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:00:00. > :00:15.perhaps 48 hours of drier weather for many of us. But between now and

:00:16. > :00:24.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline. The DUP's response to the

:00:25. > :00:28.Haass proposals. More work needed but they're not giving up. A

:00:29. > :00:31.suspended sentence for Marian McGlinchey - security cameras show

:00:32. > :00:37.her buying the phone used by the Real IRA to claim a double murder. A

:00:38. > :00:41.man gets jail for raping his cousin when she was a child. She says other

:00:42. > :00:52.victims of sex abuse should report it. You have to come forward. During

:00:53. > :00:59.the lives, your own family. The bitter dispute that's split one of

:01:00. > :01:02.our rescue charities. Back to his best. Will Rory be ready for Ulster

:01:03. > :01:04.Rugby's big game this Friday? And some quieter weather on the way at

:01:05. > :01:27.last! But not before some overnight The day after the Ulster Unionist

:01:28. > :01:30.party rejected the Haass proposals, the DUP gave its reaction, deciding

:01:31. > :01:34.to keep its options open. Peter Robinson said it was a case of not

:01:35. > :01:37.yet - adding more work was required on the package to tackle problems

:01:38. > :01:41.over flags, parading and the past. Our political correspondent Martina

:01:42. > :01:46.Purdy has the latest. 40 years ago today the Ulster Unionist leader

:01:47. > :01:52.resigned after his party rejected the Sunningdale power-sharing deal.

:01:53. > :01:58.This was seen as a slap in the face and the mediator quit. Fast forward

:01:59. > :02:03.to 2014 and the Ulster Unionist party and leader stand together over

:02:04. > :02:07.its rejection of the Haass Proposals on flags, parading and the past,

:02:08. > :02:11.branding them on file and unacceptable. It is up to the First

:02:12. > :02:16.Minister and the giddy First Minister. They commissioned it. They

:02:17. > :02:20.have the report. It is up to them and not us to tell the people of

:02:21. > :02:27.Northern Ireland what they intend to do, and I don't think the people of

:02:28. > :02:29.Northern Ireland who have seen in decision after indecision, will

:02:30. > :02:35.accept Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness being indecisive about

:02:36. > :02:37.how they deal with this. Others involved in the talks process were

:02:38. > :02:45.scathing about the Ulster Unionist position. This is Mike Nesbitt's

:02:46. > :02:48.Pontius Pilate moment. He has washed his hands of Richard Haass and

:02:49. > :02:55.O'Sullivan, and the rest of us have to get on with it. With the

:02:56. > :03:01.implementation of it, with the two governments and the other parties.

:03:02. > :03:07.That is the way to go. Whether he was being disingenuous or heat is

:03:08. > :03:12.the captive of extreme elements in the society. According to this

:03:13. > :03:15.victim campaigner who kept a close eye on the Richard Haass talks, the

:03:16. > :03:22.Ulster Unionists made the right decision. There is very little in it

:03:23. > :03:25.for the Unionist, Protestant, loyalist people, whatever you want

:03:26. > :03:29.to call us, so the fact that they have now listen to the victims, this

:03:30. > :03:37.is what it has all been about, the past, and who is affected most? The

:03:38. > :03:40.victims. As for the EU period and his team, they announced they were

:03:41. > :03:47.not yet ready to ditch the Haass Proposals just yet. We are not

:03:48. > :03:50.afraid to say no that -- when we get proposals put forward that we do not

:03:51. > :03:54.agree with and we are not going to go belly up just because somebody

:03:55. > :03:59.lands a paper on our desk and says this is the final version. There are

:04:00. > :04:02.many things within the document that we can support, and others that we

:04:03. > :04:06.cannot and we want to work on the ones that we cannot agree to CF

:04:07. > :04:09.there is a way forward that is acceptable to other political

:04:10. > :04:14.parties. The largest nationalist party wants to implement the

:04:15. > :04:20.proposals, not more ago she ages. The negotiations are over, they have

:04:21. > :04:26.been going on for 4-6 months, right up until Christmas. Who's going to

:04:27. > :04:31.ask Richard Haass back? He has made it clear, and he was right. That is

:04:32. > :04:35.why he put a time frame on it. The split between the DUP and the Ulster

:04:36. > :04:38.Unionist party is not as serious as the difference between Peter

:04:39. > :04:43.Robinson and Martin McGuinness about how to proceed. But the DUP saying

:04:44. > :04:46.that negotiations must continue and Sinn Fein insisting that they are

:04:47. > :04:54.over. Expect stalemate on the horizon.

