21/07/2014 BBC Newsline

That's it. It all starts on Wednesday evening. We're looking

Northern Ireland's latest Open champion, Rory McIlroy,

He yesterday became the first European ever to win three

of the sport's four Major championships and he arrived back at

Belfast city airport with the famous Claret Jug earlier this evening.

BBC Newsline's Stephen Watson was at Royal Liverpool to see him

clinch the championship and then bring the trophy home.

It's nice to get home and enjoy this with everyone else, friends and

family. One very important person had never seen Rory McIlroy win a

major first-hand. There he is! His mum. It was an unforgettable moment

for the entire family. Earlier, he had secured a famous open victory.

The champion. It means an awful lot to me, Stephen. From this point last

year, missing the cut, to coming back here and winning and being able

to hold this. It is just an incredible feeling and I felt like

my game was just taking off. I felt like I was really getting back to

where I wanted to be. It could not have happened at a better time. It

was the first major at a better time. It was the first major that my

mum was at that I won through to see her on the back of the 18th hole,

she was crying her eyes out and I was trying to hold back the tears!

It was great to have my parents here. Watching Rory McIlroy put his

name in the record books was the man who has coached him since he was a

young boy. It was the one that everybody wants to win, the open,

and he has finally done it. It is great to see him win. It is just

great that we are all here, the whole team is here to see him win

the open. His third major success was hailed by a fellow major winner

from back home. To win a third leg of the Grand Slam at age 25 is very

special. He certainly has silenced the doubters and answered a lot of

questions this began. Rory McIlroy gets his hand on a third major

championship trophy. He follows her dearly and Darren Clarke as the

third golfer from Northern Ireland to win the open.

People in the golf club where Rory McIlroy learned to play have

been giving their reaction to his achievement.

There was huge expectation at Hollywood golf club that the local

golfer would come through at the Open and jubilation when he did.

Some members had bets on him to take the championship.

He is just a normal lad of 25 and we are very, very proud of him. We knew

he would do it. From two or three years of age, hitting a plastic bowl

with a plastic club into the restaurant! We knew he was a special

talent. Several hundred people have taken

part in an anti-fracking protest It happened at a site near Belcoo

where a shale gas exploration company has announced plans to drill

a borehole to collect rock samples. Protesters gathered at the gates to

the quarry where rock samples will be taken to stop the company wants

to drill a 750 metres borehole to find out how much gas is below the

ground and if it is put financially viable to extract. We are talking

billions of pounds of investment into the country which will be

thousands of jobs are associated with it. We are talking about energy

security for some decades into the future. Those are the potential

rewards and we think people need to have it put in front of them whether

that is in fact the case. If gas is found, the company hopes to be able

to allowed to begin tracking at another site in two years but many

in the local community are concerned. There is a lot of anger

and the people wanted to show their strength of opposition that exists

here. There has been no consultation with the local community. There is a

lot of genuine and well founded concerns about this industry and how

it may develop. Some protesters briefly pushed over the security

fence. Campaign organisers said they want the demonstration against the

plans to extract shale gas to be peaceful.

Campaigners for an inquiry into historical abuse say they have

received assurances from the First Minister that funding will be

Last week Peter Robinson said money for the inquiry may be pulled

if the executive cannot reach agreement on the latest financial

Many victims have told their stories to the historical institutional

abuse enquiry but on Friday the enquiry itself became the story. The

First Minister said its funding was at risk because of what he called

foot dragging by Sinn Fein over the June monitoring round. That is when

money and spent by the executive departments is reallocated. We have

been reassured that the funding is going to go through but it is just

about keeping work now. -- paperwork now. The two parties have got

together and I believe they will be looking after us. The enquiry is

funded by money from this monthly monitoring round and the John

Cooper. Allocate funding to it but that paper is not yet been

approved, and Peter Robinson's warning that the funding could be

under threat. I just wish they would sit down and talk to each other and

do not mess as around, we have had enough messing around. The DUP says

the boat is in Sinn Fein's course. I hope they can switch in vain to sign

off on the monitoring round because that is how the money will be

released for the enquiry. If that is not done, the money cannot be

released. Peter Robinson has given the warning of what the consequences

of the non-release of that money will be. The victims say they are

assured they will get more support from the executive.

A window at the synagogue in north Belfast has been broken

The window was first broken on Friday night and then after being

Police are treating the attack on Somerton Road

The vandalism has been widely condemned.

Across the community, it is very sad that it has happened. I would

imagine there is a certain amount of anger that it could happen but anger

in the sense of frustration and anger that they want to do something

about it. It is very sad and disturbing that Belfast would show

its face like this. One of the main arterial routes

into Belfast city centre has been closed after a large hole was found

below a traffic lane. The Ravenhill Road was shut

on Monday night after contractors carrying out work

for NI Water discovered what they have described as a large void

measuring 15 foot square. NI Water said they had yet to

establish the extent of the work to repair the hole and don't know how

long the road will be closed for. It has been a warm day today and it

will stay warmer for the remainder of the week. Quite humid as well.

Tonight temperatures will not fall as low at all. Temperatures no lower

than 15 or 16 degrees. Most places dry and there may even be some mist

and fog patches. Likely to start great tomorrow. It will brighten up

during the morning with a bit of sun here and there, especially towards

the North and eastern areas. In the west, we are expecting thicker

cloud. That will mean some rain at times during the day. Some sharp

bursts could develop through the afternoon. Temperatures though in

most places in the loo to mid-20s. They will possibly some estimates in

the South coast of Ireland and across some of these North Sea

coasts as well. Tomorrow afternoon, most places in Northern Ireland

would be fairly dry. There will be the chance of some showery rain in

the West which could be shot before it edges away. Temperatures could

get up to 23 20 for degrees. On Wednesday, another Monday. Mr times

along the east coast but hopefully more in the way of sunshine. Plenty