:00:00. > :00:13.the teacher's family, the school and all the
:00:14. > :00:19.This is BBC Newsline. The headlines this Monday evening: A judge slates
:00:20. > :00:25.the police over their handling of the Union flag protests. Doing the
:00:26. > :00:30.sums - how 500 new jobs add up to good news for the economy here. A
:00:31. > :00:35.farming blow as thousands of pigs are killed in a fire. For hundreds
:00:36. > :00:41.of years we've had strong links with Scotland - social, political and
:00:42. > :00:45.cultural. If it becomes an independent country, what does that
:00:46. > :00:49.mean for Northern Ireland? Join me later. We'll see how local
:00:50. > :00:54.motorcyclist Jonathan Rea became a winner in the World Superbike
:00:55. > :00:57.Championship. And after today's gloomy skies, the weather looks to
:00:58. > :01:09.set to bring some tasty sunshine for Tuesday. I'll have more later in the
:01:10. > :01:13.programme. First tonight, a judge has delivered stinging criticism of
:01:14. > :01:17.the police over how they handled the Union flag protests. Mr Justice
:01:18. > :01:21.Treacey said the PSNI were wrong to facilitate the illegal protests
:01:22. > :01:25.during the first three months. He said they were also wrong to think
:01:26. > :01:30.they didn't have the legal powers to stop them and arrest those taking
:01:31. > :01:32.part. The Chief Constable says he'll appeal the ruling. Here's our Home
:01:33. > :01:40.Affairs Correspondent, Vincent Kearney. Running battles erupted
:01:41. > :01:43.after a flag protest passed the nationalist Short Strand area of
:01:44. > :01:50.East Belfast last January. Rival factions clashed. And then loyalists
:01:51. > :01:57.attacked the police. The PSNI said there was nothing they could legally
:01:58. > :02:00.do to stop the protest, or others to place across Northern Ireland after
:02:01. > :02:04.Belfast City Council voted to stop flying the Union flag everyday. For
:02:05. > :02:08.one Short Strand residents who home was attacked, he took a judicial
:02:09. > :02:13.review challenging that. The resident argued that the police
:02:14. > :02:20.should not have allowed any of the protest parades took place because
:02:21. > :02:24.they had not been notified to the PSNI, as required by law. The
:02:25. > :02:30.officer in charge of the operation, the assistant Chief Constable, said
:02:31. > :02:34.the PSNI did not have powers to Ban protest that had not been notified.
:02:35. > :02:40.They judge today dismissed that. In a highly critical judgement, Justice
:02:41. > :02:43.Seamus Treacy rejected the argument that the PSNI did not have legal
:02:44. > :02:47.powers to stop the flag protest the past the spot during the period in
:02:48. > :02:54.question. Granting the judicial review, he said the officer in
:02:55. > :02:56.charge of the policing operation had Mr Rickard himself in believing he
:02:57. > :03:01.was hampered by the law from stopping the parades and arresting
:03:02. > :03:07.those taking part. The judge said it was evident that will curl was
:03:08. > :03:10.labouring under amateur real misapprehension as to the proper
:03:11. > :03:23.scope of police powers. Justice Treacey went on to say...
:03:24. > :03:30.The judge said the PSNI's interpretation of the law had led to
:03:31. > :03:33.a situation where the police facilitated a legal and sometimes
:03:34. > :03:39.violent parades and the fact of undermining the public processions
:03:40. > :03:43.act. In breach of their legal duty and in breach of the human rights of
:03:44. > :03:48.the resident who took legal action. His solicitor gave this response.
