:00:07. > :00:12.Good evening. Two men have been jailed in connection with the death
:00:13. > :00:16.of Lee Smyth, who died after being assaulted in Armagh four years ago.
:00:17. > :00:19.Mr Smyth fell into a coma after the attack and died two years later.
:00:20. > :00:22.Michael Wilson, aged 23 and from Marlacoo Road in Tandragee and
:00:23. > :00:25.Gareth McKinney, who's 24 and from Charles Park in Portadown, were
:00:26. > :00:28.sentenced to seven years and six years respectively. Both were
:00:29. > :00:50.originally charged with murder, but changed their pleas to manslaughter.
:00:51. > :00:54.Victims and families of those who died in the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan
:00:55. > :00:56.bombings are to sue the British government for damages. They claim
:00:57. > :00:59.the attacks were carried by loyalists with government collusion
:01:00. > :01:03.and that there was a cover up. The Public Prosecution Service says
:01:04. > :01:11.it will not oppose an appeal by one of the so-called Colombia Three
:01:12. > :01:20.against a weapons conviction. Nearly 300 people were injured in the
:01:21. > :01:23.attack, including this man, who says those taking action against the
:01:24. > :01:40.British government just want the truth. I do think anyone wants to go
:01:41. > :01:47.down this road, especially as we are friendly with the British monarchy
:01:48. > :01:52.now. But the victims and families of those who died say they feel they
:01:53. > :01:57.have no alternative, as their solicitor explains. The families
:01:58. > :02:00.have one out of options. They have tried to get access to the
:02:01. > :02:08.information that will give them closure. They have tried the High
:02:09. > :02:15.Court, the Supreme Court, everything. They have no choice but
:02:16. > :02:18.to litigate now. The action is being taken against the Ministry of
:02:19. > :02:31.Defence, the PSNI and the Northern Ireland's ministry. -- Northern
:02:32. > :02:35.Ireland ministry. An east Belfast grammar school has
:02:36. > :02:38.been fined thousands of pounds for a series of health and safety breaches
:02:39. > :02:40.over asbestos. As our education correspondent Maggie Taggart
:02:41. > :02:43.reports, the affected building had been used by the prep school and a
:02:44. > :02:46.kindergarden. The prep department at this school was in a separate
:02:47. > :02:50.building from the main school and when it closed, a childcare company
:02:51. > :02:56.moved in. An asbestos survey in 2004 did not include that building, that
:02:57. > :03:01.during checks in 2012, asbestos was found in the building. It was later
:03:02. > :03:07.removed. The Belfast Crown Court has now find the school 7500 pounds,
:03:08. > :03:13.plus costs. The school pleaded guilty of failing to protect
:03:14. > :03:19.employees and non-employees. There was concern that young children were
:03:20. > :03:22.being exposed to asbestos. A man's been charged with possession
:03:23. > :03:25.of firearms and ammunition with intent to endanger life. The
:03:26. > :03:28.43-year-old was arrested as part of a police investigation into recent
:03:29. > :03:41.hate crimes. He'll appear in court tomorrow.
