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Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline - On a bumper weekend of

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sport, something's got to give between Ireland and England. A

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Polish factory denies handling horsemeat. Some businesses in East

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Belfast are closing, or going elsewhere. To have a shop is not

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viable, particularly in East Belfast with the protest. Why this

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hospital is developing as a centre of excellence for cardiac care. And

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it's not going to be too bad a start to the weekend but it looks

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like we'll have another taste of The Polish meat plant which is

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alleged to have been the source of contaminated beef has said it does

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not lot of horses. The company based near Warsaw said they are as

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interested in getting to the bottom of the incident as everyone else.

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It is understood that be PSNI had a meeting in Belfast as they assess

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whether to begin a criminal investigation.

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The Polish beef that contain significant amount of horsemeat was

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moved from the firm where it had been quarantined to an independent

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coal store. It has labelling linking it to a Polish plant called

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Food Service. They released a statement saying that they did not

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process, slaughter, de Beaune, or pack of Rees any horse meat. -- de

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Beaune. We supervised the disestablishment. -- this

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establishment. We check the cold store. The results showed the

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contamination was in Poland. prospect of a police investigation

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into the horsemeat moved a step closer. I understand there was a

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meeting between the food standards agency in Northern Ireland, which

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the PSNI attended. The purpose was to help the police assess whether

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there was any criminality, and whether they should be

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investigating it. Stormont is becoming more heavily involved.

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Officials from the Food Standards Agency have been summoned to make

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meeting next week. The man who reported the Polish beef said he

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had no idea why it was containing horsemeat. I just want to

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understand it. I'm still reeling from it, I haven't come to terms

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with it. The company got more good news today after tests testing for

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Adam -- testing for other animals came back is negative. They said

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they were fighting for their future, and the jobs, and the future of the

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industry. It's thought a number of rocket

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launchers were seized by Gardai when three men were arrested in

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County Tipperary last night. The men, all in their thirties, were

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held in Cahir as part of an ongoing investigation into dissident

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republican activity. A senior member of the Northern

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Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has resigned. In the past year the

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organisation has been hit by a series of scandals involving some

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of its highest ranking officers. It's also been the subject of

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several investigations - involving the department of health and the

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Public Accounts committee. Fighting fires and saving lives,

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these men and women front of organisation which has been coming

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under tremendous Brittany in the past year. It is not their actions

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under the spotlight, instead the people who manage them. Among them

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the director of finance and performance management, who

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resigned. He was responsible for implementing finance policy. It is

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a significant posts, every piece of equipment must be approved by his

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department. Investigations are making headlines, as it is just the

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latest development in a long- running saga. Last year, the

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organisation came to the public's attention following whistle-blowing

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allegations from him before, she raised the alarm on financial

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wrongdoing. She raised allegations regarding payments to none of

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uniform directors. They had not formally been approved by the

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Department of Health. It emerged that a name had been removed from

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an audit report, members of the health committee asked why it had

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been done? They also investigations to two harassment casings. Members

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of staff, including Linda Ford, were lead -- relocated. There is an

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issue of public confidence. It is in no way a reflection of

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firefighters on the ground. We need to sort out the management end of

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the fire service. In a statement of the BBC, union representatives said

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that he had decided to leave of his own choice. That he was not under

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investigation, or facing any charges, and totally refutes any

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allegations of that nature throughout his career. In an

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earlier investigation, we revealed that another senior member of staff

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had been allowed to run a private business selling uniforms and other

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protective equipment, at the same time as he was involved in

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procurement. There were allegations that fire service property was used.

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The problems in the fire service became so serious that Jim Wallace

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was brought in from Scotland as an interim chief executive. Following

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this latest departure, a source has told the BBC that the finance

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department has been left in disarray. Senior management post

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had been filled temporarily by agency workers. -- agency worker.

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Still to come: it was the place where thousands of children learn

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to swim, but now it is the end of an era for this north Belfast

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simple. -- swimming pool. A number of businesses are blaming

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the flag protest for closing down. For some, it was a last straw, as

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we have been finding out. This is one of the most fashionable

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shopping areas in Belfast outside the city centre. Some businesses

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are closing, others are following. The shopper is moving to Hollywood.

