:00:00. > :00:00.calls for UN peacekeepers to be sent in. That's all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:25.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline: the Giro d'Italia is
:00:26. > :00:29.coming up but election posters are coming down. A jury considers its
:00:30. > :00:34.verdict against three Anglo Irish Bank directors over the Republic's
:00:35. > :00:37.most Tories financial scandal. A Belfast solicitor is given a
:00:38. > :00:42.suspended sentence for stealing over ?800,000 from his clients. Why the
:00:43. > :00:46.cost of the Disney on Ice experience at the Odyssey has left some parents
:00:47. > :00:51.cold. His sixth tilt at the Masters produces a top ten finish but the
:00:52. > :00:55.green jacket is as far away as ever for Rory McIlroy. A cold night
:00:56. > :01:03.coming up but a brighter and slightly warmer day for many
:01:04. > :01:06.tomorrow. When one of cycling's most famous
:01:07. > :01:09.events starting next month, the riders and TV cameras will see
:01:10. > :01:12.buildings, people and countryside along the Giro d'Italia route but no
:01:13. > :01:22.election posters, even though we will be in the run-up to the local
:01:23. > :01:26.and European elections at that time. Political parties signed up to a
:01:27. > :01:39.voluntary poster ban and now we have been told legislation is also being
:01:40. > :01:42.changed. The organising team is gearing up
:01:43. > :01:48.for the Giro d'Italia and it seems nothing will get in their way. Even
:01:49. > :01:53.election posters. Although there was general agreement by parties at
:01:54. > :01:58.Stormont not to put up posters along the route, authorities are not
:01:59. > :02:01.taking any chances. The environment minister will introduce an election
:02:02. > :02:08.poster ban, covering every mile of the cyclists cover. It is just
:02:09. > :02:12.during that period so parties may choose to put posters up before that
:02:13. > :02:18.but if they do not have them down, we will bring them down. Bolivia
:02:19. > :02:24.penalty for those who keep posters up? I am hopeful we will not need to
:02:25. > :02:31.sign should anyone and that nobody flouts this law. Reaction to the
:02:32. > :02:39.idea has been generally positive. Yes, why not? The posters are
:02:40. > :02:45.already everywhere else. I think it is the right way to go. I think it
:02:46. > :02:53.is good, keep the place nice and tidy. Keep the place looking good.
:02:54. > :02:57.The countdown has now begun to that big weekend of racing. Although
:02:58. > :03:02.party politics is not being allowed along the route, there is still
:03:03. > :03:09.going to be a party atmosphere. In Belfast, a week-long festival is
:03:10. > :03:13.being planned. We are not asking everybody to take up cycling, we're
:03:14. > :03:19.asking them to come here and have a good time in your city and the
:03:20. > :03:26.majority of it is free. All the businesses have got involved so we
:03:27. > :03:31.are pressing buildings, the Albert clock and the museum will be turned
:03:32. > :03:35.pink. There are still 25 days to go until the race games but it is
:03:36. > :03:39.already clear that Northern Ireland is getting into the mood and more
:03:40. > :03:43.and more people are getting on their bikes.
