:00:00. > 3:59:59acknowledged his messages to a 15-year-old girl were flirty and
:00:00. > :00:16.inappropriate. Good evening.
:00:17. > :00:19.The headlines on BBC Newsline... The Secretary of State resists calls
:00:20. > :00:42.for her to resign. I am totally dedicated to my
:00:43. > :00:50.position as secretary of state. In our out of Europe, it is a simple
:00:51. > :00:53.question, or is it? You hear one side and you think, yes, that sounds
:00:54. > :00:59.good, but then you hear the other side.
:01:00. > :01:01.Contractors begin work at the site of a controversial oil well
:01:02. > :01:11.This morning, I cannot appear on the boards were singing and now all I
:01:12. > :01:13.can hear as chainsaws. Ulster's Craig Gilroy gets called up
:01:14. > :01:16.to the Ireland squad, to sweeten the bitter pill
:01:17. > :01:18.of defeat yesterday. And with colder air over us,
:01:19. > :01:21.it is going to be a frosty night, with a warning for ice
:01:22. > :01:40.in places, as well. The Prime Minister has defended the
:01:41. > :01:43.secretary of state. Theresa Villiers has rejected calls
:01:44. > :01:45.for her to resign as Secretary of State after her decision
:01:46. > :01:48.to campaign for the UK's withdrawal Deputy First Minister
:01:49. > :02:00.Martin McGuinness said But the Prime Minister said she was
:02:01. > :02:10.doing an excellent job and had made a personal decision about the
:02:11. > :02:16.referendum. My view is that if she wants to be part of the exit
:02:17. > :02:25.campaign, the right thing for her to do would be to resign. That is
:02:26. > :02:32.further than the other parties supporting yes would go. I have
:02:33. > :02:40.spoken publicly and personally to her and told her if she cannot
:02:41. > :02:44.divorce her position from Secretary of State from the referendum, I
:02:45. > :02:50.think our position is untenable. I think it is very difficult. She has
:02:51. > :03:03.to have the interests of the country at heart. Her party is taking the
:03:04. > :03:12.same direction as Theresa Villiers. It is entirely principled of her, as
:03:13. > :03:18.it does for other Cabinet ministers to vote on the position. Should
:03:19. > :03:29.Martin McGuinness resign because he has made his position clear? In the
:03:30. > :03:38.Commons, there were worries about an exit having an extremely negative
:03:39. > :03:41.effect on Northern Ireland. I look forward to telling people from all
:03:42. > :03:51.over the United Kingdom the reasons why we should stay. The executive
:03:52. > :04:00.will now meet to decide what to do. There are people who are prepared to
:04:01. > :04:07.listen to the business community and everyone else who will be impacted
:04:08. > :04:17.by the decision. A former Ulster Unionist said he was voting to
:04:18. > :04:23.leave. We now see that the European idea as you feel you. Europe is not
:04:24. > :04:28.generating jobs and we are. It is unlikely the vote from Northern
:04:29. > :04:33.Ireland, one of the smallest parts of the United Kingdom will be
:04:34. > :04:35.decisive. But everyone is aware of just what is at stake.
:04:36. > :04:37.Earlier, our political editor Mark Devenport spoke
:04:38. > :04:39.to the Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers, and asked her
:04:40. > :04:47.to respond to Martin McGuinness's call for her to resign.
:04:48. > :04:55.I do not accept that. I am very dedicated to my role here and have
:04:56. > :04:59.been working incredibly hard over the last three years and absolutely
:05:00. > :05:03.intend to continue to do that. I will be involved in this campaign,
:05:04. > :05:11.but that will not distract me for a moment. Surveys suggest that as a
:05:12. > :05:17.strong level of support within Northern Ireland for the European
:05:18. > :05:24.Union. The reality is we are about to embark on a huge democratic
:05:25. > :05:28.process, whereby every man and women in all parts of the United Kingdom
:05:29. > :05:32.will get to make the decision. This is not so much what the cabinet
:05:33. > :05:38.think what I think the Prime Minister thinks, he is giving all of
:05:39. > :05:42.us, every person in the country, a decision on our future with the
:05:43. > :05:47.European Union. I think it is great people will have the choice. No
:05:48. > :05:57.other government customer for over 40 years. I welcome this democracy.
