16/09/2014 BBC Newsline

Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline:

A court rules that a teenage girl shut off from the

outside world by her mother should get specialised help in Dublin.

Sinn Fein are accused of bigotry after walking out of the process to

A warning that a dramatic surge in paramilitary attacks

Our Celtic connection to this Scottish island and its

As the Reds return to Europe, we hear from the man with the plan,

And possibly a few visibility issues again tonight but it should brighten

up tomorrow. First, to that Belfast High Court

ruling about a teenager who has been effectively shut off from the

outside world for most of her life. The 13-year-old girl, who lived with

her mother, is to be sent to live in a specialist care centre in

County Dublin to get urgent help. The child's identity cannot be

made public because of her age. But BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson has

been looking at other details The court was told that the teenage

girl had never been to school. She's now 13 years old and has

been living near Belfast with her The court heard their lives have

been lived "to the effective Although she's from

Northern Ireland, she previously lived in the United States

and the court was told she'd liked She decided to tutor her daughter at

home rather than send her to school. The home where they lived was not

a normal home. It had no overhead

lighting upstairs. The girl slept on a small,

thin mattress on the floor. Very small for her age,

she needed a booster seat to sit at the kitchen table. The court

heard she had a "spartan existence The judge, Mr Justice O'Hara,

ruled that immediate action needed He said the girl had been damaged

by a life enmeshed with her mother and "would be damaged even more

by staying with her mother". Instead she needs urgent,

intense intervention, he said. And because the specialised services

she requires are not currently available in Northern Ireland,

she's being sent to a centre In summing up,

the judge expressed surprise that the authorities had not discovered

the ordeal that the young girl was Sinn Fein has insisted it did not

walk out of a process to appoint the new Deputy Chief Constable

because he authorised the arrest It was announced this morning that

Drew Harris has been appointed as the second most senior officer

in the police. Sinn Fein says it has nothing

against him personally, but the party claims the recruitment

process may have been flawed. Our home affairs correspondent

Vincent Kearney reports. This is the new deputy

Chief Constable of the PSNI. Drew Harris is currently

in charge of crime operations, responsible for conducting all

investigations into serious and organised crime, including the

activities of dissident republicans He has 30 years' policing experience

and suffered personal loss He can seen here on the right

attending the funeral of his father Alwyn, an RUC superintendent

killed by an IRA car bomb in 1989. Now he's been appointed

as the second most senior officer in the PSNI, but the move doesn't

have the backing of Sinn Fein. The party's representative on the

interview walked out of the process. In a statement, Caitr?ona Ruane

said she believed "the process That angered other members

of the panel. Sinn Fein have a lot of questions to

answer. They need to justify what they have claimed and IEEE rejects

their allegations. The process was robust, there were independent

advisers who played a part on the panel and gave advice and we are

prepared to stand over the process from beginning to end -- I totally

reject their allegations. A number of other board members have

also accused Sinn Fein of political policing, claiming

the arrest of Gerry Adams earlier this year is the real reason the

party withdrew from the process. There is a cabal in the PSNI who

have a different agenda. A negative and destructive agenda to both the

peace process and to Sinn Fein. It was Drew Harris who

sanctioned the arrest. I think there has been a message

sent out by Sinn Fein that if you're a police officer and sign an arrest

warrant for any member of Sinn Fein, as Drew Harris did, your prospects

of promotion our considerably limited, and I think this is the

ledger and, bigoted and something that ultimately further questions

will have to be asked over the fitness of Sinn Fein to be part of

the Policing Board. Catriona Ruane issued

a second statement last night, insisting her concerns are

about the process and and do not reflect in any way on either of

the two senior officers involved. Other Policing Board and PSNI

sources say they believe this is very personal. Their view is that

chin faint doesn't like Drew Harris and didn't want any part in

appointing him -- Sinn Fein. That's been rejected

by the leader of the Sinn Fein group It is complete nonsense. If the

process is wrong and especially if the belief is that it is

compromised, there is a duty on that person to raise that, and that is

