:00:00. > :00:21.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline. A report finds Garda
:00:22. > :00:24.collusion in the IRA murders of two senior RUC officers almost twenty
:00:25. > :00:28.five years ago. We'll have reaction from the family of one of the men.
:00:29. > :00:34.Four brothers are found guilty of the manslaughter of a couple in
:00:35. > :00:36.County Armagh seven years ago. Also on the programme... Northern
:00:37. > :00:44.Ireland's record goal-scorer tells us why he's decided to retire from
:00:45. > :00:48.the beautiful game. Within the past hour, a Dublin-based inquiry has
:00:49. > :00:51.published a report finding that there was collusion between Gardai
:00:52. > :00:59.and the Provisional IRA killers of two senior RUC officers, murdered
:01:00. > :01:01.nearly 25 years ago. Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and
:01:02. > :01:10.Superintendent Bob Buchanan were shot as they returned north after
:01:11. > :01:13.meeting Garda officers in Dundalk. Today, after an investigation that's
:01:14. > :01:16.taken over seven years, Judge Peter Smithwick concluded information had
:01:17. > :01:20.been passed to the IRA from within Dundalk Garda station. Our Dublin
:01:21. > :01:28.Correspondent Shane Harrison joins me. Shane, what does the report say?
:01:29. > :01:38.What's been the reaction from the Republic's government? Harry Breen
:01:39. > :01:43.and Bob Buchanan were murdered shortly after leaving done. Garda
:01:44. > :01:48.Station in March 1989 and almost immediately there was speculation
:01:49. > :01:53.that a rogue Garda officer had passed on information to the IRA. At
:01:54. > :01:59.the time that was strongly denied by the Garda Commissioner and by the
:02:00. > :02:03.head of the RUC, but the rumours persisted and the Judge Peter
:02:04. > :02:07.Smithwick found that while there was no smoking gun to point at any
:02:08. > :02:12.individual Garda for passing on information, on the balance of
:02:13. > :02:17.probabilities, he is satisfied that someone in the station alerted the
:02:18. > :02:21.IRA and that resulted in the murders. While not pointing the
:02:22. > :02:25.IRA and that resulted in the finger at any one individual, he
:02:26. > :02:29.says that to Garda Sergeant 's had inappropriate relations with the
:02:30. > :02:35.IRA. He says that he reached a verdict on the basis of probability
:02:36. > :02:40.and he accepted the evidence of an assistant chief constable from the
:02:41. > :02:44.PSNI. Drew Harris give information to the tribunal more or less at the
:02:45. > :02:50.last minute saying that they had received intelligence from dissident
:02:51. > :02:54.sources around 2011 saying that an member of the Gardai who had not
:02:55. > :02:58.given evidence to the tribunal may have been the source of the
:02:59. > :03:02.information. In accepting the evidence of Drew Harris, that may be
:03:03. > :03:07.seen as a snub to the Garda Commissioner, because on the last
:03:08. > :03:09.day of the hearings, his barrister asked the judge not to accept Drew
:03:10. > :03:17.Harris for what he said. This second damning report about the
:03:18. > :03:22.conduct of the Gardai in relation to the troubles and Northern Ireland,
:03:23. > :03:26.it is just five years ago that another tribunal into Garda
:03:27. > :03:30.corruption made some very damning findings about individual Gardai.
:03:31. > :03:36.There was the fact that they made up their own explosives so they could
:03:37. > :03:43.find them in order to get promotion. What reaction has there been from
:03:44. > :03:48.the Republic's government? The Justice Minister and the Deputy
:03:49. > :03:54.Prime Minister have both issued statements in which they say they
:03:55. > :03:58.apologise without reservation to the but-macro and Buchanan families.
:03:59. > :04:02.They said they were appalled by the report and imagines that most
:04:03. > :04:07.members of the Gardai would also be shocked by what has emerged.