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Other clothes shops are also moving. The businesses say there are a

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number of reasons for moving, or shutting up shop. Some cite

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crippling rate bills, but they all agree that the recent protests have

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had the -- an impact, or force them to move. We are focusing on online

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business, we would prefer to do that alongside the shop, but the

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protests have created a situation, and the shop is not viable. It has

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had a catastrophic impact on our sales over the last ten weeks. We

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cannot stay anymore. We are planning to relocate at the end of

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the month, because of the lack of people through the doors.

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reputation for East Belfast is continuing to stuffer. -- suffer.

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It is bad body image. We are pawns in the process, we don't know what

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to do about it. Whatever the powers-that-be can do, it is

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crucial. These businesses say their plight has been overlooked.

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Collaboration is crucial in medical research. Commissions and patients

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are pulling in the same direction. This reported to cardiac care. --

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report into cardiac care. This doctor operates at the leading

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edge of cardiology. Today was a first, and up link by a video link.

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A it was a procedure that was a first. It is an exciting procedure.

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It allows us to give our patients access to technologies that would

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not ordinarily be available. It is expertise like these that the

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area's economic brains think it -- thing could transform the whole

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economy. We must be doing something right, we have be people, we have

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the skills, and the hospital. We have a lot of research and

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development on our doorstep. It seems the right time to do

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something. We can hopefully move on from there and create further

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opportunities. The idea is that conditions will work hand-in-hand

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with the industry, many of which are near by. We selected this area

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because we manufacture products, and we need clean air. That is

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guaranteed here. We still have a state-of-the-art laboratory, the

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top research scientists. Galway has been an excellent example of the

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benefit of strategic collaboration. We would like to benefit from that

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other collaboration. The benefits were underlined by today's

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conference attended by two government ministers. It is exactly

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the way to ensure a healthy population and economy.

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Is County Tyrone a hot-spot for giants? Well scientists believe it

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is and that the reason is in the blood. A rare gene which can cause

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people to grow to more than 7 feet tall has been found in several

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families living near Cookstown and Dungannon. It's a fascinating story

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but as our district reporter Julian Fowler has discovered - it's no

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tall tale. At 6 ft 4, I am not sure, but like most others I have to look

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up to brand and Holland. He is not even the tallest person to come

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from County Tyrone. He is related to Charles Burns, known as the

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Irish giant. He steered more than 7.5 feet tall. The question is, why

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Mi this particular height? Why me? It took 40 years to find out. To

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find out that you are a distant relation of someone he was quite

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famous 250 years ago, it was a bonus. The genetic link that they

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share has been shown in other families in the area, scientists

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are conducting a survey to find out how committees. We think it would

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be one of the cradles a giant civilisation. We have one or two

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people we have identified the were very tall. Certainly quite a few

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giants. Taking the test is no tall order, it requires a sample of

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saliva, so how many giants will they find? Although it is the land

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of the giants in many respects, I'm not so sure physically. Do you have

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any chance of your family? And not at all. I dated it is in my family.

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I would say I'm the tallest in my house. Any giants in your family?

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Not really. You don't have to be taught to have the gene, 80% of

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people who carry it they develop any symptoms. Scientists hope the

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study will establish if this area really does deserve its reputation

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The Grove Baths on the Shore Road once hosted the biggest names in

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the world of swimming. Mervyn Jess has been speaking to a city father

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with fond memories of the Grove Baths.

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Brick by brick, the Grove Baths are being picked apart. The building

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has been lying unused for some time and was broken into by a young

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people using it as a gathering spot. So it was decided for safety

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purposes to demolish the building. One of the city councillors

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involved in a project to replace it grew up in the area and has formed

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memories -- fond memories of what the poor meant to locals. The Grove

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Baths, my generation who lived in this area were born and reared in

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the Grove Baths. The name was changed many years ago to the Grove

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swimming facility but it will be met there anything other to worse

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than the Grove Baths. The Grove Bart's was the fastest ball in

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Europe, probably, because of the 12 ft end. It is about the dynamics in

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the water when you're swimming through and pushing down. But it

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wasn't just people who swam there. They used it one year, for dolphins,

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they brought dolphins in. They took all the water out and put sea water

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in, and there was dolphin shows for a few weeks. It's what every crash

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at this hydraulic claw, and other childhood memory disappears. The

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Grove Baths were for many years Northern Ireland's Premier swimming

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pool. In a couple of months time, this site will be levelled ready

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Very nostalgic film. Apparently, whenever the dolphins were there,

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they put so much salt in the water you couldn't swim underwater in it.