:03:42. > :03:44.The Public Prosecution Service says it will not oppose an appeal by one
:03:45. > :03:47.of the so-called Colombia Three against a weapons conviction. Martin
:03:48. > :03:51.McCauley was seriously wounded and a teenager was killed when police
:03:52. > :03:55.opened fire on a hayshed in County Armagh in 1982. It has since emerged
:03:56. > :03:57.that a secret MI5 recording of the incident wasn't made available to
:03:58. > :04:02.his trial. The police claimed that Martin McCauley confronted them with
:04:03. > :04:09.a rifle at his hay shed over 30 years ago. He was seriously injured
:04:10. > :04:17.and his friend was killed when RUC officers opened fire. Martin
:04:18. > :04:23.McCauley insisted he and his friend were not armed and that police
:04:24. > :04:27.opened fire without warning. The police told the court that was not
:04:28. > :04:34.true. Years after his conviction, it was revealed that MI5 had a
:04:35. > :04:39.listening device hidden in the hay shed at the time of the shooting
:04:40. > :04:44.that recorded what happened. That recording would have established
:04:45. > :04:50.whether or not the police shouted any warnings. The existence of the
:04:51. > :04:56.recording was not made known to be caught at the time of his trial and
:04:57. > :05:00.the tape was later destroyed. Last year his case was referred to be
:05:01. > :05:04.Court of Appeal on the basis that significant material have been
:05:05. > :05:10.withheld from the judge. In a dramatic development today, the
:05:11. > :05:20.judge said he had been instructed to read a statement. It said that
:05:21. > :05:31.information had been withheld from the Director of Public Prosecutions
:05:32. > :05:34.and the defence lawyers. Martin McCauley was not in court to hear
:05:35. > :05:41.the prosecution statement today as he faces extradition to South
:05:42. > :05:51.America if he returns to Northern Ireland. He was one of three men
:05:52. > :05:59.arrested in Colombia and was accused of being part of the IRA. He was
:06:00. > :06:05.convicted and sentenced to 17 years, but fled to the Republic to
:06:06. > :06:09.avoid prison. A tenth man has pleaded guilty to a
:06:10. > :06:12.lesser charge in connection with the death of a Catholic community
:06:13. > :06:14.worker. John McGrath of Knock Road in Ballymoney had been charged with
:06:15. > :06:18.the manslaughter and attempted murder of Kevin McDaid. Mr McDaid
:06:19. > :06:21.died after he was attacked near his home in Coleraine five years ago.
:06:22. > :06:24.Two defendants still face the more serious charges.
:06:25. > :06:27.The firm that runs the power station where hundreds of thousands of
:06:28. > :06:30.juvenile eels died over easter has said there was an unprecedented run
:06:31. > :06:33.of the elvers. The endangered fish died in traps that were meant to
:06:34. > :06:46.help them get past a hydro-electric dam in County Donegal and into Lough
:06:47. > :06:52.Erne. The dam at Catherine falls stands in
:06:53. > :07:02.the way of the eels reaching Lough Erne. They should be collected in
:07:03. > :07:09.this tank and then distributed around the water. The eels start
:07:10. > :07:17.their journey many miles away. When they drift across the ocean and
:07:18. > :07:30.breach island, they transform into eels. Around 3000 of them died in
:07:31. > :07:40.the trap here last month. We estimated 150 kilograms of elvers,
:07:41. > :07:46.which represents 90% of the entire 12 run. These were not detected
:07:47. > :07:57.until the next morning. Because overs run at night, the traps should
:07:58. > :08:10.be checked at night. ESP said it has successfully transported elvers
:08:11. > :08:29.already. An investigation will continue. Time now for the weather.
:08:30. > :08:36.Good evening. Things are looking settled over the next couple of
:08:37. > :08:40.days, but it does not look as if it will hold throughout the weekend.
:08:41. > :08:46.Some drizzly showers, but generally dry and milder. There will be a
:08:47. > :08:51.warmer feel to be air over the next couple of days with dry weather to
:08:52. > :08:59.come. To begin with, it will be great in places, but the sunshine
:09:00. > :09:03.will develop throughout the morning. A quiet which are generally across
:09:04. > :09:08.Britain and Ireland. The only real wind is across the north of
:09:09. > :09:14.Scotland. Maybe some dampness across the Scottish Borders and North East
:09:15. > :09:21.England. The cloud will break up and temperatures will respond nicely. We
:09:22. > :09:27.should hit temperatures of 18 or 19 degrees tomorrow, maybe even 20. On
:09:28. > :09:33.Friday there is a lot of fine weather to come. Temperatures will
:09:34. > :09:39.be the same. Slightly more breeze on Friday. This weather front will
:09:40. > :09:48.start poking into Donegal and it will head south on Saturday. On
:09:49. > :09:54.Saturday in the north-west there will be some damp weather, but dry
:09:55. > :09:58.spells in the afternoon, so not a complete wash-out. That is it for
:09:59. > :10:03.now, good night.