:00:00. > :00:10.A police officer has been charged in connection with the murder
:00:11. > :00:15.The officer, who is a woman, will appear in court
:00:16. > :00:20.James McDonagh died after being assaulted outside
:00:21. > :00:25.Earlier this evening, the police said that a 33-year-old
:00:26. > :00:27.woman had been charged with perverting the course
:00:28. > :00:30.of justice and withholding information about the killing.
:00:31. > :00:32.It's now been revealed that she's a police officer,
:00:33. > :00:37.and it's understood she has been suspended from the force.
:00:38. > :00:41.An extra ?1.6 million is being given to private companies who run
:00:42. > :00:46.They've been calling for additional funding for some time,
:00:47. > :00:49.and the money will also go towards to providing care
:00:50. > :00:55.Here's our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly.
:00:56. > :00:59.You all right? Go.
:01:00. > :01:08.It might look like child's play, but caring for the elderly
:01:09. > :01:12.Presently, the difficulty is recruiting highly-trained staff
:01:13. > :01:22.especially as demand for places continues growing.
:01:23. > :01:24.Our residents are getting younger and staying longer,
:01:25. > :01:27.that is it, and continuity of staff, it is important.
:01:28. > :01:31.According to staff, the hourly rate of no more than ?6.70 does not make
:01:32. > :01:40.There are better hourly rates needed to enhance and make more
:01:41. > :01:49.People like myself and the rest of the staff that work here.
:01:50. > :01:52.It is hoped that the ?1.6 million investment today aimed
:01:53. > :01:54.at the independent, or private sector, will address some
:01:55. > :01:57.of these challenges. How will the money be used?
:01:58. > :02:01.The hourly rate that health Trusts currently pay domiciliary care homes
:02:02. > :02:06.Currently it is not clear how residential care home owners
:02:07. > :02:13.The big question is if employees pass the financial benefit
:02:14. > :02:23.We will do our best to renumerate staff as best we can.
:02:24. > :02:25.They do a difficult job, often under difficult circumstances
:02:26. > :02:30.and they deserve to be well paid for what they do.
:02:31. > :02:32.The health minister said since meeting the sector
:02:33. > :02:37.of the different challenges, including recruitment.
:02:38. > :02:40.He said the package should bring stability to the sector and reassure
:02:41. > :02:42.residents and families that all is being done to make sure
:02:43. > :02:48.The financial package today will receive more of a boost
:02:49. > :02:51.on 1st April when the Department of Health says
:02:52. > :02:53.it will make additional money available in order to
:02:54. > :02:56.cope with the impact of the national living wage.
:02:57. > :02:59.It means for the over 25s working in this sector,
:03:00. > :03:02.the hourly rate will increase from ?6.70 per hour
:03:03. > :03:07.Good news for the workers but according to the owners
:03:08. > :03:11.of places like this, it is a major challenge.
:03:12. > :03:14.While employers welcome the cash boost today,
:03:15. > :03:19.they call for the entire system to be reassessed.
:03:20. > :03:23.There is a need for an independent review, a root and branch review
:03:24. > :03:26.of the structure and model of the support of the social care
:03:27. > :03:31.The much-needed investment today is a significant nod
:03:32. > :03:34.from the department that at last they are trying to prioritise caring
:03:35. > :03:41.A 33-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder
:03:42. > :03:47.The body of 48-year-old Anthony McErlain was found at a flat
:03:48. > :03:52.In court in Coleraine today was Christopher Patrick Keenan,
:03:53. > :03:57.No bail application was made and he'll appear in court
:03:58. > :04:02.The police have been granted extra time to question a 50-year-old man
:04:03. > :04:08.Storm Henry - has been making his presence felt today -
:04:09. > :04:10.causing some travel disruption and strong gusts
:04:11. > :04:20.We'll have a forecast shortly but earlier this
:04:21. > :04:21.evening our reporter David Maxwell went to Carrickfergus to see
:04:22. > :04:27.what conditions were like on the coast.
