:00:10. > :00:16.Good evening and welcome to the programme. The Grand Master of the
:00:17. > :00:22.Orange -- Orange order is to hold an emergency meeting with the district
:00:23. > :00:28.Grand Master is to decide on any potential protest action. It follows
:00:29. > :00:35.the parade commission's decision to bar an Orange order parade from
:00:36. > :00:39.passing the Ardoyne shop fronts. Grand Master Edward Stephenson was
:00:40. > :00:48.speaking at the annual parade in Donegal.
:00:49. > :00:53.The Orange order in Donegal expected up to 12,000 people for the day's
:00:54. > :01:00.events, including around 50 lodges and Orangemen from Dublin and
:01:01. > :01:06.elsewhere. In keeping with Commissioner -- tradition, many also
:01:07. > :01:10.made the journey across the border. Among them the Grand Master and
:01:11. > :01:15.senior colleagues. He reflected on events back home.
:01:16. > :01:21.Are you considering bringing people onto the streets? Not at the present
:01:22. > :01:28.time but there will be protests in various forms. Will it be dangerous
:01:29. > :01:32.to bring people onto the streets? All protests should be free from
:01:33. > :01:38.violence and peaceful and lawful. If the Orange institution and other
:01:39. > :01:42.civic societies do not provide an outlet for people to vent their
:01:43. > :01:46.anger in a peaceful way about what is happened, if it is uncontrolled,
:01:47. > :01:55.there is a greater risk of violence. is happened, if it is uncontrolled,
:01:56. > :01:59.-- what has happened. Several bands accompanied the Orange
:02:00. > :02:02.when -- Orangemen as the demonstration made its way
:02:03. > :02:05.when -- Orangemen as the narrow road towards the seaside
:02:06. > :02:11.village. After the parade it was time to take advantage of the
:02:12. > :02:15.stunning location. Several thousand people took to the
:02:16. > :02:20.streets of Belfast city centre today to show their opposition to any
:02:21. > :02:28.changes in abortion law. A small pro-choice counterdemonstration was
:02:29. > :02:32.held at the City Hall. People of all ages and creeds
:02:33. > :02:34.marched through the city centre to register their opposition to
:02:35. > :02:40.abortion under any circumstances. Thousands paraded from Customs house
:02:41. > :02:46.Square to the City Hall. Pro-choice demonstrators had already gathered
:02:47. > :02:51.at Belfast City Hall. They said they wanted to highlight the fact that
:02:52. > :02:53.anti-abortion views do not represent the sum total of public
:02:54. > :02:57.anti-abortion views do not represent When the opposing groups did meet,
:02:58. > :03:06.one tried to drown out the other's message. The main rally was
:03:07. > :03:08.one tried to drown out the other's organised to protest a consultation
:03:09. > :03:21.process over whether the law here should be changed to allow abortion
:03:22. > :03:26.cases of fatal abnormality. These people want to protect life at all
:03:27. > :03:31.its stages and no outside force should force members of a sovereign
:03:32. > :03:39.nation to bring in laws the people are not in agreement with. The
:03:40. > :03:43.pro-choice groups said they held a counterdemonstration to show their
:03:44. > :03:50.view. I believe that a woman who has an unplanned pregnancy in Northern
:03:51. > :03:55.Ireland should have the same opportunities as anyone in United
:03:56. > :04:02.Kingdom. The promoters of the planned Bath
:04:03. > :04:07.Brooks concert at Croke Park in Dublin say talks are under way to
:04:08. > :04:22.try to get the go-ahead for all of the concerts. -- Garth Brooks.
:04:23. > :04:28.From some residents around Croke Park there were objections and
:04:29. > :04:35.Dublin City Council granted licences for just three of the five concerts,
:04:36. > :04:43.getting a response from Garth Brooks, all or nothing.
:04:44. > :04:48.We are moving into Croke Park next Sunday to start the process. We need
:04:49. > :04:56.to make a decision, this can't drag on. Garth Brooks has been to Croke
:04:57. > :05:06.Park before but he will not be returning for just three concerts.
:05:07. > :05:09.They said, Peter, we always spoke about five shows, we spoke about all
:05:10. > :05:18.the other things we were going to do, after the shows, during the
:05:19. > :05:24.shows. He does not want to reverse that process now.
:05:25. > :05:28.All eyes on the promoter over the next few days and what decision be
:05:29. > :05:50.500 fans with tickets await the news. The singer Katie Melua has
:05:51. > :05:51.received an honorary degree from Belfast University. She was honoured
:05:52. > :06:01.for her services to music. It has not been a bad day across
:06:02. > :06:07.Northern Ireland, some sharp showers but few and far between. Tomorrow is
:06:08. > :06:11.another day of sunshine and showers. This evening any showers that remain
:06:12. > :06:17.will become fewer and further between, it is mainly a dry and mild
:06:18. > :06:23.night, temperatures in many places staying in double figures. A bit
:06:24. > :06:28.cooler for Fermanagh and the West. Sunday is a story of the showers
:06:29. > :06:33.starting to work their way in from the West as we go through the day.
:06:34. > :06:40.Starting from a mild start the temperatures rise to 15, 16 degrees.
:06:41. > :06:45.We have a mild breeze helping to push showers through a bit more
:06:46. > :06:48.quickly than we saw today. The story of sunshine and showers is
:06:49. > :06:52.replicated across the UK and Ireland. It really is a setup that
:06:53. > :07:15.continues into next week as well. One, two, three, four,
:07:16. > :07:18.here they come.