what Trina Ruan did. I stand by her. So do be clear, does Drew Harris

have Sinn Fein's full support? Anyone who holds that position will

have our support. Drew Harris is expected to take up

his new role within a matter The most senior police officer

in Londonderry says terrorists are There's been a dramatic

rise in paramilitary attacks Last night in the Ballymagroarty, a

17-year-old was shot in the legs. Please say it has cost half ?1

million to tackle our military incidents last year. When it comes

to the area covering Strabane, Limavady and Magherafelt, since

January there have been 13 shootings, 11 attribute it to

dissident republicans. Two are said to have been carried out by

loyalists. There have also been 12 other incidents involving pipe bombs

or serious assaults. Almost all of those incidents have taken place in

Derry City or the surrounding area. We have seen four times the increase

in shooting attacks since last year. It is concerning because these

people are trying to read in justice in this community. There is only one

police service who are accountable for their actions. These people act

behind a mass and with a gun and are trying to raise communities. They

are going into family homes in front of children, shooting members of

that family or beating them. Police say two men wearing dark clothing

were reported to have been involved in the incident. Detectives appealed

for anyone with information to come pod.

Our Celtic connection to the fundamentalist Protestant people

A man and a woman have been arrested following an attack on a house

The police say they are treating the incident as a hate crime.

A boarded up window and shattered glass.

The only signs of attack on this house in

A man and women who were inside escaped injury.

Originally from Hungary, they came to live in

They believe they were targeted because they are foreign nationals.

The people who live at this house were too afraid to

appear on camera but they told me they were sitting on a sofa

behind this window when they heard glass smashing at 9pm last night.

They ran upstairs and looked outside and saw two

people wearing masks attacking the house with a baseball bat.

This morning councillors arrived at the house to offer help,

but those inside did not want to open up to them.

I have spoken to neighbours and they said it was quite peaceful

If there was a racial motive, we will condemn that.

But the police investigation is still at an early stage so we will

have to see what transpires. Anybody who suffers from hate crime,

we will support them to live here. This is not a community that

carries out such crimes. If the risk that, that is what we

will deal with it I will wait until the police give me a report.

The police say a 54-year-old women and a

50-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.

At the moment the incident is being treated as a hate crime.

The North Antrim MP Ian Paisley has described critics of his father, the

former First Minister, who died last Friday, as "pygmies in his shadow".

Writing in the Ballymena Guardian, the DUP politician says his father

and all of the Paisley family were hurt by the way some in the Free

Presbyterian Church and in political life had taken him for granted.

In the newspaper, Mr Paisley also speaks

about happier memories overshadowing the darker moments and that his

The director of the pro-life group Precious Life has

described allegations of harassment against her as ridiculous.

Bernie Smyth was giving evidence at Belfast Magistrates Court in a case

brought by Dawn Purvis, director of the Marie Stopes Clinic in Belfast.

The case arises from two alleged incidents

Outside the clinic in Belfast the centre. Kevin Sharkey risk sports.

-- reports. Dawn Purvis said she found one incident last month

menacing and sinister. She said Miss Smith Coulter you ain't seen

harassment yet. The court was told the comment was in response to miss

Purvis telling another activist to stop harassing her. The defence said

it was a cheeky remark said in what he described as the Ballymena drawl,

but when he put it to his clients that it had terrified Dawn Purvis,

Bernie Smith replied there is no way Dawn Purvis could have been

frightened. Dawn knows it was said as a joke. The court also heard

about counter claims the two women tackled at each other in another

incident. Dawn Purvis claimed Miss Smith started cackling in a loud

way. Miss Smith denied the claim and said Dawn told us to back off, she

gave me a groaning look of disgust and that is what I was laughing at.

Judgement in the case is due on Friday.

There's plenty more still to come on the programme before 7pm.

We'll be hearing from the Donegal team as the Ulster champions prepare

for this Sunday's All-Ireland Final against Kerry.

This week on the programme, we're looking at our Celtic

connections - links across these islands that don't get

Yesterday we heard that Belfast had played a role in the resurgence

of the Manx language on the Isle of Man.

