:00:00. > :00:15.the week. That is all from us, so it is goodbye
:00:16. > :00:20.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline: As Richard Haass publishes
:00:21. > :00:28.a summary of his proposals, there's a row between the Orange Order and
:00:29. > :00:32.Sinn Fein. Another day of high tides and winds causes problems along our
:00:33. > :00:39.coastline. Find out why those who ran this ice rink are being accused
:00:40. > :00:44.of a lack of Christmas spirit. An emergency meeting is held to discuss
:00:45. > :00:48.car crime like this in west Belfast. Anything to declare? Why are local
:00:49. > :00:54.football referees under the spotlight? And just one more day of
:00:55. > :01:01.squally weather, before a change is on the way.
:01:02. > :01:06.The Haass talks chairman says he won't give up on proposals
:01:07. > :01:10.negotiated over many hours during the Christmas holidays. Today the
:01:11. > :01:14.public gets to see what was on the table. Richard Haass has published a
:01:15. > :01:18.summary of the package on flags, parading and the past. He has
:01:19. > :01:23.suggested people would be better off if they tackled the difficult issues
:01:24. > :01:27.now - as it would only get harder in future. This evening the Ulster
:01:28. > :01:31.Unionist Party's Executive meets to discuss the proposals. This
:01:32. > :01:34.afternoon Martin McGuinness claimed negative elements in the Orange
:01:35. > :01:36.Order were setting the agenda for unionist parties. Our political
:01:37. > :01:49.correspondent Martina Purdy has this report. Richard Haass had aimed to
:01:50. > :01:54.get a deal on flags, parades and the past by Christmas was always a long
:01:55. > :01:59.shot. But in the last days of negotiations, amid predictions of
:02:00. > :02:03.doom, he refused to give up. I'm not in the business of doing
:02:04. > :02:09.postmortems, because the patient is still alive. The talks ended without
:02:10. > :02:14.agreement on New Year's Eve with only nationalist parties signed up,
:02:15. > :02:18.he has issued a two-page summary of the proposals. Saying that people
:02:19. > :02:25.here would be better off if they signed up. But his sense of urgency
:02:26. > :02:29.isn't shared by unionists. Is the process dead in the water? Yes, it
:02:30. > :02:32.has been dead since last week. It has been dead in the water since the
:02:33. > :02:37.start. There was no point at which they were going to agree and even
:02:38. > :02:44.now when people say they were close, they were not. The gaps were wider
:02:45. > :02:59.than anyone realises. In a statement the deputy First Minister said:
:03:00. > :03:07.The Orange Order issued its own statement, dismissing Martin
:03:08. > :03:11.McGuinness's claims and accusing him of trying to deflect attention from
:03:12. > :03:17.his own murky past. In his statement, Martin McGuinness also
:03:18. > :03:21.said the purpose of any new group was to implement the Haass
:03:22. > :03:29.proposals, not renegotiate them. He said the negotiations are over. The
:03:30. > :03:35.Ulster unionists have promised a statement after the meeting. The DUP
:03:36. > :03:40.declined to comment, saying that party offics would be considering
:03:41. > :03:46.the prosals. -- proposals. Some say it is time the two governments
:03:47. > :03:51.stepped in. It takes a lot of humility for our parties to say we
:03:52. > :03:57.can't do it. If they can't, for the sake of all of us, for the sake of
:03:58. > :04:02.good politics and policing, for the sake of good judicial process, for
:04:03. > :04:05.the sake of peace within your community, I think they should
:04:06. > :04:10.invite the two governments in to finish the process. So the Haass
:04:11. > :04:17.talks might be over, but there is still plenty to talk about. And if
:04:18. > :04:20.you'd like to read the two-page summary of the proposed deal which
:04:21. > :04:33.the Stormont parties failed to agree, you can see it on our news
:04:34. > :04:40.website. The Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly says had been given a warning
:04:41. > :04:44.over actions he took over an Orange Parade. The incident happened in
:04:45. > :04:47.June last year. Mr Kelly interveeped to speak to police officers at the
:04:48. > :04:53.scene. He was then carried on the front of a police rand Rover for --
:04:54. > :04:58.Land Rover for a time. The informed warning will stay on h record for 12
:04:59. > :05:06.months. Mr Kelly said he believed he was calming a difficult situation.
