:00:12. > :00:23.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline: There's another handshake
:00:24. > :00:25.between Martin McGuinness and the Queen, as the Irish President's
:00:26. > :00:29.state visit continues. An American company is to create
:00:30. > :00:31.more than 1,000 jobs in Belfast. As two brothers are jailed for
:00:32. > :00:38.murder, their victim's family criticise the sentences.
:00:39. > :00:43.Work's to start on a ?20 million community complex at an old Belfast
:00:44. > :00:50.army barracks. This border city blossomed in the
:00:51. > :00:54.boom years. Join me later to find out if this magnet for shoppers is
:00:55. > :00:57.making any headway on the road back to recovery.
:00:58. > :00:59.And, clearer skies tonight mean it's going to be a colder one, but
:01:00. > :01:10.tomorrow not looking too bad. The Queen and Martin McGuinness have
:01:11. > :01:13.repeated their historic handshake at a Northern Ireland-themed reception
:01:14. > :01:16.at Windsor Castle. The event is being held on the penultimate day of
:01:17. > :01:20.the Irish President's four-day state visit to the UK. The Queen and
:01:21. > :01:24.Michael D Higgins are co-hosting the event, in order to celebrate British
:01:25. > :01:27.and Irish people who have made a significant contribution to the
:01:28. > :01:31.peace process, and to public life in Northern Ireland. Mr Higgins will
:01:32. > :01:41.later attend an Irish-themed event at the Royal Albert Hall.
:01:42. > :01:48.The First Minister and Deputy First Minister went -- welcomes the
:01:49. > :01:52.announcement of 1000 new jobs. 1,000 new jobs are on their way in a major
:01:53. > :01:55.investment at the Belfast operation of the US company Concentrix. The
:01:56. > :01:58.posts will mostly pay below-average salaries. But the Northern Ireland
:01:59. > :02:02.Executive says they offer an ideal foot in the door of the jobs market
:02:03. > :02:05.for the young unemployed. Here's our business correspondent Julian
:02:06. > :02:11.O'Neill. Concentrix bought a local call
:02:12. > :02:20.centre three years ago, for back-up work serving companies like Amazon
:02:21. > :02:27.and Microsoft. I am glad it is in the Belfast area, although there may
:02:28. > :02:32.be different views about that. But, go around the desks and you will see
:02:33. > :02:36.that the people from virtually every part of the continent, never mind
:02:37. > :02:42.every part of the country. Many of the new posts will pay around
:02:43. > :02:46.?15,000, well below the private sector average. It is part of a
:02:47. > :02:51.broader approach to creating work in a sluggish economy. We will also
:02:52. > :02:55.offer financial support to projects such as this one which offer an
:02:56. > :03:02.opportunity to people on the unemployment register to get a first
:03:03. > :03:06.step in to work. Jobs news like this also helps the effective send a
:03:07. > :03:12.message to other overseas companies that Northern Ireland is a place to
:03:13. > :03:18.do business. Successful companies that are reinvesting, it sends a
:03:19. > :03:23.powerful message. That is the secrets of our success. These jobs
:03:24. > :03:27.could have been created anywhere in the world, really. It is a credit to
:03:28. > :03:31.the team in Northern Ireland that we were able to bring it here. The
:03:32. > :03:40.company could soon be a new premises. It is interested in this
:03:41. > :03:43.old leisure site. Speculation has increased after Belfast council
:03:44. > :03:48.inadvertently published a plan of new offices on its website.
:03:49. > :03:54.Concentrix would not comment on negotiations which are ongoing for
:03:55. > :03:58.the purchase of this leisure centre. Irrespective of whether or not this
:03:59. > :03:59.acquisition happens, the jobs will be created over the next three
:04:00. > :04:07.years. Two brothers have been jailed for
:04:08. > :04:11.four and nine years each, for the murder of a man in Comber two years
:04:12. > :04:14.ago. Phillip Strickland died after being shot because of a dispute with
:04:15. > :04:18.a local family. One of the brothers was given a shorter sentence for
:04:19. > :04:20.testifying against his father, who will be sentenced for the murder
:04:21. > :04:29.tomorrow. Kevin Sharkey reports from Belfast Crown Court.