:04:08. > :04:10.members of the Gardai would also be you. In March 1989, the two victims
:04:11. > :04:13.were the highest profile RUC officers in the south Armagh border
:04:14. > :04:16.area. That profile meant they were known to both the public and
:04:17. > :04:23.politicians. It also made them vulnerable. Chief Superintendent
:04:24. > :04:27.Harry Breen had been in the RUC for more than 30 years. He was from
:04:28. > :04:30.Banbridge and had served there as well as in Lurgan and Newry. In 1988
:04:31. > :04:40.he was promoted and became commander of 'H' Division, an area which
:04:41. > :04:43.covered south Down and south Armagh. He was 51 and was married with two
:04:44. > :04:47.children. Superintendent Buchanan also had over 30 years experience.
:04:48. > :04:50.He was from Bready and served in Derrygonnelly, Antrim and Lisburn.
:04:51. > :04:54.After promotion to Superintendent, he was stationed in Omagh and
:04:55. > :04:59.Belfast and was later posted to 'H' Division. His duties there included
:05:00. > :05:06.liaising with the Gardai. He was 55 and married with two children and
:05:07. > :05:09.two grandchildren. Following the inquiry findings into their deaths,
:05:10. > :05:11.our Home Affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney examines the
:05:12. > :05:21.reaction this evening and the impact of those two officers' deaths nearly
:05:22. > :05:24.twenty five years ago. Even as family friends and colleagues
:05:25. > :05:28.gathered for the funerals, the allegation that information from
:05:29. > :05:32.within Gardai ranks had been passed on to the IRA were swirling around
:05:33. > :05:40.the investigation into the murders. I have spoken twice today to the
:05:41. > :05:44.Commissioner and we have been very concerned at the statements as to
:05:45. > :05:50.the possibility of a mole. We have each, within our own area of command
:05:51. > :05:54.examined carefully and I can say that now, categorically, the
:05:55. > :05:59.evidence which we have firmly confirms to us that there was no
:06:00. > :06:06.mole. We would ask that this be discounted. Today, the son of one of
:06:07. > :06:12.the RUC officers is shocked to discover those allegations are true.
:06:13. > :06:16.I know that a mole theory was in the background at the outset, but this
:06:17. > :06:20.was very quickly discounted by the Chief Constable of the RUC and the
:06:21. > :06:26.Garda Commissioner at the time of the murders. The findings of Judge
:06:27. > :06:30.Smethwick are both incredible and shocking and confirm the existence
:06:31. > :06:36.of a mole in Dundalk station. This led to the death of my father and
:06:37. > :06:41.that of his colleague Harry Breen. As the RUC's point of contact with
:06:42. > :06:47.the Gardai, Harry Breen had made several trips to Dundalk. Following
:06:48. > :06:53.the Dundalk meeting, the officers, both in plain clothes, and both
:06:54. > :06:57.unarmed, travelled back north in the superintendent's own car. It had no
:06:58. > :07:03.armour or a bullet-proof glass. They took a back road near Jonesborough,
:07:04. > :07:08.a quiet road of the Superintendent had used previously. They were
:07:09. > :07:13.followed by the IRA. Other members of the gang had staged a roadblock
:07:14. > :07:17.and when the officers were forced to stop, they became the easiest of
:07:18. > :07:22.targets. The findings by Peter Smithwick show that the officers had
:07:23. > :07:29.driven into a trap, mounted by gunmen who were expecting them to
:07:30. > :07:33.show up. He specifically refers to the morning, in and around 11:30am
:07:34. > :07:41.and probably before that, that the the morning, in and around 11:30am
:07:42. > :07:46.IRA, in his mind, he is satisfied, that the IRA received information
:07:47. > :07:49.from Dundalk Garda station. Asked about the findings of the enquiry as