:05:07. > :05:09.The police have paid tribute to 40 organisations and groups that helped
:05:10. > :05:12.in the operation to prevent serious flooding. 45,000 sandbags have been
:05:13. > :05:18.handed out by the authorities over the past few days. The north coast
:05:19. > :05:21.was worst hit today, but, as BBC Newsline's Tara Mills reports, some
:05:22. > :05:30.urban areas were spared the severe flooding that had been feared. A
:05:31. > :05:35.sustained period of bad weather was forecast, and parts of coast took
:05:36. > :05:41.another battering today. Emergency services were again out in force.
:05:42. > :05:47.This wall was damaged in Friday's storms and today took more of the
:05:48. > :05:53.same. One MLA said the sea wall defences date back centuries and
:05:54. > :05:59.need to be updated. Only for the quick and efficient response by the
:06:00. > :06:03.council things could have been a lot worse here today. Some of the most
:06:04. > :06:08.dramatic scenes at the weekend were on this road in Warrenpoint. Today,
:06:09. > :06:14.things were calmer. In the north-west the banks of the Foyle
:06:15. > :06:18.came close to bursting and the search and rescue service were
:06:19. > :06:25.monitoring water levels. Now, they're high. It is a 2.8 metre tide
:06:26. > :06:31.and there is only two feet between here and the water. But it notice
:06:32. > :06:36.danger -- but it is not dangerous at the moment. The Sydenham area has
:06:37. > :06:41.been the focus of the prevepgs operation. But with drier
:06:42. > :06:47.conditions, the high tide didn't cause any flooding. The policeman
:06:48. > :06:53.said on Thursday night is there anywhere we could go. Our son said
:06:54. > :07:01.we are not leaving. What is the use? I am concerned, because I have had
:07:02. > :07:06.to book the day off work and my employers have been quite adaptable
:07:07. > :07:10.and appreciate that. Schools in some areas finished early, including this
:07:11. > :07:15.one. The principal of the school said it could be perceived as over
:07:16. > :07:21.the top, but it is bete to be -- better to be safe than sorry. If we
:07:22. > :07:26.had had heavy rain, or the winds continued there could be flooding.
:07:27. > :07:32.We prefer to sacrifice an hour than the children going home in the
:07:33. > :07:37.middle of any flooding and danger. Flooding did affect up with part of
:07:38. > :07:42.Holyrood here. Police closed the road and diverted traffic. Questions
:07:43. > :07:49.have been asked about whether the police have taken the lead in this
:07:50. > :07:53.operation. The PSNI said it was a category 1 alert, meaning a danger
:07:54. > :08:00.to life. Thankfully lives and property in this area have been left
:08:01. > :08:05.unscathed. Residents are relieved the alert appears to be over for
:08:06. > :08:09.now. One of the worst affected areas over the lest few days was the Ards
:08:10. > :08:13.Peninsula. The tidal surges washed away parts of some roads on the east
:08:14. > :08:19.coast. Chris Page has spent the afternoon there. When the sea is so
:08:20. > :08:26.close, it is perhaps easy to forget how powerful it can be. It was no
:08:27. > :08:31.day for a picnic as waves pounded the coast. Yesterday, part of the
:08:32. > :08:36.road was washed away. Today, with another storm surge imminent, people
:08:37. > :08:41.were hoping for the best, but prepared for the worst. This is high
:08:42. > :08:46.tide and the waves are ferocious. But it doesn't look as though the
:08:47. > :08:50.surge will be strong enough to reach the houses on the other side of the
:08:51. > :08:57.sea wall. In the end it was a spectacle rather than an emergency.
