:00:00. > :00:00.rain sweeping across the British Isles, so basically, the week is
:00:00. > :00:22.summed up by wet, windy, but at least it is mild.
:00:23. > :00:37.This is BBC Newsline. Tonight's top stories... After 20 years, clash is
:00:38. > :00:41.finally released for a brand-new building in the grounds of the RVH.
:00:42. > :00:45.Campaigners give their reaction. More money for roads too - we'll be
:00:46. > :00:49.asking how we're paying for all this.
:00:50. > :00:53.As the cost of living continues to rise for families, a new survey says
:00:54. > :00:56.the part of the UK hardest hit is Northern Ireland.
:00:57. > :00:59.Families of those killed in the Shankill bomb reject an apology from
:01:00. > :01:02.one of the bombers. After a memorable win for Ulster's
:01:03. > :01:06.rugby players in Europe, coach Mark Anscombe joins me live in the
:01:07. > :01:10.studio. A soggy start to the week, and for
:01:11. > :01:17.some it could still be quite wet through tonight.
:01:18. > :01:20.It will improve tomorrow. Belfast is to get a new children's
:01:21. > :01:28.hospital. It'll cost ?250 million and replace the existing Royal
:01:29. > :01:31.Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. The announcement was made by the
:01:32. > :01:42.Finance Minister Simon Hamilton as part of a series of projects funded
:01:43. > :01:53.by the Executive. Most of the money is coming from the cancelled a five
:01:54. > :01:56.road project. -- A4 project. As our health correspondent Marie-Louise
:01:57. > :01:58.Connolly reports, the building of the hospital has been a long running
:01:59. > :02:01.saga. Back in 1973, staff and patients
:02:02. > :02:04.marked the centenary of the Children's Hospital on the Royal
:02:05. > :02:07.Victoria site - but even then, there was talk of the need for a new
:02:08. > :02:12.hospital. It will remain on this site, maybe it will be moved nearer
:02:13. > :02:16.to the Royal. We will have to get a new hospital very soon. A new facade
:02:17. > :02:22.has helped to spruce up the building but the main part has remained the
:02:23. > :02:28.same since Gloria Hunniford reported on the Sid Taylor in 1973. When you
:02:29. > :02:32.look back at all of the campaigns we have been through, it has been quite
:02:33. > :02:38.draining and quite tiring to realise that 20 years later, we are only
:02:39. > :02:43.getting the money released today. To make room for the new building, the
:02:44. > :02:48.present Children's Hospital will eventually go while housing stock
:02:49. > :02:52.adjacent will also be demolished. It is practically doubling in size, the
:02:53. > :02:59.Children's Hospital is a tragedy exists. We will be dealing with a
:03:00. > :03:06.wide range of children. We currently do with up to age 14, we will go up
:03:07. > :03:08.to 18. By 2021, the new regional Children's Hospital will have come a
:03:09. > :03:15.long way since its beginnings here in Belfast. While it may be the
:03:16. > :03:20.A5's class, at least the Royal Victoria Hospital, its staff and
:03:21. > :03:29.patients are about to gain a new building, a project first talked
:03:30. > :03:32.about 20 years ago. The new hospital was just one of a
:03:33. > :03:35.number of spending projects announced today. There are several
:03:36. > :03:39.major roadworks schemes including an improvement plan for the notorious
:03:40. > :03:42.A26 Frosses Road north of Ballymena. The single lane section of road is a
:03:43. > :03:46.well known bottleneck and an accident hot spot. Now it will be
:03:47. > :03:51.turned into a dual carriageway. Here's our north east reporter,
:03:52. > :03:54.David Maxwell. The trees on the Frosses Road are
:03:55. > :03:59.well known - around 20,000 vehicles pass under them every day. But if
:04:00. > :04:03.you meet a slow moving vehicle on this single lane road, the journey
:04:04. > :04:07.north can be a slow one. It's one reason why there have long been
:04:08. > :04:12.calls for improvement work. Another is the number of accidents. Upgrade
:04:13. > :04:15.work to this section of road has been in the pipeline since 2005, and
:04:16. > :04:23.for those who live and work alongside it, it can't come soon
:04:24. > :04:27.enough. At rush hour, peak times in the morning and evening Times, this
:04:28. > :04:32.road is chock-a-block. Then we have agricultural vehicles on it as
:04:33. > :04:41.well, so you can get a lot of bottlenecks and hold ups. When you
:04:42. > :04:44.use the road, you realise there is no quiet times or anything that is
:04:45. > :04:47.going to improve that will be a bonus. ?8 million will make a start
:04:48. > :04:55.- that's what's been released today to get this project underway next
:04:56. > :05:01.year. It will make a big difference to safety for people with kids in
:05:02. > :05:04.the car dominantly to the north coast. We hope it will make it
:05:05. > :05:08.convenient for our customers. As well as the A26 funding, 30 million
:05:09. > :05:11.has been released for the A8 road from Belfast to Larne. Work there is
:05:12. > :05:14.already well underway. And ?13 million is has been released towards
:05:15. > :05:23.the A31 Magherafelt bypass announced earlier this year - that work is to
:05:24. > :05:26.start next autumn. Let's go live to our business and
:05:27. > :05:33.economics editor John Campbell at Stormont.
