:00:00. > :00:18.Now we join going away.
:00:19. > :00:18.This is BBC Newsline. Our top stories this Friday evening:
:00:19. > :00:23.The death of a man in Belfast City Hospital - police confirm
:00:24. > :00:39.I had in front of my eyes.
:00:40. > :01:03.The French motor cycle racer entered here yesterday remains in critical
:01:04. > :01:06.condition. After a dry day today,
:01:07. > :01:08.it'll be increasingly wet Gale force winds are possible
:01:09. > :01:13.on Sunday, and a real chill We begin with some news that's been
:01:14. > :01:23.coming in inside the last hour. A competitor in
:01:24. > :01:25.the Ulster Rally has been killed. It happened this afternoon near
:01:26. > :01:27.Fivemiletown in County Fermanagh. Our reporter Chris Page
:01:28. > :01:42.joins us from the newsroom. Details still coming into us here.
:01:43. > :01:49.This crash happened on stage three of the Ulster Rally this afternoon.
:01:50. > :01:56.There are two competitors in each car and one was killed. As team-mate
:01:57. > :02:01.has been taken to hospital. Just explain, the cars set off at
:02:02. > :02:07.intervals and therefore there are no other cars involved. Rallying is
:02:08. > :02:13.normally thought of as one of the safer forms of motor racing. There
:02:14. > :02:18.are stringent safety procedures. Fatalities are rare but not unknown.
:02:19. > :02:26.Someone was killed in Scotland earlier this year and sadly there
:02:27. > :02:29.has now been a fatality this afternoon in County Fermanagh.
:02:30. > :02:40.Racing has been called off for the day.
:02:41. > :02:43.The Arts Council has told the groups it funds that they should
:02:44. > :02:47.make plans for cuts of up to 5% of their budgets for this year.
:02:48. > :02:49.As our arts correspondent Maggie Taggart reports, 37 bodies
:02:50. > :02:52.were told that it's the result of ?78 million-worth of cuts agreed by
:02:53. > :03:06.37 organisations which get the largest funding were called to a
:03:07. > :03:10.hastily arranged meeting at the Arts Council yesterday and told to
:03:11. > :03:20.prepare for cuts of at least 1.2%, with a number -- another 3.2%
:03:21. > :03:26.possible. We were told to submit the impact of
:03:27. > :03:32.that cuts to the Arts Council. For us, that means savings of ?8,000 in
:03:33. > :03:36.this financial year and it was a big shock to think that we had the
:03:37. > :03:45.security of a grant being awarded to ask back in March and then in August
:03:46. > :03:47.to find out that, no, that is not the amount we have been awarded up
:03:48. > :03:51.the role. Almost halfway through the financial
:03:52. > :03:59.year, organisations like these ones were told to work out how to save
:04:00. > :04:03.1.2% of their budgets. They were told the cuts were not potential but
:04:04. > :04:07.definite. The Arts Council says no decision has been made on the cuts
:04:08. > :04:12.and they will work to mitigate the effects on those affected.
:04:13. > :04:19.That was not what came across yesterday. That would be lovely if
:04:20. > :04:21.that was the case. They said it would get worse.
:04:22. > :04:37.It hit get -- big get... It is a big change to our plans for
:04:38. > :04:43.the evening. It also means looking closely at where our core funding
:04:44. > :04:46.and persistence. For example, have a lot for salaries and exhibition
:04:47. > :04:50.costs for the artists which comes from exhibition funding. We need to
:04:51. > :04:55.look at that and see where we can make tweaks and changes quickly.
:04:56. > :05:03.The Northern Ireland Theatre Association says...
:05:04. > :05:11.The Ulster Orchestra which gets the largest share of the budget says it
:05:12. > :05:18.will argue strongly to avoid more cuts. They have been asked to
:05:19. > :05:18.deliver potential savings and the impact
:05:19. > :05:29.The police have confirmed they are conducting enquiries in to the death
:05:30. > :05:32.of a 22-year-old man at Belfast City Hospital more than a year ago.
:05:33. > :05:33.Sean-Paul Carnahan died in hospital five months
:05:34. > :05:38.after he sustained a brain injury having tried to take his own life.
:05:39. > :05:40.The details emerged at a preliminary inquest hearing into his death.
:05:41. > :05:57.Sean Paul Carnahan was admitted to Belfast City Hospital after he tried
:05:58. > :06:03.to take his own life. He was a regular user of so-called legal
:06:04. > :06:09.highs. He was left brain damaged. His mother warned about the dangers
:06:10. > :06:13.of legal highs. Don't touch that stuff. You wouldn't
:06:14. > :06:17.want to be left away Sean Paul was left.