:03:49. > :03:52.They welcome this judgement, this individual, his home was attacked
:03:53. > :03:57.legally, week after week, without adequate police response. He hopes
:03:58. > :04:01.this means there will be no repeat of this in the future. The Chief
:04:02. > :04:05.Constable said he took full responsibility for all the decisions
:04:06. > :04:10.on policing the parades and insisted the PSNI had got it right. We will
:04:11. > :04:14.reflect on this judgement. I have absolute respect for the judge and
:04:15. > :04:20.if we can do things better, we will certainly do so and I will appeal
:04:21. > :04:23.this because I am concerned and I cannot ask policing to do the
:04:24. > :04:28.impossible or create any expectation that we can do. Sources told the BBC
:04:29. > :04:31.that they felt were trying to enforce a letter of the law and
:04:32. > :04:40.stopping the parades could have resulted in widespread violence. 500
:04:41. > :04:43.new well-paid jobs are coming to Belfast. The worldwide accountancy
:04:44. > :04:46.firm EY is creating the positions, paying wages about twice the local
:04:47. > :04:50.average. The Executive is celebrating what it's calling a
:04:51. > :04:53.major coup on the jobs front. With the details, here's our business
:04:54. > :04:56.correspondent, Julian O'Neill. Major job announcements call for maximum
:04:57. > :05:09.fanfare and Peter Robinson broke the news on a visit to EY's Belfast
:05:10. > :05:17.operation. The new posts carry significant wages. We are talking
:05:18. > :05:21.about an average salary of just under ?40,000 so these are high
:05:22. > :05:26.quality jobs for Northern Ireland and a fantastic boost for the
:05:27. > :05:30.economy here. It shows that we are very much the location of choice
:05:31. > :05:36.within Europe for financial services. We employ some of the
:05:37. > :05:39.brightest in the industry... EY are one of the world's big four
:05:40. > :05:44.accountancy firms and about half of the 486 new jobs will be in
:05:45. > :05:47.auditing. The remainder are mostly in management consultancy, helping
:05:48. > :05:59.client firms in Great Britain build up their businesses. EY already have
:06:00. > :06:04.a significant presence in Ireland, north and south. This announcement
:06:05. > :06:09.will more than treble its existing Belfast workforce and such is the
:06:10. > :06:12.scale, they will soon begin the search for new offices. ?3 million
:06:13. > :06:15.in grant aid from Invest NI helped seal the deal. But so did last
:06:16. > :06:19.year's international investment conference. Without Stormont's
:06:20. > :06:29.backing, EY say the new positions could easily have gone to any of its
:06:30. > :06:34.other 700 offices worldwide. At the investment conference, but was a big
:06:35. > :06:37.turning point when we had the key decision to make and ultimate access
:06:38. > :06:41.to government, which is very important, to have a political
:06:42. > :06:45.support to build business. The jobs will be created over the next four
:06:46. > :06:49.years and recruitment will begin in July. Good news for the economy and
:06:50. > :06:51.a boost also for Invest NI as it continues to chase well-paid jobs in
:06:52. > :07:02.the professional services sector. Thousands of pigs have died in a
:07:03. > :07:07.fire on a farm outside Bessbrook in South Armagh. The police say
:07:08. > :07:11.investigations are continuing into the cause of the fire. An assessment
:07:12. > :07:17.of the full extent of the damage has been taking place today, as Kevin
:07:18. > :07:20.Sharkey reports. Thousands of young pigs were homed here and it's where
:07:21. > :07:27.several thousand of the piglets died. This is a big farm in a very
:07:28. > :07:30.rural part of South Armagh. The alarm was raised around 6:00am on
:07:31. > :07:32.Saturday morning and it was lunchtime before fire crews using
:07:33. > :07:38.tens of fire-fighting units brought the scene under control. By then,
:07:39. > :07:43.there was massive destruction and a huge animal casualty count. The Fire
:07:44. > :07:49.Service put the figure at 800 sows and 3500 piglets. Sources close to
:07:50. > :07:55.the farm believe fewer animals died - around 2000. Much of today was
:07:56. > :07:59.spent assessing the damage and clearing up. This involved the
:08:00. > :08:03.painful task of removing the burnt carcasses of piglets from the farm
:08:04. > :08:09.and onward to a rendering place. The wider farming community offered
:08:10. > :08:13.support. There have been big accidents here before with hay bales
:08:14. > :08:21.and we just pulled together and getting done. Everybody helped out.
:08:22. > :08:26.Despite the confusion about the exact number of animals lost, the
:08:27. > :08:30.absolute ferocity of this fire can be gauged by the fact that two days
:08:31. > :08:39.afterwards, there is still a strong scorched smell in this countryside.