:03:44. > :03:47.The Anglo Irish Bank was at the centre of the Republic's most
:03:48. > :03:50.notorious financial scandal. Today the jury is considering its verdicts
:03:51. > :03:55.against three of its former directors. They are accused of
:03:56. > :03:58.lending money to a so-called golden circle of clients in an illegal
:03:59. > :04:04.attempt to prop up the bank's share price. At the time of the deal in
:04:05. > :04:11.2008, the Fermanagh businessman Sean Quinn secretly controlled 25% of
:04:12. > :04:14.shares. The men on trial are Sean Fitzpatrick, Pat Whelan and Willie
:04:15. > :04:19.McAteer who are all from the Dublin and Wicklow areas. Our economic and
:04:20. > :04:29.business editor John Campbell is that the Central Criminal Court in
:04:30. > :04:37.Dublin. Sean Quinn's activities featured heavily in this case? Yes,
:04:38. > :04:43.in the summer of 2008, the Anglo Irish Bank had a big problem and
:04:44. > :04:47.that was Sean Quinn. He had taken a huge bet on the bank, he controlled
:04:48. > :04:51.a quarter of all the shares but this bet was going badly for him. He lost
:04:52. > :04:57.a lot of money and those losses were increasing. The only thing he could
:04:58. > :05:01.do was to end the bet and to face up to the losses but that raised the
:05:02. > :05:04.prospect of all those shares he controlled appearing on the market
:05:05. > :05:12.and that filled the bankers with horror. Suddenly all these shares
:05:13. > :05:17.appearing at the same time and that would potentially put the bank out
:05:18. > :05:22.of business. What they do in that situation? Initially they went on a
:05:23. > :05:26.tour around the world to find somebody to take the shares but
:05:27. > :05:33.nobody was interested. The solution lay closer to home. They put
:05:34. > :05:37.together a group of ten loyal customers and they said, we will
:05:38. > :05:42.lend you a lot of money and on favourable terms and you will use
:05:43. > :05:50.that money to mop up the Sean Quinn shares and that. The problem. That
:05:51. > :05:53.is exactly what they did. The defence for the prosecution, what
:05:54. > :05:59.arguments did they make about the transaction? The prosecution say it
:06:00. > :06:03.was utterly illegal, they say the law is clear, you cannot lend people
:06:04. > :06:08.money to try and boost or maintain your share price because that gives
:06:09. > :06:12.a false impression of the financial health of the company. The defence
:06:13. > :06:17.is say, the law is more subtle than that. What the bank did looks
:06:18. > :06:20.unusual but it was completely legitimate. Now we are in the
:06:21. > :06:25.position where the jury has to decide who is the story they have to
:06:26. > :06:28.believe. They have been deliberating all day and they will be back in the
:06:29. > :06:30.morning for another day of deliberations.
:06:31. > :06:33.A former Belfast who admitted stealing ?800,000 from clients to
:06:34. > :06:39.protect his family from loyalist threats has been given a three-year
:06:40. > :06:43.suspended sentence. A judge told Damien Murray that his offence was a
:06:44. > :06:56.serious breach of trust between a solicitor and his clients.
:06:57. > :07:01.This is Damian Merry who today walked free from court after a judge
:07:02. > :07:06.suspended his three-year prison sentence for three years. In
:07:07. > :07:12.February, the 51-year-old from Belfast pleaded guilty to the theft
:07:13. > :07:16.of over ?800,000 from his clients between June 1999 and December 2003.
:07:17. > :07:22.The court heard that his business incurred financial problems and that
:07:23. > :07:31.he borrowed ?27,500 from an unnamed source. This debt was subsequently
:07:32. > :07:35.sold to a man. Damien Murray has always claimed he did not benefit
:07:36. > :07:39.from the money which he stole and he had passed it onto third parties he
:07:40. > :07:44.believed loyalist paramilitaries. Belfast Crown Court previously heard
:07:45. > :07:49.that Damien Murray is now suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
:07:50. > :07:53.after paramilitaries threatened to shoot him and his family. The judge
:07:54. > :07:55.described the circumstances as unusual and said it was accepted
:07:56. > :07:59.that Damien Murray was in understandable fear. In handing down
:08:00. > :08:05.the three-year suspended sentence, the judge said he was taking into
:08:06. > :08:09.consideration the extreme pressure the former solicitor was under and
:08:10. > :08:14.the inordinate delay in bringing the prosecution case. The judge accepted
:08:15. > :08:18.that Damien Murray had not personally benefited from his crimes
:08:19. > :08:22.but said it was a case of a serious breach of trust between a solicitor
:08:23. > :08:26.and his clients. The trial has collapsed of a man
:08:27. > :08:30.accused of being a member of the Provisional IRA. 49-year-old Martin
:08:31. > :08:33.Edward Morris from Welbeck Road in London was facing a single charge of
:08:34. > :08:41.professing to be an IRA member between 1997 and 2000. At Belfast
:08:42. > :08:44.Crown Court, a prosecuting lawyer said that the Crown would be
:08:45. > :08:49.offering no evidence against him and the judge recorded a finding of not
:08:50. > :08:54.guilty. Still to come on the programme: 70
:08:55. > :08:57.years after he was killed in action, the family of an Aghadowey man
:08:58. > :09:06.finally receive his posthumous war medals.