:06:18. > :06:23.She believes her son was responding in hospital.
:06:24. > :06:34.Sean Paul was a happy code, the brilliant we share the, always
:06:35. > :06:40.smiling. -- a brilliant chef. On that day in particular, I had words
:06:41. > :06:44.with him which he then tried to commit suicide and ended up in
:06:45. > :06:48.hospital with a brain injury for five and a half months.
:06:49. > :06:53.Today following the preliminarily inquest hearing, she accused the
:06:54. > :07:00.hospital of not looking after her son properly.
:07:01. > :07:08.I believed that he committed suicide -- tried to commit suicide and so
:07:09. > :07:14.they give up on him. But that was my child. I had to watch my child die.
:07:15. > :07:22.Waste away in front of my eyes. When my child died, he was six feet and
:07:23. > :07:28.he died at five stone. I am traumatised by that. I thought when
:07:29. > :07:33.I was putting him into their care that he was getting better, not
:07:34. > :07:37.starved to death. At the hearing this morning, the
:07:38. > :07:38.solicitor confirmed she had made a complaint to
:07:39. > :07:45.solicitor confirmed she had made a alleged criminal negligence of
:07:46. > :07:49.doctors to her son. The coroner queried the allegation and asked
:07:50. > :07:52.doctors to her son. The coroner it constituted one of alleged
:07:53. > :07:58.criminal manslaughter. But the solicitors for the family in the
:07:59. > :08:03.Belfast trust agreed that it did. Tracy now says she wants a full
:08:04. > :08:13.inquiry into her son's death. I will fight for him. He is my son
:08:14. > :08:21.and I have to fight for him. In a statement, the Belfast trust
:08:22. > :08:24.says it offers its sincere sympathy but that it would be inappropriate
:08:25. > :08:29.to make any further comment with an ongoing process.
:08:30. > :08:31.The Catholic Primate, Cardinal Sean Brady, has confirmed
:08:32. > :08:34.that he offered his resignation to the Pope last month in anticipation
:08:35. > :08:38.During his 18 year period as Archbishop of Armagh he has had to
:08:39. > :08:42.deal with strong criticism of his and the church's handling of cases
:08:43. > :08:46.For more we're joined now by our Dublin correspondent,
:08:47. > :08:50.Shane, do we know whether the Vatican will
:08:51. > :09:05.Sources close to Cardinal Brady seem certain that the offer to resign
:09:06. > :09:10.will be accepted, if not within weeks then by the end of the year.
:09:11. > :09:21.As Cardinal Brady says himself any statement, his successor has been
:09:22. > :09:30.named, Eamon Martin. They think the Catholic Church in Northern Ireland
:09:31. > :09:31.needs a fresh start after the controversies over allegations of
:09:32. > :09:36.child sexual abuse. And how will Sean
:09:37. > :09:53.Brady be remembered? All participants were sworn to
:09:54. > :09:59.secrecy. We know that Father Smith then went onto to abuse dozens of
:10:00. > :10:04.children being brought to justice in 1994. At the time of the programme
:10:05. > :10:06.there were calls for Sean Brady to stand down, including from the
:10:07. > :10:12.Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. He seems to acknowledge
:10:13. > :10:19.he was damaged when he said he would continue to lead to the church but
:10:20. > :10:26.as a windy kilo. Some of them said to Hope Frist that they believed he
:10:27. > :10:32.had to go. What will he do next?
:10:33. > :10:39.Cardinal Brady as an individual to many and not just as Catholics is
:10:40. > :10:47.regarded as many as -- regarded by many as a decent man. He has ends --
:10:48. > :10:56.himself said he wants to be an ordinary parish priest and he may
:10:57. > :11:05.get that chance again. Still to come.
