:00:15. > :00:16.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:
:00:17. > :00:23.Armed police raid a house after a man is shot in west Belfast.
:00:24. > :00:30.I'd just seen all these, and I went like what? I heard shouting, get
:00:31. > :00:33.out! Armed response, everybody out! A Northern Ireland woman
:00:34. > :00:37.is convicted of failing to disclose that her husband was about to join
:00:38. > :00:39.so-called Islamic State. One of the last people to see
:00:40. > :00:42.Arlene Arkinson alive says she's no doubt she was sexually abused
:00:43. > :00:45.and murdered by Robert Howard. Friday is Election Day
:00:46. > :00:50.in the Republic. In an unprecedented move,
:00:51. > :00:53.could the traditional rivals of Fine Gael and Fianna
:00:54. > :01:11.Fail be in coalition? Controversy over the public funding
:01:12. > :01:13.about a new book about the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands.
:01:14. > :01:14.And prepare yourself for a chilly night -
:01:15. > :01:16.sub-zero temperatures are on the way.
:01:17. > :01:19.I'll have your weather details later in the programme.
:01:20. > :01:21.Hello, and welcome to the programme this Wednesday evening.
:01:22. > :01:25.Armed police held a gun to a man's head during a raid on a house
:01:26. > :01:29.They were targeting the property at Aspen Walk in Twinbrook
:01:30. > :01:32.in the early hours of Wednesday after a 41-year-old man
:01:33. > :01:41.BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson reports:
:01:42. > :01:49.In the middle of the night, in the middle of the street, armed police
:01:50. > :01:53.officers focus on one house. One by one, those inside came out, the
:01:54. > :01:57.police didn't know if they had guns or not, they were taking no chances.
:01:58. > :02:03.A police weapon was pointed to the head of one man. The first to leave
:02:04. > :02:07.the house in Twinbrook was a woman stop she wasn't arrested, but she
:02:08. > :02:13.doesn't want her identity revealed. This afternoon she told me about the
:02:14. > :02:18.police raid. Soldiers came, everyone's hands up in the air. We
:02:19. > :02:23.had to walk out one at a time, drop your weapons and all. I was the
:02:24. > :02:27.first to walk out, and I was really afraid, and really, really, really
:02:28. > :02:31.frightened. So frightened, and frightened for my husband, because
:02:32. > :02:35.they are going with a big gun in his face, like come towards me, walk
:02:36. > :02:39.towards me at the hands in the air. They are shouting, get out,
:02:40. > :02:44.everybody out, armed response. He told me to put my weapon down which
:02:45. > :02:48.was my mobile phone. There were no guns in the house that you' no, no
:02:49. > :02:52.guns in my house. Police had been investigating a shooting in the
:02:53. > :02:58.area. The 41-year-old man had been shot in the leg. It all happened
:02:59. > :03:04.around midnight. The shooting was in the glass of a drive area. The house
:03:05. > :03:10.was at Aspen walk, only half a mile away. The police response was swift,
:03:11. > :03:14.but is was it over the top, as sudden locals have suggested? Some
:03:15. > :03:17.might say, but you have to remember that there were weapons used in the
:03:18. > :03:23.incident last night, so that it could be that the police felt that
:03:24. > :03:28.that was the reporter wrote -- per response given the incident. Two men
:03:29. > :03:30.had been arrested, one aged 25, the other 35.
:03:31. > :03:33.A County Tyrone woman has been found guilty of failing to tell
:03:34. > :03:36.the authorities her husband, Sajid Aslam, was about to join
:03:37. > :03:41.33-year-old mother of three Lorna Moore, who was living
:03:42. > :03:44.in Walsall, knew her husband was part of a network leaving
:03:45. > :03:50.The BBC's Dominic Casciani, who's been following the case,
:03:51. > :04:00.spoke to me from outside the Old Bailey this afternoon.
:04:01. > :04:08.Aslam was one of the first to go from Walsall and it went Midlands.
