:00:00. > :00:29.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline: Not
:00:30. > :00:32.enough staff, bullying, a dysfunctional health care system -
:00:33. > :00:36.that's what the staff say. Can a cure be found for the Royal's A? A
:00:37. > :00:38.woman recalls how she was beaten black and blue by nuns at a
:00:39. > :00:41.children's home. He made and lost billions, now Sean
:00:42. > :00:44.Quinn testifies against the men accused over the collapse of the
:00:45. > :00:47.Anglo Irish Bank. Could an elite cycling race be on a
:00:48. > :00:51.collision course with politics here? Ireland are two-thirds of the way to
:00:52. > :00:54.a Triple Crown after mauling the Six Nations champions.
:00:55. > :00:58.It's a busy week of weather. There are warnings of both ice and snow in
:00:59. > :01:06.the next 24 hours. Find out how this affects you later in the programme.
:01:07. > :01:11.A highly critical report into the Emergency Department at the Royal
:01:12. > :01:14.Victoria Hospital has found that at times not enough doctors and nurses
:01:15. > :01:19.are available to properly treat patients. The review was ordered by
:01:20. > :01:32.the Health Minister after a major incident was declared over a patient
:01:33. > :01:34.backlog last month. Staff who were interviewed raised concerns about
:01:35. > :01:36.staffing levels, bullying, intolerable pressure and a
:01:37. > :01:39.dysfunctional health care system. We'll hear live from the Health
:01:40. > :01:42.Minister shortly, but, first, I'm joined by our health correspondent
:01:43. > :01:44.Marie Louise Connolly, who has been reporting extensively on the
:01:45. > :01:52.Accident and Emergency system. Does this finally confirm what many
:01:53. > :01:58.people suspected? Yes, it does. What people have been saying for almost
:01:59. > :02:00.two years, that the emergency department at the Royal Victoria
:02:01. > :02:04.Hospital has been simmering away like a pressure cooker for some
:02:05. > :02:09.time. A number of recent incidents have pushed it over the edge and has
:02:10. > :02:12.triggered this response from the Minister. We have had the public
:02:13. > :02:19.stories from patients telling of their experience at the accident and
:02:20. > :02:24.emergency departments, we have had whistle-blowers speaking out. Lasted
:02:25. > :02:28.till birth we leaked report from the College of emergency medicine that
:02:29. > :02:31.was a damning report into what was happening at the hospital. Then
:02:32. > :02:36.there was the major incident declared about a fortnight ago.
:02:37. > :02:40.Also, according to Sinn Fein, it is no coincidence that the response by
:02:41. > :02:49.the Minister comes just a day before the BBC Spotlight gram -- Spotlight
:02:50. > :02:56.programme. What needs to happen to finally resolve these major A
:02:57. > :03:01.problems? According to those who work in the Department, the nurses
:03:02. > :03:05.and. Tourist, simply don't want to be listened to. They say they have
:03:06. > :03:08.the solution but it comes down to those who will be carrying out the
:03:09. > :03:15.review to take on board but they are saying. They are working at the
:03:16. > :03:18.Department at the tough times and they said they can supply the
:03:19. > :03:21.cancerous if only some managers will lessen.
:03:22. > :03:26.Later in the programme, you'll have a story with a positive side to the
:03:27. > :03:30.Health Service. Yes, a story about what happened when a group of medics
:03:31. > :03:34.collided with information technology consultants.
:03:35. > :03:42.The Health Minister Edwin Poots joins me now live from Stormont. Not
:03:43. > :03:47.enough doctors and nurses. This is a damning report. I embarrassed argued
:03:48. > :03:51.by X? I instructed that the report should happen, so I welcome its
:03:52. > :03:59.findings stop we identified that there were robbed is that we needed
:04:00. > :04:13.to. This report comes on the back of a major incident. I have
:04:14. > :04:17.conversations with staff. I welcome the opportunity for the trust to be
:04:18. > :04:28.able to respond to the findings of this report. The major incident you
:04:29. > :04:33.prepared to, you described it as a one off. Surely you can still
:04:34. > :04:37.believe that. What happened at that incident was over the course of
:04:38. > :04:46.three days 380 people were admitted to the hospital. There was a backlog
:04:47. > :04:54.that caused that event. So it is not a one off? I understand that the
:04:55. > :04:59.hospital can operate under huge pressure is and those pressures are
:05:00. > :05:05.significant. Staff sometimes can feel that they are overburdened by
:05:06. > :05:09.the pressures that exist and we want to respond to that and make sure
:05:10. > :05:18.that the working environment is the best possible. This report is new,
:05:19. > :05:22.but the findings are not. People who have been on the front line have
:05:23. > :05:28.been telling us and used for 18 months about these problems. What we
:05:29. > :05:34.are looking at, in terms of how we can raise staff morale, make sure
:05:35. > :05:40.staff are listened to, say hi staff can engage in their work and have a
:05:41. > :05:53.reasonable life outside it. We all have a role to play in this.