:08:58. > :09:02.It has got a sort of raw beauty. I could watch it all day. It is
:09:03. > :09:08.frighteningly exciting I suppose. But it is quite spectacular. Not
:09:09. > :09:14.etch was heeding the warnings to take care. -- everyone. The
:09:15. > :09:19.coastguard warned people away. The waves threw boulders ashore. Here
:09:20. > :09:23.residents took it upon themselves to clear the road. They're worried the
:09:24. > :09:30.sea is wearing down the shore. We are losing more of the coastline. It
:09:31. > :09:36.is tragic. There is nothing we can do. This man has only just moved
:09:37. > :09:42.here. A baptism of fire is the way it was described to me. The water
:09:43. > :09:48.was half way up our driveway. So it got quite close. It has been a
:09:49. > :09:56.dramatic few days with high tides and strong winds. But the worst of
:09:57. > :10:00.the battering is over. An ice rink in Newry was promoted as a winter
:10:01. > :10:05.wonderland that was creating a Christmas spirit in the city. But,
:10:06. > :10:07.for dozens of young people who worked there during December, the
:10:08. > :10:10.spirit has long since disappeared because they haven't been paid. This
:10:11. > :10:14.evening, they're planning to protest at the local council to try to get
:10:15. > :10:20.the money they're owed. Kevin Sharkey reports. The skating is is
:10:21. > :10:24.over and some empty pockets too. But little snow and ice at Christmas,
:10:25. > :10:30.this is where would be ice skaters spent their time. And the company's
:10:31. > :10:35.social media promotion suggested customers were having a fun time.
:10:36. > :10:38.Ideal Christmas enjoyment. And thousands seemed impressed with the
:10:39. > :10:44.idea. But these young student workers are far from impressed
:10:45. > :10:50.today. I'm owed ?400. But the issue is that we have been told that it is
:10:51. > :10:54.cash, it is cheque and it is by transfer. They have all our details.
:10:55. > :11:00.I want to know where my details are. So where is the money? My
:11:01. > :11:04.involvement is I'm an investor, I don't know how much is there. There
:11:05. > :11:09.is money there. I'm answering the question frankly with you. You say
:11:10. > :11:12.the money is there, where is it? There is money in the bank from
:11:13. > :11:17.ticket sales. But I have no access, as I'm not a director of the
:11:18. > :11:22.company. There is only one person that has access to the account. Have
:11:23. > :11:27.you spoke to this person? I can't get through to him. I lost my phone.
:11:28. > :11:33.Permission to use the space was granted by the district council.
:11:34. > :11:39.They said they are disappointed that the organisers haven't honoured
:11:40. > :11:46.their commitments. Well, there is no skating hoarse today and alongside a
:11:47. > :11:53.marquee that was being used. And the people who put nit place haven't
:11:54. > :12:02.been paid either. Still there is no money. How do you feel? Very sour.
:12:03. > :12:06.What are we talking about? A fair substantial amount. Thousands? Yes,
:12:07. > :12:09.thousands. Not everyone has lost out. The owners of this car which
:12:10. > :12:19.was meant as a prize, but hadn't been paid for yet, returned today to
:12:20. > :12:24.take their car back. Still to come on the programme before 7: Details
:12:25. > :12:25.of a new year jobs boost as 130 new jobs are created at Bombardier in
:12:26. > :12:37.east Belfast. A convicted child killer and rapist
:12:38. > :12:41.has been granted legal aid for an inquest into the death of a girl he
:12:42. > :12:44.was cleared of murdering. The High Court was told today that funding
:12:45. > :12:47.has been approved for Robert Howard to be represented at the hearing to
:12:48. > :12:52.examine the disappearance of 15-year-old Arlene Arkinson. The
:12:53. > :12:55.teenager from Castlederg in County Tyrone went missing in 1994 and her
:12:56. > :13:00.body has never been found despite many searches. In 2005, Robert
:13:01. > :13:03.Howard who had lived near her home was acquitted of her killing. The
:13:04. > :13:11.inquest is expected to begin in Omagh in April. Police, politicians
:13:12. > :13:17.and community groups have been meeting to discuss ways of tackling
:13:18. > :13:20.car crime in west Belfast. In an incident which we highlighted last
:13:21. > :13:24.week, several hundred people turned out to watch stolen cars being raced
:13:25. > :13:37.along the Falls Road. BBC Newsline's Mervyn Jess reports. This was the
:13:38. > :13:43.scene on New Year's Eve. Social media messages were used to attract
:13:44. > :13:48.a couple of hundred people to watch car thieves race stolen vehicles.
