22/09/2014 BBC Newsline

Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline tonight.

We hear about the moment a bus carrying nearly 50 children

We went over and it was just flashing before your eyes, it was so

Thousands of pounds worth of damage is caused to cars in arson attacks.

Anger after a family pet is deliberately burned with acid.

I'm in Glasgow to look at the impact of the referendum result on Scotland

Donegal beat the unbeatables to get the All Ireland final could

It might not be much for some but there is a bit of rain on the way.

When you look at the aftermath, it is difficult to believe that no one

was seriously injured in this crash in County Tyrone this morning.

52 people, most of them schoolchildren, escaped

The bus and car collided on Omagh Road in Drumquin this morning

as the children were heading to secondary schools in Omagh.

It was the routine school run that almost ended in horror. The bus

taking 48 pupils to, ended up on its side in this field. A car also

involved in the crash at first was hard to see. The crash happened at

around 8:20 this morning on the busy Omagh Road outside Drumquin. One

young passenger described what happened. It was just like flashing

before your eyes. I am sure everybody is just happy that we are

here. I was not even worried about myself, I was right for everyone

else and was checking they were OK. Around half the children were taken

to the local hospital and the rest, including the bus driver and driver

of the car, were taken to Altnagelvin hospital. Remarkably,

nobody had serious injuries, but it was an anxious time for parents. My

wife was at the scene earlier. I just went straight to the hospital.

What are your thoughts, it must have been a terribly anxious time? You

worry every time they go out the door but this'll have to go to

school! An investigation to establish the cause of the crash is

now underway. The one thing I do know is that on this stretch of the

road, as traffic is coming towards, at that time of the morning and

particularly when it was a bright morning, they would have been a

little sun and whether this was a factor, I don't know. It is a fairly

flat straight stretch of road and locals tell us that it is not an

accident blackspot or anything. The priority now is for investigators to

Hate crimes against East European immigrants over

the weekend are being investigated by the police in north Belfast.

A gang armed with knives and hatchets attacked and threatened two

Hungarian men who were walking in the Glenbryn area on Friday night.

Two homes with Hungarian residents were also targeted in nearby

Half a dozen cars, worth thousands of pounds, have been destroyed

The police have described the arson as a needless act'.

area near Queen's University and on the other side of the

I am sorry, we seem to have no sound on that report, we will return to

it. The mother of a 20-year-old girl

who claimed she was sexually assaulted by the traditional Irish

musician Francis McPeake has been She said she confronted the Belfast

man about the claims and withdrew The 72-year-old denies 12 counts

of sex offences against the girl who was 15 at

the time of the alleged incidents. An animal charity has offered

a reward for information about an The incident was last week

but details have only just been released by the police who say

a noxious liquid was used to burn You may find some of the pictures

in this story distressing. Thirdly was enjoying his streets in

the garden today but last Wednesday night, it was a different story. His

owner found him at her home, distressed and in agony after

someone poured an acidic liquid on his back which burned deep into his

skin. The owner was not at home today but spoke to the BBC's

Talkback programme. The liquid had gone down his back. I was disgusted,

it is just not nice. If it was done deliberately, it is a disgrace.

Locals have reacted angrily to the news. The community are outraged by

what has happened. They have spoken out in support of the family and the

little dog. Over the weekend, everyone has been talking about it,

right across the district. Fergie is now home and recovering well. He has

been treated with Andy biotics and painkillers but the family say they

hope he will make a full recovery and they want to know who would do

something like this to a defenceless animal. The police are appealing for

information about the attack on the family pet stop a local animal

charity has offered to pay ?1500 as a reward for information about the

incident. Still to come on the programme: Join

me at Gleneagles where Rory McIlroy gets ready for the Ryder Cup will

stop he reveals some exciting news for the Irish open.

The independence referendum in Scotland may be over

but the debate is only just beginning about a redistribution

As the dust settles on last week's results, BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson

Good question, I think the truth is nobody knows what tomorrow will

bring. All I can tell you is today in Scotland feels a little bit like

the day after Christmas Day. Some are happy with what they got, some

are unhappy and there have been a few family rows along the way.