:05:54. > :05:59.Everybody has a role to ensure that hospitals operate well. Someday
:06:00. > :06:10.people might need for a genuine reason. How would you respond to
:06:11. > :06:18.people who have asked you today if your responses simply because of the
:06:19. > :06:26.programme going out tomorrow night. It is a bit of a coincidence, isn't
:06:27. > :06:31.it? I went to the hospital the day after the incident and engaged the
:06:32. > :06:44.staff. I did not know Spotlight was producing a programme. Minister,
:06:45. > :06:47.there we must leave it. The first woman to give evidence to
:06:48. > :06:51.the Historical Abuse Inquiry has described how she was beaten black
:06:52. > :06:54.and blue by a nun in a home in Londonderry. She said she realised
:06:55. > :06:59.the nun enjoyed it when she cried, so she stopped crying when she was
:07:00. > :07:04.beaten. The woman, who is now 58, lived in the home from the age of
:07:05. > :07:07.two for 12 years. BBC Newsline's Tara Mills reports.
:07:08. > :07:15.You may find some of the detail upsetting.
:07:16. > :07:20.Nazareth-in Bishop Street, home to hundreds of Young Boys and girls.
:07:21. > :07:25.One of them, now 58, said she was a bright child with good grades but a
:07:26. > :07:30.lifetime of beatings ruined any chance of a bright future. She said
:07:31. > :07:34.she was beaten black and blue I won none in particular. She said the
:07:35. > :07:40.none with punch and kick with anything she could lay her hands on.
:07:41. > :07:43.She said that she realised she enjoyed it when I cried, so she
:07:44. > :07:56.stopped. She said: Central to this evidence was a
:07:57. > :08:01.tragic tale of separation. It was only when her older sister was about
:08:02. > :08:05.to leave Nazareth house that she discovered she even had a sister.
:08:06. > :08:10.She spent the last 45 years trying to track her down with no success.
:08:11. > :08:13.The youngest witness to give evidence so far said this afternoon
:08:14. > :08:18.that children at the home were given scolding or freezing showers and not
:08:19. > :08:26.in cupboards as punishment. The 46 the role described his life as
:08:27. > :08:29.chaotic. Saying that the first nun who met him when he entered the home
:08:30. > :08:35.was like something from the Gestapo and put the fear of God into him.
:08:36. > :08:41.When his mother died, the none would not -- the none would let -- the
:08:42. > :08:48.none would not let him go to the funeral for the week. He said the
:08:49. > :08:51.only positive thing on leaving the home was to get back to his mother
:08:52. > :08:56.'s home, no matter how dysfunctional it was. The human story of children
:08:57. > :09:01.being separated from their siblings is becoming a common theme in this
:09:02. > :09:06.enquiry. More witnesses will come to Banbridge to give evidence tomorrow.