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That is something else. I know the Ireland rugby team by using salt

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water to aid the recovery process! A big rugby weekend coming up. At

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the heart of it, Sunday's Begin, seen as a potential championship

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decider. It is probably a bit early, but to say that, Ireland against

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England is always huge, and both coaches today have opted to change

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very little after strong opening performances.

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After the fine win in Wales, Chris Henry finds himself on the bench

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again as the coach opts to play the same hand against England. We take

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a look at each position individually in respect to the

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other guys training in the squad, but these lads played well

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individually and collectively, and even though the team was ticked up

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-- picked on a man by man bases, it turned out but it wasn't a complete

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surprise, but we took a look at them individually, but I suppose

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the way they went, so well last week, they are deserving of another

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go. He had a small chat with me and said it was very close, but

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unfortunately the boys in my position did well last week and he

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felt it was the right thing to keep the on the bench this week.

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Ulster's Craig Gilroy does start, and Rory Best is in a pack likely

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to face a stern test from England. We need to look past their

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physicality and their breakdown and attention to detail. Their

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breakdown last week was phenomenal. Things like scrum and line-out

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where there as well, so we will have our work cut out and have to

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be on top of our game to do well. Barely 12 trees retains his place

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for England, with Stuart Lancaster leading Manu Tuilagi on the bench.

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The one English change sees James Haskel in at flanker. An impressive

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sight, but statistics show England haven't won a Six Nations match in

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Dublin for 10 years. It seems there is something about a home fixture

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bringing out the best in Ireland. There is live coverage across the

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BBC from 3pm on Sunday. Tonight, Ulster are back in RaboDirect Pro12

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action against last season's champions Ospreys. It is a sell-out

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at Ravenhill and Gavin Anderson is there for BBC Newsline.

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There is a different look to the Ulster side tonight partly because

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of the Ireland game and key injuries. With me to look ahead is

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Maurice Field. How big a call as it 4 Mark and skill for? It is an

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excellent call. He has played exceptionally well for Ireland

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Under 20 his last weekend and is proving to play in the right shirt.

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He may only be 19 but has the benefits of players inside and

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outside his experience will give them a good ride. He deserves it

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based on the talent he has. We will ask your thoughts on the big game

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on Sunday, Ireland against England, doesn't get any bigger. It is

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massive and probably be defining game of the championship. I think

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Ireland have a better all-round balance. England will bring huge

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physicality throughout, but there is more guile and style in the

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Irish team. Maurice Field is going for Ulster and Ireland. Kick-off is

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at 7:05pm with live coverage on BBC Two at 7:00pm.

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The boxes Carl Frampton and Kiko Martinez almost came to blows ahead

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of schedule after a Belfast way in. The Spaniard puts his European

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super-bantamweight title on the line up against the unbeaten

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Frampton at the Odyssey Arena tomorrow night. Mark Sidebottom

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watched. When boxing brings its custom

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research has to town it is often difficult to determine what is real

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and what is contrived. From Spain, Kiko Martinez! Both men looking

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leaner and fitter, but Martinez's national flag in hand, goaded the

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challenger. And the ensuing pre- fight posturing, no blows were

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exchanged but appetites were whetted. He is a desperate man and

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his agitated, I don't think he wants it and he put on a show. We

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will see who is first to look away. He was making slashing throats

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signals at me but we will see. He thinks he is a hard man but we will

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see. Martinez has never been stopped. Frampton, unbeaten in 15,

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something has to give. It is the 6th round of the Irish

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Cup tomorrow in football, and the draw has thrown up three all-

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Premiership ties including table toppers Cliftonville against

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Donegal Celtic. As Denise Watson reports, the Reds will be wary of

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DC after last season. Cliftonville will come up against

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the team who ruined their Irish Cup team last year, Donegal Celtic.