:04:55. > :04:57.The veteran republican Marian McGlinchey has been given a

:04:58. > :05:01.suspended sentence for helping dissident republicans. In November,

:05:02. > :05:04.the 59-year-old from Stockman's Avenue in Belfast, admitted

:05:05. > :05:07.providing a mobile phone which was used by the Real IRA to claim

:05:08. > :05:17.responsibility for the murders of two soldiers at Massereene Army

:05:18. > :05:22.barracks. Our reporter Will Leitch was in the court. March 2009 in

:05:23. > :05:28.Tesco, Newtownabbey, and security cameras capture Marian McGlinchey

:05:29. > :05:31.buying a mobile phone. In November she admitted she knew it would be

:05:32. > :05:37.used by a terrorist group. Someone else used it to ring media

:05:38. > :05:43.organisations and claim responsibilities for the murders of

:05:44. > :05:47.two soldiers at in Antrim, the day before. Two years later and she is

:05:48. > :05:53.on camera again, this time holding a speech at an Easter time

:05:54. > :05:58.commemoration by dissident republicans in Londonderry. Her

:05:59. > :06:04.trial was due to have taken place but the guilty plea made that

:06:05. > :06:07.unnecessary. Today, sentencing took place instead. For providing

:06:08. > :06:11.property for the purposes of terrorism, 12 months, for

:06:12. > :06:15.encouraging support for a prescribed organisation, the Real IRA, nine

:06:16. > :06:19.months, running concurrently and suspended for three years. The

:06:20. > :06:26.judge's reasons for that included what he called her deteriorating

:06:27. > :06:29.health. The judge said she had arthritis and had been undergoing

:06:30. > :06:34.intense psychiatric treatment and suffering from severe depression

:06:35. > :06:37.especially when in prison. He indicated that, given the

:06:38. > :06:41.significant medical problems he would not be returning her to

:06:42. > :06:47.custody. The Old Bailey bombings of 1973, for which she received two

:06:48. > :06:51.light sentences. She was later released on licence. The judge said

:06:52. > :06:55.he was aware of this and her imprisonment in 2011 by breaking

:06:56. > :07:01.that licence, and along with her medical reports, consider that the

:07:02. > :07:03.risk of reoffending was low. Throughout sentencing, Marian

:07:04. > :07:08.McGlinchey stood impassively in the dock between two prison officers.

:07:09. > :07:11.She nodded once to indicate she understood when the judge told her

:07:12. > :07:15.not to be involved in any further criminality, and then telling her

:07:16. > :07:19.that she was free to go. She left court some hours later, seen here in

:07:20. > :07:24.the brown coat surrounded by supporters. The court heard that she

:07:25. > :07:31.told Doctor Sheena longer has any wish to be involved in politics.

:07:32. > :07:35.Despite today's sentencing and previous fiddles, the investigations

:07:36. > :07:38.into the Massereene Army barracks murders remains open. -- previous

:07:39. > :07:48.acquittals. A woman who was repeatedly raped and

:07:49. > :07:51.physically abused by her cousin when she was a child has welcomed the

:07:52. > :07:54.man's 11-year prison sentence. Frankie McFadden from the Shantallow

:07:55. > :07:57.area started the ten years of abuse when his cousin was six years old.

:07:58. > :08:00.Martina Johnston has waived her right to anonymity to expose

:08:01. > :08:03.McFadden's crimes and has encouraged others suffering abuse to report it.

:08:04. > :08:10.This report from to our North-West reporter, Keiron Tourish. Martina

:08:11. > :08:14.Johnston said her childhood was ruined after she was abused and

:08:15. > :08:19.tormented over a 10-year period. It began when she was just six years of

:08:20. > :08:29.age. The abuser was her cousin who was meant to be baby-sitting her at

:08:30. > :08:42.a house in the bogside. I was six and then I was seven for the first

:08:43. > :08:48.one. Horrendous, horrendous. The people around me that I loved, that

:08:49. > :08:53.was the worst, everyone that was hurt by it. The man who carried out

:08:54. > :08:57.the abuse was Frankie McFadden, 54, from Shantallow. He was seen at an

:08:58. > :09:02.earlier court appearance. He admitted a series of offences which

:09:03. > :09:10.included indecent assault, gross indecency and threats to kill. It

:09:11. > :09:19.began in 1975 when he was 16. The abuse had a devastating effect on

:09:20. > :09:32.his victim. Paranoid. Depression. And just literally scared.