:13:49. > :13:52.Today an emergency meeting of various agencies was called to
:13:53. > :13:59.discuss ways of tackling the problem before someone is killed or injured.
:14:00. > :14:05.It was around the lack of arrests and the lack of action and they
:14:06. > :14:09.hoped that within, over the next fortnight, that a series of meetings
:14:10. > :14:14.will take place and information sharing to allow the police to act.
:14:15. > :14:20.Community groups stressed that while this type of activity is less common
:14:21. > :14:24.than it was, it is not wanted by most people in the area. It is
:14:25. > :14:31.disheartening for this to happen over the holidays. It is not the
:14:32. > :14:35.norm any more. It is one of those Aun-off incidents. And I'm not
:14:36. > :14:38.saying it doesn't happen, but it doesn't happen all the time. There
:14:39. > :14:44.is good work being done within the area to curb this situation. The ips
:14:45. > :14:48.Kent and -- incident and the coverage it got has sparked this
:14:49. > :14:53.response. Not for the first time, police, politicians and community
:14:54. > :15:01.workers are left searching for an answer to this decades old problem.
:15:02. > :15:04.A man has been arrested in County Donegal in connection with a
:15:05. > :15:07.suspected hit-and-run incident in County Fermanagh. The accident
:15:08. > :15:10.happened in the early hours of yesterday morning on the Tullychurry
:15:11. > :15:13.Road at Leggs near Belleek. The victim has been named locally as
:15:14. > :15:17.Patrick McCafferty. It's understood he was in his 50s and from the area.
:15:18. > :15:21.Detectives investigating the murders of two Catholic workmen almost 20
:15:22. > :15:25.years ago have arrested a man in north Belfast. Gary Convie and Eamon
:15:26. > :15:32.Fox were killed when gunmen opened fire at a building site in North
:15:33. > :15:34.Queen Street in May 1994. A 42-year-old is being questioned on
:15:35. > :15:42.suspicion of murder, attempted murder and membership of the UVF.
:15:43. > :15:45.Attacks on three houses in East Belfast have been condemned as
:15:46. > :15:49.racist crimes by Alliance MP Naomi Long. Windows were smashed at the
:15:50. > :16:02.properties in the Strandtown area shortly before midnight last night.
:16:03. > :16:07.Waste is to be turned into power at a new energy plant at Bombardier
:16:08. > :16:10.Aerospace in East Belfast. Planning permission was today granted for the
:16:11. > :16:25.?85 million project that is creating 130 construction jobs.
:16:26. > :16:29.In the years to come, the lights at Bombardier will burn from its own
:16:30. > :16:33.separate power source. It will come off the grid and be supplied by its
:16:34. > :16:36.own station. The new power source. It will come off the grid and be
:16:37. > :16:38.supplied by its own station. The new power plant will be here, somewhere
:16:39. > :16:41.on this land within Belfast's Harbour estate and be fuelled by
:16:42. > :16:47.non-recyclable industrial waste. This will be waste that cannot
:16:48. > :16:57.currently be recycled. It will not be food waste, paper or plastic. The
:16:58. > :17:03.plant will operate like this one in Norway. Each year, Bombardier's
:17:04. > :17:09.facility will fire up 120,000 tonnes of rubbish. Gas will generate steam
:17:10. > :17:14.to drive a turbine which will produce electricity. It should be
:17:15. > :17:18.operational within three years will stop it will save Bombardier about
:17:19. > :17:23.?2 million a year, or about one third of its annual fuel bill.
:17:24. > :17:27.Reducing big energy bills has become a priority issue for all of our
:17:28. > :17:31.manufacturers but particularly for a company the size of Bombardier will
:17:32. > :17:38.stop it currently pays three times more than -- more in Belfast than in
:17:39. > :17:44.its sister plant in North America. We have seen energy costs going up
:17:45. > :17:49.year on year and we put a strategy forward but we wanted to get on top
:17:50. > :17:54.of our energy costs. The new plant will be run by an energy company,
:17:55. > :17:58.yet to be identified, selling directly to Bombardier. There have
:17:59. > :18:01.been occasions when environmentalists have described
:18:02. > :18:04.burning waste as a primitive, dirty energy but there were no formal
:18:05. > :18:12.letters of objection to this planning application.