:09:07. > :09:10.Next, the latest on the twists and turns in the row between the GAA and
:09:11. > :09:15.members of the social club in its ground at Casement Park in Belfast.
:09:16. > :09:17.Work was due to begin on the multi-million pound redevelopment of
:09:18. > :09:28.the stadium this morning but a solicitor's letter at the end of
:09:29. > :09:33.last week caused a few problems. The renovation of Casement Park and
:09:34. > :09:38.the social club which has been there for many years had caused former
:09:39. > :09:44.friends to fall out. After talks, club members got a deal, a temporary
:09:45. > :09:48.premises for the duration of work on the ground. Then on Friday, they got
:09:49. > :09:56.a solicitor 's letter telling them to be out by today when work was due
:09:57. > :10:04.to start. That led to a sit in. We have been in Casement Park for over
:10:05. > :10:09.45 years. It was a place for people to congregate and socialise and all
:10:10. > :10:17.the profits of the club went to the Antrim County board and we have
:10:18. > :10:22.given over ?1 million to them. It now appears an administrative error
:10:23. > :10:26.led to a misunderstanding. The letter was a formality and should
:10:27. > :10:29.not have been issued. This afternoon, club members said after a
:10:30. > :10:34.meeting, things had been sorted out to their satisfaction.
:10:35. > :10:37.The UK City of Culture year brought the people of Londonderry together
:10:38. > :10:43.but now a bid for the Irish title seems to be pushing them further
:10:44. > :10:58.apart. A leading unionist says it makes much more sense to try for the
:10:59. > :11:01.European City of Culture. It was a major success in terms of
:11:02. > :11:06.the huge numbers of visitors who came here. Events like the all
:11:07. > :11:12.Ireland Festival attracted for hundred and 30,000 people. The City
:11:13. > :11:18.Council has now decided to go for another title, garage City of
:11:19. > :11:22.Culture. While Unionist councillors initially gave their support, some
:11:23. > :11:28.senior politicians now appear less than enthusiastic. An Irish title is
:11:29. > :11:36.of lesser importance than the European title. Most people would
:11:37. > :11:41.accept that. Which would you get the greater recognition for? It is bound
:11:42. > :11:49.to be a title that encompasses 300 million people. Sinn Fein have been
:11:50. > :11:53.lobbying for Derry to take part in the competition. It is currently
:11:54. > :12:02.opening open to councils in the Republic. This is nonpolitical. If
:12:03. > :12:07.you look around here and anyone that tells you they have come to the city
:12:08. > :12:09.for the first time, they have found the place totally unrecognisable and
:12:10. > :12:16.it is clear to see how we all achieved that. We did so by a. The
:12:17. > :12:20.Londonderry Chamber of Commerce is does not want to get involved in a
:12:21. > :12:25.political row, says attracting more visitors remains a priority. If
:12:26. > :12:31.Terry were awarded the Irish title, it would be great for the city.
:12:32. > :12:36.Derry penetrated the southern market in a way it has not done for a
:12:37. > :12:39.generation will stop after a year of being the UK's first City of
:12:40. > :12:45.Culture, is there are widespread support for an Irish title? Why not?