This evening, Rick Faragher goes to the Isle of

Lewis in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland, where he

found a people committed to their Scots Gaelic heritage and their

Life here is simple. The views are breathtaking. In a population of

less than 20,000, life on Lewis is close-knit and very much a shared

experience. In this part of the UK, the language isn't English. And that

is something the people of Lewis remain proud of. Around 70% of Lewis

speak Gaelic as a first language and it is not exclusive to any part of

the community. Even those who cannot speak a word still see it as an

historical and valuable part of their identity. In the 1990s, the

western isles Council officially changed its name into Gaelic and

remains the only local authority in Scotland to do so. The reason was to

make a clear statement of commitment to the Gaelic language, but also to

the Gaelic culture and it is what the Outer Hebrides are today, but it

is also important to recognise it is an important economic stimulus for

these islands and supports as though -- 1000 jobs for the island and we

are committed to the language. Central to that identity is the

Protestant faith. People always look to God.

Everything is shut on Sunday and it is only recently that two or three

public houses opened, and people seem to be happy with that,

including those who are perhaps anti-Sabbath observance. Language

here also ensures a different culture, where opposites are united

under one voice. We have opened functions, nights, charity nights,

formal or current Rangers players and after dinner speaking stew meat

the fans and fans, log -- Celtic fans come to some of these nights

and a lot of them are members of the club. Even familiar voices are left

stunned. I am originally from Anderson town, I have been here for

32 years. When I arrived in the mid-80s I was at a football match

and one of the Celtic lads and arrangers lad for having to do, and

I said there could be trouble here, they said, the art Brothers. Even

better, their father is a Free Presbyterian minister. Far from

being divisive, Gaelic holds people together on Lewis, guaranteeing a

shared future regardless of team colours. Some of our closest

neighbours in more ways than one. 100 years ago this week, the

Government of Ireland or Home Rule Act was given royal assent, although

its implementation was to be delayed It was a time of upheaval

across Ireland, and now a collection of newly-restored recordings is set

to shine more light on it. They were made

by a priest who wanted to record the thoughts of those nationalists

who fought in the Easter Rising Our reporter in the South East,

Gordon Adair, has been listening to He wanted to come home to prepare

the country to strike a blow for freedom. Voices from our past

talking about their past. There you heard Kathleen Clark, widow of the

Easter rising leader Tom Clark, and a man talking about his part in the

escape from Lincoln jail of Ayman Deva Lera. These interviews and

others work carried out by Father Louis au Caine in the 1960s. He left

his collection to a museum in Armagh and it will soon be available to the

public for the first time. The collection will be transferred into

a digital format and a booth will be built from where the public will be

able to search for and listen to clips. He was very interested in

technology and the technology of the 1960s was audio recording, so he

used that interest to further his other interest, which was history

and he recorded veterans of the War of independence period, people who

had lived from 1913 to 1923 and had been involved in various activities

in that time. Roddy insists this is history for everyone. It is

something I hope people who may not naturally be inclined to this

narrative will listen to, because these are stories of ordinary men

and women, in the same way as the men who went to the Sam or who

stayed at home or the woman who fought for suffrage all have a story

to tell, this is part of our rich and complex history. Work on the

tapes has already begun and should be

Sport is next, and this evening we're focusing

on a County Antrim man who tonight will be part of the world's

Brendan Rogers leads Liverpool back into Champions League action.