:05:34. > :05:38.Where has this money come from? The vast bulk of this money has, from
:05:39. > :05:42.the A5 project. That was the big road project which was to create a
:05:43. > :05:46.fast group from Derry to Dublin. Because of planning reasons, that
:05:47. > :05:51.has stalled. Most of the money has been sucked back into the central
:05:52. > :05:55.pot and distributed back to the other projects. What is going on is
:05:56. > :05:59.that the Treasury in London, which ultimately decides these things,
:06:00. > :06:02.thinks there needs to be more infrastructure spending. By that, I
:06:03. > :06:06.mean roads and hospitals. The Treasury seems to be acknowledging
:06:07. > :06:09.that it cut infrastructure spending too far and too fast just a few
:06:10. > :06:14.years ago and it is increasing the amount of spending on those sorts of
:06:15. > :06:17.projects. There have been hard years in Northern Ireland when it comes to
:06:18. > :06:20.infrastructure spending, but that will increase over the next two
:06:21. > :06:25.years and we will see the benefits coming through. Is this spending at
:06:26. > :06:29.the expense of other areas? Yes, public finances are still under
:06:30. > :06:32.enormous pressure. If you increase spending on one side of the balance
:06:33. > :06:36.sheet on infrastructure, day-to-day spending pressures will become
:06:37. > :06:40.greater. That is spending on things like services and salaries. Those
:06:41. > :06:48.day-to-day budgets are due to fall in real terms in 2015. The Finance
:06:49. > :06:50.Minister says that does create some serious implications. We are going
:06:51. > :06:54.to see some significant pressure moving forward. That presents a
:06:55. > :07:00.challenge for us. There will be some concern that it may manifest in
:07:01. > :07:07.crude cuts. What we are doing within departments, we need to look at how
:07:08. > :07:12.we can reform things. The Finance Minister's big idea, what he has
:07:13. > :07:15.talked about before, his public service reform, getting more out of
:07:16. > :07:18.the public services for the same money. What the public service
:07:19. > :07:22.reform means for public sector workers remains to be seen. ? Well
:07:23. > :07:25.that's how the Executive is spending its money, but how are you spending
:07:26. > :07:28.yours? The average household here is
:07:29. > :07:33.surviving on ?60 a week disposable income, according to a new economic
:07:34. > :07:42.survey. That's down from last year and almost ?100 below the UK
:07:43. > :07:45.average. And all this at a time when we're being told Northern Ireland's
:07:46. > :07:49.economy is on the way up. So what's going on? Mark Simpson reports.
