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This is BBC Newsline. Tonight's top stories. The Smithwick Report's | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
finding of collusion in the murder of two senior RUC officers leads to | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
an apology from the Republic's top policeman - and heated debate in the | :00:23. | :00:34. | |
Dail. I cannot get out of my mind the image of one of those men, | :00:35. | :00:40. | |
injured, out of his car, waving his white handkerchief and being shot in | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
the head by an IRA activist. Eight arrests after police carry out drugs | :00:45. | :00:56. | |
raids in Londonderry. Why are police investigating these invite -- but | :00:57. | :00:58. | |
with these vices? Game of Thrones stars in the new tourism strategy | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
for Northern Ireland. After two years at Ravenhill, Ulster's World | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
Cup winner John Afoa is leaving. A wet and windy night ahead. The Met | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
Office have issued a warning for strong winds for tomorrow morning. | :01:11. | :01:20. | |
Join me later for all the details. The Garda commissioner says he is | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
horrified that any member of the force would have colluded with the | :01:25. | :01:26. | |
IRA. It follows yesterday's Smithwick Report, which found that | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
there was collusion in the murders of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
and Superintendent Bob Buchanan. The two senior RUC officers were shot | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
dead as they returned from Dundalk Garda station in 1989. Here's our | :01:36. | :01:49. | |
Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison. 24 years on, the IRA murders of the | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
two senior police officers continued to cast a long shadow. At 24 hours | :01:56. | :02:04. | |
after Peter Smithwick found that on balance of probability and | :02:05. | :02:06. | |
unidentified rogue Garda officer colluded with the killers, the Garda | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
Commissioner gave his reaction. I accept, of course, the conclusions | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
arrived at by the chairman of the tribunal. I want to apologise | :02:19. | :02:26. | |
unreservedly for any failings on behalf of any member of the Gardai. | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
unreservedly for any failings on I, like everybody else, and | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
horrified at the thoughts of any member of my organisation betraying | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
themselves, their organisation and the fundamental values of the | :02:42. | :02:48. | |
Gardai. I know you say you accept the findings, but I did not hear you | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
say that you believe them or agreed with them. It is very important that | :02:52. | :03:00. | |
I would look carefully at the report that has taken almost eight years to | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
complete and it is just within the 24-hour period that I have had my | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
hands on the report. I will that it very closely with my officers on we | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
will go through it line by line to see what lessons are required to be | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
learned. Was yesterday a black day for the Gardai? Absolutely. I hope | :03:21. | :03:27. | |
we will move forward and learn from the lessons of the past and we will | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
move forward and we will be a better police force. The officers were | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
frequent visitors to Dundalk Garda station and in a radio interview, | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
the Sinn Fein leaders said they appear to have a laugh a fair | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
attitude to the personal security. Our government minister described | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
the comments is nauseating and in the Dail, Gerry Adams had to defend | :03:52. | :03:59. | |
himself from attack. It is insulting to the families concerned, it should | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
be withdrawn and I think it also, essentially almost claims by | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
implication, the officers themselves. We should be very clear | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
in this House, this was premeditated murder. I cannot get out of my mind | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
of one of those men, injured, out of his car, waving his white | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
handkerchief, and being shot in the head by an IRA activist. That is | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