:09:07. > :09:09.He was once Ireland's richest mild, but lost billions investing in Anglo
:09:10. > :09:12.Irish Bank. Today, Sean Quinn gave evidence against three former
:09:13. > :09:15.executives of the bank which needed the biggest bailout in the history
:09:16. > :09:18.of the Republic, costing taxpayers over three billion Euro. Our Dublin
:09:19. > :09:31.correspondent Shane Harrison was in court today. Shane, why was Sean
:09:32. > :09:36.Quinn giving evidence at this trial? The fate of the Queen family and the
:09:37. > :09:40.anguish -- and the Anglo Irish Bank became interlinked in 2008. Sean
:09:41. > :09:46.Quinn lost control of the family business because of his 2.4 billion
:09:47. > :09:52.euros gamble on the share price and the Anglo Irish Bank continuing to
:09:53. > :09:55.rise. He said he thought the Anglo bank was marvellous institution and
:09:56. > :10:03.he took a fairly conservative approach initially to his, yet in
:10:04. > :10:07.2008 the control 29% of the bank. He said that although the share price
:10:08. > :10:11.had fallen by 40% he still invested in the bank because its profits were
:10:12. > :10:20.up to 46% and he regarded that as significant. The prosecution case is
:10:21. > :10:27.that in trying to Delhi -- trying to dilute the shareholding of Sean
:10:28. > :10:36.Quinn, they illegally meant money to buy a shares of him. Did Sean Quinn
:10:37. > :10:41.give any indication that he regretted his involvement with the
:10:42. > :10:47.bank? He did. There was laughter in the court when he said how times
:10:48. > :10:52.change, when he was once listed as the 200 richest people in the world.
:10:53. > :10:57.He said that he regarded his experience with the bankers at the
:10:58. > :11:04.Asko that cost 3.2 William Euro in 2007 and 2008. He said he had been a
:11:05. > :11:09.full and blamed angle for everything that had happened to him and his
:11:10. > :11:12.family. He said he was told that the bank was profitable by people who
:11:13. > :11:17.knew it was in trouble. The Council for one of the defendant said that
:11:18. > :11:19.his recollection was at odds with some of the official records only
:11:20. > :11:25.was told that some of his evidence was more relevant to the family 's
:11:26. > :11:30.forthcoming civil action against the bank than appropriate for this
:11:31. > :11:36.trial. Mr Quinn has updated his evidence and has been succeeded in
:11:37. > :11:41.the witness box by his son, Sean Quinn junior.
:11:42. > :11:44.Still to come on the programme: The push to keep the Giro d'Italia cycle
:11:45. > :11:48.race from pedalling into politics. The recovery of Northern Ireland's
:11:49. > :11:51.private sector gained momentum at the start of this year, according to
:11:52. > :11:54.a survey of businesses. The improving economic picture could
:11:55. > :11:57.mean, after years of wage freezes or pay cuts, that some people finally
:11:58. > :12:08.get a pay rise. With the details, here's our Economics and Business
:12:09. > :12:13.Editor, John Campbell. 100 new jobs were announced at this
:12:14. > :12:17.car parts factory in Carrickfergus last week. This survey suggest that
:12:18. > :12:22.the private sector as a whole is growing and creating jobs. The
:12:23. > :12:27.survey is known as the purchasing managers index. It tracks the
:12:28. > :12:35.performance of a panel of firms asking about enslaved new orders,
:12:36. > :12:40.employment and exports. In January, firms experienced their fastest rate
:12:41. > :12:42.of growth in almost ten years. Companies also reported their
:12:43. > :12:51.fastest with the job creation since 2007. With more job opportunities,
:12:52. > :12:55.will companies have two raise wages? Many people will be hoping so
:12:56. > :13:00.because when you account for inflation the typical full-time wage
:13:01. > :13:04.in the private sector has fallen by 12% over the last six years. The
:13:05. > :13:11.public sector has not suffered so greatly. The typical full-time wage
:13:12. > :13:14.is still down by 5%, so is this the year that trend will be reversed?
:13:15. > :13:18.Throughout the downturn and you probably saw the software set
:13:19. > :13:23.tours, pharmaceuticals, they have had no demand shortage and the
:13:24. > :13:29.problem has been a shortage of supply of skilled workers. They have
:13:30. > :13:33.been getting above inflation pay rises throughout the downturn. While
:13:34. > :13:37.they will still receive those, it will broaden out into other sect
:13:38. > :13:42.tours and ultimately, throughout the economy as a whole. The private
:13:43. > :13:46.sector is recovering in the public sector to them is still much
:13:47. > :13:54.austerity to come. Wage rises in the public sector are limited to just 1%
:13:55. > :13:59.until the middle of 2016. If you rely on the government for your
:14:00. > :13:59.income, it could be years before there is much
:14:00. > :14:15.Political parties are being urged to take down their election posters
:14:16. > :14:19.during the Giro d'Italia cycle race later this year. The race, which
:14:20. > :14:21.starts in Belfast for the first time, coincides with the European
:14:22. > :14:33.and local council election campaigns in May.