:07:50. > :07:52.Making ends meet is getting tougher and tougher. The overall economy may
:07:53. > :07:56.have turned the corner, but consumers are still feeling the
:07:57. > :08:00.pinch. A new study was released today on disposable income - that's
:08:01. > :08:04.the money left over when we've paid all our taxes and our bills. In
:08:05. > :08:12.Northern Ireland, on average, we're left with ?60 a week, well below the
:08:13. > :08:18.UK average, which is ?157. And in London, the figure is ?235. The
:08:19. > :08:27.survey was carried out for the supermarket chain, Asda. It is a
:08:28. > :08:32.reality check as to the state of the economy. Whilst we are seeing other
:08:33. > :08:35.indicators which are positive, for families it is tough going,
:08:36. > :08:41.especially in Northern Ireland. Given that people have less money in
:08:42. > :08:44.their pockets, there are more careful about how they spend it.
:08:45. > :08:50.Steak for dinner? Maybe not tonight. New TV, maybe not at the moment.
:08:51. > :08:57.More and more families are trying to find ways to come back. Bringing up
:08:58. > :09:03.children is not cheap. So how does Kathy Hill cup? We have had to cut
:09:04. > :09:08.down a lot on eating up and take aways, we do not do that. We are
:09:09. > :09:11.trying to stay local when we go to places to try and cut down on the
:09:12. > :09:19.price of fuel. We make picnics and things. This retired nurse does not
:09:20. > :09:25.shop like she used to. I buy only what I need. I do not throw food
:09:26. > :09:31.out. If it smells good I eat it. I cannot afford to do otherwise.
:09:32. > :09:35.According to one economist, the challenge facing the consumer is not
:09:36. > :09:41.going to change any time soon. What you will have to seek is wages
:09:42. > :09:46.rising at a faster rate than inflation. -- what you will have to
:09:47. > :09:51.see. There is still no sign that is going to take place. So, for
:09:52. > :09:53.hard-pressed shoppers with Christmas only two months away, it is
:09:54. > :10:00.difficult to find reasons to be cheerful.
:10:01. > :10:02.Plenty to come before Seven including...
:10:03. > :10:08.The desperate measures being taken to save our forests.
:10:09. > :10:11.Relatives of those people killed in the Shankill Road bombing 20 years
:10:12. > :10:17.ago have rejected the apology given by the surviving bomber, Sean Kelly.
:10:18. > :10:19.He made his remarks yesterday at an unveiling ceremony for a plaque
:10:20. > :10:26.dedicated to IRA man Thomas Begley, who was killed carrying the bomb.
:10:27. > :10:31.Eunan McConville reports. October 1993. An IRA bomb at
:10:32. > :10:34.Frizzell's fish shop on the Shankill Road exploded killing nine
:10:35. > :10:38.Protestants. Also killed was this man, Thomas Begley, one of two IRA
:10:39. > :10:44.men who carried the bomb in to the shop while posing as delivery men.
:10:45. > :10:47.Begley was holding the bomb when it went off prematurely. 20 years
:10:48. > :10:51.later, and a plaque commemorating Thomas Begley has been unveiled in
:10:52. > :10:57.the area in which he grew up - Ardoyne in north Belfast. The main
:10:58. > :11:01.speaker at the unveiling was the other IRA man involved in planting
:11:02. > :11:07.the bomb, Sean Kelly, seen here on the right. He told the few hundred
:11:08. > :11:10.people gathered... "I offer no excuse that will change how any of
:11:11. > :11:13.these innocent people and families will think about myself, or Thomas,
:11:14. > :11:19.or the IRA as a result of this operation. I am truly sorry for the
:11:20. > :11:22.loss of life and the injuries that were suffered that day, and for the
:11:23. > :11:26.suffering the families have endured." Yesterday, a protest was
:11:27. > :11:29.held on the nearby Crumlin Road in opposition to the unveiling
:11:30. > :11:31.ceremony. Prior to yesterday's event, Unionist politicians
:11:32. > :11:40.criticised the commemoration, with the MP for the area, Nigel Dodds of
:11:41. > :11:43.the DUP, calling it grotesque. Both this plaque to Thomas Begley and
:11:44. > :11:56.Sean Kelly's apology have been criticised by those people who lost
:11:57. > :12:08.loved ones in the bombing. I do not think any apology will bring back
:12:09. > :12:11.the dead. Speaking yesterday, Gerry Kelly defended the decision to erect
:12:12. > :12:17.this plaque, saying that republicans have the right to remember their
:12:18. > :12:20.dead. A scheme to employ new teachers and
:12:21. > :12:25.help pupils with reading, writing and maths is still trying to recruit
:12:26. > :12:30.staff. A quarter of the 270 jobs have not yet been filled and they
:12:31. > :12:36.will be advertised again. Our education correspondent Maggie
:12:37. > :12:40.Taggart reports. Teachers who graduated in the last
:12:41. > :12:46.three years get a fresh course before they are sent to the new
:12:47. > :12:48.schools. Of 270 jobs, almost 200 have been appointed, but many were
:12:49. > :12:53.not in time for the beginning of term. David is delighted to get a
:12:54. > :13:00.job for two years after earning a living as a substitute teacher with
:13:01. > :13:03.part-time work in a chemist. It is not a long-term fix but it is great
:13:04. > :13:07.to give young teachers a chance to develop their skills and to have the
:13:08. > :13:11.work for two years. It puts us in a better position to apply for
:13:12. > :13:18.permanent jobs. This school is delighted with the extra teacher.
