:00:00. > 3:59:59Yard's handling of the case. That's all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:20.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline The County Tyrone teenager
:00:21. > :00:23.Sean Hackett is convicted of his father's manslaughter Four brothers
:00:24. > :00:30.are jailed for up to 11 years each for killing a couple in their County
:00:31. > :00:33.Armagh home. Angry exchanges at the Policing Board between the DUP and
:00:34. > :00:39.the Chief Constable over the On the Runs issue. The police begin a hate
:00:40. > :00:44.crime investigation after a bullet is sent to Tobermore Primary School.
:00:45. > :00:47.Paul McGinley announces his vice-captains for this year's Ryder
:00:48. > :00:53.Cup in Scotland and offers advice to Rory McIlroy. Another grey and wet
:00:54. > :00:55.day today but much better tomorrow. Not as warm but dry, bright and
:00:56. > :01:06.breezy. Sean Hackett had always admitted
:01:07. > :01:09.shooting his father at their family home last year but his defence said
:01:10. > :01:15.he was mentally disturbed at the time, possibly on the verge of
:01:16. > :01:19.schizophrenia. Today, a jury cleared him of murder and found him guilty
:01:20. > :01:23.of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. The
:01:24. > :01:29.19-year-old from Augher will be sentenced later. Julian Fowler was
:01:30. > :01:34.in the court for BBC Newsline. Sean Hacketts's family arrived in court
:01:35. > :01:37.this morning with their solicitor. His legal team had argued that the
:01:38. > :01:41.teenager had killed his father in the irrational belief that he would
:01:42. > :01:44.become his guardian in heaven and resolve his unhappiness and problems
:01:45. > :01:48.in life following the break-up with his girlfriend. The prosecution
:01:49. > :01:51.argued that he was a cold, calculating, manipulative killer who
:01:52. > :01:56.was not suffering from a recognised mental disorder. The Tyrone manager,
:01:57. > :02:01.Mickey Harte, had given evidence of Sean Hackett's promising future as a
:02:02. > :02:06.talented Gaelic footballer. He described him as a quiet,
:02:07. > :02:09.unassuming, lovely young gentleman. The trial heard conflicting expert
:02:10. > :02:15.evidence about the state of Sean Hackett's mind at the time of the
:02:16. > :02:19.killing. In his summing up, the judge had told the jury that all
:02:20. > :02:23.killings are abhorrent, all killings are truly horrific. People act
:02:24. > :02:26.abnormally but that does not mean they suffer from an abnormality of
:02:27. > :02:31.mental functioning or have a recognised mental condition. Sean
:02:32. > :02:34.Hackett's lawyer had argued that you didn't need to be a psychiatrist to
:02:35. > :02:38.know that something in this young man's head was badly wrong. And that
:02:39. > :02:41.a finding of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility
:02:42. > :02:45.would be the right verdict, a just verdict and the proper verdict.
:02:46. > :02:50.After 2.5 hours of deliberation, the jury unanimously agreed. Sean
:02:51. > :03:00.Hackett showed little emotion as he was found not guilty of murder but
:03:01. > :03:02.guilty of manslaughter. On the grounds of diminished
:03:03. > :03:06.responsibility. Behind him, in the public gallery, his family cried and
:03:07. > :03:09.hugged each other with relief. As he was led from the courtroom, his
:03:10. > :03:13.mother Eilish gave him the thumbs up, and said, I love you. Sean
:03:14. > :03:15.Hackett will be sentenced for manslaughter and two counts of
:03:16. > :03:23.possessing a gun and ammunition with intent to endanger life next month.
:03:24. > :03:32.Four brothers have been jailed for up to 11 years each for killing a
:03:33. > :03:36.couple in County Armagh. Thomas O'Hare and Lisa McClatchey died in a
:03:37. > :03:43.fire at the remote cottage they shared near Tassagh in 2006. Here's
:03:44. > :03:47.Gordon Adair. Thomas O'Hare and Lisa McClatchey died from the horrific
:03:48. > :03:51.injuries they received in the fire which destroyed this cottage. The
:03:52. > :03:57.fire, which was started by four brothers, Nile, Martin, Christopher
:03:58. > :04:00.and Stephen Smith. In December they were found guilty of manslaughter
:04:01. > :04:04.and today, their mother and other relatives wept in the public gallery
:04:05. > :04:10.as Niall Smith was jailed for ten years, his brother 's 11 years each.
