:00:00. > :00:08.Good evening and welcome to BBC Newsline.
:00:09. > :00:12.One man was killed and two others seriously injured in a shooting
:00:13. > :00:16.It happened this afternoon at the Regency Hotel
:00:17. > :00:22.Tonight gardai said up to four gunmen were involved in the attack.
:00:23. > :00:25.Our reporter David Maxwell is in Dublin for us this evening.
:00:26. > :00:40.As you can see, the scene remained cordoned off behind me, what were
:00:41. > :00:45.supposed to happen today was a normal weigh-in ahead of a boxing
:00:46. > :00:49.event this weekend but it turned out to be anything but normal. Some
:00:50. > :00:55.viewers may find the scenes in my report upsetting. This video
:00:56. > :00:56.captured the dramatic moment up to four gunmen entered the Regency
:00:57. > :01:15.Hotel. Go, go! What's happened? Daddy, what
:01:16. > :01:21.was that? Using AK-47 assault rifles, they opened fire during a
:01:22. > :01:27.weigh-in for a boxing event. Witnesses described it as terrifying
:01:28. > :01:33.and surreal. I heard to gunshots and two gunmen dressed in gardai uniform
:01:34. > :01:38.came into the lobby to my left. One of them ran forward as if he was
:01:39. > :01:42.going to go into the restaurant and then one sky was running through the
:01:43. > :01:47.lobby, he turned and shot him in the leg. I jumped over the reception
:01:48. > :01:50.desk and shouted down and shoot, because I could hear further
:01:51. > :01:56.gunshots. The gunman then leaned over the desk, pointing the gun down
:01:57. > :02:01.at May, and I was screaming don't shoot, and he said something and
:02:02. > :02:06.left. The victims were three men in their 20s, one pronounced dead at
:02:07. > :02:13.the scene, the other two in hospital with injuries. Gardai say the men
:02:14. > :02:20.were wearing disguises. Two of the individuals were wearing what was
:02:21. > :02:24.described as police type uniforms, described as a SWAT uniform with
:02:25. > :02:30.metal helmets similar to what you would see in crime dramas. This is a
:02:31. > :02:36.particularly nasty incident where individuals went into a hotel
:02:37. > :02:43.populated, carrying severe weapons. The target and the motive for the --
:02:44. > :02:47.are not yet clear but gardai are linking it to gangland violence,
:02:48. > :02:52.which has dogged the city for years. One theory is that the -- was
:02:53. > :02:57.retaliation for the murder of eight dying member in southern Spain last
:02:58. > :03:06.year. Whatever the reasons, this organised execution has left shock
:03:07. > :03:11.in its wake. A car believed to be used in this attacks was found burnt
:03:12. > :03:13.out not far from here this evening. The identity of the dead man has yet
:03:14. > :03:15.to be revealed. The idea of an amnesty for those
:03:16. > :03:18.who committed crimes during the Troubles has been
:03:19. > :03:20.rejected before by many people, but an academic, who survived
:03:21. > :03:22.a paramilitary attack, says that's something that
:03:23. > :03:24.needs to be considered. Professor Adrian Guelke says
:03:25. > :03:26.the mounting cost of investigating the past means politicians should
:03:27. > :03:43.reconsider such a step. The gunman who tried to kill Adrian
:03:44. > :03:48.have never been caught. He was upstairs in his house in South
:03:49. > :03:52.Belfast when a loyalist gang shot him after mistakenly thinking the
:03:53. > :03:58.South African born professor was working for the IRA. He was wounded
:03:59. > :04:00.but survived. Today his focus is on the future.
:04:01. > :04:02.I'm just happy to move on and I don't
:04:03. > :04:05.see any purpose in pursuing people involved in my particular case.
:04:06. > :04:08.I think South Africa took the right course when they decided to draw
:04:09. > :04:11.a line under the past by declaring very firmly in the transitional
:04:12. > :04:14.constitution that an amnesty would be granted.
:04:15. > :04:20.Victims' groups very commonly want both truth and justice.
:04:21. > :04:24.What people have to understand is they are more likely to get truth
:04:25. > :04:28.is they are more willing to be more flexible about justice and I think
:04:29. > :04:34.the cost of trying to deal with the past, we do need
:04:35. > :04:37.a different approach to the one that is being currently used.
:04:38. > :04:39.Dealing with the past has already been expensive,
:04:40. > :04:48.but many believe it is a price worth paying.
:04:49. > :04:51.At the same time, politicians still can't agree on a final
:04:52. > :04:54.framework for dealing with the past, but some kind of amnesty
:04:55. > :04:58.We are very clear as a party that that is not about to happen.