:11:06. > :11:06.Tattooing artists are at Titanic Belfast 's this weekend and they
:11:07. > :11:13.seem to be making their mark. A thatched summer house
:11:14. > :11:15.at the Florence Court estate in County Fermanagh has been destroyed
:11:16. > :11:18.in a suspected arson attack. Four teenagers arrested
:11:19. > :11:20.in connection with the incident at the National Trust property have
:11:21. > :11:23.been released Our south west reporter
:11:24. > :11:40.Julian Fowler has been to see From a scene of tranquillity, to one
:11:41. > :11:46.of destruction. The summerhouse was a replica built 21 years ago. Copied
:11:47. > :11:55.from footer graphs of an original 18th-century structure. --
:11:56. > :12:02.photographs. Last night, a visitor walking in the gardens spotted the
:12:03. > :12:04.and raised the alarm. All that remains now is charred wood and
:12:05. > :12:12.that. It is just devastating. It is
:12:13. > :12:17.devastating for The National Trust staff and volunteers who love this
:12:18. > :12:20.place and it is a shame to deprive the thousands of visitors that come
:12:21. > :12:25.here annually to just sit in the house and enjoy the view.
:12:26. > :12:27.What are your own memories of this place?
:12:28. > :12:33.I have lots of memories. I can remember having birthday parties for
:12:34. > :12:39.my children and having little strawberry teas in summers days.
:12:40. > :12:45.Special memories. Visitors said they were upset at what had happened.
:12:46. > :12:49.It is so sad. I know lots of local people and tourists will be
:12:50. > :12:53.disappointed. One of my friends was getting married here and had booked
:12:54. > :12:56.her wedding photographs here at the end of the month and is really
:12:57. > :13:01.disappointed. It was a lovely place to go and sit
:13:02. > :13:04.and relax and take in the view. It almost had a magical feel about it.
:13:05. > :13:10.It really was beautiful and I hope they will be able to restore.
:13:11. > :13:14.The National Trust says that with public support it hopes to be able
:13:15. > :13:18.rebuild the house for visitors to enjoy again.
:13:19. > :13:20.The two nuns who drowned after getting into difficulty
:13:21. > :13:23.while swimming at a beach in County Kerry yesterday were sister Imelda
:13:24. > :13:28.The two women, one in her 60s, the other in her 70s, were airlifted
:13:29. > :13:33.A spokesperson for Kerry County Council said the accident happened
:13:34. > :13:46.The number of new mortgage repossession cases
:13:47. > :13:49.coming before the courts fell to the lowest level since 2007,
:13:50. > :13:53.There were just over 1600 cases between January and June.
:13:54. > :13:57.That compares to almost 2000 cases in the same period last year.
:13:58. > :13:59.Health and safety procedures on building sites are facing
:14:00. > :14:03.The authorities are planning a fortnight of unannounced visits
:14:04. > :14:07.to sites making sure the risks faced by workers are minimised.
:14:08. > :14:11.On average, two people a year are killed during construction projects.
:14:12. > :14:26.Accidents and injuries on construction sites are nothing new.
:14:27. > :14:31.They aren't on a spate or anything like that at the moment but with
:14:32. > :14:35.that said, Health and Safety Executive are going to remain the
:14:36. > :14:41.people that there are a better -- there is a better way to do things
:14:42. > :14:46.sometimes. The chief executive joins me. Is this in reaction to people
:14:47. > :14:52.dying on building sites or not? It is not as result of a big
:14:53. > :14:56.increase. There are still fatal accidents and serious incidents
:14:57. > :15:00.happening and is important that we try to prevent those.
:15:01. > :15:03.It is prevention rather than cure. Very much about prevention and
:15:04. > :15:09.making sure people are aware what the big causes are and planning to
:15:10. > :15:13.prevent them. I know lifting heavy kerbstones was
:15:14. > :15:18.one concern. Manual handling injuries would be
:15:19. > :15:23.the major cause of nonfatal accidents within the industry but we
:15:24. > :15:28.are also looking at things like falls from height is which kills the
:15:29. > :15:34.most people in the industry. There have been too tragic fatalities
:15:35. > :15:37.recently. We are looking at asbestos and making sure people identify that
:15:38. > :15:44.it is present before they begin work and if it is present then deal with
:15:45. > :15:47.it properly. It comes back to planning, making sure people
:15:48. > :15:49.understand what the risks are, the identified and a deal with them
:15:50. > :15:55.before the begins. Is this being brought on by the fact
:15:56. > :16:00.that more money is going into construction than in recent years?