:04:09. > :04:15.He and a friend who was close to. While this was going on, Lorna more
:04:16. > :04:19.were on a beach on family holiday, but when she got back from a holiday
:04:20. > :04:22.in Lincolnshire, she was asked by police what she knew about her
:04:23. > :04:27.husband's movements. She said she had no idea where he was, why he
:04:28. > :04:32.would have possibly done to Syria, and was then charged with failing to
:04:33. > :04:35.notify authorities of his movements. The big picture here though is
:04:36. > :04:39.really interesting. What West Midlands Police say is that Lorna
:04:40. > :04:44.Moore was part of a very sophisticated network in the West
:04:45. > :04:48.Midlands are perhaps more than a dozen people, some of them pregnant
:04:49. > :04:53.women, all determined to go out to Syria. As Assistant Chief Constable
:04:54. > :04:58.of the force, Marcus Beale, explained. Lorna Moore is another
:04:59. > :05:04.case where she has been involved and has knowledge of what her husband
:05:05. > :05:08.intended to do. She chose not to tell, and allow Isis to be
:05:09. > :05:15.strengthened by her husband joining. Isis are a danger to the UK, and she
:05:16. > :05:22.failed to notify us, and therefore she has added to that danger.
:05:23. > :05:27.Dominic, any reaction from Lorna Moore in court today? No, no
:05:28. > :05:29.reaction at all from her, in fact it is a really interesting case from
:05:30. > :05:36.that perspective. Throughout the trial she has sat staring straight
:05:37. > :05:40.ahead in the dock. In the witness box, giving evidence for the end of
:05:41. > :05:45.the trial, she said she was a victim of domestic and psychological abuse.
:05:46. > :05:48.He is to pull her hair, belittle her, trust her head down the toilet,
:05:49. > :05:52.and she said that this abuse which had gone on for years effectively
:05:53. > :05:54.lest her a promotional wrecked. One of the last people to see
:05:55. > :05:57.Arlene Arkinson alive has said she "knew in her heart and soul"
:05:58. > :06:03.her friend was dead, The Castlederg teenager vanished
:06:04. > :06:20.after a night out at a disco Donna Quinn's saw Arlene Arkinson
:06:21. > :06:24.for the last time almost 22 years ago. Today, Miss Quinn sobbed as she
:06:25. > :06:31.said she believed Robert Howard had killed her friend. Donna Quinn said
:06:32. > :06:34.she had no doubt he had killed her, that he had sexually abused her and
:06:35. > :06:38.killed her. Later she has said that she had known within a week that
:06:39. > :06:44.something was badly, badly wrong was at the court heard how Howard had
:06:45. > :06:48.carried out disturbing acts of abuse. He was described as a
:06:49. > :06:53.dangerous predator, capable of evil deeds. He had probably used her to
:06:54. > :07:02.get access to other young girls will stop Council for the Arkansan family
:07:03. > :07:13.said that she was a sacrificial lamb. Quinn cried that do you not
:07:14. > :07:20.think she was my best friend? She had asked Howard if he had sex with
:07:21. > :07:23.the teenager. That is the way Howard was, she said, and said that he
:07:24. > :07:27.would rot in hell for the damage he has called, and that he was glad he
:07:28. > :07:30.was dead. She said she had no idea what he might have done with the
:07:31. > :07:33.Still to come on BBC Newsline: continues.
:07:34. > :07:35.Calls for specialist treatment for women suffering
:07:36. > :07:44.Detectives from England are examining new claims
:07:45. > :07:48.from a prisoner in Maghaberry that serial child killer Robert Black
:07:49. > :07:52.confessed to several more killings to him.
:07:53. > :08:05.Robert Black died in Maghaberry prison last month, never having
:08:06. > :08:11.confessed to any of his crimes, either known or unknown. At least,
:08:12. > :08:16.that's what we thought. This man claims to know different. This is
:08:17. > :08:19.Barry McCarney, and in 2012 he was jailed for life for the sexual
:08:20. > :08:25.assault and murder of 15-month-old Millie Martin. He at Maghaberry, as
:08:26. > :08:30.adult prisons really, child killers are not exactly popular, so McCarney
:08:31. > :08:34.and Black found themselves thrust together, how away from the general
:08:35. > :08:39.prison population, in the hospital wing. They had seen a lot of each
:08:40. > :08:45.other, and it seems some portal friendships develop. I'm told
:08:46. > :08:52.Blackwood rarely leave his cell unless it was to see McCarney. After
:08:53. > :08:54.his death in January, Barry McCarney approached the authorities and made
:08:55. > :09:01.claims about this confession. Detectives from the use of England
:09:02. > :09:04.travel here to question McCarney. They spoke to him twice in three
:09:05. > :09:10.days in Maghaberry with each session lasting around for hours. Black has
:09:11. > :09:13.been linked to at least a dozen unsolved child murders and
:09:14. > :09:19.disappearances, including that of Jeanette Tate. She was 13 when she
:09:20. > :09:23.disappeared in Devon in 1978. Her body has never been found. It has
:09:24. > :09:28.been widely reported that officers from Devon and Cornwall were about
:09:29. > :09:32.to hand a file on the case to the prosecution service when Black died.