:12:46. > :12:50.We would like to see more people coming from the south. It can bring
:12:51. > :12:57.nothing but good and it is great for the future. It is for Irish cities
:12:58. > :13:03.as far as I know and Derry is an Irish city. I thought it was cheeky
:13:04. > :13:08.of the council to go for it. I think it is a great idea. Unionists have
:13:09. > :13:12.always maintained that any Irish cultural bid should not be turned
:13:13. > :13:16.into a political football. Nationalists have insisted it will
:13:17. > :13:22.not become an issue about identity. Rather, putting the interests of the
:13:23. > :13:25.entire city above all else. A motorcyclist has died after
:13:26. > :13:30.crashing into a telegraph pole in Crumlin this morning. He was
:13:31. > :13:35.37-year-old Alan Kelso from Antrim. No other vehicle was involved.
:13:36. > :13:39.The police are investigating a shooting outside a bar in West
:13:40. > :13:43.Belfast. Shots were fired after midnight at the Rock Bar on the
:13:44. > :13:46.Falls Road. A 44-year-old man is being
:13:47. > :13:49.questioned about a bomb attack on a police Land Rover in West Belfast
:13:50. > :13:53.last month. Detectives say the device which had been left on the
:13:54. > :13:54.grounds of the city cemetery was detonated by a command
:13:55. > :14:15.Coming up on BBC Newsline before seven: find out why the Derry
:14:16. > :14:23.captain will not forget the last 24 hours. The spectacle of Disney on
:14:24. > :14:27.Ice that has thrilled children all over the world got a thumbs up in
:14:28. > :14:31.Belfast over the past few days. But the cost of the whole experience has
:14:32. > :14:35.not impressed many parents who have contacted us here on BBC Newsline,
:14:36. > :14:43.as Louise Cullen reports. A date with Donald and Mickey. This father
:14:44. > :14:47.looked forward to the big day after spending ?70 on the tickets. He
:14:48. > :14:55.hadn't expected the price of the popcorn. Another ?70 could easily
:14:56. > :14:59.have been spent on the day. The gifts and everything were there for
:15:00. > :15:03.them and five-year-old son three-year-old is, it is difficult
:15:04. > :15:14.to tell them no, it put a little damper on it. If you brought two
:15:15. > :15:18.children to the show and then bought the programme and refreshments for
:15:19. > :15:25.all of you you would have spent nearly ?100 on the day out. Taking
:15:26. > :15:30.the Mickey perhaps? It is an ideal day, everyone is having fun so you
:15:31. > :15:36.do not like to tell them no but you are not going to spend 60 or ?70 on
:15:37. > :15:42.a few bits and pieces just to get them happy. You have to do what you
:15:43. > :15:47.have to do. Many of you who contacted us on Facebook agreed but
:15:48. > :15:54.others thought it was only to be expected. There have been no
:15:55. > :15:58.responses to the enquiries but it is understand that prices are set by
:15:59. > :16:05.Disney as part of their overall merchandising. You can add your
:16:06. > :16:10.views to the comments we have already received on our Facebook
:16:11. > :16:13.page. 70 years after he was killed in action, an RAF man from Aghadowey
:16:14. > :16:19.has been posthumously awarded three war medals. Howard McQuigg was 19
:16:20. > :16:22.when his aircraft was shot down during a bombing raid over Germany.
:16:23. > :16:26.His wartime service was never officially recognised until a few
:16:27. > :16:29.weeks ago when his sister got a package from the Ministry of
:16:30. > :16:39.Defence. Our North-East reporter David Maxwell has the story. New
:16:40. > :16:47.medals for the life lost decades ago. They belong to this man who
:16:48. > :16:52.left his family at home in 1937 to join the boys they are forced. Two
:16:53. > :16:58.years later, with the outbreak of war, he took on one of the most
:16:59. > :17:20.dangerous balls of all at the rear gunner on dangerous era reads. --
:17:21. > :17:25.air raids. He gave me three crowns. In 1941 he boarded one of these
:17:26. > :17:33.aircraft. The mission was to cripple the NATFHE war machine. In bad
:17:34. > :17:45.weather and an anti-aircraft fire, his plane never reached its target.