:16:01. > :16:03.We have seen an increase in the number of sites that are being
:16:04. > :16:13.reported to us in terms of work carried out and as a result of that
:16:14. > :16:16.we are seeing more people coming and -- coming into the industry. It is
:16:17. > :16:19.important they are brought up to speed very quickly. For those in the
:16:20. > :16:23.industry, as work begins speed very quickly. For those in the
:16:24. > :16:29.the plan for speed very quickly. For those in the
:16:30. > :16:32.talking to a widow from an incident and the effect that has had on the
:16:33. > :16:38.family, herself and the and the effect that has had on the
:16:39. > :16:45.family, is huge. She saw her husband League 1 morning with box in his
:16:46. > :16:56.hand and wouldn't he wasn't returning that night. She was told
:16:57. > :17:00.days after. That is the returning that night. She was told
:17:01. > :17:03.It is important that things can be done to prevent these knock-on
:17:04. > :17:08.effects down the line. It will be going out to look at the
:17:09. > :17:12.sites, the executive inspectors. That will be happening in two weeks
:17:13. > :17:13.in September and there will be no prior notification that they are
:17:14. > :17:19.coming. Belfast City Council has confirmed
:17:20. > :17:22.that an event hosted by George Galloway will take place
:17:23. > :17:25.at the Ulster Hall as scheduled. The council had taken legal advice
:17:26. > :17:28.after the DUP called for next week's event to be cancelled because
:17:29. > :17:30.of anti-Israeli remarks made Tattoo artists from all over Europe
:17:31. > :17:37.are in Belfast this weekend They've hired part of the
:17:38. > :17:43.Titanic Belfast visitor centre and, as BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson
:17:44. > :18:01.reports, some people are taking Have seen the movie, now have a look
:18:02. > :18:10.at the time too. All the way from Rome, this tattoo artist and his
:18:11. > :18:17.brother came to Titanic Belfast for this international tatty convention.
:18:18. > :18:26.Certainly they have had a big impression. -- International Tattoo
:18:27. > :18:30.Convention. Tragedy and love.
:18:31. > :18:37.Here is another guy that loves Titanic and this is costing him more
:18:38. > :18:40.than ?1000. It is a composition peace with
:18:41. > :18:55.fierce elements frying the drawing offices to the building we are in.
:18:56. > :18:58.The cranes and the badge are all in there.
:18:59. > :19:02.What with people who are watching this thinking you are crazy.
:19:03. > :19:09.It is partially true that at the end of the day I love tattoos, I love
:19:10. > :19:15.Titanic, I love art so why not. As technology has improved, tatties
:19:16. > :19:18.have become more sophisticated. This woman is getting a picture of her
:19:19. > :19:22.daughter but that old question still remains.
:19:23. > :19:27.Does it hurt? It does but it is not too bad right
:19:28. > :19:32.now. It is OK right now but give me an hour or two and I make need a
:19:33. > :19:44.break. What about a Titanic tad too Western
:19:45. > :19:49.Mark no, I like mine to be personal. This is a chance to get a 34 the
:19:50. > :19:58.first time or if you prepare watch others get there is.
:19:59. > :20:00.Viridian, the company which owns Power NI is
:20:01. > :20:02.considering whether to start selling its shares on the stock market.
:20:03. > :20:05.The firm is currently owned by a Middle Eastern investment bank.
:20:06. > :20:08.The financial news agency Reuters says Viridian is planning to list
:20:09. > :20:20.The firm says it has made no decision yet.
:20:21. > :20:22.Sport this evening comes live from Dundrod.
:20:23. > :20:24.Stephen Watson is there with the latest on the French rider
:20:25. > :20:33.It has been confirmed the injured rider was Frenchman
:20:34. > :20:36.Pierre Favre who was a first time competitor around these roads.
:20:37. > :20:40.A statement from the Royal Hospital said Mr Favre remains in a critical
:20:41. > :20:47.It?s understood members of his family have travelled to
:20:48. > :20:59.There was no practice today but tomorrow?s UGP goes ahead
:21:00. > :21:01.as scheduled and, as Nial Foster reports, Guy Martin
:21:02. > :21:16.In the hills above Belfast there is one charismatic character who ruled
:21:17. > :21:24.the road last night. Guy Martin set the pace and won a thrilling race.
:21:25. > :21:29.Some days it has just not worked and I have been there or thereabouts.
:21:30. > :21:37.Other days I feel on it and I can edge away. Bruce to get to
:21:38. > :21:46.Other days I feel on it and I can but what a ride.
:21:47. > :21:51.And there is a real international flavour to this week's racing with
:21:52. > :21:59.40 newcomers. My first road race. My team-mate
:22:00. > :22:04.contacted me through Facebook and asked if I'd ever been interested in
:22:05. > :22:08.racing in Ireland and I said sure but I don't know anyone. He said
:22:09. > :22:16.what have I can get you in the race and I said why not. It is a little
:22:17. > :22:22.overwhelming when you are used to riding shorter courses. I have seven
:22:23. > :22:26.miles to learn and master with blind turns. It is exciting and intense.