:09:33. > :09:34.Force press office refused to confirm that it was its officers who
:09:35. > :09:37.questioned McCarney. Every year around 75 mothers
:09:38. > :09:40.here need to be admitted to hospital as a result of chronic
:09:41. > :09:43.mental health problems. But as there continues to be no
:09:44. > :09:46.specialist mother and baby unit, both are separated when a mother
:09:47. > :09:49.requires treatment. Speaking exclusively to this
:09:50. > :09:52.programme, Northern Ireland's only perinatal psychiatrist says she's
:09:53. > :09:56.decided to break her silence as she feels so frustrated
:09:57. > :10:00.about the lack of specialist care. Our health correspondent
:10:01. > :10:11.Marie-Louise Connolly Exhausted, anxious, and feeling
:10:12. > :10:16.alone. This is how this woman felt after having her second baby. She is
:10:17. > :10:21.asked to remain anonymous. It's the feeling of waking up in the morning
:10:22. > :10:24.and having a big cloud over you, big dark cloud that you just can't shake
:10:25. > :10:27.the man you don't know why it's there. You have no energy to get on
:10:28. > :10:32.with your day, and you are feeling the guilt that you are a bad mother.
:10:33. > :10:37.It's just an awful, awful place to be. It's got one in ten mothers here
:10:38. > :10:40.are affected by postnatal mental illness and this is more commonly
:10:41. > :10:45.known as postnatal depression. It can happen during pregnancy and
:10:46. > :10:50.after birth, but can be chronic and have devastating consequences. The
:10:51. > :10:53.women will be actual psychotic, she may believe things that aren't true,
:10:54. > :10:56.may hear voices, may be extremely confused, and certainly her judgment
:10:57. > :11:00.will be impaired and she can certainly present a risk to herself.
:11:01. > :11:04.In order to treat such women, there are 17 specialist mother and many
:11:05. > :11:12.units across England and Scotland, but none in Wales or on the island
:11:13. > :11:16.of Ireland. Doctor Lynch says she has broken her silence as she is so
:11:17. > :11:20.frustrated about the lack of facilities here. All we have is a
:11:21. > :11:26.limited team that works within the Belfast trust. We don't have any
:11:27. > :11:32.services... That is myself and two other workers, and we don't have any
:11:33. > :11:35.resources, and the lack Mac -- and we don't have any resources in any
:11:36. > :11:40.of the other trusts. Through social media, this woman reached out to
:11:41. > :11:44.others going through postnatal depression. Married to the DUP's
:11:45. > :11:47.Gavin Robinson, she says decision-makers must listen. I've
:11:48. > :11:51.been saying on my blog for the last few months, there is no blame and no
:11:52. > :11:55.shame with postnatal depression. I am very clear on that. Anybody can
:11:56. > :12:00.get it, and it is nobody 's fault when they get it, but would you need
:12:01. > :12:06.to make sure that there is help there. Earlier, the Minister
:12:07. > :12:12.announced more money for mental health and a new hospital, but with
:12:13. > :12:16.75 mothers needing to be admitted to hospital every year, there is need
:12:17. > :12:21.for more growth. Clearly, we need to develop a mother and baby hospital,
:12:22. > :12:27.and it creates an opportunity to have that have it there in the
:12:28. > :12:30.Royal. Everything in respect of maternity services in Northern
:12:31. > :12:35.Ireland. We need is so great, that according professionals, a six bed
:12:36. > :12:42.unit would be in constant use. Still to come before seven, the arts
:12:43. > :12:45.Council defends his decision to help fund the publication of this book.
:12:46. > :12:48.Inspectors who last year branded Maghaberry prison one of the most
:12:49. > :12:51.dangerous in Europe have said the situation has improved,
:12:52. > :12:54.but would still only give it four marks out of ten.