:04:11. > :04:14.Niall Smith's sentence was reduced because he had effectively pleaded
:04:15. > :04:19.guilty to manslaughter. One by one, the lawyers said I'd please,
:04:20. > :04:24.focusing on the motivation. The sexual assault of Stephen Smith by
:04:25. > :04:27.Thomas O'Hare many years earlier. A lawyer for Stephen Smith spoke of
:04:28. > :04:32.his client's shame and said he accepted that what happened to him
:04:33. > :04:37.could never justify the attack. Referring to the time that had
:04:38. > :04:42.elapsed between the abuse, when Stephen Smith was eight years old,
:04:43. > :04:47.and the time he felt able to tell others, the lawyer said it was
:04:48. > :04:50.important to reflect on those seven lonely years. He said his client had
:04:51. > :04:56.tried to do without -- with what happened by ignoring it. A lawyer
:04:57. > :05:01.for Martin Smith accepted that his client was the one who had planned
:05:02. > :05:06.the attack but said fire to this, he had been a model citizen and we make
:05:07. > :05:10.up of Martin Smith was that of the Big Brother. He said we have a deep
:05:11. > :05:15.sense of guilt and what happened to his little brother and he had been
:05:16. > :05:19.unaware of it and had been unable to protect him. Sentencing, the
:05:20. > :05:24.judgement of fear there could be no excuse. He said that all we give
:05:25. > :05:31.birth to is anarchy by resorting to our own means. As they have done,
:05:32. > :05:36.the victims families to comment. Their impact statements were at
:05:37. > :05:40.their own request not read out in court and the only insight into how
:05:41. > :05:44.the killings have affected their lives was when the judge said it was
:05:45. > :05:53.clear that many of them were simply never get over what had happened. --
:05:54. > :05:56.would simply. The police have started an investigation into who
:05:57. > :05:59.sent a bullet in the post to a school in Tobermore in County
:06:00. > :06:02.Londonderry. The incident is being treated as a hate crime. Louise
:06:03. > :06:05.Cullen reports. The investigation began this morning after the letter
:06:06. > :06:10.was received at the primary school on the outskirts of the village of
:06:11. > :06:13.Tobermore. Prince recalled to the primary school this afternoon for an
:06:14. > :06:17.emergency meeting and they were told what had happened. The school says
:06:18. > :06:21.the incident is in the hands of the police. It's understood the target
:06:22. > :06:24.may have been the family of a child at the school, rather than the child
:06:25. > :06:27.itself. This afternoon, the police confirmed they were treating the
:06:28. > :06:33.incident as a hate crime. A school is a place where we sent children to
:06:34. > :06:39.be educated and they should not be discriminative against for their
:06:40. > :06:43.colour, creed or religion. And for this act to have happened this week
:06:44. > :06:51.in Tobermore is absolute madness. The investigation is continuing.