:04:28. > :04:32.Storm Henry should be leaving soon and he hasn't gone yet and
:04:33. > :04:40.Carrickfergus getting a pummelling this evening. The highest wind gusts
:04:41. > :04:46.were recorded at 75 mph and with winds like that, you can expect some
:04:47. > :04:50.damage and trees have been brought down across Northern Ireland
:04:51. > :04:55.including one this evening outside Lisburn. There will be damaging
:04:56. > :05:00.gusts overnight. There have not been the power outages we saw with storm
:05:01. > :05:05.Gertrude last week, with 20,000 people disconnected. They say there
:05:06. > :05:10.are special teams of engineers on tonight and an escalation plan in
:05:11. > :05:16.place. The PS and I are warning truck drivers to take care,
:05:17. > :05:18.especially those in high sided vehicles on motorways and Translink
:05:19. > :05:25.have diverted some of their bus services off the motorways this
:05:26. > :05:30.evening. The 212 service has been diverted in north Belfast. The good
:05:31. > :05:33.news is, it should be an improving picture overnight, the weather
:05:34. > :05:38.warning remaining in place until 10am tomorrow morning so we have not
:05:39. > :05:41.seen the end of the gales but storm Henry certainly on his way.
:05:42. > :05:44.Michelle Gildernew has been dropped as a Sinn Fein candidate
:05:45. > :05:46.for the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency in May's Assembly
:05:47. > :05:52.She's been replaced by the current MLA, Phil Flanagan.
:05:53. > :05:56.A Sinn Fein selection convention last night in Enniskillen last night
:05:57. > :05:58.reversed a decision taken back in the middle of December.
:05:59. > :06:03.Speaking to me earlier, our political editor,
:06:04. > :06:08.Mark Devenport, told me the move had come as a surprise.
:06:09. > :06:11.It has been a topsy-turvy time for Sinn Fein.
:06:12. > :06:18.She lost her seat in Westminster last year to Tom Elliott.
:06:19. > :06:22.The Unionist handed eight. -- candidate.
:06:23. > :06:26.Then it looked like she would make a dramatic comeback in the middle
:06:27. > :06:28.of December, when she was selected instead of Flanagan to come forward
:06:29. > :06:31.as one of the candidates for the Assembly elections.
:06:32. > :06:33.But the ruling council ordered a rerun because apparently
:06:34. > :06:36.there were complaints about procedural errors.
:06:37. > :06:41.That decision taken in December has been turned around,
:06:42. > :06:45.with Phil Flanagan back on the ticket along with Sean Lynch
:06:46. > :06:49.and John Feeley. Michelle Gildernew losing out.
:06:50. > :06:52.Any sense at all about what her future might hold?
:06:53. > :07:01.Given her high profile - she is not just
:07:02. > :07:04.a former MP but a former Stormont Agriculture Minister -
:07:05. > :07:07.you would think that Sinn Fein would look to find a place for her.
:07:08. > :07:10.They have rules about wanting more than 30% of the candidates
:07:11. > :07:14.But that is across all elections rather than any
:07:15. > :07:21.We did hear rumours they might shift her next door to Mid Ulster
:07:22. > :07:24.because Martin McGuinness has gone back to his home constituency,
:07:25. > :07:29.She continues to work for Sinn Fein in a backroom capacity but no sign
:07:30. > :07:45.People across Britain and Ireland have been expressing their sadness
:07:46. > :07:48.at the death of Terry Wogan. The veteran broadcaster died yesterday
:07:49. > :07:52.from cancer. He spent most of his career in London but made several
:07:53. > :07:55.programmes on this side of the Irish sea.
:07:56. > :08:00.Terry Wogan was born in Limerick but grew up there and in London where he
:08:01. > :08:04.began his broadcasting life. Most of his long career was with the BBC,
:08:05. > :08:16.from a DJ on his breakfast show to the Eurovision contest narrator.
:08:17. > :08:20.Where he showed his sardonic style. A series of programmes featured a
:08:21. > :08:24.round trip of Ireland and one stop was that the Titanic port in Belfast
:08:25. > :08:30.where he was moved by the story of a defendant. Terry seemed to be very
:08:31. > :08:35.interested in my particular family story, the fact my great-grandfather
:08:36. > :08:40.had given my grandfather two pennies before he sailed on Titanic and of
:08:41. > :08:44.course he did not come back. Terry was keen to hold those pennies and
:08:45. > :08:49.he did seem moved by the story. He had a chat show for ten years and in
:08:50. > :08:52.1995, appeared on BBC Northern Ireland with the late Jerry Anderson
:08:53. > :08:59.discussing an infamous appearance by George best. When he came out, I
:09:00. > :09:04.went across to meet him and he was footless. Children In Need was one
:09:05. > :09:09.of his passions and he resented it for more than three decades. He has
:09:10. > :09:14.fronted Children In Need since it started in 1980, 34 years and last
:09:15. > :09:17.year, in November, was the first time he hasn't been there but he's
:09:18. > :09:23.very much with us in spirit and always will be. In Limerick, the
:09:24. > :09:26.city of his birth, a book of condolence was opened in memory of
:09:27. > :09:34.the local boy who, although long gone, have never forgot his roots.
