:00:11. > :00:15.review into the letters issued to Republican On The Runs has found the
:00:16. > :00:19.The Prime Minister commissioned a review led by Lady Justice Hallett
:00:20. > :00:21.after the First Minister Peter Robinson threatened to resign.
:00:22. > :00:24.The report found the letters were not an "amnesty" but there were
:00:25. > :00:27."significant systemic failures" in how the scheme operated.
:00:28. > :00:39.The collapse of John Downey's trial Vincent Kearney reports.
:00:40. > :00:43.The collapse of John Downey's trial sparked Unionist rage. There were
:00:44. > :00:46.claims of a secret deal to give IRA members and the steeds. The first
:00:47. > :00:51.minister threatened to withdraw from the Assembly unless there was an
:00:52. > :00:56.enquiry. I am not prepared to be the ahead of the government that was
:00:57. > :01:00.kept in the dark in this way. I wonder to be full disclosure, for
:01:01. > :01:05.the people to know what has gone on. Lady Justice Hallett was --
:01:06. > :01:09.appointed to conduct a review into Republicans being told they would
:01:10. > :01:14.not wanted by the police. In her reports today, she said the scheme
:01:15. > :01:19.was unprecedented and flawed but was not unlawful and did not give
:01:20. > :01:23.terrorist suspect an amnesty. That point was reinforced by the
:01:24. > :01:26.Secretary of State at the House of Commons.
:01:27. > :01:30.Lady Justice Hallett is very clear. She concludes that the scheme did
:01:31. > :01:36.not amount to an amnesty for terrorist suspects. They were not
:01:37. > :01:41.handed a get out of jail free cards. I repeat again today to the people
:01:42. > :01:45.holding these letters, they will not protect you from arrest or
:01:46. > :01:49.prosecution. Should the police succeeding gathering sufficient
:01:50. > :01:52.evidence, you will be subject to due process of the law.
:01:53. > :01:56.The judge also rejected allegations that the scheme was a secret deal.
:01:57. > :02:01.The report says the scheme was kept below the radar due to its little
:02:02. > :02:05.sensitivity, but it would be wrong to characterise it as secrets. The
:02:06. > :02:08.report says dozens of police officers, prison officers and
:02:09. > :02:14.politicians must have known that some kind of scheme was operating.
:02:15. > :02:18.It out that an interested party had kept a close eye on developments in
:02:19. > :02:21.Westminster and the press. They may have appreciated their was some kind
:02:22. > :02:25.of scheme is not the precise details. John Downey's trial
:02:26. > :02:29.collapsed because he was wrongly told he was not wanted by the
:02:30. > :02:33.police. The report says the PSNI was to blame for that the stake and for
:02:34. > :02:36.not rectifying it when it later became aware that he was wanted in
:02:37. > :02:40.connection with the Hyde Park bombing. The judge says nothing in
:02:41. > :02:46.law or logic explains that these feelings -- failings. The report
:02:47. > :02:51.says that two other letters were sent by mistake. In a statement,
:02:52. > :02:58.Chief Constable repeated an apology from the PSNI. Ella Max Lady Justice
:02:59. > :02:59.Hallett does not offer a view on weather the letters sent should now
:03:00. > :03:01.be rescinded. She said that decision should be
:03:02. > :03:04.taken by the Secretary of State. The brother of one of the victims of
:03:05. > :03:08.the Hyde Park bombing has said the On The Run scheme should have been
:03:09. > :03:12.dealt with in a much more open way. 23 year old Anthony Daly was one
:03:13. > :03:23.of four soldiers murdered I think when you have bad lack of
:03:24. > :03:32.transparency, it leads to conspiracy as opposed to -- on a monumental
:03:33. > :03:35.scale. This was purely an scheme telling people who would not wanted
:03:36. > :03:40.that they were not wanted, if it had been done properly. If there was no
:03:41. > :03:42.reason to hide, I don't understand why it was not dealt with more
:03:43. > :03:46.transparently. Mark Devenport reports
:03:47. > :03:55.on political reaction here. Peter Robinson threaten to design if
:03:56. > :04:00.a judge was not appointed to get to the bottom of the on-the-runs
:04:01. > :04:03.scandal. Now the report is complete, if you satisfied?
:04:04. > :04:08.There is a heavy criticism of the Northern Ireland office for the
:04:09. > :04:14.systemic failures and I conclude very readily from my point of view
:04:15. > :04:19.that this scheme was wrong in principle and shambolic in practice.