:17:46. > :17:50.-- Nazi. All on board were lost. The post man brought the Telegraph. He
:17:51. > :17:57.was missing. We did not here for another six months that he was
:17:58. > :18:04.killed. Medals were not issued automatically after World War II so
:18:05. > :18:15.Howard's efforts were not recognised until one month ago. It has been
:18:16. > :18:20.lovely hearing granny tell us the stories about her brother and what
:18:21. > :18:29.she can remember about him. I think it has brought us a bit closer as a
:18:30. > :18:32.family. It has been lovely. For Nancy these medals are a precious
:18:33. > :18:41.reminder of her brother who paid the ultimate price. Family memories and
:18:42. > :18:45.medals to cherish. Golfing fans were glued to the TV over the weekend to
:18:46. > :18:48.watch Rory McIlroy achieve his ever finish around the US Masters course.
:18:49. > :18:51.But the winner's green jacket remains as elusive as ever. Mark
:18:52. > :18:55.Sidebottom is here Over the four days he found sprinkler heads, he
:18:56. > :19:07.found flower beds, and he found form on the final day. But in the end the
:19:08. > :19:13.pre-tournament favourite was tied eighth on level par. Darren Clarke
:19:14. > :19:22.finished 44th overall. From the Augusta masters course, Stephen
:19:23. > :19:25.Watson reports for BBC Newsline. The end of another Masters for Rory
:19:26. > :19:32.McIlroy and another missed opportunity at the major. He had
:19:33. > :19:41.produced a memorable final day to propel himself up leaderboard. But
:19:42. > :19:50.the pre-tournament favourite was never really in contention.
:19:51. > :20:00.Personally, for me, this Masters has been frustrating. I have played well
:20:01. > :20:06.they bought. -- quite a lot. But it is just a matter of parting the
:20:07. > :20:12.better on the greens, playing the par fives better. Being more
:20:13. > :20:18.conservative on the par fives. If I can do that I will hopefully content
:20:19. > :20:25.for a few more of these. Again it was one wee word round in the early
:20:26. > :20:31.stages that did most of the damage. He found the Bush years, the trees
:20:32. > :20:40.and thanks to a bad bounce, is ball was even in the azaleas. But he is
:20:41. > :20:48.determined to learn from the experience and says he will win the
:20:49. > :20:52.Masters one day. I felt it was my best ever chance coming in this week
:20:53. > :20:57.to win a green jacket but things did not really fall my way. If I can
:20:58. > :21:03.come as well prepared in each and every Masters as I did this year I
:21:04. > :21:10.bought by the end of my career I will not have just one but maybe a
:21:11. > :21:12.few of them. So we will have to wait another year for a Northern Ireland
:21:13. > :21:20.winner at the Masters as the search for that green jacket continues. He
:21:21. > :21:24.was probably the daddy yesterday and he's definitely the daddy today - 24
:21:25. > :21:28.hours ago Mark Lynch captained Derry to the Allianz National football
:21:29. > :21:31.final league final. Four hours ago he and wife Bernie became proud
:21:32. > :21:40.first time parents of a little boy - it's been some 24 hours. Thomas
:21:41. > :21:45.Niblock reports. Despite leading, his ambitions of making the league
:21:46. > :21:50.final seemed over after just 24 minutes. The neo- captain found the
:21:51. > :21:58.net. The Derry midfielder Fergal Doherty was sent off immediately
:21:59. > :22:07.after, the reason was the second card for this challenge. Very high
:22:08. > :22:14.displayed a level of majority this season which surprised many from
:22:15. > :22:19.outside the squad. This goal was set up for Stephen Johnston. Mark Lynch
:22:20. > :22:24.scored an incredible nine points on Sunday and as the game came to a
:22:25. > :22:41.close it was Lynch who provided the score. In front of 30,000 spectators