:12:55. > :12:57.In November inspectors said the jail was unsafe for staff and prisoners,
:12:58. > :13:08.Our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:13:09. > :13:13.Verdict of inspectors about conditions in Maghaberry prison last
:13:14. > :13:18.year were so bad it really could only get better. The findings of a
:13:19. > :13:22.follow-up inspection published today are more positive, but far from a
:13:23. > :13:27.clean bill of health. Some progress had been made. Towards addressing
:13:28. > :13:31.the inspection recommendations, and our overall assessment was that
:13:32. > :13:42.Maghaberry prison had stabilised, and was safer. But this progress was
:13:43. > :13:46.fragile. A new governor, was appointed last summer to tackle the
:13:47. > :13:50.problems identified it when inspectors visited last May. Today's
:13:51. > :13:53.report welcomes action he has taken to start addressing the serious
:13:54. > :13:59.concerns they raised. But it also says many concerns remain. They
:14:00. > :14:03.include high levels of violence, and access to illicit drugs. And the
:14:04. > :14:06.fact that treatment for prisoners with mental health problems has
:14:07. > :14:10.deteriorated during the past year. The inspectors say the staff must
:14:11. > :14:16.improve the way they interact with business. Changing the culture in
:14:17. > :14:21.Maghaberry will take time. But in our view, it is essential to secure
:14:22. > :14:24.the long-term modernisation of the present, and make it fit for the
:14:25. > :14:30.21st century. Rather than reflecting a way of working that belongs to
:14:31. > :14:36.another era. If that is the case, how much progress has been made? I
:14:37. > :14:39.asked Brendan McGuigan how he would characterise conditions last year
:14:40. > :14:47.and when they were inspectors returned last month, from one to
:14:48. > :14:51.ten. They were at the bottom of the scale. In January this year, what we
:14:52. > :14:56.went back, I would estimate is three and four. So that is three or four
:14:57. > :14:59.out of ten, yes. Clearly, we would perhaps have hoped that it would be
:15:00. > :15:02.better than that, but given the scale of the problems identified,
:15:03. > :15:05.and the amount of work had to be done, adding the important issue is
:15:06. > :15:09.not just where we are exactly at we are the minute, but the trajectory,
:15:10. > :15:13.and have confidence that the team in Maghaberry is making significant
:15:14. > :15:18.progress. I think it is important to see that progress continue. In
:15:19. > :15:23.unprecedented move. The inspectors will return to Maghaberry a number
:15:24. > :15:26.of times in the 18 months that will follow, to monitor progress. Is that
:15:27. > :15:29.this told me that they visited last year they left with a sense of
:15:30. > :15:33.despair. When they went back last month, it said they left with a
:15:34. > :15:34.sense of hope. Director General of the Prison
:15:35. > :15:44.Service, Sue McCallister, One out of ten, now four out of ten
:15:45. > :15:48.not much of a vote of confidence? The important thing, Tara, is that
:15:49. > :15:52.the inspector very clearly said that Maghaberry has stabilised, which is
:15:53. > :15:55.good. These are early signs of recovery, we always knew that in
:15:56. > :15:59.eight months what we could expect to achieve was limited in what the
:16:00. > :16:03.Chief inspector said was that was all of his expectations in regards
:16:04. > :16:07.to what could be achieved in that short time has been met. We have
:16:08. > :16:11.made progress against all four tests of the health of a prison, so I am
:16:12. > :16:15.quite content with the achievement that we have made so far. But these
:16:16. > :16:20.are early signs of recovery, and there is more to do. There is one
:16:21. > :16:23.very important area which has actually deteriorated and mental
:16:24. > :16:28.health and the help available for prisoners. I have spoken to date to
:16:29. > :16:32.the chief executive of south-eastern health and social care trust, who
:16:33. > :16:35.deliver all health care in prison, and they have a very clear action
:16:36. > :16:39.plan and recovery plan to address the issues that were identified in
:16:40. > :16:44.relation to mental health. But we must also say that improvement was
:16:45. > :16:48.seen in relation to primary care for prisoners, so again, early signs of
:16:49. > :16:55.recovery, and much more to do. But the mental health problems are very
:16:56. > :16:58.significant, 20 suicide in the last ten years, and then for attempted
:16:59. > :17:03.suicide every single week according to one police officer. Mental health
:17:04. > :17:11.Claire Shirley is paramount. What you have indicated is what we know.