:07:50. > :07:52.short time ago, the Justice Minister said it may not be possible for
:07:53. > :07:59.authorities in the Republic to take further action. We are looking back
:08:00. > :08:03.some years, they were unable to find any specific criminal evidence
:08:04. > :08:07.against any individual or individuals. The important issue is
:08:08. > :08:11.that we get a joined up system and that we work together to make
:08:12. > :08:17.Ireland, north and south, safer for everyone. What do you think the
:08:18. > :08:22.tribunal has achieved? It has gone into the detail of what happened,
:08:23. > :08:26.but it cannot solve the needs for the future. We have to look at
:08:27. > :08:27.different ways of working, whether it is around police co-operation or
:08:28. > :08:31.joining up the political system it is around police co-operation or
:08:32. > :08:37.that we build a different society here. The Smethwick report says it
:08:38. > :08:41.was highly regrettable that the most senior police officers on both sides
:08:42. > :08:43.of the border dismissed speculation of a mole within the Gardai in the
:08:44. > :08:59.immediate aftermath of the killings. And if we get more reaction, we will
:09:00. > :09:02.bring it straight to you. Our other main news story today comes from the
:09:03. > :09:06.court in Armagh where four brothers accused of killing a couple near
:09:07. > :09:08.Tassagh seven years ago have been acquitted of murder. But Niall,
:09:09. > :09:11.Martin, Christopher and Stephen Smith have all been convicted of
:09:12. > :09:18.manslaughter. Our reporter Gordon Adair was in the court today. This
:09:19. > :09:23.was a difficult and emotional day for the three families caught up in
:09:24. > :09:27.this tragic and horrific story, a story which has its beginnings on a
:09:28. > :09:32.cold November night, not unlike this one, just over seven years ago. It
:09:33. > :09:39.took the jury just under seven hours to find neither Martin, Martin,
:09:40. > :09:45.Christopher and Stephen Smith, all guilty of manslaughter and all not
:09:46. > :09:49.guilty of murder of Thomas O'Hare and Lisa McClatchey. They were
:09:50. > :09:53.cleared of arson and found guilty of attempted arson. , the verdicts were
:09:54. > :09:58.given to a packed courtroom, before man of the jury was asked about each
:09:59. > :10:03.brother individually and one by one, and he replied not guilty of murder,
:10:04. > :10:07.but guilty of manslaughter. Relatives of the brothers wept
:10:08. > :10:11.quietly in the public gallery, their mother was not able to go into the
:10:12. > :10:15.courtroom and waited outside. Afterwards she said it was all that
:10:16. > :10:23.anger she said she was glad it was all over. Neither any family members
:10:24. > :10:27.from the McClatchey family or the O'Hare family showed any reaction.
:10:28. > :10:31.The families of the victims left without making any comment. In a
:10:32. > :10:34.statement, the police acknowledge the verdicts, first and foremost on
:10:35. > :10:38.the half of Lisa McClatchey and Thomas O'Hare and the families who
:10:39. > :10:44.lost their loved ones in such horrendous circumstances, but they
:10:45. > :10:48.say they also acknowledged it, half of detectives who began the
:10:49. > :10:52.investigation almost seven years ago and along with the Public
:10:53. > :10:55.Prosecution Service, persevered to bring the brothers back from the
:10:56. > :10:58.Republic, England and Australia to face a court in Northern Ireland.
:10:59. > :11:03.They say that no one had the right to take the law into their own
:11:04. > :11:05.hands, no matter what the perceived injustice, threat or provocation.
:11:06. > :11:10.That was a reference injustice, threat or provocation.
:11:11. > :11:15.history of this case. Thomas O'Hare and the Smith brothers all grew up
:11:16. > :11:20.in the tiny village here, they were near neighbours here on this estate.