:13:19. > :13:21.More money, the governors and my staff -- myself at interview. On
:13:22. > :13:28.this occasion we did not know who we were getting, but this teacher has
:13:29. > :13:34.been with us for a week and has been an excellent asset. There are enough
:13:35. > :13:37.unemployed teachers to fill the posts, but this school is still
:13:38. > :13:43.waiting and it is not happy. Some schools will get two teachers, some
:13:44. > :13:49.will share one between five. Unfortunately, we are two months
:13:50. > :13:52.into the project and in our case, though he has been appointed. We are
:13:53. > :13:56.still waiting to hear about the appointment and hopefully, when we
:13:57. > :14:00.get that news, we will be able to get the young person in and get them
:14:01. > :14:05.trained. A quarter of the jobs have not been allocated and there will be
:14:06. > :14:09.more advert in November. We only got word at the end of me that the
:14:10. > :14:13.project would commence, so a huge amount of work has been completed
:14:14. > :14:20.over the summer. In July and August, we were interviewing the young
:14:21. > :14:25.teachers and we are in the position to have so many people employed and
:14:26. > :14:28.taking up posts. The jobs are time-limited and funding will end in
:14:29. > :14:34.August 2015 no matter when the teachers arrive at the school.
:14:35. > :14:36.We've heard a lot about the tree disease ash dieback lately, but
:14:37. > :14:40.another infection is now having a devastating effect on our woodland.
:14:41. > :14:43.Sudden oak death does not, as its name suggests, hit our oak trees
:14:44. > :14:46.particularly hard. It is, however, hitting larch trees and other
:14:47. > :14:50.species to the extent where it's feared it may soon be impossible to
:14:51. > :14:59.eradicate it. It could even hit the rhododendron in your garden. Here's
:15:00. > :15:04.our district reporter Gordon Adair. Despite the damp weather of late, or
:15:05. > :15:12.forests look as stunning as ever. Here and there, the woods are
:15:13. > :15:17.becoming a little less woody. With frightening efficiency, this machine
:15:18. > :15:22.is felling larch trees in Castlewellan, and it is doing so in
:15:23. > :15:26.a bid to somehow stop so-called sudden oak death. This is a
:15:27. > :15:32.difficult disease to deal with and nobody can give absolute guarantees.