:05:58. > :06:01.Northern Ireland has gone considerably benefited from European
:06:02. > :06:06.Union money. What with the benefit be if we were through? I am
:06:07. > :06:13.absolutely certain that Northern Ireland and the rest of the United
:06:14. > :06:19.Kingdom would flourish. On these questions about programmes currently
:06:20. > :06:26.running by the European Union, the reality is, we put more money into
:06:27. > :06:30.the European Union, so we could afford to fund every single one of
:06:31. > :06:34.these programmes and still have some left over for other priorities
:06:35. > :06:41.within Northern Ireland. Can you guarantee that we do get this money
:06:42. > :06:46.of Northern Ireland, as part of the United Kingdom were to leave? I am
:06:47. > :06:53.the audio in a position to give the sort of guarantees. But I want to
:06:54. > :06:56.support the tape of regional programmes at the European Union is
:06:57. > :07:01.currently running. I am fairly certain that Indonesia after we left
:07:02. > :07:06.the European Union, we would still be supporting this intake of
:07:07. > :07:14.programmes that the European Union has done in recent times. What is
:07:15. > :07:20.your belief about how the Irish Republic might look, the
:07:21. > :07:25.relationship with them, and with the European Union? At the moment, we
:07:26. > :07:32.have the current travel area with the Republic of Ireland for decades
:07:33. > :07:37.before we joined the European Union and that already includes places
:07:38. > :07:41.like the channel Islands, which I'm not within the European Union, so
:07:42. > :07:43.that taper flexibility could continue after the United Kingdom
:07:44. > :07:48.where to exit the European Union. In or out of Europe is the simple
:07:49. > :07:52.question we will be asked on June 23, but the debate is far
:07:53. > :07:57.from straightforward. Tara Mills has been speaking
:07:58. > :08:00.to people who voted the last time, back in 1975, and asked
:08:01. > :08:19.if their views will be different It is 40 years since we were asked
:08:20. > :08:27.this question. This is how it was like name. In 1975, there were ten
:08:28. > :08:37.member states of the common market. No, the 28. In this club voted by
:08:38. > :08:49.train and intend to do so again. Probably end. The heart says out,
:08:50. > :08:55.but the economic sense in me says in. I will probably go that way. You
:08:56. > :08:59.hear the argument from one say the new think yes and then you hear it
:09:00. > :09:06.from the other side and think maybe. It is very hard to decide. Would it
:09:07. > :09:13.make any difference to what you are stealing from David Cameron? I am
:09:14. > :09:19.thinking as a pensioner, who make this affect us and our family. In or
:09:20. > :09:28.out? It is a very important decision. I prefer to really listen
:09:29. > :09:34.to all the arguments first before coming to a decision. I will
:09:35. > :09:40.probably think more about it a couple months down the line when I
:09:41. > :09:43.have heard all the discussion. Firstly, the thought of Boris
:09:44. > :10:00.Johnson becoming Prime Minister horrifies me. I am in favour of
:10:01. > :10:06.everyone unique team. Did you vote the last time? Well you're old
:10:07. > :10:11.enough? Yes, they voted to go into it last time they will be doing the
:10:12. > :10:19.same this time. I think we would be better Osage Europe. I do not think
:10:20. > :10:29.it is right all these immigrants coming into the United Kingdom. In
:10:30. > :10:33.or out? I would be more inclined to be out, but at the minute, we do not
:10:34. > :10:48.quite have all the information we need. I told you, I voted to call in
:10:49. > :10:54.at the start but I have reservations no. Campaigners on both sides of the
:10:55. > :10:56.argument have four months to persuade people to the shade of the
:10:57. > :10:59.argument. And on tomorrow night's programme,
:11:00. > :11:01.we'll hear from first-time voters To discuss the particular
:11:02. > :11:05.implications for Northern Ireland raised by the EU referendum,
:11:06. > :11:07.I am joined by our economics and business editor, John Campbell,
:11:08. > :11:12.and our political editor, Talk money - those who want
:11:13. > :11:35.to leave the EU point Exactly. The United Kingdom does
:11:36. > :11:47.make a significant contribution. The neat contribution last year was ?8.5
:11:48. > :12:01.billion. Proportion of that would be about. To qualify that, it is only
:12:02. > :12:04.equivalent to about 1% of United Kingdom paid public spending.