:04:30. > :04:36.An hour before he was killed, Philip Strickland, paying for petrol in
:04:37. > :04:43.Comber. Murdered by a father-of-2 sons and his friends. Today, the
:04:44. > :04:50.judge said he accepted that the brothers had a violent upbringing,
:04:51. > :04:58.and the description of the man as an angry man. One man was sentenced to
:04:59. > :05:09.nine and a half years. Philip Strickland was killed followed --
:05:10. > :05:14.following a dispute. The dispute led to a meeting between Jimmy Seales
:05:15. > :05:18.and his two sons and Philip Strickland at a farmyard on this
:05:19. > :05:25.narrow country lane. It was January and it was dark. Philip Strickland
:05:26. > :05:29.was shot in the leg. His attackers did not stop. He was bundled into
:05:30. > :05:34.his car which he had bought the previous day, and driven onto this
:05:35. > :05:41.road where he was shot again in the face. Jimmy Seales is due to be
:05:42. > :05:47.sentenced tomorrow, but the mother of Philip Strickland described the
:05:48. > :05:50.judge -- described the sentence as disgusting.
:05:51. > :05:55.A woman has been arrested in connection with the abduction and
:05:56. > :05:58.murder of Jean McConville in 1972. The 57-year-old was detained in west
:05:59. > :06:02.Belfast this morning. Mrs McConville was taken from her home in the city
:06:03. > :06:03.and shot by the IRA. The mother-of-ten's body was recovered
:06:04. > :06:10.on a beach in County Louth in 2003. The Equality Commission has
:06:11. > :06:13.criticised Newry and Mourne Council for retaining the name of a
:06:14. > :06:15.children's play park called after an IRA hunger striker. It was
:06:16. > :06:19.originally named after Raymond McCreesh in 2001, but the council
:06:20. > :06:22.voted to retain the name in December 2012. The commission said the
:06:23. > :06:31.decision went against the council's own equality scheme, and recommended
:06:32. > :06:39.it be reviewed. Gordon Adair reports.
:06:40. > :06:46.McCreesh has long been remembered in his home village, with very little
:06:47. > :06:51.problem. It was the council decision to name this playpark in Newry after
:06:52. > :06:54.him which would spark a bitter argument. Unionists demanded action
:06:55. > :07:00.from the Equality Commission. Today, it issued a report which had
:07:01. > :07:05.stinging criticism for the council. It said it had found little
:07:06. > :07:10.consideration had been given by the council to the impact is decision
:07:11. > :07:17.might have had on the broad Unionist community or the damage to good
:07:18. > :07:23.relations. We welcome the decision, it confirms my consistent view that
:07:24. > :07:30.the decision was always wrong, it was insulting, deeply offensive to
:07:31. > :07:36.the vast majority here, not least the unionist population. The people
:07:37. > :07:41.have every right to have a park named after a Republican, a
:07:42. > :07:46.distinguished Republican, someone much admired in the area. I would
:07:47. > :07:52.refute any effort to change that. Today, the DUP called for a
:07:53. > :07:58.Westminster debate in light of the ruling.
:07:59. > :08:03.A former night custody officer at Maghaberry Prison, who slept while a
:08:04. > :08:08.suicidal prisoner took his own life, has been given a suspended jail
:08:09. > :08:12.sentence. Mervyn Jess reports. Colin Bell took his own life while
:08:13. > :08:19.serving a sentence for manslaughter in Maghaberry Prison in 2008. At the
:08:20. > :08:24.time he was being held in a safe cell for vulnerable prisoners. Night
:08:25. > :08:28.custody officer Daniel Barclay on the left who the court rules cannot
:08:29. > :08:33.be identified for security reasons was given a 15 month prison sentence
:08:34. > :08:36.suspended for three years, after admitting misconduct in public
:08:37. > :08:41.office. The court heard how he had been making food, watching TV,
:08:42. > :08:47.chatting to staff, rolling out a mattress, turning off the lights and
:08:48. > :08:52.lying down, when he was meant to be monitoring CCTV of Colin Bell in the
:08:53. > :08:56.safe cell. The 34-year-old father of three spoke to confirm he understood
:08:57. > :09:02.the terms of the suspended sentence. The judge said Los Rojiblancos had
:09:03. > :09:06.failed in his responsibilities as a night custody officer, but
:09:07. > :09:10.observational failures were not confined to him. And others had not
:09:11. > :09:13.carried out their duties properly and there was a systemic failure
:09:14. > :09:23.within Maghaberry Prison. -- that Barclay had failed.