:04:20. > :04:28.Both Unionist leaders claimed that the report claims their view --
:04:29. > :04:34.backs up their view that the on-the-runs scheme was a clandestine
:04:35. > :04:36.manoeuvre by the government. Lady Hallett said the scheme was
:04:37. > :04:42.very involved. It was done through the process of the British Attorney
:04:43. > :04:47.General and the bps. Far from it being secrets, she also notes that
:04:48. > :04:53.Sinn Fein on a continuous basis have pushed for a public manifestation of
:04:54. > :04:57.dealing with the issue of on-the-runs. It was raised on a
:04:58. > :05:00.continual basis. Old men Unionist parties insisted
:05:01. > :05:04.that they would not negotiate about the legacy of the Troubles until
:05:05. > :05:08.after the report was published. Since then, they have both walked
:05:09. > :05:12.out of interparty talks over the parading issue. Even though we have
:05:13. > :05:16.this issue -- this report, it is not clear which way the political
:05:17. > :05:22.process will go in the coming weeks. Whatever happens, there is still a
:05:23. > :05:26.responsibility of the five Executive parties to deal with the three
:05:27. > :05:30.outstanding issues. We cannot move forward as a society unless we
:05:31. > :05:34.resolve issues dealing with flags and parades and, most particularly,
:05:35. > :05:39.dealing with the issues of the past. Until we do that, we will not be in
:05:40. > :05:40.a position to take this society forward
:05:41. > :05:45.Alliance and the Nationalists want interparty talks to resume as soon
:05:46. > :05:48.as Sybil, but Peter Robinson says if negotiations ever recommends, they
:05:49. > :05:51.must not be an attempt to browbeat Unionists into accepting the Haass
:05:52. > :05:58.proposals they have already rejected.
:05:59. > :06:01.Today was the last day you could tax your car or get a driving licence
:06:02. > :06:06.by going to a local office of the Driver and Vehicle Agency.The
:06:07. > :06:09.The change has cost about three hundred people here their jobs,
:06:10. > :06:13.Unions say that their arguments for keeping the offices here were
:06:14. > :06:28.I have reticulated all the arguments, highlighted all the
:06:29. > :06:34.issues. We have made our case to retain the service here, to keep
:06:35. > :06:36.those jobs. Yet they really dismiss the case, they dismissed the
:06:37. > :06:39.argument. In doing that they really dismissed Northern Ireland, the
:06:40. > :06:40.people of Northern Ireland. Golf now and Rory McIlroy leads
:06:41. > :06:43.the Open golf championship by one He recorded a a first round of
:06:44. > :06:58.six under par at Royal Liverpool. Delighted with his day's works, Rory
:06:59. > :07:03.McIlroy headed to the clubhouse after a memorable opening round. He
:07:04. > :07:06.had reduced a near flawless exhibition of golf -- produced.
:07:07. > :07:16.Showing some of the form which has already helped him captured two
:07:17. > :07:21.major championships. The Hollywood man has his ice firmly fixed on
:07:22. > :07:30.another. He broke in six effortless Birdy pats. Even when he found
:07:31. > :07:35.trouble, his magical touch did not let him down.
:07:36. > :07:36.trouble, his magical touch did not Any time you can show it
:07:37. > :07:40.trouble, his magical touch did not bogey free round in the first day,
:07:41. > :07:44.you are going to take it. I'm really happy with that. It sets me up for a
:07:45. > :07:48.great week. The challenge for tomorrow is to try
:07:49. > :07:51.to end a string of disappointing performances.
:07:52. > :07:54.And in football there were three games tonight in the Europa League
:07:55. > :07:58.Linfield had a one-nil victory over AIK of Stockholm at Mourneview Park
:07:59. > :08:05.Derry City lost one nil to Belarussian side Shakhtyor Salihorsk
:08:06. > :08:11.Crusaders went down 4-nil in Stockholm to Bromma Poykarna.
:08:12. > :08:14.Now here to tell us if the good weather is likely to
:08:15. > :08:24.Good evening. The weather is going to turn unsettled over the next
:08:25. > :08:31.couple of days, with showers and the risk of thunder. No such problems
:08:32. > :08:35.tonight, a dry nights. Quite warm with temperatures slow to fall and
:08:36. > :08:40.may not drop lower than 15 degrees. A fairly madly nights. That will
:08:41. > :08:46.mean a human to feel to the air tomorrow. Humid air often means the
:08:47. > :08:48.risk of thundery showers. In the morning, many places dry with
:08:49. > :08:55.sunshine, especially towards the north coast. The showers low in from
:08:56. > :08:59.the east. To the south, and fair chance of some thundery downpours.
:09:00. > :09:03.In the Irish midlands, there will be some sunshine in between with
:09:04. > :09:06.temperatures reaching the mid-20s. Plenty of orange on the map due to
:09:07. > :09:13.the high temperatures across many areas of England. The low 30s, he
:09:14. > :09:16.really sticky day apart -- across parts of south-east England. Only
:09:17. > :09:20.the mid-teens out towards north-east Scotland. Quite a contrast from
:09:21. > :09:24.north to south. Northern Ireland is falling in the middle. Temperatures
:09:25. > :09:31.in the low 20s across parts of the West. Not just as warm as today but
:09:32. > :09:35.quite humid and sticky at times. Showers around which could be heavy
:09:36. > :09:38.and thundery in places, with the risk of lightning. To look towards
:09:39. > :09:43.the East Coast with an easterly breeze. Saturday, not so many
:09:44. > :09:46.showers around. Some dry and bright weather. There is the risk of some
:09:47. > :09:47.thundery showers towards the east coast. Some sharp showers around on
:09:48. > :09:51.Sunday but also some warm sunshine. You can keep up to date with
:09:52. > :09:54.News Online and follow this from the top of our heads
:09:55. > :10:15.to the edge of space. But in those few miles lies one of
:10:16. > :10:20.the greatest wonders of the world.