:18:13. > :18:15.The officials and not the players were the main topic of conversation
:18:16. > :18:17.after the weekend's football matches. Stephen Watson can tell us
:18:18. > :18:21.why. Referees and their assistants will
:18:22. > :18:26.now be asked to declare any conflict of interest before they take charge
:18:27. > :18:28.of a game. The Northern Ireland Football League has decided to write
:18:29. > :18:31.to every referee following two separate incidents during games at
:18:32. > :18:35.the weekend when officials had direct links with a club or players
:18:36. > :18:55.who were taking part in the same match.
:18:56. > :19:01.Working at his first top-flight Irish league match, Gary Hegarty was
:19:02. > :19:05.assistant referee for the game between Coleraine and arts. The only
:19:06. > :19:08.problem was that his brother Baikal was also at the Coleraine
:19:09. > :19:18.Showgrounds as captain of the home side. -- Michael. The onus was on
:19:19. > :19:24.him to report it. He took bad advice and he did not come to me who would
:19:25. > :19:30.not have let the appointment stand. Nobody has done anything wrong here,
:19:31. > :19:34.we have been naive and you will make sure that it won't happen again.
:19:35. > :19:40.Gavin Hegarty will not work it any more games involving Coleraine. It
:19:41. > :19:45.was not the only refereeing controversy bill. After taking
:19:46. > :19:49.charge of the clash between one point and Linfield, it later emerged
:19:50. > :19:54.that Keith Kennedy had previously been a Linfield season-ticket
:19:55. > :19:59.holder. Since entering refereeing, he has not been involved with
:20:00. > :20:07.Linfield so I do not see a potential conflict. He is embarrassed but he
:20:08. > :20:11.is not done anything wrong. We need to learn from our mistakes when they
:20:12. > :20:16.happen. Yesterday evening, he wrote to every one of our officials and we
:20:17. > :20:24.have asked them all to do player any potential conflicts. -- to declare
:20:25. > :20:29.any potential conflicts. Referees will have to be honest and come
:20:30. > :20:33.forward. Already this morning there have been e-mailed back saying
:20:34. > :20:39.referees have connections and we will address those. None of the
:20:40. > :20:44.clubs involved over the weekend complained about the referees but
:20:45. > :20:46.transparency is now the name of the game amongst officials with
:20:47. > :20:54.conflicts of interest updated on an annual basis.
:20:55. > :20:57.Linfield stayed top of the table. With Cliftonville not playing until
:20:58. > :21:03.tomorrow, Crusaders can go second if they win tonight at home to
:21:04. > :21:06.Dungannon. The other challengers at the top Glentoran and Portadown lost
:21:07. > :21:11.ground on the leaders with a 2-2 draw at the Oval at the weekend. Two
:21:12. > :21:16.fine strikes by the visitors looked to have secured the victory. Darren
:21:17. > :21:20.Murray and Chris Casement with the goals, but Jay Magee rescued a point
:21:21. > :21:27.for Glentoran when he poked home an equaliser two minutes into added
:21:28. > :21:30.time. The drawn meant Glentoran stay in fourth, Portadown fifth. At the
:21:31. > :21:33.Showgrounds, Ballymena United consolidated their position in the
:21:34. > :21:37.top six thanks to David Cushley's strike to beat Ballinamallard. They
:21:38. > :21:48.have now taken just one point from a possible 15.