:09:33. > :09:40.Always looking over my shoulder now. The judge said that Frankie McFadden

:09:41. > :09:44.knew that what he was doing was wrong, and that the victim, Martina

:09:45. > :09:50.Johnston, was young when the abuse started and within 12 months,

:09:51. > :09:54.McFadden was raping her on a regular basis over a three-year period. The

:09:55. > :09:59.judge said it was clear there was a degree of planning and premeditation

:10:00. > :10:02.in his offending and he gave a and lollipops. He also used violence

:10:03. > :10:07.against her by pushing her downstairs and giving her a black

:10:08. > :10:14.eye. This was done, said the judge, to make sure that she did not

:10:15. > :10:19.disclose the abuse. To be honest with you I did not think anything of

:10:20. > :10:26.him. I'm just glad now that he cannot touch anybody else. If there

:10:27. > :10:30.are any people, there is so much help out there that they have to

:10:31. > :10:33.come forward. They have to get these people off the streets. They have

:10:34. > :10:46.ruined families, they have ruined lives. And still to come on the

:10:47. > :10:49.programme before seven o'clock. Our car parked near Belfast city airport

:10:50. > :10:53.has been operating for more than two years, but now it has been refused

:10:54. > :11:01.planning permission. I will have the story. The bankrupt billionaire Sean

:11:02. > :11:05.Quinn has condemned the latest attack on property which used to be

:11:06. > :11:08.part of his business empire. A bus was set on fire at the entrance to

:11:09. > :11:11.factories near Ballyconnell between Counties Cavan and Fermanagh. Mr

:11:12. > :11:14.Quinn said those carrying out the attacks were not acting in his name.

:11:15. > :11:21.Here's our south-west reporter Julian Fowler. The bus was set on

:11:22. > :11:23.fire, blocking the entrance to the Quinn thermal installation and

:11:24. > :11:29.packaging plant at about half past five this morning. No damage was

:11:30. > :11:35.caused to company property and the bus was moved to one side to allow

:11:36. > :11:40.business to continue whilst Gardai carried out an investigation. Four

:11:41. > :11:44.weeks ago that you'll tanker was driven into the company's

:11:45. > :11:48.headquarters and set on fire. The Company said it believed these

:11:49. > :11:52.attacks were part of a campaign to reinstate Sean Quinn, but said this

:11:53. > :11:57.makes no sense and will not happen and called on the former owner to

:11:58. > :12:00.condemn these latest incidents. In response, Sean Quinn issued a

:12:01. > :12:04.statement in which he said he wished to reiterate in the most categorical

:12:05. > :12:07.terms that he condemns these are lawful act and that those

:12:08. > :12:13.responsible for not acting in his name. -- these unlawful acts. Sean

:12:14. > :12:17.Quinn has a great deal of support in his community. There is concern

:12:18. > :12:22.about the impact these attacks could have on jobs, and fears that if they

:12:23. > :12:27.continue, then someone could be seriously hurt or killed. The local

:12:28. > :12:33.MP says it is time for these attacks to stop. People should listen to

:12:34. > :12:36.Sean and desist from carrying out these criminal activities and help

:12:37. > :12:42.us to protect and strengthen jobs in the area. The response to the

:12:43. > :12:44.attacks has sparked a war of words over the role of Anglo Irish bank

:12:45. > :12:49.and the collapse of the Quinn Empire. Sean Quinn claims the bank

:12:50. > :12:58.operated a covert, underhand takeover of his companies. AVentas

:12:59. > :13:01.Says that the bank has no hand in the running of the business. The

:13:02. > :13:14.dispute goes back to the Marshall Court in Dublin in the coming

:13:15. > :13:17.months. -- the commercial court. A police officer has been given an

:13:18. > :13:20.informed warning after an incident during a contentious Orange parade

:13:21. > :13:24.last summer. The officer was the driver of a landrover in the Carrick

:13:25. > :13:28.Hill area of Belfast. The Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly was carried on the

:13:29. > :13:31.front of it for a time, after trying to speak to police. Yesterday,

:13:32. > :13:35.because of his actions, the MLA was also given an informed warning which

:13:36. > :13:38.is a formal reprimand by the police. It's not a conviction but remains on

:13:39. > :13:42.record for 12 months. Over 1100 people have contacted a

:13:43. > :13:44.helpline set up by the Belfast Health Trust following a patient

:13:45. > :13:47.recall in December. Those affected had attended the Belfast City

:13:48. > :13:51.Hospital for a bladder camera test during 2012 and 2013. The Trust said

:13:52. > :13:53.they were treating the matter as serious after three patients

:13:54. > :13:59.received a late cancer diagnosis. An independent review is underway into

:14:00. > :14:03.why patients had to be recalled. The number of new cars sold here

:14:04. > :14:07.rose by more than ten per cent in 2013, according to industry figures.

