:00:00. > :00:00.all from us. On BBC Two, Newsnight last the full version of that
:00:00. > :00:15.Hello and welcome to BBC Newsline. A whistleblower who lifted the lid on
:00:16. > :00:18.substandard nursing care says the system is no longer safe if health
:00:19. > :00:21.professionals can't complain about standards without fear of losing
:00:22. > :00:23.their job. Kevin Murray, who yesterday won undisclosed damages
:00:24. > :00:27.against a nursing agency, says the process has killed the nurse in him.
:00:28. > :00:36.He's been speaking to our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly.
:00:37. > :00:44.To raise the issue of whistle blowing, Kevin Murray waived his
:00:45. > :00:49.right to anonymity after his concerns were ignored, he says he
:00:50. > :00:53.had no other choice but to lift the lid on the system. A process he says
:00:54. > :00:58.which has left him broken. The process has killed the nurse in me.
:00:59. > :01:03.I no longer believe that the system is safe to work within. If as
:01:04. > :01:09.doctors and nurses we cannot identify bad practice, then we are
:01:10. > :01:17.not able to give good practice or best care. In 2010 his job involved
:01:18. > :01:23.nursing a critically ill patient in their Belfast home. But when the
:01:24. > :01:29.care package fell below standard he complained to his employer and the
:01:30. > :01:33.complaints were ignored and in 2012, Mr Murray was removed from the
:01:34. > :01:39.patient's care and his contract ceased. In a shocking development in
:01:40. > :01:44.these minutes of a Belfast health trust meeting the trust warnings if
:01:45. > :01:52.the British nursing agency doesn't take action against nurse Murray,
:01:53. > :01:58.the trust will need to reconsider the issue as a provider. The trust
:01:59. > :02:06.said they were unable to make a comments. Other documents reveal how
:02:07. > :02:12.much Mr Murray was let down by the system. The policy doesn't work in
:02:13. > :02:17.practice. Whistle blowing complaints are always deflected back to the
:02:18. > :02:25.trust. Who in my case and in the majority of cases are the accused
:02:26. > :02:31.party. How is that an open and transparent system.? A system Edwin
:02:32. > :02:35.Poots said he reiterated a pledge that workers should be protect. It
:02:36. > :02:40.is a matter of it is their duty to come forward with their information.
:02:41. > :02:45.It wrong for people not to pass that on to their managers. Legal
:02:46. > :02:52.proceedings are now being brought against the Belfast health trust.
:02:53. > :02:55.The most senior civil servant in the Department of Justice has denied he
:02:56. > :02:59.failed in his duty by not informing David Ford about the existence of
:03:00. > :03:06.the scheme to deal with Republican "on the runs". Nick Perry was
:03:07. > :03:09.formerlly a senior official with the Northern Ireland Office, which
:03:10. > :03:11.administered the scheme. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent
:03:12. > :03:16.Kearney reports. Permanent sectretaries usually aren't seen or
:03:17. > :03:22.heard in public. But Nick Perry was forced into the limelight to answer
:03:23. > :03:28.questions about the on the run scheme. A former official that
:03:29. > :03:34.administered the scheme. But he didn't tell his new boss David ford
:03:35. > :03:40.that it accepted. He said he couldn't do so, because of civil
:03:41. > :03:45.service rules. I'm not going to criticise any civil servant for
:03:46. > :03:51.adhering to the code of conduct. Nick Perry said he had acted
:03:52. > :03:56.properly because responsibility for operating the scheme remained with
:03:57. > :04:00.the NIO and not Stormont. The issues remained a matter for the Secretary
:04:01. > :04:04.of State when justice was devolved and it was and is a matter for the
:04:05. > :04:08.Secretary of State what is made public. But he said he hadn't sought
:04:09. > :04:16.independent legal advice about whether the issue of OTRs should
:04:17. > :04:19.have been devolved. I find that not just remarkable. Incredulous that
:04:20. > :04:23.that is the position you would take. The chairman outlined how he would
:04:24. > :04:29.have responded if Mr Perry had failed to brief him. If I was the
:04:30. > :04:36.minister for justice, and you had withheld this information from me,
:04:37. > :04:42.it you wouldn't be my permanent Secretary. Drawing this response.
:04:43. > :04:48.I'm satisfied I've acted in line with the guidance issued and the
:04:49. > :04:52.constitutional arrangements surrounding justice. This is the man
:04:53. > :04:56.at the centre of controversy, John Downey, seen arriving at the Old
:04:57. > :05:02.Bailey in London. A judge last month ruled he would not stand trial for
:05:03. > :05:08.the murders of four soldiers and the Hyde Pak bombing -- Hyde Park
:05:09. > :05:11.bombing because he received a letter saying he was not wanted by police.