:09:24. > :09:27.The funeral has taken place of angler Darryl Burke at St Colomba's
:09:28. > :09:31.Church in Portadown. The 30-year-old drowned last month while out fishing
:09:32. > :09:34.with two friends on Lough Ree in County Westmeath. Two other men also
:09:35. > :09:38.fell into the water, one of whom died later in hospital. Mr Burke is
:09:39. > :09:41.survived by three sons and his wife, who is due to give birth to a baby
:09:42. > :09:44.daughter next month. Residents in Londonderry have
:09:45. > :09:47.described scenes of panic during an early morning arson attack. 15
:09:48. > :09:51.people had to flee their homes, after a car was set on fire. It
:09:52. > :09:54.rolled down the hill, and the flames spread to other vehicles. No-one was
:09:55. > :09:57.hurt. A motive for the attack is being investigated.
:09:58. > :10:03.Now to North Belfast where building will finally begin to transform an
:10:04. > :10:06.old army base into a new leisure complex. Already ?20 million has
:10:07. > :10:12.been earmarked for the redevelopment of Girdwood barracks. More than half
:10:13. > :10:15.of that is coming from European peace funds, to cover the cost of
:10:16. > :10:25.the new community hub. Our political correspondent Martina Purdy has this
:10:26. > :10:30.report. A playful big from the Lord Mayor to
:10:31. > :10:37.the Minister. Our politicians in fine form. As they broke ground on a
:10:38. > :10:42.multi-million pound development. In a year, this former barracks will be
:10:43. > :10:47.transformed, with state-of-the-art leisure facilities designed to
:10:48. > :10:53.encourage peace and prosperity in an area of Belfast still scarred by the
:10:54. > :10:58.troubles. It means the rebirth of inner north Belfast. We can say we
:10:59. > :11:04.are making magic here, here is a former military base which will
:11:05. > :11:13.become a wonderful community hub for education, leisure and community
:11:14. > :11:17.use. Exactly what we want. The new community hub will be built with ?11
:11:18. > :11:32.million in European peace funding. The money eventually found after
:11:33. > :11:38.years of debate. All of that was an attempt to fill every square inch of
:11:39. > :11:42.this site with housing, but that does not deliver shared site, mixed
:11:43. > :11:46.use site which was the agreed vision by all parties. For years, the
:11:47. > :11:51.youths of North Belfast threw stones at one another and at the Army based
:11:52. > :11:57.at this barracks. Now, there is a chance for them to play together,
:11:58. > :12:02.with an integrated sports pitch which will accommodate rugby and
:12:03. > :12:13.football. By contrast, those outside this community were unable to reach
:12:14. > :12:18.agreement with regard to the Maze. This is something good, and it can
:12:19. > :12:21.be developed even further. The next charity is the decaying Crumlin Road
:12:22. > :12:25.courthouse currently in the hands of a private developer.
:12:26. > :12:29.Still to come on the programme before 7pm: Pub owners call for the
:12:30. > :12:40.minister to relax their Easter opening hours.
:12:41. > :12:46.It's been a good news day for jobs in Belfast, as we heard earlier. But
:12:47. > :12:50.is there any sign of recovery where you live? Well, we're taking the
:12:51. > :13:02.economic temperature in several places. Tonight, Donna is in Newry.
:13:03. > :13:09.Good evening. Near it -- Newry was the boom town of the last few years.
:13:10. > :13:17.But has it been really transformed? There were rising house prices, jobs
:13:18. > :13:20.aplenty and a sense of optimism. But as the financial crisis deepened, it
:13:21. > :13:23.had a serious impact on shopping trade. Our economics and business
:13:24. > :13:31.editor, John Campbell, has been looking at retail's revival.