:12:05. > :12:07.Northern Ireland gets a lot of money back from the EU -
:12:08. > :12:14.an important point stated by those who want to stay in the EU.
:12:15. > :12:22.Yes, we are quite unique in that respect within the United Kingdom
:12:23. > :12:40.regions. If we have a look at the figures, farming subsidies alone, we
:12:41. > :12:45.got ?256 million. The thing to say about this is that money will run
:12:46. > :12:51.out in 2020, but the big question will be, what happens when farm
:12:52. > :12:53.subsidies finished? Will a new system be as generous as it has
:12:54. > :12:56.been? Money in and money out -
:12:57. > :13:12.what is the biggest issue The biggest issue will be about
:13:13. > :13:20.trade. The terms of trade. If we left the United Kingdom, the
:13:21. > :13:27.situation would change. Some people believe of relief, lots of tariffs
:13:28. > :13:30.would be imposed. But others believe it could still make a deal with the
:13:31. > :13:31.European Union and get better deals with countries elsewhere in the
:13:32. > :13:43.world. The Prime Minister was saying he
:13:44. > :13:47.will come to the province. How lively will
:13:48. > :14:00.the campaign be here? I would expect David Cameron to be
:14:01. > :14:13.here. We are expecting visits from the likes of the Ukip leader.
:14:14. > :14:29.Work begins at the controversial oil drilling operation. I get up in the
:14:30. > :14:31.morning and I hear the birds singing and now all I can hear our
:14:32. > :14:34.chainsaws. An officer from Kent Police,
:14:35. > :14:37.who was in charge of investigating child killer and rapist
:14:38. > :14:39.Robert Howard, threatened to report Detective Superintendent Colin
:14:40. > :14:42.Murray was giving evidence at the inquest into the murder
:14:43. > :14:45.of Arlene Arkinson, who disappeared after a night out in
:14:46. > :15:14.Bundoran in 1994. Arlene Arkinson Arlene Arkinson
:15:15. > :15:22.Sister. Along with a man who finally put Robert Howard behind bars. The
:15:23. > :15:31.established a pattern of behaviour with court. PSNI The said he had
:15:32. > :15:37.intelligence that Arlene Arkinson was buried under the kitchen for. It
:15:38. > :15:42.was at that point he said he was going to make a complaint to the
:15:43. > :15:51.police ombudsman. Colin Murray said he thought the intelligence was not
:15:52. > :16:00.credible, but having secured the conviction, he had to disprove it.
:16:01. > :16:06.He read our search can cause for assured that she was not bodied
:16:07. > :16:17.beer. Robert Howard was convicted last year. When they came back after
:16:18. > :16:24.the night Arlene Arkinson disappeared, I want to opt her
:16:25. > :16:29.friend off. Although he had heard rumours that Howard was guilty of
:16:30. > :16:34.sexually assaulting Arlene Arkinson. A former DUP councillor has admitted
:16:35. > :16:37.more than 20 fraud charges. Londonderry Magistrates Court
:16:38. > :16:39.was told he made false claims for heating oil
:16:40. > :16:40.totalling almost ?9,000 Here is our North West
:16:41. > :17:09.reporter, Keiron Tourish. Before Londonderry Magistrates'
:17:10. > :17:17.Court was 55-year-old Bill Irwin. He pled guilty to 23 charges of fraud.