:08:40. > :08:44.Still to come on the programme this evening: We find out how you won't
:08:45. > :08:56.need to get on your bike to get around during the Giro. In five
:08:57. > :09:00.months Scots will have their say on independence and a yes vote could
:09:01. > :09:03.transform the shape of the United Kingdom. As the yes and no campaigns
:09:04. > :09:06.gain momentum, BBC Newsline looks at how a breakaway Scotland could
:09:07. > :09:09.affect Northern Ireland. Donna is in Glasgow this evening. A month before
:09:10. > :09:12.the referendum in September, athletes from Northern Ireland will
:09:13. > :09:18.be among the thousands taking part in the Commonwealth Games in the
:09:19. > :09:23.area behind me. Trade, religious and cultural links between us and
:09:24. > :09:29.Scotland span the centuries. We've also shared sectarian tensions
:09:30. > :09:33.reflected in the world of football. In search of yes and no voters,
:09:34. > :09:39.Kevin Magee has been to Ibrox and Celtic Park. Rangers fans have never
:09:40. > :09:44.been shy about showing off their political allegiance. Support for
:09:45. > :09:48.the union in Northern Ireland must carry on display at Ibrox over the
:09:49. > :09:53.weekend. But for many fans, maintaining the union at home is now
:09:54. > :09:58.the main priority. As a referendum over their own position within the
:09:59. > :10:01.UK draws closer. If you think of Scotland in terms of religious
:10:02. > :10:07.groupings, people who say they have no affiliation, those are Protestant
:10:08. > :10:11.people, and those of her Catholic, the league table is Catholics,
:10:12. > :10:15.especially with Irish backgrounds, are more likely to vote yes. Then
:10:16. > :10:22.Protestants are significantly less and then people with no commitment
:10:23. > :10:28.at the bottom. At Ibrox, that theory is holding up. I will vote to stay
:10:29. > :10:33.part of Britain. Obviously. I am British first and were better off
:10:34. > :10:37.economically if we stay part of Britain as opposed to being
:10:38. > :10:43.independent. I am part of the UK and pride to be British. I will tell
:10:44. > :10:52.anybody that I'm British. I am Scottish but I am British. My mother
:10:53. > :10:59.came from Northern Ireland. We're already, white and blue.
:11:00. > :11:03.Quintessential British club. My family are voting no, we are British
:11:04. > :11:10.through and through. And I am the same, we are voting no. That is a
:11:11. > :11:14.you are inside Ibrox, the home of Rangers. Would you expect of the
:11:15. > :11:20.opposite from their rivals on the other side of the city? As Celtic
:11:21. > :11:24.Park, will the Irish identity on display translate into a yes vote
:11:25. > :11:31.for independence? Not according to one season-ticket holder, former
:11:32. > :11:35.Shadow Secretary of State. There isn't an exact parallel, anyone who
:11:36. > :11:41.says that is a grin or malevolent. Irish nationalism is about leaving
:11:42. > :11:46.the UK and joining something else, Ireland, Scottish national as is
:11:47. > :11:50.about joining nothing else. There is no direct comparison and people here
:11:51. > :11:57.will vote yes or no, lots of people are undecided. Among fans we find a
:11:58. > :12:02.broader range of views. I will vote yes because I want Scotland to be an
:12:03. > :12:09.independent country. I will vote no for the simple reason that I believe
:12:10. > :12:14.that as a collective, we gain more from being part of the UK. We would
:12:15. > :12:22.be better off as an independent Scotland. Looking after ourselves.
:12:23. > :12:26.Undecided. Once we get more information, we will find out. There
:12:27. > :12:30.are still some things I do not understand and once they get more
:12:31. > :12:36.into what there is and is not, I will decide. I am swaying towards
:12:37. > :12:42.no. The Scots of less than five months to make up their minds on
:12:43. > :12:49.this historic vote on independence. Let's get a wider perspective.
:12:50. > :12:58.Jerry, we know what union means in Northern Ireland. What does it mean
:12:59. > :13:04.in Scotland? What we have in the UK is Unionisms, and in the West of
:13:05. > :13:07.Scotland, it is essentially the Labour Party and a lot of that
:13:08. > :13:10.support still clings to those old Labour values and they have
:13:11. > :13:14.generational links across the water with Ireland and for a lot of these
:13:15. > :13:21.people, the Union Jack is not the most comfortable of fits. That brand
:13:22. > :13:25.of Unionism you are familiar with in Northern Ireland, that does exist,
:13:26. > :13:31.on the odd foot of ground and you will see it at the loyal order
:13:32. > :13:34.parades across the summer. By the no campaign, the unionist campaign,
:13:35. > :13:39.chewing the referendum they all have common bonds with unionists in
:13:40. > :13:45.Northern Ireland but they are not the same. Is there any understanding
:13:46. > :13:48.or awareness here that some people in Northern Ireland are very nervous
:13:49. > :13:53.about a break-up of the union and an independent Scotland? I'm sure they
:13:54. > :13:58.are but that is not mainstream, some of the more maverick suggestions
:13:59. > :14:02.about the outcome of the referendum, the partition of Scotland and the
:14:03. > :14:05.rise of paramilitaries as a result, that comes from Northern Ireland
:14:06. > :14:11.politicians and why they have been picked up by the media, that has
:14:12. > :14:14.quickly disappeared. I do appreciate that Unionism in Northern Ireland
:14:15. > :14:18.has changed in the 15 years and I have lived there, the emergence of
:14:19. > :14:24.economic Unionism, but for most people here, Unionism in Northern
:14:25. > :14:28.Ireland is shrill and insular and is toxic, sectarian. And it is
:14:29. > :14:32.studiously avoided, even by unionists in this part of the world.