:15:33. > :15:37.We are felling to reduce the amount of disease around. It will not deal
:15:38. > :15:40.with everything. At the moment we are felling larch trees because that
:15:41. > :15:48.is one species that produces lots of sports. A hectare is roughly the
:15:49. > :15:52.size of a rugby pitch. Each year, the forestry service fills about 800
:15:53. > :15:57.hectares. This year, half of those trees will be large. That is a lot
:15:58. > :16:04.of timber from a species that makes up only about 4% of the forest
:16:05. > :16:07.service's estate. This timber is valuable. It is going off to
:16:08. > :16:12.sawmills and they will deal with the bio-security. They know where the
:16:13. > :16:16.stuff goes. Once they have made it into planks, those planks can go
:16:17. > :16:22.anywhere because they are safe. All of us, it seems, have a role to
:16:23. > :16:25.play. Or forests are still open for business but a few simple actions on
:16:26. > :16:31.the part of visitors could make a big difference. Clean your boots and
:16:32. > :16:37.clean your bicycles. When you're in the forest, if you see people
:16:38. > :16:42.working, do not go into that area not because of bio-security but
:16:43. > :16:47.because of your own safety. If you see the machines, respect the man,
:16:48. > :16:51.he cannot see you, keep away. With sudden oak death thriving in damp
:16:52. > :16:56.conditions, it seems all of us who work in or use our forests have a
:16:57. > :17:00.fight on our hands. The Northern Ireland Milk Cup is one
:17:01. > :17:03.of the world's best youth football tournaments. But today it was dealt
:17:04. > :17:06.a serious financial blow. The Dairy Council, which has supported the
:17:07. > :17:13.Milk Cup tournament for the last 30 years, today ended its annual
:17:14. > :17:17.sponsorship of the tournament. The decision was taken following a
:17:18. > :17:22.strategic review of activities. The Dairy Council has sponsored the
:17:23. > :17:25.tournament since 1983. The NI Milk Cup attracts teams from all over the
:17:26. > :17:33.world to the North Coast every summer. Organisers insist the future
:17:34. > :17:36.is secure. The tournament is solid in Northern
:17:37. > :17:41.Ireland, it is really solid. We have the six county format and the most
:17:42. > :17:50.talented young boys in the province playing teams from across the world,
:17:51. > :17:52.big names. 2014 is looking even bigger and better than before and
:17:53. > :17:57.the outlook of the tournament four years to come will be very much part
:17:58. > :17:59.of the province and the events of the province.
:18:00. > :18:03.Ulster's rugby players won for just the second time in France at the
:18:04. > :18:06.weekend. And what a stunning victory it was. A 25-8 win in the Heinekin
:18:07. > :18:10.Cup over Montpellier, who were unbeaten at home this season.
:18:11. > :18:14.Joining me live in the studio is Ulster coach, Mark Anscombe.
:18:15. > :18:19.Delighted to have you with us. Some are saying that it was Ulster's best
:18:20. > :18:31.ever away performance, where does it rank in your coaching career? Pretty
:18:32. > :18:33.high. They are a leading -- Montpellier are leading the Top 14
:18:34. > :18:37.competition in France. We knew we had a big job ahead of us. It was
:18:38. > :18:45.really pleasing that we stuck in the game. The execution of the try in
:18:46. > :18:51.particular was fantastic, Andrew Trimble and Tommy Bowe combining.
:18:52. > :18:54.Trimble is Ulster's top try scorer in Europe, are you surprised he has
:18:55. > :18:59.been overlooked by Aaron and so often in the past? He was
:19:00. > :19:04.outstanding last year. He played so much rugby for us and he is our
:19:05. > :19:11.leading try scorer. He had a huge year. He has come into his own. I
:19:12. > :19:19.have got a huge amount of respect for Andrew as a winner, he is top
:19:20. > :19:25.class. And this from Paddy Jackson was superb. How have you been
:19:26. > :19:29.impressed by how he responded to criticism? There was criticism from
:19:30. > :19:34.international, but we have always backed him and what he is capable of
:19:35. > :19:38.doing. It is about giving him the confidence and belief in himself and
:19:39. > :19:41.not getting caught up with what a couple of people, who are maybe not
:19:42. > :19:53.as well in form, make of those judgements. He is top quality. The
:19:54. > :19:58.way he controlled the game and the way he helped us get our win. Will
:19:59. > :20:02.your success this season be measured on silverware? It is a long way off
:20:03. > :20:08.and we have got to keep our feet on the ground. We had a good win and
:20:09. > :20:13.have had a couple of good ones on the road and we are back into the
:20:14. > :20:17.Pro12 this week with formidable opposition in the Welsh team. There
:20:18. > :20:19.is a lot of work to do before we worry about silverware.