:21:49. > :21:53.The new Gaelic football season officially started yesterday. The
:21:54. > :21:56.Power NI McKenna Cup got underway. It's the first All Ulster
:21:57. > :22:02.competition played under the GAA's new rules to try and stamp out foul
:22:03. > :22:10.play. Among the first-round games was the clash between Donegal and
:22:11. > :22:14.Tyrone. Michael Murphy is one of the
:22:15. > :22:23.greatest Gaelic footballers of his generation but he is human. The
:22:24. > :22:28.Donegal captain showed his class just moments later, casually
:22:29. > :22:31.drifting towards the goal. Sheer class from the film forward and
:22:32. > :22:36.Donegal led by one goal at half-time. Tyrone dominated after
:22:37. > :22:41.the break and their goalkeeper is proving quite the addition at both
:22:42. > :22:48.ends of the pitch. He scored more points than the entire Donegal
:22:49. > :22:53.teenager in the second half. He is a huge asset to us. He is a great
:22:54. > :22:58.goalkeeper, he is good under the high ball, he can kick the free
:22:59. > :23:05.goals. They don't all go over every day but if he gets that 75% rate, we
:23:06. > :23:17.will take that any day. The GAA's attempt to cut out cynical play,
:23:18. > :23:21.both managers seemed content. No complaints, it is part and parcel of
:23:22. > :23:26.the rules and we have to work to them. We normally do that so it is a
:23:27. > :23:30.lesson for us. If it is applied the way it was today, I would have no
:23:31. > :23:40.issue with it. I think the referee acted very sensibly. I am very glad
:23:41. > :23:47.about it. Donegal's player was led -- left with the condition -- eight
:23:48. > :23:53.concussion. A bad day for Donegal but a better one for Tyrone.
:23:54. > :23:57.The Belfast Giants' winning streak ended at nine games at the weekend
:23:58. > :24:01.when they were beaten in overtime by the Dundee Stars. Trailing 2-1 late
:24:02. > :24:05.in the game, the Giants scored an equaliser with just 15 seconds left
:24:06. > :24:10.on the clock to send the match into overtime. However, the Stars then
:24:11. > :24:16.scored a sudden-death winner to seal victory, 3-2. After the Christmas
:24:17. > :24:20.period saw six wins out of seven, the Giants are now 12 points clear
:24:21. > :24:28.at the top of the Elite League table.
:24:29. > :24:31.The tidal surge is over and thankfully it didn't cause the major
:24:32. > :24:32.flooding that was feared. Geoff Maskell has the latest weather
:24:33. > :24:51.forecast. flooding that
:24:52. > :24:56.We had the three highest tides on Friday, Saturday and Sunday so the
:24:57. > :25:00.worst is now past. What we have tonight is a blustery night ahead
:25:01. > :25:03.and plenty of strong winds as well. We do still have a yellow warning
:25:04. > :25:10.for strong winds in place until midnight tonight. The showers, two,
:25:11. > :25:15.continue overnight. There will be plenty of those around. All that
:25:16. > :25:21.cloud cover means it stays reasonably mild. Overnight
:25:22. > :25:28.temperatures of seven degrees. This low-pressure system, tomorrow that
:25:29. > :25:31.moves its way northwards and its impact is lessened. Then we get a
:25:32. > :25:35.change on the way after that so there really is just one more day of
:25:36. > :25:41.the showery and blustery started in with. Plenty of showers still around
:25:42. > :25:48.tomorrow but as we go through the day, they lose their intensity and
:25:49. > :25:51.the gaps in the cloud widen and we start to see some better and
:25:52. > :26:00.brighter spells as we go through the day. The temperatures are quite mild
:26:01. > :26:07.at eight or nine degrees. If you can dodge the showers, it should be
:26:08. > :26:11.quite a usable day. The showers continue through into the evening
:26:12. > :26:14.and all the time, lessening in intensity and becoming more
:26:15. > :26:19.isolated. The clearing skies in that tomorrow night will be cool.
:26:20. > :26:25.Overnight temperatures of three or four degrees. Once we get into the
:26:26. > :26:30.second half of this week, we can say goodbye to the wild stuff and hello
:26:31. > :26:35.to something brighter. When the state itself is looking like quite a
:26:36. > :26:38.reasonable day. The wind speeds have really dropped off and we have some
:26:39. > :26:46.clearer skies with highs of a degrees. By Thursday, we still have
:26:47. > :26:50.some showery stuff around. It is a story of gradual improvement through
:26:51. > :26:55.this week as things get much better for the second half of the week.
:26:56. > :27:02.You can keep it in touch with us by Facebook and Twitter. The story on
:27:03. > :27:05.the Newry ice rink has a lot of people sharing their
:27:06. > :27:11.England and Northern Ireland. We have a risk of coastal flooding on
:27:12. > :27:13.the south coast of England tonight.