:14:08. > :14:10.More than 52,000 cars were sold in 2013 compared to less than 48,000 in

:14:11. > :14:18.2012. New car registrations are seen as an important measure of consumer

:14:19. > :14:22.spending here. In the first case of its kind five

:14:23. > :14:25.members of the Lough Neagh lifeboat crew have been expelled by the

:14:26. > :14:27.charity watchdog and accused of trying to scupper the rescue

:14:28. > :14:31.service. As our investigations reporter Kevin Magee discovered, the

:14:32. > :14:42.charity is in the middle of an internal row that has split the

:14:43. > :14:45.organisation. With almost 80 miles of coastline Lough Neagh is the

:14:46. > :14:50.largest freshwater lake in the British Isles. It can also be

:14:51. > :14:56.dangerous for those who use it but the Lough Neagh rescue is always on

:14:57. > :15:00.hand. On its bases it and heard more than 20 distress calls last year.

:15:01. > :15:06.But under the surface, the charity is in the grip of a bitter dispute.

:15:07. > :15:10.It got so bad at one stage that locks were changed at one of the

:15:11. > :15:14.life of stations and funds were frozen in the bank account. Before

:15:15. > :15:18.that began with accusations that the number -- a number of crew members

:15:19. > :15:22.were attempting to form a breakaway group to take over the running of

:15:23. > :15:26.this proposed new station in Antrim. That breakaway group went to the

:15:27. > :15:30.Charity commission with a list of grievances but cause the allegations

:15:31. > :15:35.they made were considered to be unfounded, they themselves became

:15:36. > :15:39.the focus of an investigation. They now stand accused of trying to bring

:15:40. > :15:45.the charity down. Five crew members, some of them seem here attending a

:15:46. > :15:49.meeting about the keys, have been expelled by the dirty watchdog after

:15:50. > :15:54.its initial enquiries accused them of working to undermine the

:15:55. > :15:59.lifeboat. We at no time have posed any risk to the charity and we are

:16:00. > :16:04.the charity. The charity is not odds and equipment, the charity is

:16:05. > :16:07.membership and with 450 years experience of this is being excluded

:16:08. > :16:12.from the charity at the minute. The commission is not giving the members

:16:13. > :16:18.access to the charity and how they want to serve it. According to the

:16:19. > :16:21.commission, among the false claims made work that electricity bills for

:16:22. > :16:24.the station were higher than it should have them. After

:16:25. > :16:31.investigation, this allegation was not upheld. All those expelled have

:16:32. > :16:36.been given a list or the removal. One must choose -- told his

:16:37. > :16:48.judgement had been coloured over the commission called a nefarious

:16:49. > :16:53.organisation. Querymac I am a Mason and I am proud being a Mason because

:16:54. > :16:59.of all the charity work that we do. For that allegation to be made to me

:17:00. > :17:05.without an investigation, and looking at the evidence they

:17:06. > :17:09.provided, I think it is nonsense. Charity regulator confirmed its

:17:10. > :17:15.investigation is ongoing. Throughout the investigation, the main charity

:17:16. > :17:18.has kept up its life-saving work and has declined to be interviewed but

:17:19. > :17:25.said it continues to operate to high standards. The fallout is not over.

:17:26. > :17:28.The group are now appealing the decision and hope to be reinstated

:17:29. > :17:37.as members of the lifeboat service they are accused of trying to

:17:38. > :17:41.scupper. Planners have decided that a car

:17:42. > :17:44.park, which runs a shuttle bus to and from Belfast City Airport, can

:17:45. > :17:47.no longer operate and they have reversed their planning permission

:17:48. > :17:50.decision. The car park has been in existence for more than two years.

:17:51. > :17:53.The Environment Minister has backed the planners' action but the chair

:17:54. > :18:01.of the Assembly's Environment Committee is amazed at the decision.