:06:52. > :06:56.There is a security alert at Green to change in Londonderry. The alarm
:06:57. > :06:59.was raised after the discovery of a suspicious package. An army bomb
:07:00. > :07:05.disposal team is up a scene. Coming up... Find out how locally brewed
:07:06. > :07:16.beers are whetting taste buds at home and abroad. There were angry
:07:17. > :07:19.exchanges between the DUP and the Chief Constable over the issue of On
:07:20. > :07:22.the Runs at the Policing Board today. Matt Baggott insisted the
:07:23. > :07:26.board had been fully briefed about the police's role in the scheme and
:07:27. > :07:30.reacted angrily to a claim that he had not been fully honest with the
:07:31. > :07:38.board. Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Vincent Kearney,
:07:39. > :07:42.reports. There were smiles and pleasantries as the Deputy Chief
:07:43. > :07:46.Constable attended last Policing Board meeting before retiring at the
:07:47. > :07:50.end this month. You happy here for over 100 meetings suffer that you
:07:51. > :07:57.deserve a medal. But the gloves came off on the issue of the On the Runs
:07:58. > :08:00.scheme was discussed. The PSNI called the process by checking the
:08:01. > :08:04.legal status of On the Runs operation rapid. DUP members
:08:05. > :08:09.questioned by the name of that operation was never mentioned by
:08:10. > :08:12.police and said they had never been told that letters of assurance were
:08:13. > :08:16.being sent to people, telling them they were not wanted for
:08:17. > :08:22.prosecution. The operation seems to be the only operation that could not
:08:23. > :08:26.be mentioned. You cannot expect me to comment on the last ten years of
:08:27. > :08:30.briefing to a different Policing Board, before devolution, to people
:08:31. > :08:37.who were no longer present. Quite frankly, you are being disingenuous.
:08:38. > :08:45.This is the only operation that has never been named. He does not have
:08:46. > :08:49.any right to question the integrity of members of the command team. It
:08:50. > :08:58.did not finish there. This operation, which goes to the heart
:08:59. > :09:04.of our justice system, and the integrity of that system, why were
:09:05. > :09:08.we not briefed on that? I have been asked these questions for or five
:09:09. > :09:13.times and is a role for politicians to make the point. But it is not for
:09:14. > :09:18.me to comment on anything around the politics of that process, how it
:09:19. > :09:23.came to be and let me be clear - the Policing Board was briefed. In 2010,
:09:24. > :09:27.it was briefly about the existence of the process. Where the
:09:28. > :09:33.information came from, it was followed up by letter with specific
:09:34. > :09:38.numbers of those involved. It is not right to say that you were not
:09:39. > :09:42.briefed. You were briefed. Sinn Fein's Gerry Kelly, who was involved
:09:43. > :09:48.in submitting the names of On the Runs to the police for checking,
:09:49. > :09:52.agreed. To sit here and talk sent me because you never heard the word
:09:53. > :09:58.rapid, that you did not get any information, is utter nonsense. The
:09:59. > :10:01.police told the board that the first heard about the letters of assurance
:10:02. > :10:06.after John Downie was arrested at Gatwick Airport last May. The judge
:10:07. > :10:09.said last week that he would not stand trial for the murder of four
:10:10. > :10:15.soldiers because of such a letter. The PSNI said it immediately
:10:16. > :10:18.suspended the operation. The BBC has obtained a copy of figures submitted
:10:19. > :10:23.to the board, illustrating the extent of the scheme and the fact
:10:24. > :10:28.that not every on the run was told they would not be prosecuted if they
:10:29. > :10:31.returned to Northern Ireland. They revealed that the PSNI was asked to
:10:32. > :10:37.clarify the legal studies of 228 people. Of those, 192 were told they
:10:38. > :10:44.were not wanted for questioning or arrest. 15 were actively wanted by
:10:45. > :10:48.the police. Eight of them were told they would be returned to prison but
:10:49. > :10:53.released immediately under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. Checks
:10:54. > :10:57.on six people were suspended after John Downie's arrest. Three of those
:10:58. > :11:02.named were later arrested and one of them convicted. Two of them are the
:11:03. > :11:07.subject of ongoing investigative reviews by the police. While files
:11:08. > :11:12.on the remaining to have been sent to the Public Prosecution Service.
