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Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:

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new searches for one of the Disappeared are to begin

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15 years have passed and a lot of different emotions within the family

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have happened so hopefully this time we will be successful.

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A senior forensic scientist says young people here are dying horrible

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If Scotland goes independent, what price will businesses here have

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He went to school here but tonight Van Morrison says

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Ulster's rugby season is beginning, we look ahead to the match tonight.

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Cloudy on Sunday and the chance of rain on Monday.

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A real mixed bag for the holiday weekend.

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New information has led to fresh efforts to find the body of one

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A specialist forensic team is preparing to examine part

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of a bog in County Meath for the remains of Brendan Megraw.

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It will be the fourth attempt in four years but investigators

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hope this new information they are acting on will prove accurate.

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Brendan Megraw was 23 and a newlywed when he was abducted near his home

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and killed in 1978 by the IRA. His wife was pregnant with their first

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child. Years of silence followed. Finally in 1999 the IRA admitted the

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murder and named an area in County Meath where they claimed to have

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buried Brendan. Since then, three separate searches have taken place

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there will stop the first one lasting more than one month. Nothing

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was found. Recently, in 2010, another search ended, again in

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disappointment. It has left family wary of getting too optimistic. You

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don't want to get ahead of yourself, hopeful that it will get

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worked out but we have had three diggs before and especially the

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first one which lasted a long time, maybe four or five weeks. It is

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mixed emotions. The Independent commission for the location of the

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Thames remains says the information they had received involves an area

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adjacent to land already searched. It is a terrible time for the

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families and even more disturbing when we undertake these searches and

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draw a blank. I don't want to raise hopes unnecessarily but we would

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like to think that what we have is significant and that it will lead to

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a successful outcome on this occasion. 16 people were kidnapped

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and killed in secret by republican paramilitaries, the last in 1985.

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Nine bodies have been recovered so far. Seven families are still

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waiting. You go on with your faith and that keeps you going and also,

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the families within the grip, that is very important. Even the ones

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whose bodies have been found, they continue to give support and that is

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an important part of it. Forensic archaeologists are due to begin a

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survey of the land within days using ground penetrating radar. If they

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find anything beneath the surface, only then will a dig begin.

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A third man has been arrested in connection with a shooting in

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Two other men, both arrested yesterday, remain in police custody.

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The shooting happened at Wallasey Park.

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A 44-year-old was shot in the right thigh after he got out of a car.

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It is believed to be connected to an ongoing feud

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The three men in police custody were arrested

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Young people are dying horrible deaths from taking multiple drugs,

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according to a senior member of the forensic service here.

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20 people have died in the last year from drugs known

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Many more have died from taking a cocktail of other substances.

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One forensics scientist says it is time

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for an anti-drugs campaign along the lines of road safety adverts.

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Tara Mills has been to the forensics laboratory in Carrickfergus.

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State-of-the-art equipment detecting drugs which have killed more than

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100 people here in the last year. 20 of those are connected to drugs

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known as speckled cherries which contained the compound 44 D Mark,

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any substance that has only killed people here and in Hungary. These

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drugs are not manufactured in any clinical fashion. We would refer to

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them being made in garages. There is no testing for analysis so nobody

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knows what the effects are. This is what we would, branded products. It

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is this lady is job to record what substances are detected in the

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report carried out after a death. So call your highs have presented the

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biggest challenges. We don't know what is in these compounds and that

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is what people have to remember. They may have taken one before and

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they might think they will get the desired effect but if you take it

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again, it might not be the same. The packaging, the components are not

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consistent. Therefore they are not safe. You will see on the

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ingredients, the ingredients means nothing. That is quite cynical, an

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energy drink? Some will say, not fit for human consumption. All this is

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available on the street and on the Internet but it is not presented in

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this manner, people will get it in a plastic bag so we need to

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this manner, people will get it in a whether it is cannabis or something

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else. You are always having to step -- stay one step ahead. Convulsions,

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else. You are always having to step induced by these drugs, leading to

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calls for more public warnings. We have had some horrific deaths are

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people have killed themselves after taking these drugs because they have

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had such a horrible effect. Generally, we need to be more

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had such a horrible effect. stark. I know we have a good

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drink-driving campaign, maybe there needs to be more of that sort of

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attack in terms of the needs to be more of that sort of

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perception of drugs. Police have made 11 arrests so far in this

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investigation. The police say work is continuing to identify the supply

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A Donegal man who died after recently returning from Africa

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Health authorities today confirmed that tests on the body of

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The engineer, who was in his 40s, had worked in Sierra Leone

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He died after suffering Ebola like symptoms.