:14:34. > :14:37.This promotional film shows how keen the organisers are to show off
:14:38. > :14:40.Northumberland's landmarks, but it clashes with the local and European
:14:41. > :14:48.election campaigns. A very different type of scenery could be on show.
:14:49. > :14:52.The UUP says all the race route should be kept clear of election
:14:53. > :14:58.posters until the Giro d'Italia ends, two weeks before polling day.
:14:59. > :15:02.We do not want the posters in the background, putting the blight on
:15:03. > :15:09.this scenery, we want to show Northern Ireland and the best light.
:15:10. > :15:14.They can see our beautiful faces on the TV, and we have two weeks after
:15:15. > :15:21.the Giro d'Italia, so they have enough time. If there is to be a
:15:22. > :15:26.poster freebooter, there has to be cross-party agreement, because there
:15:27. > :15:30.is no point in two or three parties not putting their posters up and the
:15:31. > :15:39.rest spoiling the show. If there is a deal, it would mean there would be
:15:40. > :15:43.200 miles of roads and thousands of lamp posts without any election
:15:44. > :15:49.posters. Day one of the race is from Belfast to Stormont and back. Day
:15:50. > :15:52.two covers the largest area, from Belfast to the Causeway Coast and
:15:53. > :15:58.back. Day three is from Armagh to Dublin. The traditional colour of
:15:59. > :16:02.the Giro d'Italia is pink, cycling fans want to keep it that way, and
:16:03. > :16:07.avoid any poster battles between Orange and Green.
:16:08. > :16:11.The Finance Minister Simon Hamilton has warned that failure to implement
:16:12. > :16:17.the current welfare changes would cost the Executive more than ?1
:16:18. > :16:21.billion over the next five years. In a letter seen by the BBC, he also
:16:22. > :16:24.warns the jobs of nearly 1,500 people employed by the Social
:16:25. > :16:30.Development Department could be under threat.
:16:31. > :16:41.What else does this letter say? Peer is the letter from Simon Hamilton,
:16:42. > :16:46.he says he is alarmed by what he sees as the lack of concern amongst
:16:47. > :16:49.his colleagues about the serious financial consequences of not
:16:50. > :16:55.implementing welfare reforms. He gives that figure that you just
:16:56. > :17:01.quoted, to put that into context, he says next year it will be equivalent
:17:02. > :17:08.to hiring 2500 nurses or more than 2000 teachers. He highlights the
:17:09. > :17:13.jobs threat to more than 1500 workers who are employed into
:17:14. > :17:17.centres, processing welfare benefit claims in Belfast and Londonderry,
:17:18. > :17:21.but the Department for Work and Pensions maybe locate to Great
:17:22. > :17:25.Britain. He says if more than Ireland had to design a separate
:17:26. > :17:31.computer system, it could run well into the hundreds of millions of
:17:32. > :17:35.pounds, it could be ?1.8 billion. Sinn Fein has already said they
:17:36. > :17:39.think some of these figures are fantasy figures, serving the DDP's
:17:40. > :17:43.agenda, but the Finance Minister feels he is deadly serious, that is
:17:44. > :17:45.why he is pointing this out to his colleagues.