:13:32. > :13:38.Jack Murphy has been operating in Newry since 1972. His business is
:13:39. > :13:42.all about big occasions and little treats. During the recession, he saw
:13:43. > :13:51.a marked change in consumer behaviour. People who would come
:13:52. > :13:55.into spend ?5,000 would spend ?500. There was an awareness people had to
:13:56. > :13:59.look after their money more carefully.
:14:00. > :14:04.With wages flat, customers are still careful about what they spend. Mr
:14:05. > :14:09.Murphy says he can see the early signs of recovery. In the streets
:14:10. > :14:16.around his business there were 30 empty shops recently but it is now
:14:17. > :14:20.down to 21. Not far-away is the key shopping centre. It was the epitome
:14:21. > :14:27.of boom town Newry. Shoppers flocked here in search of better value than
:14:28. > :14:33.in the so-called rip-off republic. The owners say it could not be
:14:34. > :14:40.immune. Like everyone else, we have come through a seven year double dip
:14:41. > :14:43.recession. Anywhere west of Turkey and north of the Equator, the
:14:44. > :14:49.Western world has been in deep recession.
:14:50. > :14:55.With plans for a big expansion to the centre he is optimistic about
:14:56. > :14:59.the economy. Having large international companies here raises
:15:00. > :15:03.the bar for everyone. We have an exciting future ahead. If we get
:15:04. > :15:10.corporation tax, which I hope we will, it will be really exciting.
:15:11. > :15:14.That debate will be -- begin again in earnest in the autumn and if it
:15:15. > :15:16.happens, it could be jobs rather than shoppers that come across the
:15:17. > :15:24.border. With me here is Deborah Loughran
:15:25. > :15:27.from the Chamber of Commerce and our economic and business editor. I
:15:28. > :15:35.heard the word optimism in your report, but what are the challenges?
:15:36. > :15:41.We have to be wary that retail didn't go through a deep recession
:15:42. > :15:46.but is going through a big change in respect of the Internet. Others will
:15:47. > :15:54.struggle to survive. Our biggest home-grown retailer has only one
:15:55. > :15:58.physical shop. It is the biggest bike seller in the world but it does
:15:59. > :16:01.virtually all of it online and that gives you an idea of the
:16:02. > :16:06.opportunities that will exist for retailers in this new environment.
:16:07. > :16:14.Deborah, Newry has always had difficulty with the currency value.
:16:15. > :16:17.How can traders counter that? We have always experienced peaks and
:16:18. > :16:25.troughs of being a border town and border region and we have dealt with
:16:26. > :16:29.that by being an area with dual currency and good exchange rates. We
:16:30. > :16:33.have a good and vibrant offering here and that encourages people to
:16:34. > :16:36.come from as far as North County Dublin and as far as Lisp Bonn or
:16:37. > :16:44.Belfast. I am sure people have voiced
:16:45. > :16:45.concerns that out-of-town shopping centres are not doing anything for
:16:46. > :16:58.the independent traders? We try to work together and tried to
:16:59. > :17:05.support our retail, independent sector as well as the shopping
:17:06. > :17:12.centres. That has helped us attract some of the big high street brands
:17:13. > :17:16.as well as having niche shops here. We had about a 1000 jobs
:17:17. > :17:22.announcement in Belfast in regard to call centre services. How difficult
:17:23. > :17:28.is it that Neary is labelled a retail hub and nothing else?