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It is thought his family first heard about a possible link to

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The grief. I think anger is not where

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they are at. It certainly did not help their story under situation.

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Their grief is what they are trying to deal with and it is the community

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who are trying to do our best just to help them get through this time.

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Two men in their 20s have been arrested after a man was shot in

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The 28-year-old victim was taken to hospital after the shooting

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which happened in the Ballycolman Estate at about 7:00.

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A security alert on the Falls Road in west Belfast has ended.

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The police say nothing suspicious was found.

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The alert began yesterday afternoon after a stolen car was involved

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in a crash that left a woman and a child needing hospital treatment.

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The car had been stolen in the Whiterock Road area earlier

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The Falls Road has been reopened to traffic.

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The funeral has taken place in Enniskillen of the former Stormont

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Among the mourners at the cathedral were the UUP leader

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Mike Nesbitt and the former First Minister David Trimble.

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Stormont Minister Arlene Foster and the area's MP Michelle

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the Irish war hero who won the VC but who went on to join the IRA

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It is now less than a month until Scottish voters decide

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whether they want to become an independent country.

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Much of the debate has focused on the economy, particularly on

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What about the economic implications of a Yes

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At Belfast docks, our economic links with Scotland are obvious. Every

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day, tonnes of freight makes the trip between Belfast and Karen Ryan.

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An independent Scotland could make trade little trickier. What currency

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will be used? Will be exchange rate implications? What about the impact

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of different taxation and regulatory systems? Many companies here are

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well used to trading across borders on a daily basis. This Newry

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businessman is relaxed about the practical implications of Scottish

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independence. He says people will just get on with it. Right across

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the European markets there are different borders and different

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markets. If you're used to trading in that market, nothing should

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really change. You just adapt. It is in the public finances that Scottish

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independence could make the biggest difference here. If we do well -- do

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well for each part of the UK. Last year it allocated ?8,500 per head

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for England. Four wheels, it was just over ?9,700. Scotland got more

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than ?10,000 per head but we got almost ?11,000. If Scotland leaves

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the union, that system would have to be reformed or stop some think that

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Stormont and the Welsh illustration could do better but can you see a

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scenario when the House of Commons would allow that to happen? Chances

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are he would get a worse deal. An independent Scotland will have a

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huge dependence on oil and gas but to bring in new businesses, its

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government will also move quickly to cut corporation tax. That could give

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them an advantage when it comes to attracting investment. Put all the

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economic uncertainties scare investors over to the side of the

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Irish Sea? With investors be tempted to come to Scotland instead of

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Northern Ireland or we might get more investment if they are scared.

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Is the situation where there are more questions than answers. If

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Scotland tours put its own course, those questions will not be fully

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answered for years. Part of a busy commuter route

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into and out of Belfast has been closed to traffic

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after the road started to sag. Roads Service workers dug up

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the city bound lane of Castlereagh Street this morning to try to find

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out what is causing it to collapse. Northern Ireland Water officials are

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checking their pipes under There seems to be a void under the

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road and at this stage we don't know what the cause is. At this stage,

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the city bound in is closed but we hope to work over the weekend and

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have the road entirely opened for traffic next week.