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This goal from Ryan Henderson the difference. But this Irish Cup tie

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this year between the two teams will be different. Cliftonville are

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informed. Top of the Premiership, and they have also won the League

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Cup, plus there has been no shortage of goals with Joe Gormley

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and Liam boys in centre that leading form. But their manager is

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still cautious. And there is a big squad here, and we will rotate them

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and play with everyone fit. We want to do well in the League and the

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Cup as well. On the day, they are frightening. They have a good

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chance of winning the treble, but we will try to put up a show, and

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hopefully, we will see what happens after 15 minutes. Cliftonville

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thrashed, rain 5-0 midweek and must regroup to play Ballymena United.

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Statistics are on their side. Since the manager took over two years ago,

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they haven't lost a Derby. It is a competition we would love to do

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well in, and I have fond memories as a player, and it is 10 years

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since the Cup final in 2003. With Crusaders playing Glenavon in

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another cup-tie, three top teams And finally, just time to show you

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a sneak preview of this man, George Best, featuring on a new stamp

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collection celebrating 150 years of association football, on sale from

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May. Lots of interest in those today.

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Thank you. You may have noticed red lanterns on lamp-posts. There are

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some at Belfast City Hall. They are because this Sunday is the

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beginning of the Chinese New Year celebrations. 2013 is the Year of

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the Snake, and plenty of celebrations are happening across

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Northern Ireland. Ciara Riddell has been finding out how much

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preparation goes into what is for many a big family occasion.

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It is all hands on deck at this Chinese bakery in Belfast. This

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family are looking forward to a traditional New year's celebration,

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but there is lots to be done, including but not decorations and

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more importantly, the cooking. is crispy and there is pork inside,

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it is very nice. In Chinese New Year, the family come to visit you

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and they take snacks and make those for them. You give them to the

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people you love so they are very happy to. That will be the most

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traditional thing we do in Chinese New Year. It is the busiest weekend

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of the year at the Asian supermarket across the road. And it

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has stocked up with lanterns and treats to celebrate. All the family

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get together, and we Allcock, then after roads, we watch TV together.

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They have a special performance on TV, and that is it. Normally we

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have fireworks, we can't do it here, though! There may not be fireworks

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but there is plenty to do and see across Northern Ireland as part of

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the Chinese New Year celebrations, and if you get a chance to invite a

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lion dance like this into your home, you're almost guaranteed good luck

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of the arrest of the year. -- the rest.

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A great weekend ahead, gong hey fat choy, a very happy new year. Barra

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choy, a very happy new year. Barra is here for the weather. It doesn't

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look promising for Chinese year but it won't stop them celebrating any

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way. It is not too bad an evening to come, some wet weather across

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Eastern Counties but largely dry as we going to the early hours before

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we see further outbreaks of rain. Not especially cold tonight,

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temperatures four-six degrees so no frost to worry about, but the odd

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pocket of Mr of fog first thing tomorrow. After that, Saturday

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rather cloudy, a mainly dry to begin with but by the end of the

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day turning wet are once again. A few damp spots lingering across

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Eastern Counties, eventually clearing with brighter weather

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developing. But for the west across Fermanagh and Tyrone, probably

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staying cloudy with further outbreaks of rain, the best of the

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sun towards the north coast down towards Antrim, Belfast, County

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Down and Armagh. Temperatures tomorrow, seven-eight, light wind,

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so if you get sunshine it won't be too bad at all if you are out and

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about. But the cloud will thicken into the second part of the day,

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and we have the next band of rain readies pushing tomorrow evening

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with that, so all wetter night to come, but for these coasts here,

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for the beginning of the evening at least, largely drive. That rain

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progressively moves across into tomorrow night. Temperatures four

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or five degrees, so again no frost, but this rain will be stubborn to

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move away, and could cause problems as we going to Sunday. The colder

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air will come in, and we have an early warning for snow. So rain at

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first on such a -- Sunday, but the cold air will transform it into

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sleet and snow, perhaps several centimetres on high ground, some

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snow on lower levels perhaps, which snow on lower levels perhaps, which

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