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The eight-year-old boy who died in a slurry tank accident in | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
County Antrim yesterday afternoon was Robert Christie. His father, | :00:09. | :00:11. | |
also called Robert, remains in a critical condition in hospital. | :00:12. | :00:15. | |
They were at the farm of a family friend near Dunloy when they were | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
Our North-East reporter David Maxwell has been to the scene. | :00:20. | :00:25. | |
Today the farm where eight-year-old Robert Christie died fell silent. | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
The young boy came here with his dad, who was helping out | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
Exactly what happened is unclear, but it's understood | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
while mixing slurry, both of them were overcome by | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
The two were discovered by a postman, who raised the alarm. | :00:41. | :00:47. | |
Emergency services were quickly on the scene. | :00:48. | :00:50. | |
But it was too late for the young boy, who was airlifted to hospital. | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
This community is still coming to terms with the tragic events which | :00:55. | :01:10. | |
unfolded on this farm this afternoon. | :01:11. | :01:12. | |
It's yet another sobering reminder of the many hazards encountered by | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
It is a reminder that we do not know what each day will bring in this | :01:16. | :01:23. | |
family have been plunged into indescribable sorrow, and our | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
thoughts and prayers are with the family, who are well known in this | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
community, and that is another reminder to us all just how quickly | :01:33. | :01:34. | |
and suddenly accidents can happen. The Christie family regularly | :01:35. | :01:36. | |
attend this church. This morning, | :01:37. | :01:38. | |
they were remembered in prayer. Along with his two sisters, | :01:39. | :01:40. | |
Robert also went to the Sunday school at this church, just yards | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
from the farm where he died. They are in our minds very much this | :01:44. | :01:53. | |
morning and we are just beside where it happened, and I would just like | :01:54. | :02:01. | |
to express our sympathy and condolences to the family, they are | :02:02. | :02:03. | |
very much in our prayers. This afternoon, | :02:04. | :02:05. | |
staff met at the primary school where the eight-year-old was | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
in the P4-P5 class. The principal says everything | :02:09. | :02:10. | |
possible will be done to help What Robert didn't know about | :02:11. | :02:22. | |
farming wasn't worth knowing. He would frequently tell me about | :02:23. | :02:24. | |
things he had done at the weekend or what he was going to do. His loss | :02:25. | :02:32. | |
will have a huge impact. I would say that there is a very close family | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
spirit and that is what we will call on. | :02:37. | :02:38. | |
The Health and Safety Executive are investigating this incident - | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
the latest in a long line of farming tragedies. | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
A 38-year-old man has been charged in connection with dissident | :02:47. | :02:49. | |
He was arrested in north Belfast on Friday and is accused | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
of directing a terrorist organisation and membership | :02:54. | :02:55. | |
He is due to appear before Londonderry Magistrates | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
The DUP have criticised Sinn Fein for deciding not to appear | :03:00. | :03:08. | |
before a parliamentary committee investigating the controversy over | :03:09. | :03:10. | |
Sinn Fein have met with the leaders of another inquiry into the issue - | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
the Hallett review, which was ordered by the Prime Minister. | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
The party say they therefore see no point in attending a hearing of the | :03:19. | :03:21. | |
But a DUP MP says Sinn Fein's decision suggests | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
Why were they not come along with those who did the deal with them and | :03:26. | :03:36. | |
give evidence, let the people of Northern Ireland find out exactly | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
what happened and why this dirty deal was done? | :03:41. | :03:42. | |
The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin has said the truth must come out | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
about the mother-and-baby home in County Galway and homes elsewhere. | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
Dr Diarmuid Martin was speaking on reports of a mass grave of infants | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
and children, found in the grounds of a convent run by nuns in Tuam. | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
No point in that it is just what happened here and then next you're | :03:56. | :04:03. | |
finding more, we have to look at the whole culture of mother and baby | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
homes, they are talking about medical experiments there, we have | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
to look at adoption. They are sensitive issues but the only way we | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
will come out of this period of our history is when the truth comes out. | :04:18. | :04:19. | |
The Ulster Council of the GAA are investigating a mass | :04:20. | :04:21. | |
brawl before this afternoon's senior championship match between Armagh | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
The fighting, involving the majority of both sets of | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
players, began as they were about to line up for the pre-match parade. | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
Punches were thrown and members of the band providing the music | :04:33. | :04:35. | |
In the match itself, Armagh won by one goal in 12 points to Armagh's | :04:36. | :04:46. | |
nine points. The local boat taking part | :04:47. | :04:49. | |
in the Clipper Round-the-World Yacht Race has left New York, | :04:50. | :04:51. | |
en route for Northern Ireland. The Derry-Londonderry-Doire yacht is | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
one of 12 taking part It'll arrive on the Foyle later this | :04:55. | :04:56. | |
month to launch a maritime festival. During its stop in New York, | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
the yacht welcomed potential investors to promote business in | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
Derry and across Northern Ireland. Now for a look at the weather | :05:05. | :05:19. | |
forecast. We have had dramatic skies today, thunder, lightning and hail, | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
torrential rain in places. The lively showers will continue for a | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
while this evening, fortunately short lived in as the temperature | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
falls they will lose their energy. It will be a mild night and there | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
may be some mist and low cloud over the hills tomorrow, otherwise a | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
bright start to the week, mostly dry, the showers will take a while | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
to get going and there will be sunshine through the morning. Most | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
showers tomorrow will be confined to the far West, drifting up from | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
western Ireland. There will be a few showers are owned central and | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
ordered areas of England but in the sunshine temperatures could reach 20 | :06:02. | :06:05. | |
degrees towards London. We are looking at the high teens and there | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
is likely to be fine weather in the East with a small chance of a | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
thunderstorm tomorrow, mainly in the West, but not as widespread as | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
today. The thundery downpours will return tomorrow night and into | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
Tuesday, mostly on the warm side but there is a question over rain on | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
weapon state because it may take a while to come in, leaving a lot of | :06:29. | :06:33. | |
dry weather through the day. Our next button is that 10:15pm. Until | :06:34. | :06:43. | |
then you can keep upto day with local news Radio Ulster. | :06:44. | :06:47. |