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Still to come, why it is back to school for Van the man and his

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Belfast tonight. As events continue to mark

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the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, more tales

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of heroism are emerging about Tonight we tell the story of the

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Irish war hero who won the Victoria Cross for outstanding acts of

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bravery but who later joined the IRA It was just as absurd new rules that

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Martin Dunne was born and grew up. He enlisted in the British Army when

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he was 15 and saw service in India before joining the Munster Fusiliers

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in 1914 and fighting on the Western front. He was involved in all the

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major battles, he was gassed, bombed and wounded. He won the military

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medal and The Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award

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for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

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and Commonwealth forces for two notable acts of bravery. He saved a

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tank crew. He rescued them from the Germans attacking it. He also

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attacked a barn which had a machine gun post in it. He was captured and

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later released. The county Wexford man received his medal from the

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Royal family but when the war was over, after demobilisation, he

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returned to Ireland in 1919 and joined the IRA in the Irish War of

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Independence. He got a job in the local barracks there are so he was

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able to get intelligence about transport and patrols leaving the

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barracks to the local IRA. When the troops came in 1922, he took the

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side of Michael Collins and joined the ranks of the new free State

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Army. He served in the British Army, the IRA and the Irish free

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State Army, is buried in the British literary cemetery near Dublin's

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Phoenix Park. His headstone was directed by former soldiers in the

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Munster Fusiliers. Normally for a Victoria Cross holder, their

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regimental emblem is removed from the stone and replaced with a

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Victoria Cross but his is an exception. Perhaps reflecting his

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changing loyalties. No matter how long it has been

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expected, the closure of the school After years of warnings,

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Orangefield High in East Belfast closed in June but it is not going

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without a bit of a fuss. Our education and arts correspondent

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Maggie Taggart is there The final Orangefield High students

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got their results yesterday but the school is closing with a bang.

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Tonight and tomorrow night, Van Morrison, a former pupil, will give

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concerts and another man is another former pupil, Eric Bell. The fact

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that so many people is here, this school must have had a lot of

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creativity? There were a lot of opportunities for creativity at the

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school. Especially after the school finished, because they had so many

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clubs that you could join after-school. There were camera

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clubs and reporter clubs, weightlifting club 's. Not so much

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attention to exams? Exactly! You are a co-founder of thin Lizzy as well?

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I started playing guitar about a year before I left Orangefield High.

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It was the first time I set foot on a stage in my life. You also get a

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chance to meet Van Morrison again. A former principal here, he ended on a

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high your students? We had fantastic results, the best in years, in both

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GCSEs and else. That will enable them to go out into the wider world

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and make a name for themselves. I am looking forward to meeting past

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pupils tonight. What a coup to get Van Morrison here as well? Who would

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have thought that star would have been in our little assembly Hall!

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What else is still to come? Van Morrison is just three out of 40

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events in East Belfast as part of the East side arts Festival. We have

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married Jones, Dan Gordon, Brian Keegan. You can find out more when

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you look at the website. For those who have not got the tickets, staff

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and ex-pupils are getting precedents but we have some archives along with

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a Van Morrison song about Orangefield High.

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It's the start of the Ulster rugby season tonight.

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Heading to Ravenhill shortly with my guest tonight, former Ulster player,

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Bryn Cunningham. Ulster kick off this year with a friendly against

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Exeter. The start of the all important Pro 12 is still a couple

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of weeks away. New season, new coach, new name for the ground, new

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A lot of changes, probably the most we have seen. I think there is

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optimism. The Irish players really respect the new coach so we will see

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a different style of play and also, on a lot of new players coming in

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which should be quite exciting. When we look at some of the big

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characters who have left Ulster Rugby, the coach, Mark Anscombe, the

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director of rugby, David Humphreys, Johann Miller, Stephen Ferris, the

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list goes on and on. How difficult is it to replace players and

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managers like that? It can be difficult but with the players, they

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just turn in everyday, they clock in, they have a job to do and to be

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honest, it will not affect them as much as people may think. They will

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get on with the job and are excited about what is in place at the

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moment. Some of those players have left or retired and is not play a

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huge amount last season. Because of that, new players coming in should

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add something more to the squad. One fresh face we will see tonight is

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John Andrew who will play alongside his brother. A big night for them?