:22:27. > :22:29.She turns. It is exciting and intense.
:22:30. > :22:35.tomorrow when the fastest road race revs up.
:22:36. > :22:40.There is live commentary tomorrow on a radio Ulster.
:22:41. > :22:42.Now an update on Gaelic footballer Kevin McCloy
:22:43. > :22:44.who collapsed while playing for his club Lavey on Wednesday evening and
:22:45. > :22:49.A statement released on the family's behalf a short time ago confirmed
:22:50. > :22:57.the former Allstar is stable and his condition is continuing to improve.
:22:58. > :23:05.The world one golfer Rory McIlroy played a fleeting visit to Belfast
:23:06. > :23:11.today before heading to Manchester United tomorrow where he will parade
:23:12. > :23:15.his trophies. At his home club today the next generation were out in
:23:16. > :23:23.force. I am 11. He hasn't even started
:23:24. > :23:30.secondary school but this young man, this young boy, many are predicting
:23:31. > :23:35.at the -- is the next Rory McIlroy. He is the pressure?
:23:36. > :23:41.What is your handicap and what did you score yesterday?
:23:42. > :23:49.My handicap is ten. What does Rory McIlroy mean to you?
:23:50. > :23:57.He means a lot to me. A clear indication that Rory Mania
:23:58. > :24:02.continues. Here's a great inspiration to us all
:24:03. > :24:05.and it shows that hard work gets results.
:24:06. > :24:11.Is it important to have that role model and to feel that he is
:24:12. > :24:16.originally from round the corner. Yes because you can believe that
:24:17. > :24:21.that could be you. The last few days have been huge.
:24:22. > :24:27.The visitors arriving wanting to know where he grew up playing golf.
:24:28. > :24:37.There are trophies that he has won in the clubhouse. They have had a
:24:38. > :24:44.happy experience. For a nation with such a small population, he has come
:24:45. > :24:48.from Hollywood and is now a global superstar. Everyone is talking about
:24:49. > :24:54.him and it is great. Michael Roy is well on the way to --
:24:55. > :25:02.Rory McIlroy is on the way to the clips Jack Nicholas and Tiger Woods
:25:03. > :25:07.but there is another young man willing to become the next Rory
:25:08. > :25:13.McIlroy. A look at the football fixture list
:25:14. > :25:21.tomorrow. Ballymena's manager knows the tie against Portadown will be
:25:22. > :25:25.tough. Big men at the back, centre half
:25:26. > :25:30.second deal with balls into the box. Keep switched on and don't fall
:25:31. > :25:35.asleep and you can get something from the game.
:25:36. > :25:46.All the action tomorrow on BBC One. That's it, back to you.
:25:47. > :25:58.It is a mainly dry day today and a dry nights tomorrow night.
:25:59. > :26:03.It is a mainly dry day today and a head into the weekend, things start
:26:04. > :26:14.to go downhill little bit. It becomes increasingly showery and
:26:15. > :26:16.breezy as we go through the weekend. The showers shouldn't be enough to
:26:17. > :26:26.disrupt the racing but it will take The showers shouldn't be enough to
:26:27. > :26:32.the edge off the weekend. A little bit warmer where we have shelter
:26:33. > :26:36.down across Kent are done and the greater Belfast area. As we head
:26:37. > :26:41.into Sunday, that is when the wind is really start to pick up. There is
:26:42. > :26:47.a Met Office yellow warning for strong winds that is in place from
:26:48. > :26:56.9am on Sunday morning. Because it there's this pressure system. Just
:26:57. > :27:07.see how tightly packed those isobar systems are. We could see gusts of
:27:08. > :27:09.40 to 50 miles an hour along the coast and that north-westerly breeze
:27:10. > :27:15.brings in some really quite heavy showers. Look at those temperatures,
:27:16. > :27:19.not very summary. It doesn't get much better on Monday, I'm afraid.
:27:20. > :27:27.Just look at those temperatures there. Less rain around but as we
:27:28. > :27:35.head into next week, it has a bit of a autumnal blast.
:27:36. > :27:39.We can confirm it was the driver of the car in the Ulster Rally that was
:27:40. > :27:45.killed. These pictures are just coming in. His codriver has been
:27:46. > :27:48.airlifted to hospital and his injuries are not known. The rest of
:27:49. > :27:50.the race has been cancelled. We