:04:59. > :05:00.There will be no amnesty, no rewriting of history
:05:01. > :05:02.in Northern Ireland and we will continue to fight
:05:03. > :05:06.For more than 20 years, politicians have been grappling
:05:07. > :05:11.It hasn't always been their number one priority but the fact
:05:12. > :05:15.that the issue is now right at the top of the political agenda
:05:16. > :05:23.at Stormont is in one way a sign of progress.
:05:24. > :05:25.New significant changes to taxi regulations
:05:26. > :05:31.You will be able to hail any taxi during certain hours of the weekend
:05:32. > :05:34.in Belfast City Centre without having a booking.
:05:35. > :05:40.It can be a confusing situation - which taxes can be hailed
:05:41. > :05:48.All taxes can be waved down, but here in Belfast city centre,
:05:49. > :05:54.Currently, only public hire taxis, or what we would know as black
:05:55. > :06:00.Other taxes have to be booked in advance.
:06:01. > :06:05.What will change is that on a Friday and Saturday night,
:06:06. > :06:10.between the hours of 23:59 and 6am the following day,
:06:11. > :06:13.and on public holidays, members of the public will be able
:06:14. > :06:18.to hail any taxi in the two-mile zone within Belfast.
:06:19. > :06:26.We have done that because often demand outstrips supply
:06:27. > :06:29.and it is a way for the public to get a taxi quickly and get home
:06:30. > :06:34.This is the area in Belfast city centre covered by the new rules.
:06:35. > :06:37.Not everyone is happy about the change.
:06:38. > :06:42.If this is just to clear the streets, it is wrong,
:06:43. > :06:45.because if you are going to clear the streets, you must know
:06:46. > :06:49.that the clientele and the general public are getting into a legitimate
:06:50. > :07:00.taxi and not one that doesn't have that insurance.
:07:01. > :07:03.The DOE is also introducing new signage that will look something
:07:04. > :07:04.like this, to deter those operating illegally.
:07:05. > :07:08.Black taxi drivers don't understand why they need it also.
:07:09. > :07:10.Rugby, and Ulster have had a dramatic last-gasp penalty win
:07:11. > :07:13.over The Dragons in the Pro12 league at the Kingspan Stadium
:07:14. > :07:18.After the visitors took an early ten-point lead,
:07:19. > :07:22.Ulster hit back with this try from Sean Reidy.
:07:23. > :07:25.Eight points down in the second half, Ulster cut the deficit down
:07:26. > :07:41.But with almost two minutes left to the clock, up stepped Paddy Jackson
:07:42. > :07:43.to kick the winning penalty and give Ulster the victory.
:07:44. > :07:46.Children in Lurgan got a special audience today with a man
:07:47. > :07:49.Former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland player
:07:50. > :07:53.Roy Keane signed autographs, posed for photos and gave
:07:54. > :07:56.He also told his audience that he had made some mistakes
:07:57. > :08:01.I made one or two mistakes, but that's part of life.
:08:02. > :08:04.I swear, I'm not standing here with a halo over my head.
:08:05. > :08:06.You make mistakes when you play sports.
:08:07. > :08:10.You get injured sometimes or you injure somebody.
:08:11. > :08:15.I was unfortunate, I came across a lot of bad referees!
:08:16. > :08:22.Now here's Barra Best with the weekend weather forecast.
:08:23. > :08:29.It's turned much drier tonight after a wet they but we have some
:08:30. > :08:34.scattered showers. One or two clear patches may allow a touch of pies in
:08:35. > :08:40.untreated areas but it will not last long with more cloud either morning
:08:41. > :08:43.helping to lift temperatures. That cloud will stick with us through
:08:44. > :08:49.tomorrow, it will bring rain and some strong winds from the South,
:08:50. > :08:54.but to begin to wind will not be too strong, they will not begin to build
:08:55. > :09:00.until later, but it will be a cloudy start with wet weather. Low pressure
:09:01. > :09:06.is in control across and Ireland, unsettled for many of us, but
:09:07. > :09:08.perhaps for parts of the south-east of England, the North West of
:09:09. > :09:13.Scotland could be largely dry, unsettled elsewhere with sunny
:09:14. > :09:18.spells through the afternoon across Ireland but not many on offer. For
:09:19. > :09:24.Northern Ireland, temperatures will reach seven or eight and we will see
:09:25. > :09:28.that she rain, it will not be widespread, there will be some dry
:09:29. > :09:34.gaps. As we get into Sunday, not a bad start, if you were going to do
:09:35. > :09:38.anything out doors you would have the day before Maureen comes in
:09:39. > :09:45.later with strong south-westerly winds, so a blustery end to the day,
:09:46. > :09:50.temperatures six or seven at best. It will stay when the overnight into
:09:51. > :09:56.Monday and for next week at least, no settled spell on the way yet.