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Yes, I know from my own experience of playing with my brother, it is

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very special. I am sure when they run out on the pitch together at

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Ravenhill, it will be something special. You can see his brother

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going over there for a try in the schools cup for Ballymena. We have

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seen a lot of brothers in the past, and number of recent years who have

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played together and it is a special moment for them. Who are a couple of

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these big names and faces we should be looking out for? Jacob Stockdale,

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just out of school from Wallace high school. I saw him in the semifinal

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against Melody and he was outstanding. Sometimes you just know

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when a player will be very special. There are other players out there

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that we will see who will be putting in big performances this season.

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Rory McIlroy is back in action for the first time since winning

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He is nine shots off the lead at the Barclays, the opening event of the

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Rory McIlroy who appeared on late-night US television with

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Tiger Woods earlier this week in New York, blamed his first-round

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It is more to do with just not putting the adequate time into my

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game over the past week. That has been it so I am going to grab

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something to eat here and then go to the range this afternoon and work on

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a few things and just catch up on some practice that I probably missed

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out on the past week. He is now two over for the

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challenge. Graeme McDowell is in a tie for seventh on four

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underpowered. In the World Rally Championship Kris

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Meeke from Dungannon finished on the podium in Finland a couple

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of weeks ago and he's producing another excellent performance

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in the latest round in Germany. Meeke is currently in second

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place at the end of day one. There were six stages in all today -

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he's currently 37 seconds Meeke is in search

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of his first ever victory. Ballymena United are

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the early unbeaten pacesetters Manager Glenn Ferguson is

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in his third full season in charge. Last season

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his team just missed out on winning some silverware and the pain

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of an Irish Cup final still hurts. It is a side that will live long in

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the memory for all the wrong reasons for Ballymena United amateur Glenn

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Ferguson. -- manager Glenn Ferguson. It was so disappointing but we have

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worked hard in preseason, changed the shape of the team. The season

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started pretty well with two wins and a draw. Hopefully there will be

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consistency this year and then we will pick up more points. Next up

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for the team is apposite to County Tyrone. They are confident, they are

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unbeaten and last week they had a great result against Glenavon. It

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will be a big test for us and hopefully there will be a few goals.

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will be a big test for us and He will be trying to plot his way

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past a former team-mate tomorrow. It is great, Ballymena coming the way

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they are playing. We is great, Ballymena coming the way

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have been enjoyable for the first -- have been enjoyable for the first --

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different. With goes like this already this season, it could be one

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not to mix -- not to miss. Jeremy McWilliams is making

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a return to the British Grand Prix The Glengormley rider,

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a former Grand Prix winner in 2001, will compete in the Moto2 class

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at Silverstone. He has not raced at this level

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since 2007 but has continued to ride There is life in the old dog yet, he

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will probably kill me for giving his age away!

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The temperatures today were quite chilly and as we go through this

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evening and into tonight, we have a little bit more cloud cover so that

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will hold the overnight temperatures at around seven or 8 degrees. The

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odd shower as we go through to the wee small hours of tomorrow.

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Saturday is not looking to be too bad a day. It will be rather similar

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to today, bright and cool with just the odd rain shower here and there

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but in that battle of sunshine and showers, the sunshine is definitely

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winning out. It is not going to be terribly warm as we go through the

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day. It will feel reasonably pleasant in the sunshine, the

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temperatures really struggling to get up much about 14 or 15 degrees.

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As we go into the bank holiday weekend itself, things to start to

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go downhill a little bit and by the time we get a Sunday, it is a chilly

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start with the good deal more cloud arriving and then the rain of myths

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in. On Monday, it could be quite wet and breezy. We have some protection

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from this ridge of high pressure through the early part of the bank

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holiday weekend before the front arrives. That is what is going to

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come and spoil the party just a little bit by the time we get into

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Sunday and Monday. Sunday 's start of chilly, it will be cold

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overnight, maybe the chance of a frost. Then the cloud comes in and

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the rain follows behind it. Top temperatures, 14 degrees on Sunday.

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After that on Monday, we've got the best of any conditions will be along

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the north coast. Elsewhere, widespread rain but the temperatures

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are starting to creep upwards. Looking at the graphics for the next

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few days, it is a bank holiday and it is raining!

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