:11:21. > :11:26.They played football together for the local GAA team. It seemed to all
:11:27. > :11:32.intents and purposes, are normal and happy childhood for all of them. But
:11:33. > :11:37.15 years ago, a dark secret emerged, a dark secret that put in motion the
:11:38. > :11:42.chain of events that culminated today in Armagh courthouse. When he
:11:43. > :11:46.was 17, Thomas O'Hare had sexually abused three young boys and one of
:11:47. > :11:52.them was that then eight-year-old Stephen Smith. The court in Armagh
:11:53. > :11:56.heard how this revelation devastated the Smith family and in 2000, Thomas
:11:57. > :11:58.O'Hare was dealt with with a probation order and by now he was a
:11:59. > :12:02.married man with children. probation order and by now he was a
:12:03. > :12:10.rarely seen in the village. But his marriage did not last. Why 2006,
:12:11. > :12:14.Thomas O'Hare was living here, with his girlfriend Lisa McClatchey. A
:12:15. > :12:20.young woman from a very different background. She would later be
:12:21. > :12:25.described in court as the only true innocent in all of this. This house
:12:26. > :12:29.had been left to Thomas O'Hare by an uncle and he had been born in this
:12:30. > :12:35.house and it was here in November of that year that he was to meet his
:12:36. > :12:41.death, in an unimaginably violent way. By this time, Stephen Smith was
:12:42. > :12:45.a father and he began to notice Thomas O'Hare coming and going from
:12:46. > :12:49.the estate once again. In a statement read to the court, his
:12:50. > :12:51.girlfriend explained that he had become obsessively protective of his
:12:52. > :12:56.own son. The Smith become obsessively protective of his
:12:57. > :13:05.a plan and on a cold November evening, in 2006, they met up here
:13:06. > :13:08.at a quarry not far from their home. They had with them balaclavas that
:13:09. > :13:10.one brother had bought some weeks before, they had boiler suits, they
:13:11. > :13:16.had drums filled with petrol and they had a sledgehammer. There was a
:13:17. > :13:23.fifth man here he was never named, he drove the car they had borrowed.
:13:24. > :13:28.The brothers had known these roads since childhood, within minutes they
:13:29. > :13:34.were at their destination, the house here. It was here that the version
:13:35. > :13:36.of events offered by the prosecution and the defence differed. The
:13:37. > :13:41.prosecution claimed the brothers came here with murder on mind, that
:13:42. > :13:45.they deliberately doused Thomas O'Hare and Lisa McClatchey in petrol
:13:46. > :13:49.and equally deliberately, set them on fire. The brothers argued the
:13:50. > :13:52.plan had been about burning the house, but that it had gone
:13:53. > :13:55.tragically wrong and has exploded before they had a chance to get
:13:56. > :14:04.Thomas O'Hare and Lisa McClatchey and themselves out. It was that
:14:05. > :14:09.version of events offered by the brothers that the jury here in
:14:10. > :14:13.Armagh believed and it is an indication of just how difficult and
:14:14. > :14:17.dramatic this case was for the jury. The judge has excused them
:14:18. > :14:25.from jury service for the rest of their lives. The Ulster Bank has
:14:26. > :14:29.promised to compensate customers left out of pocket after last
:14:30. > :14:33.night's computer problem let people unable to use cards or withdraw
:14:34. > :14:34.cash. Some customers have complained of being embarrassed as they were
:14:35. > :14:40.not able to pay for shopping, of being embarrassed as they were
:14:41. > :14:45.or meals. To make matters worse, yesterday was called cyber Monday,
:14:46. > :14:51.one of the busiest days for online Christmas shopping. Our economic
:14:52. > :14:55.editor reports. We rely on our banks to keep our economic lives operating
:14:56. > :15:00.reasonably smoothly, so when things go wrong, what follows is annoyance,
:15:01. > :15:05.frustration and embarrassment. That was the story for one customer at
:15:06. > :15:09.this petrol station in County Antrim last night. The tank is filled, but
:15:10. > :15:15.because Ulster Bank's systems were not working, she had no way to pay.