:20:20. > :20:23.Belfast boxer Carl Frampton says that he's ready for a world title
:20:24. > :20:25.fight in his next bout. He defended his European super-bantamweight
:20:26. > :20:29.crown on Saturday night. In front of a sell out Odyssey crowd, he knocked
:20:30. > :20:36.out Frenchman Jeremy Parodi in the sixth round. Thomas Niblock reports.
:20:37. > :20:47.The report has/lights and flash photography.
:20:48. > :20:50.-- strobe lights. A 9000 sell-out created one of those
:20:51. > :20:55.special guides in sport as Carl Frampton took another step closer to
:20:56. > :21:00.becoming world champion. The atmosphere at the Odyssey Arena,
:21:01. > :21:07.sibling credible. That is spying kindling. As for the fight, Carl
:21:08. > :21:11.Frampton used a combination of head and body shots. He was simply too
:21:12. > :21:16.good for the Frenchman, who has only lost once in 35 fights. In the sixth
:21:17. > :21:21.round, a left-hander the body was the blow Jeremy Parodi would not
:21:22. > :21:27.recover from. -- a left hand to the body. Yahoo! Frampton has got the
:21:28. > :21:33.win he craved. I am grateful for the support of the fans, they are
:21:34. > :21:39.fantastic. They are loud and proud. I am not even world champion yet.
:21:40. > :21:46.Not world champion yet. The aim is clear and the plan next? He is going
:21:47. > :21:51.off to get married next week, he is going to have some downtime and
:21:52. > :21:57.enjoy himself, back into training, February, March, back into Belfast
:21:58. > :22:04.into the Odyssey Arena. Mrs Frampton seem to be was at ringside. For the
:22:05. > :22:08.meantime, it is wedding bells for Carl Frampton. You get married on
:22:09. > :22:11.Saturday. -- he gets married. Belfast boxers Michael Conlan and
:22:12. > :22:14.Tommy McCarthy are through to the quarter finals of the World Amateur
:22:15. > :22:18.Championship in Kazakhstan. They're now one win away from a medal.
:22:19. > :22:21.There were no medals for this next sporting highlight, but perhaps
:22:22. > :22:23.there should have been for Northern Ireland international footballer
:22:24. > :22:26.Paddy McCourt. Take a look at this amazing goal. He scored this
:22:27. > :22:29.brilliant effort for his club Barnsley against Middlesborough,
:22:30. > :22:35.beating half a dozen defenders on the way. Locally, Linfield are four
:22:36. > :22:40.points clear at the top of the Irish League after a scoreless draw with
:22:41. > :22:43.second placed Crusaders. Ards celebrated their first game at the
:22:44. > :22:46.new look Clandeboye Park with a 3-1 victory against Portadown. Glentoran
:22:47. > :22:53.recorded an impressive 3-1 win away win against Coleraine. And the
:22:54. > :22:59.champions Cliftionville needed this late goal to earn a draw with
:23:00. > :23:05.Warrenpoint. -- Cliftonville. To sport on two wheels now. And it
:23:06. > :23:07.was a very successful weekend for Northern Ireland. There were
:23:08. > :23:09.celebrations in the World Motorcycling Championships, with
:23:10. > :23:12.Eugene Laverty a double winner, a medal in the European Cycling
:23:13. > :23:16.Championship for Martyn Irvine and plenty of drama in the British
:23:17. > :23:23.Championship too. Here's Gavin Andrews.
:23:24. > :23:28.Eugene Laverty finished the world Superbike season with nine wins, but
:23:29. > :23:36.it still was not enough to clinch the Crown. It was nice to finish the
:23:37. > :23:41.season with a double win. These last nine races have been great and we
:23:42. > :23:44.have been on the podium every time. In the middle of the season we had
:23:45. > :23:49.some problems, but we finished strong and that is always important.
