:00:00. > 3:59:59BBC News channel. We are back with the late
:00:00. > :00:17.Good evening. A body has been found in Co Westmeath, where a search has
:00:18. > :00:21.been continuing for Darryl Burke. The 30-year-old was on a boat with
:00:22. > :00:28.two friends when it sank over a fortnight ago. Our reporter has the
:00:29. > :00:32.latest developments. Specialist search teams have been carrying on
:00:33. > :00:37.the search for Darryl Burke since his boat sank on the 20th of March.
:00:38. > :00:43.Their efforts were supported by his friends and family, who travelled
:00:44. > :00:50.there, where this tragic accident happened. David Warner drowned and
:00:51. > :00:55.another member survived and is recovering at home. Around 3pm, the
:00:56. > :00:59.fishermen rescue and recovering at home. Around 3pm, the
:01:00. > :01:02.service located a body and I understand it was not found far from
:01:03. > :01:07.where the boat was discovered last week. The body has yet to be
:01:08. > :01:14.formally identified, but within the past hour, the Portadown pikers
:01:15. > :01:18.tweeted that his body had been found and his family are preparing to
:01:19. > :01:26.bring him home. Thank you. Sinn Fein has announced that Martin McGuinness
:01:27. > :01:30.is to attend events during next week's state visit by Michael D
:01:31. > :01:33.Higgins. In a statement, Gerry Adams said the decision had to be viewed
:01:34. > :01:37.against the backdrop of huge political change in recent years.
:01:38. > :01:41.President Higgins will attend a number of events over a four-day
:01:42. > :01:44.period. A man has appeared in court charged in connection with an
:01:45. > :01:48.incident in which boiling water was thrown over two men and a
:01:49. > :01:56.three-year-old girl in County Down on Thursday night. Martin Kernaghan
:01:57. > :02:01.leaving on his way to the prison. In a brief appearance, the 41-year-old
:02:02. > :02:11.kept his head bowed and spoke only to confirm his name and age. He
:02:12. > :02:16.lives in John Lennon Grange, -- Drumlin. He is alleged to have
:02:17. > :02:26.thrown boiling water over three people. There was no application for
:02:27. > :02:30.bail. A defence solicitor told the court the accused had recently been
:02:31. > :02:35.discharged from a psychiatric unit and it was against his wishes. She
:02:36. > :02:37.asked if he could be put on suicide watch. The district judge said the
:02:38. > :02:40.prison authorities would be informed. A detective constable told
:02:41. > :02:43.the court he informed. A detective constable told
:02:44. > :02:51.connect Martin Kernaghan to the charges. One was of causing grievous
:02:52. > :02:54.bodily harm, two were of assault. The defendant was remanded in
:02:55. > :02:55.custody to appear again by video link on the 1st
:02:56. > :03:04.Thousands of parents have today been told the outcome of their
:03:05. > :03:08.application for a funded preschool place full of there were more than
:03:09. > :03:13.23,000 applications this year but the education Minister, John
:03:14. > :03:20.O'Dowd, says 95% of children will receive up lace of their preferred
:03:21. > :03:25.choice. -- receive a place. We have reached the target, 20,000 children
:03:26. > :03:30.placed in nursery school, stage two will now start and I am confident we
:03:31. > :03:31.will lace the vast, vast majority of parents and pupils in the school of
:03:32. > :03:42.their choices. -- We will introduce more places where
:03:43. > :03:48.required. A man has been arrested in connection with trouble last night,
:03:49. > :03:52.he was detained this morning. The biggest game at Ravenhill for a
:03:53. > :03:54.number of years kicked off in the last 30 minutes as Ulster take on
:03:55. > :04:01.Saracens in the quarterfinal of the Heineken Cup. New grandstands have
:04:02. > :04:07.been opened for the match which has attracted sell-out crowd of more
:04:08. > :04:14.17,000 people. With the home side looking for cup revenge, the latest
:04:15. > :04:17.score is 0-0, but Ulster have had a man sent off. Carl Frampton is in
:04:18. > :04:24.line for a world title fight with Hugo Cazares in the second round of
:04:25. > :04:28.their fight in Belfast. He should go on to fight Leo
:04:29. > :04:31.their fight in Belfast. He should go this year. I think Leo Santa Cruz
:04:32. > :04:36.wants it, I want it, I don't think there is any reason it should not
:04:37. > :04:40.happen. That is what we are chasing. Hopefully it happens sooner, rather
:04:41. > :04:44.than later. I genuinely believe he wants to be involved in big fights,
:04:45. > :04:52.so do I, it is pretty easy to make that fight. Now the weather. Good
:04:53. > :04:57.evening. After rainy start, not a bad day in the end. Cloudy and mild,
:04:58. > :05:01.but as we go through this evening I'm afraid we are going to start to
:05:02. > :05:06.see a little bit of rain through the night tonight, before some more
:05:07. > :05:11.organised rain just before the dawn, but that means it will be a
:05:12. > :05:17.mild night. Look at these temperatures, 12 degrees. It does
:05:18. > :05:25.set the tone for Sunday. We are going to have a cloudy start. This
:05:26. > :05:32.band of rain is working from West to East during the morning, but after
:05:33. > :05:40.that we get clearer skies, brighter spells, temperatures into the middle
:05:41. > :05:44.teens, that is in marked contrast to what is happening across the rest of
:05:45. > :05:49.the UK. The rain has moved out of Ireland, we will see rain in the
:05:50. > :05:52.south-east, cloud everywhere across Great Britain, just the west of
:05:53. > :05:58.Wales missing out on that. Really, we are getting the best of the
:05:59. > :06:04.afternoon on Sunday, but as those skies clear, temperatures will drop
:06:05. > :06:10.away on Sunday night. It will be called compared to tonight. Monday
:06:11. > :06:16.is wet and soggy, quite mild, temperatures into double figures.
:06:17. > :06:18.Not brilliant, but by the time we get to next week, the high pressure
:06:19. > :06:24.will establish itself during the middle of the week, and we will see
:06:25. > :06:29.some settled weather ahead. We will be back tomorrow evening. In the
:06:30. > :06:34.meantime you can keep up-to-date with BBC your Ulster or a local news
:06:35. > :06:36.service. Goodbye.