:15:16. > :15:20.The manager came out and asked me to fill out a nonpayment form and to
:15:21. > :15:22.give details of my contact information and to leave
:15:23. > :15:28.identification. It was very embarrassing. The problems took
:15:29. > :15:30.about five hours to sort out and the bank has apologised and in
:15:31. > :15:33.about five hours to sort out and the statement said, if anyone has been
:15:34. > :15:38.left out of pocket as a result of these problems, we will put this
:15:39. > :15:44.right. What compensation are you entitled to? The bank has confirmed
:15:45. > :15:47.that all customers can be reimbursed fully for any expenses they have
:15:48. > :15:57.experienced. The best way is to contact the bank directly and talk
:15:58. > :16:02.to them about the expenses. This is not the first time Ulster Bank has
:16:03. > :16:05.been at the centre of a technology problem. Last summer there was a
:16:06. > :16:10.much more serious issue when people could not get at their money for
:16:11. > :16:13.weeks on end. The bike ended up paying out millions in
:16:14. > :16:18.compensation. Despite all of that anger and upset, very few Ulster
:16:19. > :16:21.Bank customers actually left the bank, perhaps it has been
:16:22. > :16:26.traditionally difficult to switch accounts. Just a few months ago,
:16:27. > :16:31.traditionally difficult to switch entire banking industry signed up to
:16:32. > :16:39.a new scheme, which makes it easier to make the change. Something for
:16:40. > :16:43.customers to think about. The family of a child waiting for heart surgery
:16:44. > :16:48.say they feel they have been left in limbo because a decision still has
:16:49. > :16:50.not been made on the future of the service in Belfast. The Health
:16:51. > :16:55.Minister who had been expected to make an announcement in July is
:16:56. > :17:05.urging parents of sick children to be patient. Our health correspondent
:17:06. > :17:08.reports. This little girl is two and requires further heart surgery. In
:17:09. > :17:12.her short life she has received operations in both Belfast and
:17:13. > :17:17.Dublin, but the location for her neck surgery after Christmas is not
:17:18. > :17:24.known. We cannot plan anything, where we are going, we cannot plan
:17:25. > :17:29.how we are going to be able to get Grace and Rebecca sorted as well. We
:17:30. > :17:33.will have to take time off work. How long my husband will have to take
:17:34. > :17:39.off work, we do not know. It leaves everyone up in the air. It is where
:17:40. > :17:44.children like Grayson so many others will future surgery that this
:17:45. > :17:47.causing the current tobacco. 18 months ago, a leading surgeon
:17:48. > :17:52.announced plans to retire and that is now happening on Monday. There
:17:53. > :17:55.was also a review that concluded while safe, the surgical unit is
:17:56. > :18:00.unsustainable, but most recently Edwin Poots has been attempting to
:18:01. > :18:05.broker a deal will but shortly an all Ireland service while retaining
:18:06. > :18:07.some surgery in Belfast. For some it is too little too late.
:18:08. > :18:18.some surgery in Belfast. For some it will be going to Dublin. Again, it
:18:19. > :18:22.comes down to the Health Minister. Belfast cardiologists are attending
:18:23. > :18:26.talks in Dublin. With the negotiations going down to the wire,
:18:27. > :18:29.it could be early next week before the Minister announces his
:18:30. > :18:36.decision. Even then, that could include extending the review period,
:18:37. > :18:43.so a Boston medical team can offer their advice in the New Year. More
:18:44. > :18:47.reaction out of the findings of the Smethwick Tribunal report from
:18:48. > :18:54.Gregory Campbell of the DUP in Westminster. The tribunal found that
:18:55. > :18:57.there had been guarded collusion between the IRA killers of the two
:18:58. > :19:02.senior RUC officers in 1989, it did senior RUC officers in 1989, it did