:11:13. > :11:15.The Justice Committee announced that it will mind its own investigation
:11:16. > :11:24.into the operation of the On the Runs scheme. The Belfast taxi firm
:11:25. > :11:28.Fonacab has apologised to a gay couple who say they were thrown out
:11:29. > :11:31.of one of its taxis for kissing. It happened on Tuesday night when the
:11:32. > :11:35.driver was taking a group of students to a gay nightclub in the
:11:36. > :11:37.city centre. The firm is one of city's biggest taxi companies and
:11:38. > :11:41.has recently sponsored Belfast Pride, a LGBT festival. One of the
:11:42. > :11:43.passengers in the taxi, Mark McLoughlin, explained to the
:11:44. > :11:50.Talkback radio programme what happened. We were driving down the
:11:51. > :11:56.Malone Road and Stewart leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. The taxi
:11:57. > :12:00.driver could see this through his mirror and he told us to stop and he
:12:01. > :12:05.pulled over and he said, get out. I mean, we were stunned. Are you
:12:06. > :12:11.serious? He said I am not having that in the car. Fonacab says it is
:12:12. > :12:15.aware of an alleged incident and has apologised to the customer. The firm
:12:16. > :12:18.says it is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and limited in
:12:19. > :12:22.discrimination and has started an internal investigation. What does
:12:23. > :12:24.this say about attitudes towards homosexuality? Gavin Boyd is from
:12:25. > :12:37.the Rainbow Project, the largest LGBT organisation here. What sort of
:12:38. > :12:41.reaction have you been getting? On social media we have seen people
:12:42. > :12:47.expressing a lot of anger at how the young men were treated. LJ BT people
:12:48. > :12:51.across Northern Ireland can experience this across Northern
:12:52. > :12:58.Ireland and I think the young men here can be commended in terms of
:12:59. > :13:03.standing up for their rights. There has been a lot of communication to
:13:04. > :13:11.try to raise awareness especially in regard to discrimination. Has that
:13:12. > :13:15.not improve matters? I think it has on the effort taken by the equality
:13:16. > :13:21.commission and the PSNI to educate the public about rights has been
:13:22. > :13:24.good, but we are still lacking in educating young people about these
:13:25. > :13:32.issues, especially in schools and universities. You mentioned social
:13:33. > :13:37.media. Our social media page has had a lot of comments today. Some people
:13:38. > :13:41.say they would side with the driver, they don't want to see
:13:42. > :13:46.people being openly affectionate. That is everyone's right, but you
:13:47. > :13:51.cannot just say that when it is two men were two women in a taxi who
:13:52. > :13:55.were kissing, but that is beyond the pale whereas if it is a young man
:13:56. > :14:02.and a young woman in a taxi, that is not treated the same. Thank you for
:14:03. > :14:05.joining us. Coming up on BBC Newsline before
:14:06. > :14:08.7pm: Continuing our series on the centenary of the start of World War
:14:09. > :14:12.One - tonight, how recruitment posters were used to get young men
:14:13. > :14:14.to sign up. New, locally-brewed specialist beers
:14:15. > :14:21.are whetting the taste buds, not just here but in a growing number of
:14:22. > :14:23.foreign markets. Seven micro-breweries are now firmly
:14:24. > :14:27.established, with more in the pipeline. Our business correspondent
:14:28. > :14:36.Julian O'Neill reports on a sales boom. Craft beer is a niche market.
:14:37. > :14:40.The production lines have never been busier. Sales are rising and this
:14:41. > :14:51.old farm in Kilkeel turns out 300 bottles of specialist brew each
:14:52. > :14:57.year. We have seen the rise of craft beer at the whole island of Ireland
:14:58. > :15:02.and we are trying to ride that wave at the moment. A lot of people are
:15:03. > :15:06.asking for a different choice of beer, more than they used to be.
:15:07. > :15:10.It's one of seven local micro-breweries. A few others are
:15:11. > :15:14.planned as demand increases in Europe and further afield. Some
:15:15. > :15:19.bars, particularly in Belfast, are also on the supply list. The pub
:15:20. > :15:24.industry is still dominated by the big names, who control about 90% of
:15:25. > :15:28.the market. But the recent arrivals are squeezing in. This is launch
:15:29. > :15:40.night for another of the small breweries. Beautiful what the
:15:41. > :15:47.undoing. These boys did this a happy and now look at them. The flavour is
:15:48. > :15:52.next to none. The larger breweries cannot put the detail that we can
:15:53. > :16:00.because we are brewing in small bottles. But the lower sales volumes
:16:01. > :16:07.can mean higher prices. You pay ?4 or 454 a bottle of beer. A lot of
:16:08. > :16:14.places now charge similar for standard like so I don't have a
:16:15. > :16:19.problem with that. It is great used the someone at home doing so well.