:14:33. > :14:36.To the point where even the Orange Lodge is avoiding making public
:14:37. > :14:41.statements on this referendum. If it was to march up the street
:14:42. > :14:47.campaigning for the no vote, that is not the image that they want. If
:14:48. > :14:53.there was an independent Scotland, what could that mean for trade and
:14:54. > :14:56.business? Northern Ireland has a lot of connections to Scotland in terms
:14:57. > :15:00.of business, whether it is selling into the market in Scotland or
:15:01. > :15:07.exporting, or perhaps using the ports, and also we have seen the
:15:08. > :15:13.construction sector from Northern Ireland becoming dependent on
:15:14. > :15:17.winning contracts in Scotland because of the bottoming out of the
:15:18. > :15:21.market in Northern Ireland. Increasingly we can see that link
:15:22. > :15:24.growing in recent years so independence could mean a lot more
:15:25. > :15:30.hurdles for those companies to do with and perhaps a different tax
:15:31. > :15:34.system and regulations. What we could also see his Northern Ireland
:15:35. > :15:37.companies in a better position than companies from the rest of the UK
:15:38. > :15:41.because they are used to dealing with borders, with companies in the
:15:42. > :15:49.Republic of Ireland and stealing across that system. What is a
:15:50. > :15:52.prospect of a sterling zone? That is what the Scottish government holds
:15:53. > :15:58.four, to share the pound, and let the Eurozone, of course the UK, the
:15:59. > :16:04.three main Westminster parties, say that is no-go but in terms of the
:16:05. > :16:09.referendum result, that is when we will find out. Thank you both very
:16:10. > :16:16.much for joining us this evening. And we will stay in Scotland.
:16:17. > :16:20.Tomorrow I will be in Edinburgh. Extra buses, trains and coach
:16:21. > :16:23.services are being put on to cope with the 100,000 spectators expected
:16:24. > :16:26.at next week's Giro d'Italia. But there will also be disruption to
:16:27. > :16:30.normal bus services - with more than 200 miles of roads closed at various
:16:31. > :16:33.stages. It's one of the largest public transport plans ever put in
:16:34. > :16:41.place here, as Mark Simpson explains. It is the most extensive
:16:42. > :16:47.public transport management plan ever put in place here. The big race
:16:48. > :16:54.starts very close to the big cranes. This is obviously the closest
:16:55. > :16:59.railway station. It is only about ten minutes away from Titanic
:17:00. > :17:09.Belfast. The race will start on Friday next week. They will lay on a
:17:10. > :17:18.special shuttle train service. From here to Titanic Quarter. What about
:17:19. > :17:23.the general transport? There are two general points. If
:17:24. > :17:30.anybody is attending the race, take a look at the bus schedules. But
:17:31. > :17:44.also be aware that roads will close. All the information is on our
:17:45. > :17:47.website. Or you can call us. It will take a lot of buses and
:17:48. > :17:51.trains to keep everyone moving this weekend. But everything is being
:17:52. > :17:56.done on a grand scale. From bikes to motorbikes - a local
:17:57. > :18:03.motorcyclist was top of the world yesterday. Stephen can tell us more.
:18:04. > :18:06.Jonathan Rea had a weekend to remember in the World Superbike
:18:07. > :18:09.Championship. He was cracking open the champagne after a brilliant
:18:10. > :18:12.victory at the Assen circuit in the Netherlands. Rea is trying to become
:18:13. > :18:16.our first world motorcycling champion since the late Joey Dunlop
:18:17. > :18:23.almost 30 years ago - and he's put himself in early season contention
:18:24. > :18:25.after a win in some wild weather. The conditions were better for
:18:26. > :18:34.watersports than motorcycling in Assen. But Jonathan Rea emerged from
:18:35. > :18:39.the circuits inspection car to declare the track was safe enough to
:18:40. > :18:43.race. And if anybody knows how to control
:18:44. > :18:51.a motorcycle in the rain it's a rider from Northern Ireland.
:18:52. > :19:01.Well used to this type of racing, Rea made a superb start. Jonathan
:19:02. > :19:04.Rea now leads the race! And when his nearest challenger
:19:05. > :19:21.slipped out of contention, Rea hit the front and never looked back.
:19:22. > :19:28.This is his fifth win! The hardest part is waiting in the
:19:29. > :19:32.garage. I want to thank my team for all their support in these wet
:19:33. > :19:34.conditions. And thanks to all the spectators.