:17:18. > :17:22.The court was told he had heating oil delivered to his home and was in
:17:23. > :17:29.voicing it through the constituency office. The prosecution said it was
:17:30. > :17:40.being paid for out of the public purse. The total amount involved was
:17:41. > :17:45.just short of ?9,000. Bill Irwin Stood impassively in the court
:17:46. > :17:54.during the hearing. His barrister said he would plead guilty to all of
:17:55. > :18:00.the charges. During the period of the offences, Bill Irwin was a
:18:01. > :18:09.constituency office worker in the main office. He represented the
:18:10. > :18:13.party on the City Council from 1993 until 1997. He will be sentenced at
:18:14. > :18:15.the beginning of April. Still to come on the
:18:16. > :18:20.programme before seven... And Ireland call up for Craig
:18:21. > :18:27.Thomas, of a disappointing weekend. Work has begun at the site
:18:28. > :18:30.of a controversial oil well Contractors started felling
:18:31. > :18:33.trees at Woodburn Forest near Carrickfergus this morning,
:18:34. > :18:35.ahead of a planned exploratory The company, Infrastrata,
:18:36. > :18:40.says measures will be taken Our Agriculture and Environment
:18:41. > :18:45.Correspondent Conor Macauley Police and protesters stood
:18:46. > :18:58.and watched as tree fellers went This exploratory oil
:18:59. > :19:01.well is controversial because it is near the reservoir
:19:02. > :19:03.that supplies water It is claimed it
:19:04. > :19:10.potentially causes a risk. But the company are confident
:19:11. > :19:12.the integrity of the water The actual exploratory
:19:13. > :19:28.drilling isn't expected This morning, I came up this lane
:19:29. > :19:35.and the birds were singing and now I'm listening to chainsaws
:19:36. > :19:39.and looking at trees being felled with somewhat tenuous circumstances,
:19:40. > :19:44.in relation to the planning and the reasoning that they are
:19:45. > :19:53.going ahead with it. The possibility of an injunction
:19:54. > :19:57.to try and stop this work Environmentalists say
:19:58. > :20:02.all avenues are being explored. This is a symbol of what is
:20:03. > :20:04.happening elsewhere in Northern This is the first time in the world
:20:05. > :20:09.that we believe a public water company has given land
:20:10. > :20:13.to an oil and gas are many. InfraStrata has outlined measures it
:20:14. > :20:16.will take to protect the water Including enclosing the
:20:17. > :20:34.the well shaft. It could need a full
:20:35. > :20:36.planning application, meaning this is an issue
:20:37. > :20:44.that is not going away. Now sport and with news of another
:20:45. > :20:46.Ulster player called up to the Ireland squad,
:20:47. > :20:48.here's Stephen Watson. Craig Gilroy has been promoted
:20:49. > :20:51.to the Ireland squad for this weekend's Six Nations Championship
:20:52. > :20:52.match against England. He has been called up along
:20:53. > :20:55.with Leinster props Mike Ross Ulster's Jared Payne
:20:56. > :21:00.is a fitness doubt and, if ruled out, provincial
:21:01. > :21:03.team mate Stuart McCloskey will be Gilroy's inclusion comes
:21:04. > :21:06.after another impressive display for Ulster yesterday,
:21:07. > :21:08.but it was nott enough to beat for Ulster yesterday,
:21:09. > :21:11.but it was not enough to beat A brilliant try for a player and a
:21:12. > :21:39.peak of his career. In a tense second half,
:21:40. > :21:41.the Scarlets edged out by two penalties to one and came
:21:42. > :21:44.away with a 1-point win. Our defence at times
:21:45. > :21:46.was pretty pure. We didn't get line speed,
:21:47. > :21:48.some individual tackles let In attack, we were just a bit
:21:49. > :21:59.ponderous when we got near the line. We have got the few things
:22:00. > :22:02.we need to work on. It is obviously
:22:03. > :22:04.a disappointing dressing room. We have to find some solutions
:22:05. > :22:07.in a hurry and make sure They will be hoping to win away
:22:08. > :22:22.to the Cardiff Blues next Sunday. The Football Association
:22:23. > :22:24.is investigating, after West Brom and Northern Ireland winger
:22:25. > :22:27.Chris Brunt was struck on the face It happened after his club's FA
:22:28. > :22:30.Cup 5th Round defeat Brunt had gone over to give his
:22:31. > :22:35.shirt to a fan when it happened. He was left with a cut
:22:36. > :22:37.under his left eye. West Brom have vowed to issue
:22:38. > :22:40.a lifetime ban to the individual who threw the coin,
:22:41. > :22:42.if they are identified. Crusaders Football Club
:22:43. > :22:44.are favourites to retain the Danske Bank League title,
:22:45. > :22:46.after a crucial win against Belfast
:22:47. > :22:47.rivals, Cliftonville. The Crues now have a seven-point
:22:48. > :22:50.lead at the top of the table, with a game in hand over
:22:51. > :23:12.second-placed Linfield. The difference between two rivals
:23:13. > :23:18.can often be very small. Here, one small intervention, the plea
:23:19. > :23:30.changing direction and that was it. Like many derby matches, passion
:23:31. > :23:37.sometimes overflowed. Crusaders Extend the elite over the other half
:23:38. > :23:44.of North Belfast to seven points. Clearly pleased. I thought we
:23:45. > :23:51.competed very really do not think they had a lot of answers today.