:16:20. > :16:22.Rather than bringing in something from a different country. Back in
:16:23. > :16:25.Kilkeel, this business is planning new premises. And as it aims to take
:16:26. > :16:28.a local name even further afield, it also hopes to add to its small
:16:29. > :16:32.staff. More now in our series commemorating
:16:33. > :16:34.the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. This evening, our
:16:35. > :16:38.Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison looks at how and why recruitment
:16:39. > :16:40.posters were used to get young men to sign up on this side of the Irish
:16:41. > :16:58.Sea. Ireland has always been a place
:16:59. > :17:01.apart from the rest of the UK, and the First World War was no
:17:02. > :17:08.different. Because of political sensitivity, conscription, despite
:17:09. > :17:13.plans, was not introduced here. So any soldier wanting to fight had to
:17:14. > :17:19.be persuaded to volunteer to do so, and over 200,000 were. Not far from
:17:20. > :17:24.the referee can bash Mike the River Liffey, these are the memorial or
:17:25. > :17:30.gardens. Until recently they were overgrown with the new state
:17:31. > :17:34.reluctant to acknowledge the 30,000 men who died in the First World
:17:35. > :17:39.War, meant the history books largely forgot. Some believed they were
:17:40. > :17:42.fighting for the Crown, others for the promise of home rule and the
:17:43. > :17:46.rights of small nations. Recruitment posters like these persuaded tens of
:17:47. > :17:52.thousands to volunteer for the trenches. Increasingly sophisticated
:17:53. > :17:57.messages were reduced that appeals to different audiences. The use of
:17:58. > :18:05.peer group pressure, defending women and family, and celebrating the
:18:06. > :18:09.bravery of Irish men. One of them got AVC and survived the experience.
:18:10. > :18:14.An attempt was made to recruit his father to act as an informal
:18:15. > :18:19.recruiting agency -- agent but apparently the father got drunk at a
:18:20. > :18:25.rally and started singing Irish nationalist songs, spawning the
:18:26. > :18:30.effect. Politics was never far away. Many of the posters were printed at
:18:31. > :18:31.this block, a place now associated with Trinity College students.
:18:32. > :18:37.Changed times indeed. There will be more on that story on
:18:38. > :18:40.BBC Radio Ulster tonight at 11:50pm. Tomorrow here on BBC Newsline and on
:18:41. > :18:44.Good Morning Ulster, there'll be another World War One at Home story
:18:45. > :18:55.Stephen Watson is next, and he has Ryder Cup golf news.
:18:56. > :19:00.Yes, Paul McGinley has named some of his backroom team and he has gone
:19:01. > :19:04.for experience, selecting Irish veteran Des Smyth and Scotsman Sam
:19:05. > :19:09.Torrance as two of his vice captains for this year's tournament in
:19:10. > :19:11.Scotland. And he also had words of encouragement for Rory McIlroy, as
:19:12. > :19:15.the Holywood golfer shows signs of rediscovering his best form. I spoke
:19:16. > :19:20.to Paul McGinley today in Dublin - firstly, about those vice-captain
:19:21. > :19:26.picks. I got the job in January last year. They were the two first people
:19:27. > :19:30.who came to mind. Debt has been a mentor and friend over the years and
:19:31. > :19:37.has been proved right in many occasions, and Sam is a guy who we
:19:38. > :19:41.have a strong bond over what happened in 2002, and he impressed
:19:42. > :19:46.me behind-the-scenes when he was captain. As the first Irish Ryder
:19:47. > :19:53.Cup captain, how many Irish golfers can we get on the team? The group --
:19:54. > :19:58.the group the bookies say we will have to with Graham and Rory, and
:19:59. > :20:03.Paul has a record as a Ryder Cup winner in the past. He showed form
:20:04. > :20:07.in the summer and would be at the top of a list of potential picks but
:20:08. > :20:13.I don't want the players to think too much about the Ryder Cup now. It
:20:14. > :20:18.is important for Rory and Graham to focus on winning in my army now. How
:20:19. > :20:24.pleased have you been to see Rory McIlroy return to his best form?