:23:50. > :23:53.We gave, Psyche everything we could all stop they have been too strong
:23:54. > :24:01.for us lately but it was nice to bounce back with victories. -- we
:24:02. > :24:06.gave, Psyche -- the other teams everything we could. For Alastair
:24:07. > :24:10.Seeley, an improbable comeback looked on the cards until fate
:24:11. > :24:16.intervened. He went into the last race trailing the leader by just
:24:17. > :24:22.four points but when the race had to be stopped he still claimed the
:24:23. > :24:25.title for the Northern Ireland team. Martyn Irvine produced another
:24:26. > :24:28.stunning performance in a breakthrough season. He picked up a
:24:29. > :24:32.bronze medal at the European Championships to add to his world
:24:33. > :24:39.title. It comes after he's broke his hip in a crash in March.
:24:40. > :24:41.It was a busy weekend for Gaelic footballer Michael Murphy. Yesterday
:24:42. > :24:44.he was man-of-the-match as Glenswilly won the Donegal club
:24:45. > :24:46.title. 24 hours earlier, Murphy captained Ireland to victory in the
:24:47. > :24:49.first International Rules test against Australia. He got the
:24:50. > :24:52.opening seven points at Breffni Park. Ireland were never behind in
:24:53. > :24:58.the match, eventually romping home to win 57 points to 35.
:24:59. > :25:01.Ballinderry led from start to finish to see off Clonoe by 14-10 in
:25:02. > :25:04.yesterday's Ulster Club Championship. They will now face
:25:05. > :25:07.Scotstown of Monaghan in the quarterfinals at Clones. Elsewhere,
:25:08. > :25:14.Kilcoo became the Down champions, while Crossmaglen secured a 17th
:25:15. > :25:18.Armagh club title in 18 seasons. Rory McIlroy shot a final round of
:25:19. > :25:22.67 to finish tied in second place at the Korean Open. The world number
:25:23. > :25:25.six carded five birdies in an impressive four-under-par round to
:25:26. > :25:30.end up just one shot behind the eventual winner, Kang Sung-Hoon. It
:25:31. > :25:33.was a strong finish for McIlroy, who had started the day ten shots off
:25:34. > :25:40.the lead and was playing in his first tournament for a month. He had
:25:41. > :25:54.the flag with this excellent shot. -- he hit the flag.
:25:55. > :26:02.Hello, it has been a pretty gloomy and soggy start to the new week.
:26:03. > :26:09.It is a changeable outlook, and there will be drier spells through
:26:10. > :26:13.the middle of the week with a few showers, before heavy spells of rain
:26:14. > :26:18.on Friday. It will turn an little bit cooler from mid week onwards as
:26:19. > :26:25.well. It is mild, moist air at the moment, I deal conditions for
:26:26. > :26:29.mushrooms and toadstools. The mild air has been bringing this weather
:26:30. > :26:32.front, the cloud and rain working northwards through the day. Rain
:26:33. > :26:36.through the north and west at the moment. There should be another
:26:37. > :26:40.batch moving in from the south for a time. Towards the east coast we need
:26:41. > :26:45.to keep an eye on things. There are doubts about the track of this next
:26:46. > :26:50.batch of rain, but it could clip counted out and County Antrim,
:26:51. > :26:57.becoming breezy as well. -- County Down. Some places could remain murky
:26:58. > :27:02.overnight and it is a mild night. Into tomorrow, a much more cheery
:27:03. > :27:07.date. We should see bright spells and mainly dry conditions. First
:27:08. > :27:12.thing, if you are close to the east coast near the Ards Peninsula, you
:27:13. > :27:16.could find you are clipped by some of the rain. It will move out of the
:27:17. > :27:22.way quickly and then the sun will come through. It should feel quite
:27:23. > :27:26.warm with light southerly winds and highs of 16 or 17. It could spark of
:27:27. > :27:31.heavy showers here and there but most places will avoid that and stay
:27:32. > :27:35.dry. We start tomorrow evening on a dry note. We have another batch of
:27:36. > :27:41.white weather tomorrow night, some of that heavy and persistent before
:27:42. > :27:47.it moves away. As it does so, cooler westerlies on Wednesday.
:27:48. > :27:50.Temperatures coming down, nearly dry on Thursday.
:27:51. > :27:53.Have a good evening, goodbye.