:17:29. > :17:37.We are proud to be known as a retail city, but we have so much more to
:17:38. > :17:43.offer. Some of our biggest businesses and one has just bought
:17:44. > :17:51.over more business, if you listen to the statistics, that is a really
:17:52. > :17:56.good barometer of import and export and that shows a 12% growth, which
:17:57. > :18:01.is fantastic. Thank you for joining us. Next week,
:18:02. > :18:05.as we look at economic recovery, we will focus on property. For now,
:18:06. > :18:08.back to the studio. It's just a week until Easter and
:18:09. > :18:12.pub owners say they are frustrated that nothing has been done to extend
:18:13. > :18:15.opening hours during the holiday period. During a public consultation
:18:16. > :18:17.into the matter two years ago, the Social Development Minister, Nelson
:18:18. > :18:19.McCausland, had proposed easing restrictions but so far nothing has
:18:20. > :18:35.changed. Julie McCullough reports. If this bar owner had his way, there
:18:36. > :18:41.would be no restrictions at all over Easter. Currently, though, he isn't
:18:42. > :18:45.allowed to serve drinks before five o'clock on Good Friday and he has
:18:46. > :18:52.two close early from the Thursday before right through to Easter
:18:53. > :18:57.Sunday. This comes up every year. There is confusion with customers
:18:58. > :19:00.and license owners. It impacts on business because customers are
:19:01. > :19:07.confused. They don't know whether to come out or not and inevitably, a
:19:08. > :19:13.lot of the time, they do not. There is a public consultation on the
:19:14. > :19:18.issue and it says things will happen soon. Not everyone is happy to hear
:19:19. > :19:22.that. I am still concerned about the use
:19:23. > :19:30.and abuse of alcohol in our society. I welcome any restriction
:19:31. > :19:35.on the sale of the product. It is a special time for many Bible
:19:36. > :19:38.believing Christians and I am very conscience of the reference and
:19:39. > :19:44.meditation a lot of people have on one of the most important events in
:19:45. > :19:47.the Christian calendar. The same restrictions that apply to
:19:48. > :19:52.pubs don't apply to supermarkets so you can come here on Good Friday
:19:53. > :19:57.during the day and buy as much alcohol as you like. But come Easter
:19:58. > :19:58.Sunday, although the rest of the shop is open for business, the
:19:59. > :20:08.off-licences out of bounds. A priest has become a YouTube
:20:09. > :20:10.sensation after singing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at a wedding
:20:11. > :20:21.last weekend. The bride and groom, who are from
:20:22. > :20:26.Cookstown, were as surprised as their wedding guests when Father Ray
:20:27. > :20:29.Kelly took to the mic. The parish priest, who's from Oldcastle in
:20:30. > :20:36.County Meath, is currently working on his third album.
:20:37. > :20:41.# And show them how much we all love them too, yeah.
:20:42. > :20:54.# Hallelujah, # Hallelujah. You can see more of the singing
:20:55. > :21:04.priest on our news website, bbc.co.uk/newsni.
:21:05. > :21:13.Fantastic! G first major has finally arrived.
:21:14. > :21:20.The Masters at Augusta and started today. Rory McIlroy has started as
:21:21. > :21:24.tournament favourite in the absence of Tiger Woods and he has had some
:21:25. > :21:30.special help this week in his preparations. Stephen Watson is in
:21:31. > :21:34.the US. The traditional tee off is the past
:21:35. > :21:39.three on the eve of the event and it is a chance for players to relax
:21:40. > :21:45.with family and friends. Rory McIlroy switched caddies for the
:21:46. > :21:49.afternoon. His fiancee, Little Mix, donned the final -- famous white
:21:50. > :22:02.overalls. Caroline, you do know every female
:22:03. > :22:07.in Northern Ireland got very excited when you tweeted the picture of the
:22:08. > :22:13.engagement ring at the New Year. How could I say no way that ring? Can we
:22:14. > :22:22.get a closer look for all the ladies in Northern Ireland? Was it a big
:22:23. > :22:30.surprise? It was! How other wedding plans going? Have you had time to
:22:31. > :22:35.think about it? We are working on it. Obviously we are very busy. We
:22:36. > :22:43.are concentrating on other things. When the time is right we would get
:22:44. > :22:52.around... Is it soon, the big date? You never know. I will be here
:22:53. > :22:56.supporting all four days. No surprise that Caroline is backing
