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stay with us on BBC1, it's time for the news where you are.

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The Taoiseach Enda Kenny says he expects a political deal at Stormont

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Speaking in Enniskillen, where he was attending a Remembrance

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Day Service, Mr Kenny says he's hopeful the remaining issues will

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be resolved quickly while the Secretary of State Theresa Villiers

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The gap is closing, but it is still, you know, a very difficult task.

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There are some very sensitive and difficult issues where getting a

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resolution, finding common ground between all the participants in the

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talks is going to be very difficult. A deal is on here and I do hope that

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can be concluded successfully in the next couple of days. I'm in

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Enniskillen today and I will be talking to the Prime Minister in

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Downing Street tomorrow and afterwards I will make arrangements

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to meet with the deputy and the First Minister and I hope we can

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have this concluded. There have been acts of Remembrance

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in towns and cities across The main ceremony was in Belfast

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as Will Leitch reports. In the pouring rain at Belfast City

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Hall, the act of remembrance was led by the First Minister

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and the Secretary of State and the Deputy Lord Mayor, joined by the

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Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs. As well as the official wreaths,

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many others had come to lay their own for their groups

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and organisations. They waited patiently

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beside the tiny wooden crosses Despite the rain,

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so many people came out because it If it was dry, I'm sure many

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more would have been passing by. It is fantastic to see

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so many people conducting such I believe it is important

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for all Irish people to reflect on the memory of our loss

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and to commemorate in a way that we Meanwhile, in Enniskillen,

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they also remembered the fallen at the memorial where 11 people died

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in the 1987 IRA Poppy Day bombing. The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny,

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took part in the service Similar services took place

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all across Northern Ireland. Heavy rain has led to flooding

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in Newry. The Church Rock Road is closed

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after an embankment slipped and there's flooding on the

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A25 Newry Road in Camlough. A soldier injured in the Ballygawley

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bus bombing in 1988, has been reunited with

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a woman who came to his aid. James Leatherbarrow was helped as he

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lay trapped after the blast in which Fate brought them

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together 27 years ago. A yearning to find out more

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about that night brought them It has all come to light

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and everything else. I have only had snippets

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of what happened that night. The roadside bomb was detonated

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shortly after midnight. The following morning, a clear

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view of the scale of the carnage. At the scene this morning,

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remembrance. Dead soldiers killed

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in the bomb explosion were all And their colleagues

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on the bus passing through this rural countryside were also young

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and they were injured. Among them among them

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James Leatherbarrow. For a moment today, alone,

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along the footsteps of his history. If it wasn't for these girls

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and these people in the band and the people of Omagh

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and the people of Northern Ireland, If they hadn't of gave First Aid

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that night a lot more I just remember the road was

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so quiet and so dark and eerie. I just remember the cries,

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it was like children crying. Then we discovered what actually had

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happened and we just tried our best to save

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as many as we possibly could. There were prayers for the fallen

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at the service and thanksgiving For one of the survivors,

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the gratitude was personal. Rugby and Ulster secured

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their first away win of the Pro 12 league after defeating

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the Newport Gwent Dragons in Wales. Paul Marshall scored Ulster's

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only try to give them a 19 points to 12 win, the first for Ulster's

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new director of rugby, Les Kiss. Hello. It is a drier end to the day

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after a fairly wet one. This was the scene over Belfast earlier today.

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The photograph taken by our Weather Watcher Derek Toms. A mild night to

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come, dry for a while, but the rain will return from the west as the

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south-westerly winds pick up. So we can expect it to be quite a blustery

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start to the new week. We will have some gusty winds through the week.

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Further spells of rain, but it will be mild to start. To begin with

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though, it will be blustery with the south-westerly winds driving in

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outbreaks of rain. Some of which maybe heavy and it will an unsettled

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picture through Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland too. Drier

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further south. The odd glimmer of sunshine possible too. Temperatures

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above normal for the time of year. For Northern Ireland, we are looking

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at highs of 14 Celsius and 15 Celsius. An improving picture as we

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make our way towards tomorrow evening as it begins to dry up from

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the west. But for Tuesday, the rain will make a return and we will hold

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on to the south-westerly winds. Temperatures 15 or 16 Celsius,

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that's about seven Celsius above normal for the time of year. Mild

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conditions through Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but as we make our

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way through this week, you can see from the temperature graph those

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temperatures are steadily going to make their way downwards to what

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they should be for the time of year. Keep the big coat handy! We will

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keep you up-to-date throughout the week. You can follow us on Twitter.

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Good night. Well, that's it.

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Our next BBC Newsline bulletin is at 6.25am in the morning.

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