Today, right across Scotland, it has been a day of reflection. Scotland

has given the rest of the UK a political headache. If it is not

independence, how exactly should power be spread out? The more

pressing problem for the Scots is how to reunite a nation divided

into. The yes camp and the no camp. At the weekend, there was tension in

the centre of Glasgow. 11 people were arrested. This was an isolated

incident and not representative of the overall upliftment. Yes,

disagreements, arguments that will always be together. I think a lot of

these yes campaigners will not give up. We are quite happy people, we

will live in the moment and we will get over it. We must make sure there

is a positive outcome of the referendum and it looks as if there

is a good opportunity for that across the call of the UK. But it

is, located. Exactly which powers should Scotland get? Which powers to

Northern Ireland want? Should England get some form of devolution?

This Scottish academic says nothing will change soon. I don't think we

are going to be quickly moving to a federal United Kingdom. As ever, it

is a very slow moving incremental basis and Westminster is still

retaining power within any new settlement that is offered. There is

a large Irish committee in Glasgow and yesterday, many gathered to

watch the all Ireland final. Most people here have a vote in the

referendum and voted for independence. It is like losing a

cup final. In two weeks time, we will have another go! That is

basically at. It will take over ten years but the question is still in

the table. Did you feel like a fraud putting any Scottish referendum

Emilio Izaguirre I did because I was given the opportunity to so I took

my chance. Scotland's rejection saved the union but it is a union

that is facing a people. On both sides of the Irish Sea.

What was that people look like? Originally from Belfast, now a

newspaper reporter here in Glasgow, what is Scotland's going to get? It

is going to get a very polarised electorate and a long out -- long

drawn out argument. They do look in danger of losing the referendum.

Nobody ever promised them this but when the three party leaders came

appear last week, the clear impression we were left with was

that something was happening that were significant and would be coming

down the line rather fast. That appears to be unravelling and if so,

the 45% of the people who voted for a clean break from the UK and 25% of

no voters who did so with these powers in mind and are going to be

happy with some vague pledges around income tax and welfare reform. This

is not going to go away. The rest of the UK is in the mix here injured in

Northern Ireland, but might be on offer for it? Northern Ireland needs

to be careful what it wishes for. Does it have the political cohesion

and competence to do with a whole new raft of powers. What Westminster

gives with one hand, it takes away with the other and given that the

North has more public spending per head of population than anywhere

else in the UK, that is a pretty big bug to balance. That is the latest

from Scotland, we certainly live in interesting times.

Following the Scottish vote, nationalists and unionists have

clashed over whether there should be a border poll here.

Devolution being the subject of the moment, the First Minister

today confirmed the Department of Finance is preparing a paper

examining the costs and benefits of devolving different taxes.

Our political editor Mark Devenport is at Stormont this evening.

This paper is not a an immediate response, it has been a longer piece

that deals back to a pact that the executive had with David Cameron

from June last year but what is interesting about what the First

Minister said today was that he rammed through different kind of

taxes and gave his view on it. Corporation tax, we know they agree

about that and he said it was doable and he thought it would be valuable.

You said there were other taxes like stamp duty and landfill taxes that

practically, it might be possible to devolve but he was not sure of the

benefits. Then he got to the ones he was clearly having more reservations

about. He said BET, Stormont could use a devolved rate to give a

handout to help the tourism industry but there will be considerable

difficulties particularly with the European Union and on income tax

that has been talked about in relation to Scotland, he thought

they would be major difficulties and costs involved in any transfer that

pair of -- that power. He was answering a question from Gerry

Kelly from Sinn Fein, they are pretty convinced that getting fiscal

powers to Stormont might be part of the recipe for addressing Northern

Ireland's economic woes. Peter Robinson says he is far from

convinced by that argument. There is a limit to the impact that many of

those taxes and other arrangements would enable the executive to make

real and meaningful change, so there is no panacea to be found in that

but there is a significant cost if we were to take over responsibility

for some of those elements of having to operate them ourselves and we

don't have the economy of scale of the whole of the UK operating them.

How realistic is the idea of collecting more local taxes? The

problem is, there is no unity of purpose on this. On the one hand you

had Sinn Fein very enthusiastic and on the other, the TUV saying it is

ridiculous to talk about devolving extra powers to an executive which

is not fit for purpose. The Labour Party is to set up an

independent commission to examine the local economy and investigate

how people on benefits or on low pay can be helped. The Commissioner will

be chaired by Judy Heenan from the University of Ulster and by a

Belfast advertising executive, Colin Anderson. The plan was announced at

the party's annual conference in Manchester. Our reporter is there.