:18:02. > :18:05.Chris Page reports. The store has a huge car parked next to Belfast City

:18:06. > :18:09.Airport and the businessmen saw the opportunity and least the top floor.

:18:10. > :18:13.It is cheaper than the nearby airport car parking. Planners

:18:14. > :18:15.initially approved the owner has not been told planning permission has

:18:16. > :18:21.been refused and he cannot understand why. The problem is that

:18:22. > :18:29.planners tell me you must prove there is a need and I would have

:18:30. > :18:33.thought with all the business we are having, hundreds of cars each day,

:18:34. > :18:38.that there is a demand and there is a need for an alternative car park.

:18:39. > :18:43.The planners change of course happened after the issue went to

:18:44. > :18:47.Belfast City Council. DUP councillor asked for it to be deferred so

:18:48. > :18:52.planners could meet with airport officials. The DUP has said that the

:18:53. > :18:56.council did not lodge an objection against the planning application. In

:18:57. > :18:59.a statement, the report said while we welcome competition it must

:19:00. > :19:04.adhere to the same planning restrictions at the airport operates

:19:05. > :19:06.within. Car parking in Belfast city airport is competitively priced with

:19:07. > :19:12.significant savings were booking online. The environment and Mr said

:19:13. > :19:16.he was conscience how this looked from the outside but he backed the

:19:17. > :19:20.planners saying they must make decisions based on planning policy.

:19:21. > :19:25.However the chair of the Environment Committee said she was very

:19:26. > :19:31.surprised by what happened. I think this was enterprising, using this

:19:32. > :19:44.top floor of the car park. It is always empty. I thought it was good

:19:45. > :19:48.to make use of it. I find it really amazing that planners have now

:19:49. > :19:52.turned this down. By the time being, the car park stays open

:19:53. > :19:55.because the owner is appealing against the decision. But if he

:19:56. > :20:04.loses the appeal, it will eventually close.

:20:05. > :20:07.Ulster have been handed a huge boost ahead of a crunch European Cup game

:20:08. > :20:15.this weekend. Stephen is here with more.

:20:16. > :20:18.He broke his arm during Ireland's narrow loss to New Zealand during

:20:19. > :20:21.the November rugby internationals. The day afterwards Rory Best told

:20:22. > :20:25.this programme he was determined to battle his way back from injury to

:20:26. > :20:29.be fit for Ulster's crunch European double bill over the next two weeks.

:20:30. > :20:32.And six weeks later he was true to his word. Remarkably Best is back in

:20:33. > :20:35.contention to make his return and could be involved against

:20:36. > :20:39.Montpellier this Friday. Thomas Kane reports. It is fair to say that most

:20:40. > :20:44.people took it easy over Christmas but that festive period was all

:20:45. > :20:52.about intensive rehabilitation by this man. The hard work was worth

:20:53. > :21:00.it. He was cleared by the specialist and that has healed. We are loading

:21:01. > :21:05.some work on it and seeing how it goes and he is progressing so we

:21:06. > :21:09.will see how that goes. There is a possibility he could play this

:21:10. > :21:17.weekend. He will not be rushed and Ulster will manage his comeback. All

:21:18. > :21:25.good players, if you get the best out of them and monitor them, we

:21:26. > :21:29.will do what is best for him. If we are going to get full value out of

:21:30. > :21:38.him we must look after him in moments like this. We will make sure

:21:39. > :21:41.we do the right thing. With the six Nations approaching and the top

:21:42. > :21:45.clubs battling it out for knockout places in the European Cup, the

:21:46. > :21:53.return of one of the world's best hookers comes at an ideal time for

:21:54. > :21:56.Ireland and Ulster. He's one of our most talented Gaelic

:21:57. > :22:00.footballers who also has become a goal scoring sensation in the Irish

:22:01. > :22:03.League. Owen Bradley is wanted by both his county Derry to play gaelic

:22:04. > :22:07.and by his club Coleraine to play soccer. But the seasons of the two

:22:08. > :22:10.sports overlap so he had a tough decision to make. And Bradley, by

:22:11. > :22:12.signing a contract extension with Coleraine, has picked the

:22:13. > :22:22.professional game. He's spoken exclusively to Thomas Niblock.

:22:23. > :22:33.Owen Bradley is a player who defines the free is marquee forward. --

:22:34. > :22:37.defines the phrase. One of the top Gillett footballers and Ulster for a

:22:38. > :22:44.decade, he has recently switched his attention to soccer with Coleraine.

