:00:00. > :00:00.Much more throughout the evening on the BBC News channel. We are back
:00:00. > :00:14.with Good evening. A pipe bomb has
:00:15. > :00:17.exploded at a GAA club in County Antrim. It happened overnight at the
:00:18. > :00:20.St Marys-Clooney Gaels Club in Ahogill, on the eve of a big
:00:21. > :00:29.inter-county Gaelic football match at the ground. No players at the
:00:30. > :00:34.ground today, just the police and army looking for clues. The club
:00:35. > :00:39.were preparing to host an intercounty football match tomorrow
:00:40. > :00:44.between Antrim and Wicklow. Instead, disruption. And disruption,
:00:45. > :00:48.too, the local residents in this rural area outside the town. We
:00:49. > :00:54.can't get close enough to see what happened, but club officials tell us
:00:55. > :00:58.that the clubhouse wasn't damaged, but two windows at a nearby
:00:59. > :01:02.community hall were smashed. This morning a local councillor got into
:01:03. > :01:06.the grounds before the security operation began. I saw the pipe
:01:07. > :01:10.bomb, the pipeline in the ground. There were lots of wires lying
:01:11. > :01:15.around. It was a very serious incident. This was a real pipe bomb.
:01:16. > :01:20.Had it not gone off then, had it been discovered by an individual, a
:01:21. > :01:26.child at that club, there could have been serious injury or death. The
:01:27. > :01:30.Army bomb experts left the area this afternoon. Police say they've taken
:01:31. > :01:33.away a crude pipe bomb type device for further examination. Police have
:01:34. > :01:37.remained at the scene and club officials are now waiting for the
:01:38. > :01:44.go-ahead to finalise preparations for the big match tomorrow. A
:01:45. > :01:47.teacher who left the Boys Model School in north Belfast after she
:01:48. > :01:51.was the target of sectarian intimidation has addressed delegates
:01:52. > :01:53.at the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis in County Wexford. Catherine Seeley, who's a
:01:54. > :01:57.Sinn Fein councillor in Craigavon, said she wanted to thank the pupils
:01:58. > :02:03.at the school for their support. From Wexford, here's Our Political
:02:04. > :02:09.Editor Mark Devenport. I would like to ask you to warmly welcome
:02:10. > :02:14.Catherine Seeley onto the stage. A standing ovation for one of Sinn
:02:15. > :02:18.Fein's newest councillors. Catherine Seeley projected into the political
:02:19. > :02:22.spotlight by online intimidation, after loyalists found out she was
:02:23. > :02:28.teaching at a state school in north Belfast. Miss Seeley talked about
:02:29. > :02:31.the need to tackle educational underachievement amongst Protestant
:02:32. > :02:38.working-class boys. Then turned to her own case. In the past few weeks
:02:39. > :02:43.in my role as a teacher, I have been subjected to a campaign of sectarian
:02:44. > :02:48.intimidation. I have already expressed my warm thanks to all who
:02:49. > :02:53.have offered me support. But I want to take this opportunity to publicly
:02:54. > :02:58.send a message of gratitude to those pupils of the Boys Model School in
:02:59. > :03:06.north Belfast, who have courageously offered me their full support. The
:03:07. > :03:14.Deputy First Minister contrasted the response of Miss Seeley's pupils to
:03:15. > :03:17.that of some unionist politicians. If this situation was reversed and a
:03:18. > :03:22.young Protestant teacher who was also a member of the DUP was being
:03:23. > :03:28.forced from her job in a catholic school, I would be at the door
:03:29. > :03:31.accompanying her to her work. Martin McGuinness also called on those he
:03:32. > :03:36.described a sensible people within unionism to use their influence to
:03:37. > :03:40.secure a deal on flags, parade and the past. A number of speakers
:03:41. > :03:44.mentioned the Orange Order but, in truth, the real orange concern on
:03:45. > :03:53.most peoples minds here has been an orange weather warning for storms.
:03:54. > :03:58.There will be live coverage from the Ard Fheis on BBC Two at 8pm. Rugby,
:03:59. > :04:05.and Ireland defeated defending Six Nations champions Wales by 26 to
:04:06. > :04:10.three this afternoon in Dublin. It was always going to be a physical
:04:11. > :04:18.test. But Ireland were ready for the challenge. Jonny Sexton kicked them
:04:19. > :04:23.into an early lead. The pack drove home the advantage. Chris Henry's
:04:24. > :04:29.try came from a maul, but it troubled Wales all afternoon. In a
:04:30. > :04:35.disciplined performance, Ireland didn't look back. Paddy Jackson was
:04:36. > :04:40.late scoring in his conversion but it gave Joe Schmidt's many 23 point
:04:41. > :04:48.margin. I think the players can be satisfied. Jonny Sexton did a great
:04:49. > :04:53.drop # job driving us around the field. We got a bit of line-out
:04:54. > :04:59.pressure on, a bit of pressure defensively on. Then we got some
:05:00. > :05:03.scrum pressure on. They had to work off the line pretty hard and chased
:05:04. > :05:09.the game. The rain came at probably the right time for us, which was
:05:10. > :05:14.fortuitous. Be defending Six Nations champions are humbled at Lansdowne
:05:15. > :05:21.Road. Next up for Ireland a triple tilt at the Crown in Twickenham.
:05:22. > :05:27.The weather will stay fairly unsettled through the weekend
:05:28. > :05:30.because of low pressure. The low pressure is bringing stronger winds
:05:31. > :05:35.tonight, especially for the north coast. Gales of up to 50 mph. Any
:05:36. > :05:39.showers we do get this evening should pass quickly because of the
:05:40. > :05:46.winds. It's not going to be chilly tonight. Sunday, although we are
:05:47. > :05:51.expecting a scattering of showers, the good news is we won't have as
:05:52. > :05:55.many as today. By the afternoon it will brighten up and there will be
:05:56. > :05:59.some spells of sunshine. Unsettled to begin with. Eventually the
:06:00. > :06:02.showers begin to fizzle out and we will see much drier weather. Britain
:06:03. > :06:06.and Ireland tomorrow will be a much calmer day, no weather warnings.
:06:07. > :06:10.That low pressure system which has brought stormy conditions eventually
:06:11. > :06:21.nudging further north. It will keep it quite windy for Scotland and
:06:22. > :06:23.Northern Ireland, but much better conditions further south. As for
:06:24. > :06:26.Northern Ireland, tomorrow afternoon there will be some showers but also
:06:27. > :06:28.plenty of dry, bright and even sunny weather to enjoy. By tomorrow
:06:29. > :06:31.evening we will see a scattering of showers coming in from the West.
:06:32. > :06:35.From Monday, some of those showers could be wintry. But we are
:06:36. > :06:40.expecting a good deal of dry and bright weather too, although it will
:06:41. > :06:42.feel cooler with the winds. On Tuesday we have another weather
:06:43. > :06:45.system coming in from the Atlantic. There will be stronger winds and wet
:06:46. > :06:47.weather.