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in a moment, but now on BBC1, it's time for the news where you are.

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Do not forget, Newsnight is starting on BBC Two.

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Tests for the Ebola virus are being carried out on the body of man

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The Health Service Executive in the Republic says the man had

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Our reporter Mervyn Jess is at Letterkenny Hospital

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As you say, the man died earlier today and his body was brought here

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to Letterkenny Hospital and we were told and health officials were told

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he had been displaying symptoms which were like Ebola. That raised

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concerns and the hospital but its procedures into place. The body

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itself was immediately quarantined and in the mortuary behind me here.

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Other procedures are put in place because of the suspected likelihood

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or not that this would turn out to be the virus. That is the situation

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at the moment. One of the local councillors, the merit of

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Letterkenny said that Apple was here earlier. I spoke to about the fear

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of some people about the prospect of Ebola getting into this part of

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Ireland. -- Ebola. I'm told the man was in his early 40s and from

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Donegal. He returned recently from Sierra Leone. He has been affected

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by the Ebola virus. He was in the African state of Sierra Leone, an

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area where this outbreak -- the outbreak has been most prevalent.

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Everybody who contacted us not actually die from it. 60% of people

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do have died from it, but if caught early enough, it be treated. Tests

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have been taken on this manner and those have been sent away to be

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analysed and we are expecting results on that later tomorrow.

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The family of the broadcaster Gerry Anderson have said they are touched

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"overwhelmed" with the love expressed for Gerry, even in the few

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"The great outpouring of grief today showed us how much he touched

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the hearts and lives of all who knew him.

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We are immensely proud of the courage and dignity with

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which Gerry dealt with his illness over the past two years."

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Maggie Taggart looks back on his life.

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S we at the Scottish Halliburton into the Elvis were July to hearing?

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Gerry Anderson meant humour, music and the right look at life. Born in

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1944, Geri soon showed a talent for music and performing. For his daily

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show, on BBC Radio Ulster, Gerry Anderson won acclaim and audience

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affection. He was also a guitarist and an early break came on the

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Manchester music scene where he worked the clubs. Tours of the UK

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and abroad followed with his band the chessmen. He also join a bungled

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Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks. Back home, he settled long enough to

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study for a degree in sociology and social anthropology. They get a

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postgraduate diploma in education. He try teaching, but is it became

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clear his place was in a radio studio or on camera. He was a man of

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great wit and mischief. But he also brought great wisdom and insight to

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what he did. And, of course, he will be sadly missed by all others but

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also by his loyal listeners for who he often does when he often brought

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light dark days. cold, ironic fashion, yet explained

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how much he loved the job he was so good at. I just come here and enjoy

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myself. I never regard it as a chore. Don't tell anybody, but I

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would do it for nothing!. A man's been shot in the legs

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in Strabane. He was attacked in the Ballycolman

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estate in the town, A woman and a child have been taken

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to hospital following a hit They were in a car which was

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involved in a collision with The police have closed part of the

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road while they examine the car. Two DUP ministers are warning

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about the serious impact cuts will The Health Minister Edwin Poots

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and the Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland say

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their departments are losing Here's our Political

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reporter Stephen Walker. Edwin Poots wanted a extra for his

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health departments, but he got just 20 in a new budget revealed earlier

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this month. He says the cuts mean nursing recruitment will be

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affected, there will be less money for drugs and operations. --

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operations will be cancelled. I've no intention of making these cuts so

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goes back to the executive. They need to either step up to the plate

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and give me the money to do it. We potentially break the budget, they

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find another minister to do it or indeed the executive takes a

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decision. Earlier this month, the Finance Minister Simon Hamilton

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criticised Edwin Poots -- his colleague for overspending. Some are

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wondering if today's development is part of the DUP power struggle. I

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would like to think it is not internal party politics or

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leadership. It will be a shocking thing if the health of the people of

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Northern Ireland was being used as any kind of political pawn. I would

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like to think that the current health minister is finally doing the

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right thing, standing up for the service, standing up for the people.

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Others insist that Edwin Poots has created a political crisis in his

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own department. I'm surprised he's not tendered his resignation and

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that is a matter between himself and his party. But they do not need a

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crisis at the moment. He needs to be stabilised by this minister or a new

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minister. Today, Edwin Poots was not the only DUP minister to one of dark

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days ahead. The social development Minister Nelson McCausland says his

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department must save ?29 million. I must look round the department at

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the areas of responsibility to see whether savings can be made. Is it

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in housing, is it in housing, editing neighbourhood renewal is it

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in the community voluntary sector or is it within the Department of

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employment? I'm not a magician, I cannot make money out of thin air. I

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must look for areas where savings can be made. Whether it is housing

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or health, this new financial climate is beginning to take hold.

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The former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds has died at the age of 81.

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The Fianna Fail politician led his party in two coalition

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governments and served as Taoiseach for three years.

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Mr Reynolds negotiated the Downing Street Declaration with John Major

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in 1993 and was considered to have played a significant role in the

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peace process in Northern Ireland, including the 1994 IRA ceasefire.

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He came along as tee shot at exactly the right time. He was very

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concerned about the -- teashop. He was concerned about the mayhem on

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the mainland. He was prepared to take risks to but it right. The

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fight that he was prepared to take political risks for peace, knowing

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in mind and badly, marks him out as a very special kind of person.

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As we go through this evening and overnight, those clear skies mean we

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are going to see temperatures fall away really quite markedly. They

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will go down into single figures in many places, seven

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will go down into single figures in even a bit cooler than that in the

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countryside. A future was continuing overnight. The clear skies do is up

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for quite a nice start to the day on Friday. Dry and bright in the main

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and as we go through the day, while we do have a future was around,

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is really much brighter feeling day. It is a much

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is really much brighter feeling day. the UK and Ireland, the low pressure

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system has moved on to the East, means we will see the odd shower,

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but lots more in the way are means we will see the odd shower,

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and sunny weather, really the only variation is in the temperature. It

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gets warmer the further south and east you go. For us in Northern

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Ireland, through the afternoon, any remaining showers will gradually

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start to fizzle out. It is not going to be warm though. Highs of 14 or 15

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degrees in that north westerly breeze doorstop so, holding

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temperatures down. As we go into the evening, it is another chilly

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nights. Saturday has a similar sort of feel, reasonable amounts of dry

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and bright weather, the odd isolated shower here and there, again, not a

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warm day. Highs of 14 or 15 degrees. Things will change by the time they

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get into the second half of the weekend am a front moves in late on

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Sunday. It means it will be an unsettled Bank Holiday Monday.

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