what we are dealing with. Today is not a day for self-justification by | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
anybody, a political party, it is not a day for muddying the waters. I | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
have already said clearly that these were brave officers doing their duty | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
as they sought in the same way as the IRA volunteers would see | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
themselves as doing their duty, as they sought. On a visit to Japan, | :04:49. | :04:56. | |
the Taoiseach repeated his government's apology and offered to | :04:57. | :04:58. | |
meet the families of the officers if it was deemed appropriate. The PSNI | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
also say they are examining the contents of the Smithwick Report, | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
which criticised how police on both sides of the border responded | :05:08. | :05:10. | |
which criticised how police on both allegations of collusion in the | :05:11. | :05:11. | |
murders of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
Buchanan. Our Home Affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney's | :05:15. | :05:16. | |
report begins with the Chief Constable at the time dismissing | :05:17. | :05:25. | |
those allegations. The evidence which we have firmly confirms to us | :05:26. | :05:34. | |
that there was no mole. I think it was too rushed, I understand perhaps | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
that the corporation was key, but it should not have been key to the | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
detriment of the murder of two police officers. Harry Breen and Bob | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
Buchanan with the easiest of targets. They were both unarmed and | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
in a car with no armour or bullet-proof glass and travelling | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
back from a meeting in Dundalk Garda Station. On a quiet back road, they | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
drove into an IRA trap. Less Station. On a quiet back road, they | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
hours later, the RUC chief constable was asked about allegations of | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
Gardai collusion. I have spoken twice today to the Garda | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
Commissioner and we have been concerned at these statements as to | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
the possibility of a mould. We have each, within our own area of command | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
examined this and we can say that categorically, the evidence that we | :06:24. | :06:31. | |
have firmly confirms to us that there was no leak. We would ask that | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
this be discounted very firmly and very clearly. That morning, he had | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
been told that before going to Dundalk, Harry Breen had expressed | :06:41. | :06:44. | |
concerns about some police officers there. This man give that | :06:45. | :06:48. | |
information to the Chief Constable. At the time, he was an RUC Sergeant, | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
serving as staff officer to the Chief Superintendent. For him to | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
come in, it was not me that he was dismissing, it was Harry Breen, and | :07:00. | :07:09. | |
that annoyed me. The report says the Chief Constable acted for reasons of | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
political expediency. Here he was, faced with the death of two of his | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
officers, allegations that there had been treachery on the part of the | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
Gardai and if he had gone along and confirmed that, that would have | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
brought the corporation complete end. I know that he took a very | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
pragmatic and political decision that he would not rob the noses of | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
the Gardai in it in the hope that it would build up trust and they would | :07:40. | :07:43. | |
get more effective cooperation. After the enquiry, doors -- Judge | :07:44. | :07:49. | |
Peter Smithwick said there was a leak and collusion. He says the | :07:50. | :07:52. | |
circumstances of the attack point towards a conclusion that | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
information was leaked in order to trigger the commencement of the | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
operation and there was likely that McGregor was likely the information | :08:01. | :08:03. | |
came from the Garda Station. The officers may have been soft targets, | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
but they were also obvious targets. A senior police commander in Armagh, | :08:09. | :08:12. | |