:20:25. > :20:29.Please, but not surprised. Golf is a long road and he will win the
:20:30. > :20:35.series, no doubt, and he has proven he has the ability to win and he
:20:36. > :20:39.will win more major championships, but golf is full of twists and turns
:20:40. > :20:46.and good days and bad days, and Rory will be no different.
:20:47. > :20:49.Rory has come close to winning and he is currently tied for second
:20:50. > :20:55.place at the world golf championship in Miami.
:20:56. > :20:58.Ulster's Iain Henderson will win his ninth cap when he starts for Ireland
:20:59. > :21:01.in Saturday's Six Nations clash against Italy in Dublin. His
:21:02. > :21:05.inclusion at the expense of the injured Peter O'Mahony is the one
:21:06. > :21:08.change from the side which lost to England. Thomas Niblock reports.
:21:09. > :21:12.Versatility can be a good or a bad thing. Some see Iain Henderson as a
:21:13. > :21:15.second row forward. Others think he should play in the back row. The
:21:16. > :21:23.latter is where he will start for Ireland this weekend, so what does
:21:24. > :21:32.the Irish coach think? I was talking to Paul earlier anti-confirmed he
:21:33. > :21:34.doesn't want him competing with him so it might be part of
:21:35. > :21:41.self-preservation, the selection tool. I think he is athletic enough
:21:42. > :21:47.to play in the background but he is strong enough to play in the second
:21:48. > :21:52.row. I think Oster are still trying to solve it and so are we, so we may
:21:53. > :21:58.see a bit of him in both positions on Sunday. -- on Saturday. It will
:21:59. > :22:01.be Henderson's first start in the Six Nations, putting a frustrating
:22:02. > :22:06.beginning to the season behind him. I was frustrated at the start of the
:22:07. > :22:12.season with two injuries, putting me out for longer than I expected. I
:22:13. > :22:16.had to play my way back in and ended up getting some game time against
:22:17. > :22:19.Munster and showing what I could do. Henderson's Ulster team-mate Paddy
:22:20. > :22:22.Jackson will start on the bench. That's because Jonny Sexton has
:22:23. > :22:32.recovered from a thumb injury, and will start fly half in the must-win
:22:33. > :22:35.game against the Italians. This year's Schools Cup Final in
:22:36. > :22:37.rugby will see Sullivan Upper play Methodist College Belfast. Today
:22:38. > :22:42.Sullivan beat Coleraine Academical Institution 27-14 in the second
:22:43. > :22:45.semifinal. Tries from Charlie McEwan, Mark Crockford and Josh
:22:46. > :22:48.Davidson helped the Holywood School to their first ever appearance in
:22:49. > :23:01.the 137 year history of the Schools' Cup. You can see the final of the
:23:02. > :23:06.competition on BBC Two on St Patrick's Day.
:23:07. > :23:09.Northern Ireland's goal drought in away friendlies has now stretched to
:23:10. > :23:12.ten games. The match against Cyprus ended 0-0 last night with only ten
:23:13. > :23:15.men on the pitch. Meanwhile, in Dublin, Martin O'Neill suffered his
:23:16. > :23:22.first defeat as Republic's manager, losing 2-1 to Serbia. Nial Foster
:23:23. > :23:27.reports. It was Northern Ireland's two showed the early initiative, but
:23:28. > :23:33.Martin Paterson's header was saved. The visitors' blushes were saved by
:23:34. > :23:38.the quick thinking and athleticism of Alan Manas. To compound Michael
:23:39. > :23:45.O'Neill's misery, Gareth McAuley were shown a straight red card for
:23:46. > :23:49.this challenge. Created a couple of half chances, we maybe could have
:23:50. > :23:53.done better, and then we had to play the game out with ten men. But the
:23:54. > :23:57.spirit and the workrate were good and we have to commend the players
:23:58. > :24:01.on that. The fact we got 17 players on the pitch and got game time was
:24:02. > :24:04.important, but the level of performance was disappointing. We
:24:05. > :24:07.need to learn from that. There's no mugs in international football.