:17:46. > :17:49.A group of medical consultants in Belfast have teamed up with IT
:17:50. > :17:52.specialists to develop a mobile app that can identify where a doctor is
:17:53. > :17:58.going wrong when interpreting X-rays. According to those behind
:17:59. > :18:01.the training tool, it is the first of its kind in the world. The Health
:18:02. > :18:02.Board says it's considering trialling the app across the health
:18:03. > :18:16.service. So many different types of Apple
:18:17. > :18:21.these days are fighting for a place on our iPad, including games, what
:18:22. > :18:26.music we listen to, how we exercise, where we decide to eat out. At the
:18:27. > :18:32.use of mobile apps on smartphones and tablets is even revolutionising
:18:33. > :18:38.how health care is being delivered. This is the app up and running in a
:18:39. > :18:44.local hospital. These medics are using it as a teaching tool. Areas
:18:45. > :18:48.of weakness are identified and corrected, action that could save
:18:49. > :18:54.lives. The most obvious abnormality is a soft tissue mass in the region
:18:55. > :18:59.of the lower aspect of the neck. According to those behind it, it is
:19:00. > :19:04.the first of its kind in the world. We can create bespoke tests to
:19:05. > :19:09.follow up what the student or Doctor's weakness is, and retest
:19:10. > :19:13.those. We can put in early corrective measures to find areas of
:19:14. > :19:19.weakness, correct them and improve practice. While junior doctors are
:19:20. > :19:23.trained into how to read x-rays, once they are qualified, there is no
:19:24. > :19:29.way to monitor their performance. This will allow closer examination
:19:30. > :19:33.of who is missing what. We are about to pilot it here, so we will know
:19:34. > :19:38.but the results are assessed. I think it will improve the number of
:19:39. > :19:45.potential discrepancies that are missed by junior doctors. At a
:19:46. > :19:49.special unveiling instalment, there were high hopes it will be trialled
:19:50. > :19:53.across the service. Very excited about the potential that tools like
:19:54. > :19:58.this one have to keep professionals up to date. It gets tougher and
:19:59. > :20:03.tougher to stay abreast of medical developments, so we are very
:20:04. > :20:09.excited. As an iPad knows no boundaries, it has already been
:20:10. > :20:13.downloaded in Australia. If you have looked at any sport at
:20:14. > :20:17.this morning, it is two wins out of two for Ireland in the Six Nations.
:20:18. > :20:20.Great win over Wales at the weekend. Yes.
:20:21. > :20:23.The two tries in a 26-3 win came courtesy of Ulster's Chris Henry and
:20:24. > :20:26.Paddy Jackson. Ireland will now head to Twickenham with confidence after
:20:27. > :20:27.a performance full of positives, which saw the defending Six Nations
:20:28. > :20:45.Champions dismantled. Come on, Wales! Command, Ireland!
:20:46. > :20:51.With the forecast of heavy rain staying away, it had the makings of
:20:52. > :20:55.a classic, but Ireland had different ideas, Jonathan Sexton kick them
:20:56. > :20:59.into an early lead. The pack more down the opposition with ruthless
:21:00. > :21:07.efficiency. Simple tactics, delivered in style. You have made
:21:08. > :21:10.the maul sexy again. I have always known it was sexy! It worked well
:21:11. > :21:16.today, it does not always work like that. In conditions like that, it
:21:17. > :21:20.can be really effective. Once you get ahead, it becomes even more
:21:21. > :21:24.potent, because it is a way of keeping the ball and put on the
:21:25. > :21:29.other team under pressure. Another driver set up a fitting finale,
:21:30. > :21:32.Paddy Jackson with the second try, but there was no fanfare for the
:21:33. > :21:39.victory. We have more to come, we showed a bit, not a whole lot. We
:21:40. > :21:44.showed physicality and passion. That is what we have built this team on.
:21:45. > :21:50.But there is a lot more rugby to play. We are far from the complete
:21:51. > :21:58.article, we have a lot of work to do. I think we have got to recover
:21:59. > :22:02.well now and start getting geared up for England. A quiet confidence this
:22:03. > :22:05.building, they travel to Twickenham with a first triple Crown in five
:22:06. > :22:08.years on the line. The only negative from Saturday, it
:22:09. > :22:11.was confirmed today that Ulster's Dan Tuohy sustained a broken arm and
:22:12. > :22:15.will now be out for several weeks. And one other piece of rugby news
:22:16. > :22:18.tonight. Italian side Treviso is withdrawing from the Pro 12 at the
:22:19. > :22:22.end of this season. The club said uncertainty over the future of the
:22:23. > :22:25.competition is behind the decision. In local football, there were a few
:22:26. > :22:29.surprises in the sixth round of the Irish Cup. Queens University won 2-0
:22:30. > :22:32.at Lisburn Distillery to reach the quarterfinal stage for the first
:22:33. > :22:39.time ever. Holders Glentoran face a replay. And Ballymena caused an
:22:40. > :22:42.upset away to Linfield. Ballymena stunned Linfield midway
:22:43. > :22:49.through the first half, but this header. Although they restored
:22:50. > :22:58.parity, it is the sky blues who are into the last eight, after this. He
:22:59. > :23:01.is having a good season. He had a whole warble pre-season, his lung
:23:02. > :23:08.collapsed, and he hurt his knee ligaments, he is still not 100% fit,
:23:09. > :23:12.but he is hard to leave out of your team, he is erratic at times, but he
:23:13. > :23:17.is a matchwinner, he can pull something out of the air. Crusaders
:23:18. > :23:23.are also into the quarterfinals after a 4-0 victory, which featured
:23:24. > :23:32.a hat-trick for Jordan Owens. Dungannon swifts beat, rain. Grant
:23:33. > :23:38.Hutchinson with this fine strike for the first goal, although the winner
:23:39. > :23:46.was not about controversy. -- not without controversy. Glentoran look
:23:47. > :23:51.set to go through after they went 1-0 up, but the home side hit a
:23:52. > :23:58.spectacular goal of their own to force a replay.