:22:42. > :22:46.Dublin crushed court yesterday. Just a fortnight to go and its fun and
:22:47. > :22:51.games in the tight run in for the Gibson Cup - mindgames to be
:22:52. > :22:57.precise. Linfield beat Crusaders in a fiesty affair on Saturday. Post
:22:58. > :22:59.match, with the adrenalin still coursing, whispers that Crusaders
:23:00. > :23:03.might take in easy on Cliftonville in the last game of the season where
:23:04. > :23:06.promptly refuted. Nikki Gregg has the story. With only one point
:23:07. > :23:15.celebrating -- separating Lynnfield and Cliftonville this match has the
:23:16. > :23:22.drama. The coming of greater concern to David Jeffrey, how important will
:23:23. > :23:28.Crusaders prove to be? We will not be turning up against them in the
:23:29. > :23:32.last day. That is not some scurrilous allegation. Several
:23:33. > :23:37.players heard that and I am not going to name the players but he
:23:38. > :23:45.seriously said that. I am hoping that it was only in the emotion of
:23:46. > :23:54.the day. Hanley with the goal for the Crusaders! One, he did not hear
:23:55. > :23:58.it, to it did not happen. Every player who plays for me please for
:23:59. > :24:02.that shark and will give up their right legs. Anyone who lies down in
:24:03. > :24:10.that football team will not be here next year. The message is clear,
:24:11. > :24:18.consider Crusaders to be a non-runner. Still no official
:24:19. > :24:25.confirmation on who will be the new Linfield manager. Warren Feeney is
:24:26. > :24:30.hotly tipped. We will tell you when we know for sure. The sunshine today
:24:31. > :24:39.got many of our viewers out to take photos for us today. Angie has a few
:24:40. > :24:46.which are postcards to show others as well as her latest forecast. It
:24:47. > :24:51.has not been a bad start to the week at all. A northerly breeze this
:24:52. > :24:55.morning made it feel fresh in places but we do have high pressure in
:24:56. > :25:02.charge at the moment. That will keep things fairly fine through the next
:25:03. > :25:09.24 hours. Cold nights and the rest of some frost around. That risk will
:25:10. > :25:15.diminish from midweek on words. Rain will threaten for a time on
:25:16. > :25:20.Wednesday. The emphasis is back to mainly dry conditions. We did get
:25:21. > :25:26.some cloud will bring in across the land today but some sunny gaps in
:25:27. > :25:32.between. The best sunshine around coastal fringes. That cloud inland
:25:33. > :25:39.is melting away. For many it is a bright end to the day. For many this
:25:40. > :25:42.evening it will become cold. Temperatures around the costs just
:25:43. > :25:49.three or four degrees but inland dated drop to freezing in the
:25:50. > :25:59.countryside which could give buyers a touch of brass frost or a touch of
:26:00. > :26:05.mist or fog. Temperatures will rise a little tomorrow in many areas and
:26:06. > :26:12.I think we will see more in the way of sunshine. Romm the word got it
:26:13. > :26:19.will be pretty sunny but feeling chilly to begin with. Temperatures
:26:20. > :26:33.will rise. Along the coast it might feel fresh with. Further inland
:26:34. > :26:39.temperatures will rise up. The high 17 degrees. Tomorrow evening will
:26:40. > :26:45.have a nice end to the day with lots of evening sunshine. There will be
:26:46. > :26:50.clear spells tomorrow night as well. Probably not as cold as the night to
:26:51. > :26:54.come. Cloud starting to increase and the weather front moving in for
:26:55. > :27:00.Wednesday. That will bring a spell of rain and quite easy conditions to
:27:01. > :27:04.northern and western areas. Looking drier for Thursday and Friday. Our
:27:05. > :27:07.late summary is at 10:25. You can also keep in contact with us via
:27:08. > :27:16.Facebook and twitter. From BBC Newsline, goodnight.