He is already a hero in his own place. He is. He has that lean and

hungry look about him and all of Carnlough can be proud of him,

whatever the outcome. Brendan Rodgers has been wearing

his game face all week and warning the rest of Europe that

the five-time competition winners The latest step on his journey

comes in the shape of little-known It's the trophy

which dazzles Brendan Rodgers The European cup is

on permanent display Now the Champions League

beckons once more. It has taken over four years -

four managers, 44 first team signings, at a cost somewhere north

of ?400?million and this man from signings, at a cost somewhere north

of ?400 ?million and this man from humble roots on the North Antrim

coast - to steer a club synonymous with European success back to

the continent's top table. December That has been our objective, when I

came in it was to get the club back to this level, because it needs to

be at this level, both for itself and for football in general. It is

one of the footballing greats around the world and this is the elite

competition in club football, so it feels good to be back. I think our

overriding objective is to come out of the group and qualified. -- and

qualified. 2009 was

Liverpool's last In the interim there's been

considerable pain, Unhitched from

the elite gravy train, Liverpool FC lost a minimum of ?120 million in

UEFA funds over their four seasons All he needs to do now to keep fans

and investors happy is succeed where Roy Hodgson and Kenny Dalglish

failed. If anyone can,

the man from Carnlough can. Ruan Pienaar might yet play some

role in Ulster's European Champions Cup games against Leicester

and Toulon next month. His recovery time from a knee injury

while playing for South African has been revised down from two months to

between four and six weeks. Meanwhile, as uncertainty continues

over the Ulster coaching set-up, Nick Williams has spoken

of his surprise at the recent summer sacking of former

Ulster head coach Mark Anscombe. It was a bit of a shock. I knew Mark

quite well. Both in the field and off the field. It was a bit of a

shock but it is part and parcel of the game of rugby, the way it is

moving, people can lose their jobs here and there, so he has been a big

influence on my career. I don't think it will be hard for him

finding another coaching job. The IRFU have said they expect him to be

back on board by bid October. That would seem to suggest he will not be

director of rugby. It is a guessing game at this stage but what has he

brought and would you like to see him get that job? He brought a bit

of finesse, tempo game, just the little things, he has brought into

the team that I am sure the initial boys know as well, he has attention

to detail as a coach. As a player I would like to see him hang around

for a bit, but it is not up to me to decide.

Jim McGuinness is winning matches again.

The western sea board, from Kerry to Donegal,

is awash with All-Ireland football fever ahead of this Sunday's final.

From Malin to Kilcar, there's a rare electricity in the air.

Thomas Kane has been plugging into it.

These young fans have grown up knowing nothing but success

For many years, that couldn't have been further from the case.

In 2011, the Jim McGuinness revolution started.

Three Ulster titles and an All-Ireland later,

the county are now within touching distance of another Sam Maguire.

We always believed we could but we didn't believe we would. We knew we

had the ability that marrying that with the attitude and that belief,

we changed our attitude and changed how we approached training and

football. An All-Ireland final seemed

a world away just over a year ago. Mayer were comprehensive 16 point

when errors in the last eight. -- winners. I suppose, it is how you

get back up from a fall. It shows true character. You always get a lot

of doubts after that but as the weeks go on you get more of the

hunger back and look back at what you did wrong, and you meet that as

a group and what they group did wrong, and we righted a lot of those

wrongs. stand between Donegal

and the biggest prize in the sport. We will hear from the manager later

in the week. Eugene Laverty has confirmed he is

leaving World Superbikes and moving up to MotoGP, motorcycling's

equivalent of Formula One. His Crescent Suzuki team confirmed

today Laverty will leave He lies seventh in

the current championship standings and in next year's MotoGP is likely

to race for the Honda Aspar team. Finally, Derry City play their FAI

Cup quarter-final replay against Drogheda United at the Brandywell

tonight, and there's full live Cliftonville are also in action

tonight against Ballyclare. The weather forecast now with

Angie Phillips. It ended up a decent day today and

warm in a few box, temperatures getting over the 20 mark. That was

after a slow and dismal start this morning, overcast skies, extensive

low cloud, bog patches and visibility issues but it has all

been melting away this afternoon and it looks like a pleasant end to the

day with evening sunshine, brighter than the start of the day.

Overnight, again we will find that cloud closing in so we have low

cloud, again patches of mist and fog but it stays dry and those

temperatures are no lower than nine. For tomorrow the dry weather

continues and it looks like it will end another decent day with sunny

spells although again it could be a slow start first thing. We are

likely to have mist and low cloud on the hills and could be looking at

patches of low-lying mist and fog, perhaps one for the headlights first

thing. By the end of the rush hour that mist and fog will start to

lift, cloud will break and brightness will come through and

that process continues through the rest of the day. We will continue to

see it right now. Away from the east Coast, we are looking at anything

from 18 to 20 degrees, so pleasant if you hit those high marks. To

borrow evening looks like a fine end to the day, and again we do it

tomorrow night with that cloud closing in to bring patches of mist

and fog, especially mystique where we get any clear spells. On Thursday

there are maybe a bit more cloud than tomorrow but not a bad day once

the fog goes. Temperatures around 18 and then for the weekend, mainly

dry, often a lot of cloud but hopefully still some dry spells.

Finally, a picture on Facebook involving a monkey and two of my

Newsline colleagues has grabbed attention today. Check it