:19:03. > :19:08.not point the finger at any particular officer or civilian, but
:19:09. > :19:13.what do you think of the findings? I think that this confirms what we
:19:14. > :19:17.already knew, there was indeed collusion between some Garda
:19:18. > :19:21.officers and members of the Provisional IRA. When you look back
:19:22. > :19:26.down through the years and see how many extradition warrants were
:19:27. > :19:30.declined, the governments in the Republic of the day consistently
:19:31. > :19:34.refused to hand over IRA suspects, we saw the border being used as a
:19:35. > :19:39.safe haven for the IRA to escape across and now we have this
:19:40. > :19:44.confirmation. It is a damning indictment of that one incident, but
:19:45. > :19:47.there were others. There had been findings of state collusion both
:19:48. > :19:52.north and south of the border, what does that do for us now, knowing
:19:53. > :20:03.what many people used to describe as the dirty war during the Troubles? I
:20:04. > :20:08.have heard some comments, but the apology for any wrongdoing is a
:20:09. > :20:14.first step, a welcome step, but now we need end Kenny to step forward
:20:15. > :20:19.and to apologise for the wrongdoing that his predecessor government --
:20:20. > :20:23.local governments did in 1969 when they helped to finance the
:20:24. > :20:28.Provisional IRA. It is a right and good step, but let us build on it
:20:29. > :20:32.and try and draw a line under these issues, now that we have this
:20:33. > :20:37.confirmation that many of us knew was the case and that the Irish
:20:38. > :20:43.government did actively, through the Gardai, assist in small numbers of
:20:44. > :20:46.cases, the Provisional IRA. What sort of an impact do you believe
:20:47. > :20:51.above have on discussions about how we deal with the past? I do not
:20:52. > :20:55.think it will have a dramatic impact, because this is confirmation
:20:56. > :21:00.of what many people knew was the case anyway, but it does give
:21:01. > :21:05.professional input into the matter, but I think the talks must continue.
:21:06. > :21:08.Hopefully it will concentrate some minds and draw attention to what
:21:09. > :21:11.some of us have been saying for many years and I do think we will have to
:21:12. > :21:16.try and draw a line under these issues and if we get that
:21:17. > :21:22.unequivocal apology from the Prime Minister, I think that will help
:21:23. > :21:26.many people to move on. Thank you. Speaking in the last few minutes,
:21:27. > :21:32.the Republic's Justice Minister gave this reaction on the report's
:21:33. > :21:38.findings. It is a matter of the utmost gravity that he has concluded
:21:39. > :21:44.that an anodyne to fight member or members of the Gardai in Dundalk
:21:45. > :21:50.Garda Station colluded with the IRA and that that collusion resulted in
:21:51. > :21:57.the tragic death of two respected RUC officers. I want to, on behalf
:21:58. > :22:02.of the government and state, unreservedly apologise to the
:22:03. > :22:10.families of both men for any failings on the part of this state.
:22:11. > :22:16.In his report, it concludes that there was collusion, he makes a
:22:17. > :22:21.series of recommendations with regards to matters which are of
:22:22. > :22:25.relevance to policing, both in this jurisdiction and that is between the
:22:26. > :22:31.PSNI and the Gardai and obviously there are issues to which we will
:22:32. > :22:40.give careful consideration. We will have more reaction to the news at
:22:41. > :22:43.10:25pm. The International footballer David Healy has announced
:22:44. > :22:47.his retirement after 95 caps for Northern Ireland. With a record
:22:48. > :22:50.breaking 36 goals to his name, one in particular will live long in the
:22:51. > :22:53.memory - the strike that beat England in 2005. Joel Taggart has
:22:54. > :23:03.been speaking to Healy about that goal and his decision to hang up his
:23:04. > :23:12.boots. There was once said that Roy of the Rovers read David Healy, X.