Harry Breen had been pictured with weapons recovered from IRA men. The | :08:13. | :08:19. | |
judge said this made killing him a priority for the IRA. There is no | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
doubt they would have had to take time to prepare their ambush. The | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
tribunal heard evidence that soldiers carrying out surveillance | :08:29. | :08:33. | |
near the cross-border railway line had noticed suspicious activity. | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
They pulled out at 11am that morning, just hours before the | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
shooting. Something the judge described as noteworthy and tragic. | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
The judge also referred to an increase in IRA radio transmissions | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
in the area from around midday. He said the suggested to him and much | :08:52. | :08:57. | |
more major IRA operation and this signals activity was in all | :08:58. | :08:59. | |
likelihood, connected to the operation to ambush Chief | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan. Nearly | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
25 years after the killings, the PSNI and Gardai say they are | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
examining the contents of the report. A report that confirms | :09:14. | :09:16. | |
allegations on that but the police on both side of the border dismissed | :09:17. | :09:23. | |
all those years ago. Our political editor joins me now. Quite a | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
reaction to Gerry Adams comments? Those comments in which Gerry Adams | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
talked about the security of the officers have prompted major | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
criticism. We heard from the Irish government bearer, the Irish just in | :09:42. | :09:45. | |
-- but the Justice Minister call the comment nauseating. The Secretary of | :09:46. | :10:01. | |
State call them offensive. Whilst Gerry Adams was trying to explain it | :10:02. | :10:07. | |
from the perspective of the IRA, it was an ambush, he has brought this | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
political firestorm down on his head. Where does this leave us in | :10:12. | :10:19. | |
terms of dealing with the past? It has been said this was a dummy run | :10:20. | :10:23. | |
for a truth commission, we had IRA members giving evidence to the tribe | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
-- Michael to the tribunal. If this is a dummy run, it has not been | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
particularly successful. Instead of bringing about reconciliation, we | :10:35. | :10:38. | |
have a lot of recrimination. We have the best guess from a judge, that | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
has brought some solace to the families, but because he has not | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
uncovered direct evidence, politicians are arguing about | :10:47. | :10:55. | |
exactly what happened. Plenty to come before seven. Politicians have | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
been asked to come up with ideas for a new flight? What did the next | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
generation think? -- flag. Eight people have been arrested in a | :11:06. | :11:16. | |
police crackdown on illegal drugs in Londonderry. Dozens of officers | :11:17. | :11:19. | |
carried out searches throughout the city yesterday. The police believe | :11:20. | :11:22. | |
they uncovered a significant find of one drug which has been linked to a | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
number of deaths. Here's our north west reporter, Keiron Tourish. | :11:27. | :11:36. | |
Around 70 officers were involved after their briefing at the | :11:37. | :11:50. | |
station. The searches took in homes in the Waterside and city side and | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
the outskirts of the city. Overall, police say there were five seizures | :11:55. | :11:59. | |
of herbal cannabis, one of cannabis resin and seven of suspected method | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
Rome. At this house, the officer in charge believe they had uncovered a | :12:04. | :12:07. | |
drug linked to several deaths in Northern Ireland. We suspect we have | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
drug linked to several deaths in recovered a very dangerous drug. | :12:13. | :12:15. | |
What is concerning here is that it is in a room that children have | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
accessed too. We have a shame that vacuum sealed plastic bags that drug | :12:21. | :12:28. | |
dealers often use. We have a set of scales. We have a filling agent, and | :12:29. | :12:39. | |
it is true that lots of drugs that are sold by actually -- actually | :12:40. | :12:48. | |
contain bulking agents. The PSNI say every available resource is being | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
used in the fight against drugs. This is a springer spaniel and we | :12:54. | :13:01. | |