:23:52. > :24:02.Delighted. It means Linfield are known the main challengers. The work
:24:03. > :24:13.to down, but came back to win 3-2, with this strike from David Healy.
:24:14. > :24:19.It is the sort of mentality which is needed, because the rest of this
:24:20. > :24:33.season is going to be tough. Glentoran defeated Ballymena Bay to.
:24:34. > :24:41.We started with a derby and finished with one. All in Bradlee sport
:24:42. > :24:43.scored twice. Rory McIlroy had a disappointing
:24:44. > :24:46.finish to the Northern Trust Open, after a fourth round of 75
:24:47. > :24:48.ended his hopes of winning The world number three eagled
:24:49. > :24:52.the opening hole yesterday, to briefly go joint top
:24:53. > :24:54.of the leaderboard, but then went backwards, eventually
:24:55. > :24:56.finishing tied in 20th place. The tournament was won
:24:57. > :25:00.by American Bubba Watson. Ciara Mageean broke
:25:01. > :25:01.the Irish indoor mile record at the Millrose
:25:02. > :25:03.Games in New York. Her time was four
:25:04. > :25:05.minutes 28.4 seconds. And the Belfast Giants thumped
:25:06. > :25:10.the Nottingham Panthers 6-2, in front their biggest home gate
:25:11. > :25:13.of the season of just They also beat
:25:14. > :25:18.Coventry Blaze 2-1 away. Next, the Giants face Cardiff
:25:19. > :25:21.at home tomorrow in the semifinal In hurling, Antrim made it two wins
:25:22. > :25:29.from two in the Allianz League, but Derry were edged
:25:30. > :25:42.out by Westmeath. The weather forecast is next,
:25:43. > :25:49.with Angie Phillips. Cold air The is going to be with us
:25:50. > :26:04.for much of the week to come. The showers became a bit more
:26:05. > :26:14.frequent during the course of this afternoon.
:26:15. > :26:26.We end up with clear skies and falling temperatures. Down below
:26:27. > :26:34.zero in some rural sports. So, there is a Met Office warning out for ice,
:26:35. > :26:37.which could form on untreated surfaces cause some travel
:26:38. > :26:47.disruption. Camorra, many pro-strike, with some sunny spells,
:26:48. > :26:55.but frosty, with many of us scraping or windscreens first thing in the
:26:56. > :27:00.morning. It will not be completely dry. There could be some showers,
:27:01. > :27:07.particularly towards the north coast in the afternoon. Most of us to
:27:08. > :27:22.avoid them. Temperatures are a couple of degrees down onto the,
:27:23. > :27:27.6-7 C, at best. Tomorrow night, again, ice for much of the country
:27:28. > :27:33.with the temperatures tumbling away. Some sunshine in between on
:27:34. > :27:40.Wednesday. If we the chart, we have high-pressure pushing and later on
:27:41. > :27:44.Thursday, and could bring some wintry showers.
:27:45. > :27:47.Our late summary is at 10.30pm. You can also keep in contact with us