:23:59. > :24:01.It was a packed weekend of action across all four divisions of the
:24:02. > :24:04.National League. There were big wins for Tyrone and Derry in the top
:24:05. > :24:07.tier, while Down edged out rivals Armagh in the All-Ulster derby. But
:24:08. > :24:11.there was disappointment for the hurlers of Loughgiel, as they were
:24:12. > :24:18.just pipped to a place in the All-Ireland club final.
:24:19. > :24:24.What a difference a queue seconds can make. In injury time, pushing
:24:25. > :24:31.for an equalising point, the Antrim champions were aborted a free. Only
:24:32. > :24:36.to see it reversed moments later following a reaction of the ball.
:24:37. > :24:41.The midfielder was subsequently shown his second yellow card, and
:24:42. > :24:46.they ran out of time to grab that vital school. It was a bitter pill
:24:47. > :24:55.to swallow, after they put themselves back into the game.
:24:56. > :25:00.Tyrone's Gaelic footballers continue to impress. In a repeat of the all
:25:01. > :25:11.Ireland semifinal from last year, Mayo found them too hot to handle. A
:25:12. > :25:16.5-point victory. In the first ever National League game held on a
:25:17. > :25:20.Friday night, Armagh and Down battled it out in horrific
:25:21. > :25:24.conditions. The injury time goal clinched victory.
:25:25. > :25:27.Finally, there was All-Ireland club success for one Ulster side at the
:25:28. > :25:29.weekend, as the Gaelic footballers of True Gaels won the Intermediate
:25:30. > :25:46.title at Croke Park. No rain today, at least I did not
:25:47. > :25:49.see any, it must be a miracle! Maybe you were lucky, but there is
:25:50. > :25:56.no end in sight to this onset of weather. A busy week of whether
:25:57. > :26:01.coming up. More rain and strong wind coming up, and even some snow. It
:26:02. > :26:06.will be around tomorrow. At the moment, it is cold and dry, but out
:26:07. > :26:13.to the west, the next area of rain sweeps in. Some of it falls as snow
:26:14. > :26:18.over the hills. Strong wind for a time, and behind it, the
:26:19. > :26:24.temperatures dropped again. Any grid that is put down this evening may be
:26:25. > :26:31.washed off or die looted. Very icy weather tomorrow morning. Whether
:26:32. > :26:39.you are on foot or in the car. Snow showers developing as the day goes
:26:40. > :26:45.on. To begin with, it is cold and icy. You will probably need to
:26:46. > :26:53.scrape the car windscreen. And icy wind blowing, and there will already
:26:54. > :26:56.be sleet or snow showers edging in. The showers will become increasingly
:26:57. > :27:05.wintry and frequent as the day goes on. Blown through on quite a brisk
:27:06. > :27:10.and cold wind. Most of the lying snow will be over the high ground,
:27:11. > :27:14.but there could be sham flakes reaching the low ground. Tomorrow
:27:15. > :27:20.evening, there could still be some snow around. It will turn icy
:27:21. > :27:25.tomorrow night again. As if that was not enough, we look to the Atlantic.
:27:26. > :27:30.Again, more low-pressure to the south of Ireland, that will sweep up
:27:31. > :27:36.through the Republic of Ireland, and into Northern Ireland, bringing wet
:27:37. > :27:40.and windy weather. We could see two to three inches of rain falling from
:27:41. > :27:45.that system on Wednesday. The rest of the week is a bit drier.
:27:46. > :27:47.Our late summary is at 10:25pm. Good night.