:22:45. > :22:51.He has had a devastating effect. And with a choice to make, he has chosen

:22:52. > :22:55.Coleraine. I have got a chance to play for Coleraine in the Irish

:22:56. > :23:03.League last year and I am enjoying it. I am contracted to the end of

:23:04. > :23:16.April, the start of May and I will follow that. -- Gaelic speakers. --

:23:17. > :23:20.footballers. I will not be playing for Derry this year. The first round

:23:21. > :23:26.of the championship is against Donegal. Is that possible? I think

:23:27. > :23:31.it is. I chatted with Brian last night. The way it was left is we

:23:32. > :23:37.will chat whenever the Irish League is over. If you are playing well in

:23:38. > :23:46.the club and there is no soccer, I do not see any problem. If I asked,

:23:47. > :23:50.I would play. Simple economics play a factor. He is a father and

:23:51. > :23:54.plasterer by trade and he is hoping to build a house next year. For

:23:55. > :24:01.Coleraine committee gets paid, for Derry, he does not. When you are

:24:02. > :24:07.playing soccer, it is nice and there is an amateur ethos in GAA. That is

:24:08. > :24:12.good enough, I am happy enough. But it is nice to get recognised and get

:24:13. > :24:17.some money for playing sport and soccer on Saturday. I am enjoying

:24:18. > :24:21.it. This top scorer has admitted he would give serious consideration of

:24:22. > :24:30.a longer contract was presented so for the short term at least,

:24:31. > :24:34.Derry's loss is Coleraine's game. Crusaders have moved up to second in

:24:35. > :24:37.the Irish Premiership table after an emphatic win over Dungannon Swifts

:24:38. > :24:40.last night at Seaview. The North Belfast side scored twice in the

:24:41. > :24:43.first half through Jordan Owens and Paul Heatley. They were always in

:24:44. > :24:46.control thereafter, as they eventually ran out as five-one

:24:47. > :24:49.winners. The victory moved them back up to within six points of the

:24:50. > :24:58.league leaders Linfield, who they play in their next league game a

:24:59. > :25:02.week today. May be if we lost today, we were out of running for the

:25:03. > :25:06.league. But we know would be needed to do and tonight was a big step. We

:25:07. > :25:12.will turn our attention to the next game and try and narrow the gap. We

:25:13. > :25:17.gave away bad goals. We cannot do that and it is difficult coming

:25:18. > :25:22.here, trying to compete. When you make the mistakes we made, you are

:25:23. > :25:25.going to get what has happened. Crusaders thoroughly deserved

:25:26. > :25:34.victory. We help them along the way. Cliftonville could leapfrog their

:25:35. > :25:37.North Belfast rivals tonight and go back to second. They're away to

:25:38. > :25:47.Glenavon and we'll have the result on the late bulletin. Probably a lot

:25:48. > :25:55.of standing water around tonight but the worst is out of the way. Here is

:25:56. > :26:00.the weather chart. It shows how this weather front is progressing. There

:26:01. > :26:03.is an indication that the winds are easing but because there is little

:26:04. > :26:08.pressure, we still have some showers. The first lot of showers

:26:09. > :26:19.have already pushed their way from west to east but they had eased off

:26:20. > :26:23.in intensity. Hopefully for all the stargazers out there tonight, it it

:26:24. > :26:36.will be clear skies. Another batch of rain coming in later in the

:26:37. > :26:40.night. Showers are edging their way eastwards towards Belfast and Antrim

:26:41. > :26:49.through the second part of the night. Towards the end of the night,

:26:50. > :26:52.most of the showers have faded and it will become drier. Temperatures

:26:53. > :26:57.will fall accordingly and there could be the possibility of some

:26:58. > :27:01.ground frost and icy patches. Tomorrow is a much more cheery day

:27:02. > :27:05.and for many of us there will be dry and brighter weather. There may be

:27:06. > :27:12.one or two showers along the North Coast but those will ease. With

:27:13. > :27:18.lighter winds, temperatures will rise to about seven degrees.

:27:19. > :27:28.Tomorrow night, it becomes misty and murky and it will be cold with the

:27:29. > :27:32.possibility of some frost and ice. Mainly dry conditions with some

:27:33. > :27:35.coastal showers on Thursday. Another batch of wind and rain moves in on

:27:36. > :27:40.Friday and that could be followed by dry spells.

:27:41. > :27:43.That's all from the BBC Newsline team. Keep up to date with News

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