them and their audience. There is no barrier here.

# My mind is a hurricane site... #. Other Voices will showcase new

talent, including this rising star. It has been transformational for

some of the players. People who go on to Other Voices, it is to dust,

a reason to book them for gigs, to sign them to record labels. It is

viewed with an awful lot of respect. These performances are

intentionally staged in small venues to try to capture something

special. Only 240 people will get into each gig, but you won't miss

out, it will all be screened live to pubs, cafes and shopping centres.

Enjoy it if you are one of the lucky ones to get a ticket. Now,

time for the weather. It felt a bit warmer today.

The next couple of days will be less cold, but it did start very

cold this morning and we started with a snow warning as well. That

was dropped once it became evident that there was not going to be

enough snow to cause disruption, but there was a little bit in

The weather front was pushing against the cold air so some of the

rain turned into a state, particularly over parts of Middle

Star and the East. A light covering here on the cars. For most of us,

it was just good old rain. The snowdrops were the closest we got

to the white stuff! It is moving away, increasing it right through

this evening, maybe a bit of a breeze around the coast, but the

cloud should start to break this evening as well and we hold the

clear spells at least into the first part of the night, and

temperatures will fall away. Mainly in rural areas it will get close to

freezing. Given that the ground could be wet, we could see a few

icy patches. I think they will if later in the light into tomorrow

morning as cloud start to spill its way back in again, it looks like it

will be quite a grey day tomorrow. Patchy rain as well. During the

morning, most of that confined to the north and north-west, but as we

head to the afternoon we get a few spots heading down across Tyrone

into Fermanagh, and then gradually eased towards Armagh and County

Down, but really not a mountain to a great deal. It will all tend to

fizzle away again later in the day. Temperatures getting up to six or

seven degrees, said that is a bit better. The rain clears to lead a

dry spell tomorrow evening, but the cloud will close in again to bring

damp weather but at least a mile the night tomorrow night, no frost

or ice problems beneath that out. Saturday starts on a similar note

with patchy rain, more persistent rain edging in later on. The

temperature still not back on Saturday. In the Sunday, still some

rain around, particularly in the east. Maybe some wintry stuff, stay

tuned to the forecast. Let's hope that snow stays away.