The Labour Party say there are too many people trapped in poverty in

Northern Ireland and there are too many people in unemployment. These

are just two areas that the commission will investigate. Today I

am delighted to announce that we are establishing an independent

commission with a remit to improve opportunities for those who have no

stake in the economy and at the margins of their communities. It

will consider how an incoming Labour government can most effectively make

a difference working in partnership with the Northern Ireland executive.

What do local politicians think? Setting up a commission is fine and

reports are fine but we have dozens of reports are gathering dust. What

I want is action. I want a commitment from a future Labour

government that they will actually invest money and resources in

sorting out our youth unemployment problem. Others want more detail on

what Labour are planning. We are absolutely certain that we do not

want to see the removal of the welfare state, the dismantling of

the welfare state that is happening in this country, where the most

vulnerable and disadvantaged people in Britain are living in abject

poverty and people are dying as a result of decisions taken by the

Tory government. Is books and for the Secretary of State said the

announcement is the cleanest admission that Ivan Lewis and the

Labour Party have no serious plan of their own. During his speech Ivan

Lewis said that the Scottish referendum vote would have profound

implications for Northern Ireland. Once the subject of devolution and

constitutional change really got a mention at conferences like this,

but now those two issues are centre stage. Back to the study about

attacks on cars, all of the vehicles were set on fire as Michael

Fitzpatrick reports. The charred remains of a white Renault Clio, one

of six cars that were badly damaged in the University over the weekend.

Two cars were set alight and badly damaged on Cadogan Street in the

early hours of Saturday. The man who owns this car did not want to appear

on camera, but he told me he returned home from a night out on

Friday to find his vehicle still smouldering after it has been set

alight. He is from France and only planned to live in Northern Ireland

for four months, now he says he does not know how he will get his

belongings back home. Cars were also burned in other nearby streets

around 24 hours later, this black BMW on Collingwood Avenue was set on

fire shortly after midnight on Sunday. Around the same time other

cars on Damascus Street and Cadogan Street were destroyed. One student

returned from a friend says to be told her car was on fire. Today this

was all that remained. The six car to be burned out was a crusty bread

on daily street, it was torched in the early hours of this morning, not

long after midnight. The police say their investigation is at an early

stage but hate crime has been ruled out. It is necessary that the police

and Fire Service address these things, the risk to nearby

properties and cars is very serious. One car on fire could set another

car on fire and possibly houses. We must take it very seriously. At the

end of the day it is a needless act and a waste of resources. The police

say there is nothing to suggest one person was behind the attacks, they

have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.

An American software company is creating 100 jobs in Belfast.

Puppet Labs makes software which is used by firms like eBay and Twitter

It's getting a one million pound grant from InvestNI to set up

an engineering centre where the average salary will be ?37,000.

The Enterprise Minister says it's another boost for the local economy.

They are coming to Northern Ireland for the people, for the educational

skills that they have. At also because we are a lower cost than the

rest of the UK that we are able to give assistance as well. It is the

all-round package and as I said we are very pleased because this was an

internationally mobile project, it could have went anywhere in Europe

and we are delighted it see the Northern Ireland.

Now sport, and sadly no third All-Ireland title for Donegal.

It was not a Sunday for the senior and minor football teams to savour.

It sure wasn't Donna, with a perch in history?s foothills

Donegal took a tumble, the men from the Northwest denied a

first ever All Ireland double by the old Kings of the South west, Kerry.

From all walks of life and all sporting codes... I can see you are

winning a federalist! The converged on Dublin from all corners of the

globe. I came from the US to see this game. Whereabouts? Indiana.

Your first ever final, this was a birthday present. How difficult was

this? It was no difficulty to come from Manchester, but to get the

ticket was a godsend. I am 11. From the learning. You are 11 and Kenny

are going for a 37 all Ireland title in Donegal have only ever one too,

and you give them another one? Now. He was not joking. The match was but

a few seconds all-round boom. Inside 60 seconds! In the second half the

big Orange bowl in the sky would also have a say. Momentarily dazzled

in the sunlight the dummy goalkeeper gifted clearly illegal. At last

them, it would contest began the series. The 2012 champions found the

net in the last moments they would have won maybe play. Donegal have

time to reflect. The debate is raging among Donegal fans. I would

reflect on it and my position and the players, we always go through

the same process at the end of every year. We look at things and decide

what we will do. Emotional decisions are not good decisions. What the

team, what a man. I am proud. I think he is gone. I think that was

his term. Time will tell and for now it was on time. Jim McGuinness 's

future was one of two big topics yesterday.