use him to search for drugs. We use him to detect firearms and cash as | :13:02. | :13:05. | |
well. In these operations they are invaluable. The police say these | :13:06. | :13:12. | |
operations are vital in the crackdown on drugs and drug | :13:13. | :13:16. | |
dealing. These searches have come as a result of information directly | :13:17. | :13:19. | |
from the public. Police say it is vital that that continues. The talks | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
chairman Richard Haass has asked the political parties for their views on | :13:26. | :13:28. | |
a potential new flag for Northern Ireland. He requested a response, in | :13:29. | :13:32. | |
writing, by this evening before his return to Belfast next week. But is | :13:33. | :13:35. | |
another flag really needed? Mark Simpson reports. When it comes to | :13:36. | :13:45. | |
flags, in many ways we are spoilt for choice. Choosing one which suits | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
everyone, that is when the problems start. That is exactly what Richard | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
has once the political parties to consider. You cannot just invent a | :13:56. | :14:02. | |
flight, or can you? All countries have changed their flag at one | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
point. They have all been invented at some point. During the peace | :14:08. | :14:13. | |
process in South Africa, they came up with a new national flag. | :14:14. | :14:22. | |
Inventing new flags is very common. Can you imagine being a tourist in | :14:23. | :14:29. | |
Belfast? It is not just politicians debating the issue, comedians have | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
had a goal. Richard has has arrived and he wants to know what we could | :14:35. | :14:43. | |
possibly do to help the situation. When it comes to flags, it seems | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
that Richard has is trying to get the parties to focus on the future | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
rather than the past will stop what do the next generation think about | :14:52. | :14:58. | |
the issue? Do you think we need a new flag? We need a new attitude. It | :14:59. | :15:08. | |
will not make a difference. I think they do need a new one. There are | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
people who are purely represented, the people who do not care. What | :15:15. | :15:24. | |
colour should it be? Purple. Royal Lou. That is a bad decision -- and | :15:25. | :15:35. | |
blur. The politicians will decide. If they do decide to go for one, | :15:36. | :15:41. | |
there are plenty of ideas on social networking sites. You can join the | :15:42. | :15:54. | |
debate on our Facebook page. Still to come... We hear from the | :15:55. | :15:58. | |
Coleraine woman who has skated her weight to the Winter Olympics. -- | :15:59. | :16:07. | |
skated her way. With energy bills continuing to soar, it's very | :16:08. | :16:11. | |
tempting to grasp at anything which will make us a saving. But there's | :16:12. | :16:14. | |
been a warning that thousands of us are being fooled into buying energy | :16:15. | :16:17. | |
saving devices. They cost around ?100 or more and claim to make | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
savings of up to 25%, but many simply don't work. Kevin Sharkey has | :16:22. | :16:29. | |
been investigating. No chance of anything in these bags of evidence | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
saving you electricity. Even before they were by police, these devices | :16:34. | :16:42. | |
were unlikely to save much par or money. Not that an unsuspecting | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
customer will know, the products are marketed through so-called cold | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
calling over the phone. Investigators say the devices are | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
imported from the Far East. Simply, they do not do what householders | :16:58. | :17:01. | |
think they will do. This is an example of some of the devices. It | :17:02. | :17:07. | |
is quite small. The promise is that they can help you to make a big | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
savings. Investigations into these items have found that they make | :17:13. | :17:17. | |
people make very few savings, in some cases, none at all. Trading | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
Standards is aware of householders and businesses being approached by | :17:24. | :17:27. | |
companies offering to sell electricity saving devices, often on | :17:28. | :17:30. | |
a promise of very substantial savings, sometimes up to 25%. We | :17:31. | :17:37. | |
believe that there may be many thousands of these devices across | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
Northern Ireland currently. Investigators believe the recession | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
of recent years and rising fuel costs have led to more and more | :17:48. | :17:50. | |
householders looking at ways of saving money and when they are | :17:51. | :17:54. | |