:22:57. > :23:05.Rory. What of the world 's three golfing legends? When I caught up
:23:06. > :23:10.with the great Gary Player, he was keen to discuss the championship to
:23:11. > :23:17.one of his favourite courses, Royal Portrush. I love Royal Portrush. It
:23:18. > :23:22.is one of the greatest golf rinks -- golf links in the world. It will be
:23:23. > :23:26.a great thing to have the open championship, I think the greatest
:23:27. > :23:31.tournament in the world, played at Royal Portrush and I sincerely hope
:23:32. > :23:35.it happens. We have to think of the young people. We have to live for
:23:36. > :23:42.today and think of the young people of Ireland. For now, the focus is
:23:43. > :23:48.very much on this major to see if one of our golfers can deliver more
:23:49. > :23:53.Northern Ireland golfing success. News just in, a man will appear in
:23:54. > :23:59.court tomorrow charged with the murders of 29 people in the Omagh
:24:00. > :24:06.bombing in August 1998. Seamus Daly will also be charged with another
:24:07. > :24:08.attempted bombing that year. He was arrested by detectives from the
:24:09. > :24:13.serious crime branch earlier this week. Our home affairs correspondent
:24:14. > :24:19.reports. Seamus Daly was secretly filmed by
:24:20. > :24:24.the BBC Panorama programme as part of an investigation into the Omagh
:24:25. > :24:30.bombing. 29 people were killed and over 200 injured in what was the
:24:31. > :24:34.worst atrocity of the Troubles. He was arrested in Newry on Monday and
:24:35. > :24:38.is now charged in connection with the attack. No one has ever been
:24:39. > :24:42.convicted of carrying out the bombing in a criminal court but
:24:43. > :24:48.relatives of some victims brought a civil action against five-man -- men
:24:49. > :24:53.they claimed were responsible, including Seamus Daly. The court
:24:54. > :24:59.concluded him and three others were responsible and were ordered to pay
:25:00. > :25:03.?1.5 million damages. He has always denied any involvement but has
:25:04. > :25:06.previously previewed -- pleaded guilty to membership of the real
:25:07. > :25:12.IRA. He is expected to appear in court here tomorrow.
:25:13. > :25:18.Now for a weather forecast with Angie.
:25:19. > :25:26.Good evening. We will have some drier weather over the next 24
:25:27. > :25:32.hours. We had a weather front sinking southwards. The band of
:25:33. > :25:36.cloud dragged its heels over the south and east but it has finally
:25:37. > :25:44.moved out of the way. Clearer skies out to the West. For some of us, a
:25:45. > :25:46.femoral -- fairly pleasant end to the day but with clear spells
:25:47. > :25:58.overnight it will be cold. Some rural areas will get close to
:25:59. > :26:03.freezing so we are expecting ground frost and one or two visibility
:26:04. > :26:09.issues with patches of mist and fog. Tomorrow, not a bad day. A ridge of
:26:10. > :26:14.high pressure will be over as so we can expect fine and right -- dry
:26:15. > :26:19.weather. The best of the sunshine probably during the morning but we
:26:20. > :26:24.will see the cloud bubbling up a bit during the day. Even so, it will
:26:25. > :26:31.stay fairly bright, particularly in the south and east.
:26:32. > :26:38.Later in the day you may find the sunshine becomes hazy in the north
:26:39. > :26:42.and west with high cloud piling in but it will be mainly drive.
:26:43. > :26:50.Tomorrow evening mainly dry as well. We have another weather front
:26:51. > :26:54.pushing in from the North West. Hopefully this one will move through
:26:55. > :26:59.more quickly than two days one did. Tomorrow night, the cloud will
:27:00. > :27:04.thicken up, one or two showers and rain approaching the north-west by
:27:05. > :27:09.the end of the night. Quite breezy but a mild night. Saturday will be
:27:10. > :27:11.damp but it should brighten up in the afternoon. The rest of the
:27:12. > :27:20.weekend looks mainly dry. The main story this evening: The
:27:21. > :27:25.Queen and Martin McGuinness have again shaken hands, this time adding
:27:26. > :27:30.Northern Ireland themed reception at Windsor Castle. The event is to
:27:31. > :27:34.celebrate British and Irish people who have made a significant
:27:35. > :27:38.contribution to the peace process and to public life in Northern
:27:39. > :27:42.Ireland. Our late summary is that 10:25pm. You can also keep in
:27:43. > :27:44.contact on Facebook and Twitter. From all of us here, have a very
:27:45. > :27:47.good night.