:24:08. > :24:10.We've got some tough games in the group where we can't invite pressure
:24:11. > :24:17.playing the wrong places and give them that opportunity to get on the
:24:18. > :24:23.front foot. At the Abbey the stadium, Shane Long took advantage
:24:24. > :24:28.of some dodgy Serbian defending to fire the hosts into the lead, but
:24:29. > :24:36.they own goal from the unfortunate James McCarthy drew the sides level.
:24:37. > :24:38.Then after an hour, this goal gave Martin O'Neill something to think
:24:39. > :24:44.about ahead of the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
:24:45. > :24:51.Not a good night for our international foot honours, north
:24:52. > :24:54.and south. As long as they win the important games when the qualifiers
:24:55. > :24:58.start, that is all that is important.
:24:59. > :25:02.The weather is next, and there has been a warning for County Fermanagh.
:25:03. > :25:05.Geoff Maskell is here Our late summary is at 10:25pm.
:25:06. > :25:09.been a warning for County Fermanagh. Geoff Maskell is here Our late It
:25:10. > :25:13.has been a miserable day, grey and rainy everywhere and that yellow
:25:14. > :25:16.warning for heavy rain remains in place across Fermanagh until
:25:17. > :25:22.midnight. It is not so much the volume of water, or the impact it is
:25:23. > :25:28.having on swollen rivers and lakes. This evening and tonight, the rain
:25:29. > :25:33.gradually works its way east. We get some clearer skies behind.
:25:34. > :25:37.Temperatures dipped to four or five degrees but tomorrow will be a much
:25:38. > :25:44.better day. It will be drier and brighter, if a little chilly. This
:25:45. > :25:48.is the picture you will wake up to. We have a few showers are around but
:25:49. > :25:54.then the sky is dark to clear, it brightens up a little. We might even
:25:55. > :26:00.see some sunshine. Some showers could fall as sleet or snow because
:26:01. > :26:03.it is a colder air mass coming in so that is reflected by the
:26:04. > :26:08.temperatures, highs of six or seven degrees. Stay out of the wind and in
:26:09. > :26:13.the sunshine and it won't feel too bad. Those dry conditions continue
:26:14. > :26:19.in the first part of Friday night and into Saturday morning before a
:26:20. > :26:24.little rain edges in. It is a cold night because of those clear skies,
:26:25. > :26:29.temperatures close to freezing. A change at the weekend, a more
:26:30. > :26:33.unsettled picture because of a low pressure system. Here it is tracking
:26:34. > :26:38.up the West Coast of Ireland. That will bring rain and cloud and some
:26:39. > :26:43.quite strong winds as we go through the weekend. So starting Saturday,
:26:44. > :26:48.which will be the welter of the two days, plenty of rain to begin with,
:26:49. > :26:54.things pick up a little as we go through the day, and temperatures
:26:55. > :26:59.have recovered to highs of 11 or 12 degrees. On Sunday another similar
:27:00. > :27:05.picture is that front moves northwards. We start with a bit of
:27:06. > :27:09.rain but Sunday gets a lot better. Things brighten up towards the end
:27:10. > :27:14.of the day and next week the high pressure exert its influence,
:27:15. > :27:18.whether settled down and things get a good bit brighter.
:27:19. > :27:25.Finally a reminder of our main stories. Sean Hackett, accused of
:27:26. > :27:27.murdering his father, has been found guilty of manslaughter on the
:27:28. > :27:31.grounds of diminished responsibility.
:27:32. > :27:36.And for brothers have been jailed for up to 11 years age for killing a
:27:37. > :27:43.couple in a fire at their cottage in County Armagh. Our late summary is
:27:44. > :27:53.at 10:25pm. I keep watching. Enjoy the rest of your evening.
:27:54. > :27:58.Ireland lead the way but could Italy cause an upset?
:27:59. > :28:01.Scotland host France, aiming for back-to-back victories, and will
:28:02. > :28:06.flourishing England or holders Wales stay in contention at Twickenham?