:05:12. > :05:17.The letter was sent by mistake, but the judge said it was legally
:05:18. > :05:25.binding. The Justice Committee will question David Ford next week. And
:05:26. > :05:29.coming up on Spotlight after this bulletin, Jennifer O'Leary reports
:05:30. > :05:32.on a case at the heart of the storm over "on the runs" and uncovers
:05:33. > :05:36.evidence kept out of the public eye for 40 years. There have been calls
:05:37. > :05:39.for the Irish Justice Minister Alan Shatter to step aside following a
:05:40. > :05:41.day of allegations of wrongdoing in the Gardai. This morning the Garda
:05:42. > :05:44.Commissioner Martin Callinan resigned - after claims penalty
:05:45. > :05:50.points were removed from the driving licences of well connected
:05:51. > :05:53.offenders. This was followed later in the day by a government decision
:05:54. > :05:56.to hold an inquiry into allegations of widespread secret recordings of
:05:57. > :06:05.telephone calls by police officers in Garda stations. What he has done
:06:06. > :06:09.is unacceptable. You cannot do what he did. Coming to this House and
:06:10. > :06:16.undermine the character and reputation of individuals who other
:06:17. > :06:19.ministers see as having made a distinguished contribution. There is
:06:20. > :06:29.no way out of this without straight answers. So will you ask the
:06:30. > :06:35.minister to go? No. Is the answer to your question. Over 300
:06:36. > :06:38.representatives of the Irish community were guests at a reception
:06:39. > :06:40.hosted by the Queen and Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace tonight.
:06:41. > :06:46.The reception marks the contribution made by Irish people in Britain. Dan
:06:47. > :06:52.Stanton reports. The three priests meeting the queen and Prince Philip
:06:53. > :06:56.and the royal couple were enjoying themselves as they met Irish people
:06:57. > :07:00.from the world of arts, entertainment and culture in their
:07:01. > :07:05.home. Tonight's party comes ahead of next month's historic first state
:07:06. > :07:10.visit by an Irish president to Britain. People love a night out and
:07:11. > :07:14.particularly when you're invited to somewhere as iconic as Buckingham
:07:15. > :07:20.Palace, I think you respect that and you are happy to be here. I have
:07:21. > :07:25.been living here four years and love getting back home as well. Two great
:07:26. > :07:29.countries. I think the whole continuery in Ireland was thrilled
:07:30. > :07:34.when she visited. Everyone realise what had a lady she was and how
:07:35. > :07:39.generous and hard working and if I am that, when I'm her age, or even
:07:40. > :07:44.alive, I will be thrilled. So I can't wait to get in and maybe just
:07:45. > :07:51.stand beside somebody presenting to her and go like that. Fortunately
:07:52. > :07:59.for the actress, it was the royal footman serving the drinks. Louis
:08:00. > :08:09.Walsh was also among the guest and a spokesman for the palace said she
:08:10. > :08:11.enjoyed the craic! Football, in tonight's Danske Bank Premiership,
:08:12. > :08:11.Crusaders beat Glentoran 2-1 at Seaview.
:08:12. > :08:14.tonight's Danske Bank Premiership, Crusaders Ice hockey and the Belfast
:08:15. > :08:18.Giants have lost the Challenge Cup final. They were beaten 7-6 by the
:08:19. > :08:23.holders the Nottingham Panthers. Now here's Angie Philips with the
:08:24. > :08:28.weather forecast. Hello, well things are not going to be quite as cheery
:08:29. > :08:33.form as they were at times today. It was lovely and spring-like. We start
:08:34. > :08:38.the night with dry conditions and parts of west may well stay dry. As
:08:39. > :08:45.a result it could be chilly in the countryside, temperatures close to
:08:46. > :08:52.freezing. Generally it is frost-free and across the east cloud increasing
:08:53. > :08:55.later in the night to bring some showery rain. Twaechltest
:08:56. > :08:59.temperatures -- temperatures between five and seven degrees. Tomorrow
:09:00. > :09:04.cloudier for a time as the showery rain works its way in. In the
:09:05. > :09:08.morning most of it is in the east. So damp for the rush hour here.
:09:09. > :09:13.Further west it is a chilly start but it will be a dry and perhaps a
:09:14. > :09:17.bright one. As it will be across central and western parts of
:09:18. > :09:21.Republic of Ireland. That showery rain affecting the east of the
:09:22. > :09:26.republic and the west coast of Wales and the south-west of England and
:09:27. > :09:30.western Scotland. To the east of the showers it is bright. But through
:09:31. > :09:36.the day it will cloud over in England and that cloud coming in on
:09:37. > :09:41.brisk easterly winds bringing showers, some of which could be
:09:42. > :09:46.wintry. Come the amp for Northern Ireland the showers continue to
:09:47. > :09:51.track west, maybe the odd heavy burst. The east may brighten up.
:09:52. > :09:57.Highs around ten Celsius and more showers on Thursday, maybe mixed
:09:58. > :10:01.with hail. That's it for now. You can keep up to date with News Online
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