:09:35. > :09:37.Parents are being urged to know how to deal with a child who takes
:09:38. > :09:39.a seizure called a febrile convulsion.
:09:40. > :09:42.They're caused by a high temperature and can affect children up
:09:43. > :09:55.Two-year-old Hannah is completely fine now.
:09:56. > :09:59.Three weeks ago, she took a febrile seizure in the middle of the night.
:10:00. > :10:01.Her mum Tracey, a nurse, did not know what was happening.
:10:02. > :10:04.She was foaming at the mouth. Her lips were blue.
:10:05. > :10:10.Luckily enough the seizure only lasted about a minute.
:10:11. > :10:13.She went into a deep sleep but was unresponsive.
:10:14. > :10:16.I could not understand why my daughter was taking a seizure.
:10:17. > :10:19.She is a perfectly healthy child. I thought she was dying.
:10:20. > :10:23.That is what most parents believe but in fact it is a more common
:10:24. > :10:31.They are a type of seizure which can happen in children between six
:10:32. > :10:34.months and five years, with a temperature.
:10:35. > :10:43.Just putting it in perspective, one in 50 children would have had
:10:44. > :10:46.it by the age of five in the UK and Ireland.
:10:47. > :10:49.When we were filming at the hospital, baby Jake
:10:50. > :10:53.was being monitored after having one.
:10:54. > :10:56.If your child does have a seizure it is important to do
:10:57. > :10:59.a number of things. Call for help.
:11:00. > :11:06.Get the child into the recovery position.
:11:07. > :11:08.Janine, you are a doctor on the children's ward and Kathryn,
:11:09. > :11:17.Show me how to put her in the recovery position.
:11:18. > :11:20.Put the arm closest to you up to the head.
:11:21. > :11:26.Bring the hand across the body and the back of the
:11:27. > :11:32.Roll the child onto the side and open the airway.
:11:33. > :11:36.I think every parent should be trained in the first aid on how
:11:37. > :11:39.In antenatal classes they should cover this.
:11:40. > :11:42.If you know your child is not well, keep their temperature under
:11:43. > :11:55.Hello, good evening, it certainly has been a blustery
:11:56. > :11:57.and lively start to the new week thanks to Storm Henry which drifts
:11:58. > :12:00.to the north of Scotland through tonight.
:12:01. > :12:02.Still some tightly packed isobars there, indicating very strong,
:12:03. > :12:05.even quite stormy winds and they carry on into tomorrow.
:12:06. > :12:07.So we still have a wind warning in place through tonight,
:12:08. > :12:10.into tomorrow morning, potential for further disruption
:12:11. > :12:12.with tree debris on roads and some pretty nasty crosswinds.
:12:13. > :12:15.Now, we have seen the peak of the winds this evening,
:12:16. > :12:17.nevertheless, still severe gale force gusts through the night,
:12:18. > :12:23.Showers rattling through as well but enough breeze to prevent
:12:24. > :12:26.temperatures from dipping much lower than three or 4 degrees so it should
:12:27. > :12:32.Into tomorrow, those showers soon roll away which will give us some
:12:33. > :12:34.sunshine, but not particularly warm, we will still have a cold wind
:12:35. > :12:38.blowing and during the morning, to begin with, they are still
:12:39. > :12:40.in that warning category, still gusting up to 60 mph.
:12:41. > :12:43.But as you can see, it turns dry and bright.
:12:44. > :12:46.A few showers speeding across parts of the Republic of Ireland,
:12:47. > :12:49.showery rain for northern Scotland, turning to sleet and snow over
:12:50. > :12:52.the Scottish mountains and although the warnings have
:12:53. > :12:58.For southern Scotland, and the rest of England -
:12:59. > :13:02.maybe a couple of showers in Wales - generally it is dry and quite funny
:13:03. > :13:05.maybe a couple of showers in Wales - generally it is dry and quite sunny
:13:06. > :13:07.Come the afternoon, for Northern Ireland,
:13:08. > :13:10.the winds ease a little bit but it is still a gusty,
:13:11. > :13:12.cold-feeling day, even with the sunshine, highs only
:13:13. > :13:17.And then in the evening time, showers do develop, some of those
:13:18. > :13:19.turning wintry on the hills, the wind is picking up.
:13:20. > :13:21.But they ease down again on Wednesday which does look
:13:22. > :13:27.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6.25am in the morning during