offered something they think will work, they buy it without checking | :17:55. | :18:01. | |
how it works or even if it works. We believe that many of these devices | :18:02. | :18:05. | |
will represent virtually no savings. In fact, there has been | :18:06. | :18:10. | |
some independent tests done on some devices which have concluded that. | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
Furthermore, some of the devices have actually been shown to be | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
dangerous. Given what investigators are finding, they believe that the | :18:22. | :18:24. | |
best way for people to save money is by switching off the lights. Filmed | :18:25. | :18:31. | |
mostly in Northern Ireland, the TV series Game of Thrones is to be used | :18:32. | :18:35. | |
to help attract more tourists. Its worldwide popularity means it could | :18:36. | :18:38. | |
be as strong a selling point as iconic attractions like the Giant's | :18:39. | :18:41. | |
Causeway. Here's our business correspondent Julian O'Neill. Making | :18:42. | :18:50. | |
Game of Thrones in Northern Ireland could pay dividends for local | :18:51. | :18:54. | |
tourism. The series will have a starring role in future campaigns to | :18:55. | :18:59. | |
boost visitor numbers and a new marketing strategy was outlined | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
today with the industry out to capitalise on the region's | :19:04. | :19:09. | |
appearance on screen. This is a major motivator. Game of Thrones is | :19:10. | :19:10. | |
a great example. It is in its fourth major motivator. Game of Thrones is | :19:11. | :19:17. | |
series. We had Dracula here as well. We have had Bollywood producers | :19:18. | :19:21. | |
here. We could not afford to advertise on television, but if a | :19:22. | :19:26. | |
film is shot here, it can impact on people 's choices. By 2016, Stormont | :19:27. | :19:32. | |
wants to see 2 million people visiting Northern Ireland annually, | :19:33. | :19:36. | |
an increase of about 16%, but to achieve it, the region may need to | :19:37. | :19:44. | |
attract more direct flights. Negotiations are ongoing. Canada is | :19:45. | :19:47. | |
my number one objective and I very much want to push that. I have put | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
myself out there and I believe for us to increase the number of | :19:53. | :19:56. | |
tourists, we need more direct accessed. Big hopes are pinned on | :19:57. | :20:01. | |
the promotional possibilities of hosting a race next year. It will be | :20:02. | :20:05. | |
screened to a global audience. hosting a race next year. It will be | :20:06. | :20:09. | |
Developing tourism is a key part of the Northern Ireland Executive's | :20:10. | :20:16. | |
plans for economic growth. There is optimism that this ?2 million target | :20:17. | :20:19. | |
can be met. They say everyone has a cross to bear. But for the town of | :20:20. | :20:27. | |
Downpatrick, it's a cross they want to preserve. This morning, the High | :20:28. | :20:30. | |
Cross was dismantled and removed from the front of Down Cathedral in | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
what's hoped to be the final chapter in a history spanning over one | :20:35. | :20:42. | |
thousand years. Nicola Weir reports. In the bright sunshine of a cold | :20:43. | :20:47. | |
December morning, a little piece of history is stirred from its slumber. | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
This cross has stood here for over 100 years, having been moved twice | :20:53. | :20:57. | |
and dismantled once during a history spanning a millennium. It is now | :20:58. | :21:03. | |
being moved to the town museum. We have been worried about it being | :21:04. | :21:08. | |
weathered and we are per packs as to what to do, so when the Heritage | :21:09. | :21:13. | |
Association offered to take it into the museum, we were quite relieved. | :21:14. | :21:22. | |
It is important to preserve it. I think it is going to be very | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
important to remind people that think Patrick is buried here. It is | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
such an important early Christian site. A safe pair of hands was | :21:33. | :21:42. | |
required for this nervous worker. We have got softening on our straps and | :21:43. | :21:46. | |
we will try not to lose any of the detail. This historic | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
we will try not to lose any of the what is hoped to be its final | :21:52. | :21:55. | |
journey. It will be placed in the museum in the town and a new replica | :21:56. | :21:59. | |
will be placed here in time for St Patrick's Day next year. Time for | :22:00. | :22:07. | |
sport. Ulster Rugby prepare for a big week with news of a big loss. | :22:08. | :22:11. | |
Gavin's here. Yes - Treviso come to Ravenhill on Saturday for the first | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
of back to back Heineken Cup games with Mark Anscombe's side. And this | :22:16. | :22:19. | |
evening came the news that one of Ulster's key internationals will be | :22:20. | :22:22. | |
leaving at the end of the season. World Cup winner John Afoa has | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