:19:35. > :19:39.It was a disappointing weekend for Eugene Laverty who crashed out of
:19:40. > :19:42.both superbike races. But a win and a third for Jonathan Rea meant more
:19:43. > :19:52.silverware and champagne celebrations. And a move up to
:19:53. > :19:56.fourth place. It was a busy weekend of GAA action.
:19:57. > :19:58.The Leinster Hurling championship started with Antrim defeating
:19:59. > :20:01.Westmeath by six points. In Gaelic football, Monaghan were
:20:02. > :20:05.the only Ulster winners, defeating Donegal and it was disappointment
:20:06. > :20:16.for Derry as they were hammered by a superb Dublin, losing by 15 points.
:20:17. > :20:22.Another piece of silverware for Dublin. To illustrate that point,
:20:23. > :20:32.this amazing run through the heart of the Derry defence. Hours later,
:20:33. > :20:37.the midfielder completed the Dublin ten Kate run. The champions were
:20:38. > :20:42.simply at a different level. As for Derry, division one next year
:20:43. > :20:48.confirmed and a game at Croke Park it has been a season of progress but
:20:49. > :20:56.yesterday's disappointment was impossible to hide. A lot of it
:20:57. > :21:04.might be to do with the pressure of the occasion. But I would like to
:21:05. > :21:11.think that over the next month before we hit the 25th of May we
:21:12. > :21:16.will have corrected quite a few of those things that were wrong.
:21:17. > :21:28.It was a rare when against Donegal for Monaco. The question is, can
:21:29. > :21:39.they seriously compete? We are just concentrating on
:21:40. > :21:50.improving. We put performances in. Croke Park is a long way away but
:21:51. > :21:52.the team continue on the right path. In local football, Premiership
:21:53. > :21:56.champions Cliftonville got their hands on Gibson Cup on Saturday. Its
:21:57. > :21:59.the first time in the club's history that they've managed to win
:22:00. > :22:06.back-to-back titles - so as you can imagine it was quite a party at
:22:07. > :22:09.Solitude. For once, the North Belfast derby
:22:10. > :22:12.wasn't the main event- Cliftonville edged the match 3-2 against
:22:13. > :22:19.Crusaders. But their coronation as league champions took top billing.
:22:20. > :22:25.It is unreal for the club. There is something special about it. This
:22:26. > :22:28.sums it up. When you went the first time, people don't think you can do
:22:29. > :22:31.it again. But we believed in ourselves and never gave up.
:22:32. > :22:33.While Solitude was the scene of celebration, Mourneview Park
:22:34. > :22:37.provided the stage for David Jeffrey's final game in charge of
:22:38. > :22:41.Linfield. His players gave him a fitting send-off with a 5-2 win over
:22:42. > :22:49.Glenavon, the final note in a 17 year tenure that included nine
:22:50. > :22:59.league titles and seven Irish Cups. A difficult day. But this chapter of
:23:00. > :23:02.my life has now closed. My book of life has more than one chapter. I do
:23:03. > :23:05.not know where I'm going next. There were twists and turns as
:23:06. > :23:08.Championship One drew to a conclusion. With leaders Bangor held
:23:09. > :23:11.to a draw, Institute's win over Limavady saw them clinch the title
:23:12. > :23:17.and with it a place in the Premiership for next season.
:23:18. > :23:19.Mark Allen failed in his bid to make the quarterfinals of the World
:23:20. > :23:23.Snooker championship in Sheffield. The Antrim man was knocked out today
:23:24. > :23:26.by the World Number One Neil Robertson. The Australian won 13
:23:27. > :23:31.frames to seven. Now the weather.
:23:32. > :23:49.Good evening. We have received some e-mails to cheer us up. Quite cute.
:23:50. > :23:57.Some brighter weather to come tomorrow. It will not be a dry week.
:23:58. > :24:02.It will brighten towards the end of the week but with cold air. That
:24:03. > :24:10.will continue into the weekend. We had cloudy skies today. The cloud is
:24:11. > :24:18.likely to remain overnight. Some drizzle, but otherwise dry. There
:24:19. > :24:21.may be some mist and sea fog. It will start degree and Misty
:24:22. > :24:27.tomorrow. Eventually it will become brighter. The best of the sunshine
:24:28. > :24:37.will be in the West. First thing, dry and mild. There may be some low
:24:38. > :24:45.cloud making its murky. It could be foggy in places. The cloud will then
:24:46. > :24:52.towards the West. We will see some brightness and sunshine there. Some
:24:53. > :25:00.sunshine developing. Temperatures possibly up to 18 degrees.