:23:13. > :23:21.He is looking for three goals! --, X. His goal sport that I was scoring
:23:22. > :23:27.exploits were a fairy tale, but a reality check at 34. It is time for
:23:28. > :23:33.a new challenge. I have had a lot of injuries and setbacks recently. I am
:23:34. > :23:41.ready for a new challenge. My career is over. For Healy, Windsor Park was
:23:42. > :23:45.his Wembley, where he reigns supreme. He passed a record of
:23:46. > :23:51.appearances for an outfield player, but finishes just five games short
:23:52. > :23:57.of that magical century of caps. 100 would have been great, I saw Ronaldo
:23:58. > :24:04.getting his 100th cap in Portugal, that was striving me. I still
:24:05. > :24:12.thought I could still do it. -- driving me. The England goal is the
:24:13. > :24:19.one that everybody will stop and talk to you about, an iconic moment,
:24:20. > :24:28.what does it mean to you? It makes me honoured and very proud to be the
:24:29. > :24:31.one to score the goal. It may take us another 70 or 80 years to beat
:24:32. > :24:36.England, it will always be remembered. Finding the net appears
:24:37. > :24:41.to run in the blood and of David has his way, you may not have seen the
:24:42. > :24:46.naming Healy on the scoresheet for Northern Ireland for the last time.
:24:47. > :24:53.To see my son playing for Northern Ireland, that would top anything I
:24:54. > :24:58.had ever achieved as a player. As for his own future, management
:24:59. > :25:03.appeals. One job more than most. It is something I would love to do. The
:25:04. > :25:07.ultimate dream, I would be sat here lying, my ultimate dream now would
:25:08. > :25:11.be to be a coach and a manager of my country. As a player he
:25:12. > :25:15.be to be a coach and a manager of my remembered for scoring goals and
:25:16. > :25:19.smashing records, not even his inconsistent club form causes
:25:20. > :25:24.regret. For David Healy, he was the boy from Killy lay you saw his
:25:25. > :25:33.football come true. I1-macro believed title at Rangers. My debut
:25:34. > :25:39.at Old Trafford was brilliant. Replacing Ryan Giggs coming on and
:25:40. > :25:43.playing 95 times for my country and being the record goal-scorer --
:25:44. > :25:52.goal-scorer, I have no regrets. I have been lucky. Good luck to him.
:25:53. > :26:02.The weather is next. It will turn chilly through this
:26:03. > :26:07.evening there is a cold front sitting over us. It will bring rain
:26:08. > :26:11.this evening. It will clear away before midnight and after that the
:26:12. > :26:16.temperatures will plunge kills to spackle close to freezing. In
:26:17. > :26:24.countryside areas it will be colder than that. Wednesday will not be too
:26:25. > :26:29.bad day in terms of brighter weather, we have tonnes of sunshine
:26:30. > :26:33.in the forecast and just a showers. If you do get a shower you will be
:26:34. > :26:38.an lucky and it should pass fairly quickly with a brisk north-westerly
:26:39. > :26:43.wind. Tonnes of bright weather tomorrow, some sunshine as well, but
:26:44. > :26:47.temperatures will struggle, six or seven degrees at best, but with the
:26:48. > :26:53.north-westerly winds, it will feel much colder than that if you are out
:26:54. > :26:58.and about. Very little changes towards tomorrow evening with the
:26:59. > :27:03.exception of the wind, by around 9pm tomorrow, the winds will pick up and
:27:04. > :27:07.as we go into Thursday, we begin to see those picking up quite a bit as
:27:08. > :27:13.temperatures fall to three or four degrees. We should avoid a frost
:27:14. > :27:18.tomorrow night. For Thursday, the big feature is the wind and there is
:27:19. > :27:23.a warning for the strong winds tomorrow. We could see gusts of up
:27:24. > :27:28.to 70 mph and there may be disruption. We will keep an eye on
:27:29. > :27:33.things and keep you posted on that. Some rain around on Thursday,
:27:34. > :27:37.coupled with the strong winds, it will be quite blustery out and about
:27:38. > :27:42.an temperatures managing about eight or nine degrees, but with the strong
:27:43. > :27:46.winds it will feel much colder and on the tail end of that, there may
:27:47. > :27:53.be wintry flurries especially on the coast. The good news for Friday and
:27:54. > :27:57.into the weekend, high pressure once again tries to build and we are
:27:58. > :28:01.looking at a more subtle picture. That was BBC Newsline. Thank you for
:28:02. > :28:02.watching. Good night.