Staying with Gaelic Football, and a bizarre set of circumstances

at the Armagh club championship quarter-final between Crossmaglen

A wedding saw eleven team members unavailable to play.

After unsuccessful attempts to secure a postponement of the tie,

Dromintee fielded a team made up chiefly of veteran club member,

not all in full kit as you can see, in order to fulfil the fixture.

Crossmaglen, you won't be surprised to learn, won,

The Irish Open has received a massive boost with the news that

Rory McIlroy, and his charity Foundation, have agreed to act as

McIlroy has given a long term commitment to help develop the event

This week Rory of course is in Scotland, along with

BBC Newsline will be covering their progress all this week.

Stephen Watson reports from Gleneagles.

In the Scottish countryside the world 's best golfers get ready for

one of the world 's biggest sporting events. Rory McIlroy will this week

try and guide European Ryder Cup victory. And he is relishing the

fact that he is an main target. I like it. It gives me a bit to go out

there and try and play well at any time the opposition start to talk

about you that is a huge compliment so I do not mind that at all. They

can come at me and I will play long enough to get points on the board.

McIlroy said he would like to rekindle his Ryder Cup partnership

with Graeme McDowell. But the European captain might opt to split

them up. The Ryder Cup record is not as stored as people talk about. I do

this with all of the players. Paul McGinley welcomed his counterpart

Tom Watson and his team to Scotland this afternoon. These players are

just some of the top golfing stars, Rory McIlroy will try and attract

them to Northern Ireland next year after he and his charity agreed a

deal to partner the Irish open. I am close with many of the guys on tour

so I will try and persuade some of them to come over and play, which

will be a huge deal. I am trying to make it a bigger and better

treatment. Excited to be involved and it shows my commitment to Irish

golf. His focus is on one thing this week, to continue his remarkable and

successful golfing year when the Ryder Cup keys of year.

Football, and Derry City have drawn Shamrock Rovers in the semi-final

Meanwhile, it's tight at the top of the Danske

bank Premiership with just three points separating the top 6 sides.

Portadown still lead the way on goal difference,

level on points with Ballymena, and Glenavon, who won at Windsor Park.

There was only one goal between them, but it was a special one. This

free kick condemned the home side to their second league defeat of the

season. Free scoring Portadown head the more goals, dad and money had

two of them. Ballymena edited Coleraine, and the substitute not

with it in from close range to secure a 2-0 victory. The Crusaders

went to fourth following a 3-0 win away,. Cliftonville are still

searching for a first home victory of the campaign, Joe Gormley put the

champions in front, only for a freak injury time own goal to start a

point for the swifts. It finished level between Glentoran had

Institute, commerce and trade put the home side ahead, before this

strike five minutes from time ensured that they went level.

Ulster's injury woes continue with Dan Tuohy ruled out for up to

He fractured his forearm during Friday's 26-9 win away to Cardiff.

It is the autumn equal knocks which means that they had night are more

or less the same in length. With the equal knocks we get a little bit of

a change in the weather, there are is -- there is some rain in the

forecast for the next few days and the rest of the week looks a bit

drier. There is always the chance of some bright spells as the

temperatures are not bad. Slightly above average. We can take a look at

the satellite picture first off, this is the weather front edging its

way in and that is already bringing cloud in the western areas. Still

bright enough for part of the East, the cloud will be filling in and we

get spots of rain moving across Donegal. He brings things south-east

through the course of the night and in some places it will be very

patchy. For others the odd moderate burst in the south. Beneath the

cloud and rain the temperatures will hold to double figures. In the north

of that it will be coherent later in the night with the drivel spot

dipping to seven or 8 degrees. They do tomorrow when the rain clears we

get a few hours of drier weather before the next batch of rain comes

knocking on the door. If you are in the south-east we could find things

a little bit closer tomorrow morning rush hour, a little bit stab and

grey at times and for part of the south-east there is the chance that

the rain could linger until midday or lunch time before cleanly. We get

that drier somewhat brighter lot coming in and fresh air as well.

Temperatures will be 14 to 16 degrees. That batch of rain then

continues to track these words, for tomorrow evening, it could have the

odd moderate bursts of rain and it will then clearly to be followed by

some showers to the rest of tomorrow night. There might be one or two

showers allowed on Wednesday but generally it looks like a drier day

once again. If you bright spells. Mainly dry to the rest of the week.