signed a long term deal with a team in the English Premiership, after | :22:27. | :22:29. | |
two years here. The news comes as no surprise - speaking to BBC Newsline | :22:30. | :22:32. | |
recently, he suggested that his future was uncertain. Last year I | :22:33. | :22:41. | |
was looking to go home, but I stayed on. I am at the end | :22:42. | :22:42. | |
was looking to go home, but I stayed we will look at everything. I am | :22:43. | :22:49. | |
getting on now and there will not be too many contracts over the next few | :22:50. | :22:58. | |
years. Mark Allen is through to the quarterfinals of the UK Snooker | :22:59. | :23:03. | |
Championship. He beat Judd Trump earlier. He was not at his best but | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
came through and will now face Ricky Walden in the last eight tomorrow | :23:10. | :23:13. | |
night. Coleraine is well known for producing Olympians - usually in | :23:14. | :23:16. | |
rowing and usually in the Summer. But next year, figure skater Jenna | :23:17. | :23:19. | |
McCorkell from the town, will compete at the Winter Olympics in | :23:20. | :23:22. | |
Russia fresh from winning yet another British title. The games are | :23:23. | :23:25. | |
a fitting finale to an illustrious career as Nikki Gregg reports. She | :23:26. | :23:34. | |
set the standard in British figure skating for over a decade. Jenna | :23:35. | :23:41. | |
McCorkell collected and 11 UK title last weekend, but her era of | :23:42. | :23:46. | |
dominance is coming to an end. I am going after this season. People ask | :23:47. | :23:57. | |
me how I feel, I feel old. I miss one year due to injury, now I am | :23:58. | :24:02. | |
27, you never say never, but I do not want to think too much about it. | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
Those competitions will include the European and world championships and | :24:09. | :24:12. | |
in February, the Winter Olympics. Four years ago she competed in | :24:13. | :24:17. | |
Vancouver, finishing in 20 Ninth Place. The experience was daunting. | :24:18. | :24:23. | |
Mentally, coping with the Place. The experience was daunting. | :24:24. | :24:29. | |
thing, I was taken aback by everything. I have learned a lot | :24:30. | :24:34. | |
over the last four years. She is clear about what she wants to | :24:35. | :24:39. | |
achieve. I do not want to put too much pressure on myself. I would | :24:40. | :24:45. | |
like to have a couple of great escapes. I would like to show before | :24:46. | :24:53. | |
I finish, exactly what I can do. In a sport where artistic impression | :24:54. | :24:56. | |
counts, Jenna is determined to leave a lasting one. Finally, the Belfast | :24:57. | :25:02. | |
Giants lost 8-3 last night away to the Nottingham Panthers. They return | :25:03. | :25:05. | |
to the Odyssey on Saturday and face Edinburgh. | :25:06. | :25:13. | |
Some unpredictable weather is coming. Good evening. After | :25:14. | :25:20. | |
Some unpredictable weather is beautiful day, try and bright and | :25:21. | :25:25. | |
sunny, it is all change overnight. As we go through this evening, it | :25:26. | :25:29. | |
becomes increasingly cloudy, showery and windy. Temperatures tonight will | :25:30. | :25:38. | |
dip down to three or four degrees before the rain arrives. It is the | :25:39. | :25:43. | |
wind which is the story of the night. That is why the Met Office | :25:44. | :25:49. | |
have issued a wind warning. That is in force across Northern Ireland | :25:50. | :25:55. | |
from 2am, we could see gusts of up to 70 mph. It could make it quite a | :25:56. | :26:02. | |
lively drive to work tomorrow. We have this system coming across. As | :26:03. | :26:10. | |
you head to work, do take extra care, leave a bit of extra time and | :26:11. | :26:17. | |
stay tuned to BBC Radio Ulster for the latest traffic and travel | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
information. It is not a pretty picture. Lots of rain, lots of | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
strong winds and even after that rain works its way through, it will | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
stay windy through the day. The best of the temperatures are nine | :26:33. | :26:36. | |
degrees, early in the day, because the clear skies mean the heat will | :26:37. | :26:42. | |
fade away later. It will be a raw and cold day. Showers on the north | :26:43. | :26:48. | |
coast. Some of them will be wintry. Into the evening, those temperatures | :26:49. | :26:53. | |
will plummet down to freezing. A properly cold and wintry night on | :26:54. | :27:11. | |
Thursday going into Friday. That means that Friday starts cool. | :27:12. | :27:12. | |
Another front coming through, it will be wet as well. Not a very nice | :27:13. | :27:16. | |
day, at the one bit of good news is the wind speeds. They will be a lot | :27:17. | :27:19. | |
lower. A bit more good news, just a little bit. As we head towards the | :27:20. | :27:25. | |
weekend, it will get drier, cloudier and a little bit warmer. Our late | :27:26. | :27:28. | |
summary is at 10.25pm. You can also keep in contact with us via Facebook | :27:29. | :27:31. | |
and Twitter. From BBC Newsline, goodnight. | :27:32. | :27:33. |