:17:12. > :17:14.Prisons are challenging places. They have challenging and conflict
:17:15. > :17:17.problems. What we do is keep them safe, we saved many, many lives
:17:18. > :17:21.every week and every month. Every death in custody is one that too
:17:22. > :17:26.many, of course it is, but I think it is important to say that the
:17:27. > :17:31.suicide rate as he referred to it reflect what is happening in outside
:17:32. > :17:36.society, and what we do is we keep people safe, we save lives, and
:17:37. > :17:41.address very conflict problems in partnership... Those 20 lives,
:17:42. > :17:44.suicide outside is very different foot up in prison to me you're
:17:45. > :17:48.supposed be saved, you're supposed to be looking after them. I'm not
:17:49. > :17:53.sure that it is very different to what happens in outside society. We
:17:54. > :17:59.cannot watch every prisoner every hour of the day. That would not be
:18:00. > :18:02.feasible. What we can do is support prisoners to their crises, and we do
:18:03. > :18:05.that every day in every prison in Northern Ireland. What thank you
:18:06. > :18:07.very much for joining us. Friday is Election Day
:18:08. > :18:10.in the Republic and so far it seems no party will get a clear
:18:11. > :18:12.overall majority of seats. The latest polls indicate
:18:13. > :18:15.that Fine Gael led by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny will be
:18:16. > :18:18.the biggest party but who might it Donna Traynor is in Dublin this
:18:19. > :18:30.evening. I am in Trinity College Dublin. In
:18:31. > :18:33.the long room, visited by Royals from a round the world. Will the
:18:34. > :18:40.history of state politics be rewritten? Will the prospect of a
:18:41. > :18:44.hung Dail, the two largest parties, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, could put
:18:45. > :18:48.their civil war past behind them, and come together and share
:18:49. > :18:49.government for the very first time. Our Dublin correspondent Shane
:18:50. > :18:59.Harrison reports. When TDs gather in the Dail on March
:19:00. > :19:03.ten, no party is suggested to have an overall majority will stop but
:19:04. > :19:07.that is not stopping the politicians canvassing for every last vote
:19:08. > :19:19.between now and Friday. He is going around to persuaded you to support
:19:20. > :19:28.me! We are still considering! This man is standing for filling oil in
:19:29. > :19:30.-- Fine Gael. As the Minister charged with creating employment, he
:19:31. > :19:37.is adamant that his party in Fianna Fail cannot do business. Because
:19:38. > :19:42.their policies bad policies, leading to the banking crash and cost the
:19:43. > :19:46.taxpayer 60 billion euros, and 300,000 lost jobs. We are not going
:19:47. > :19:51.to allow Fianna Fail to come back into government through the back
:19:52. > :19:55.door. We believe that Fine Gael and Labour have delivered a platform
:19:56. > :19:58.very sustainable and Will Kenny to deliver strong roles, and we can use
:19:59. > :20:04.that to solve many people's problems. Both Fianna Fail and Fine
:20:05. > :20:11.Gael have their origins in the Irish Civil War, and in the original Sinn
:20:12. > :20:13.Fein party. Michael Collins, who has supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty,
:20:14. > :20:19.that created the Irish free State, is a filling oil hero. While Eamon
:20:20. > :20:26.Devon error, who opposed it, founded Fianna Fail. Both are centrist
:20:27. > :20:31.parties. But Enda Kenny and Michael Martin, it says there will be no
:20:32. > :20:34.grand coalition. A former fin of oil minister doesn't rule it out
:20:35. > :20:37.however, given the current opinion polls and what he called the need
:20:38. > :20:45.for political and economic stability. I believe that it will
:20:46. > :20:50.faulty rail -- fall to Fianna Fail to help maintain a stable government
:20:51. > :20:55.in coalition, and that may involve a rotating tee shot, it may involve
:20:56. > :21:03.parties treating each other as equal parties for the first time. This
:21:04. > :21:07.lady, a former Fianna Fail cabinet minister is hoping voters will
:21:08. > :21:16.return to the Dail after rejecting her in the last election. Will you
:21:17. > :21:22.help me? We will do our best! God thank you! She has reservations
:21:23. > :21:27.about joining forces. There are actually a lot of people on the
:21:28. > :21:30.doors who would say leave the Civil War behind you and come together?
:21:31. > :21:35.The difficulty I have with that would be to leave the door open to
:21:36. > :21:39.Sinn Fein to not only be the major opposition party this time, but to
:21:40. > :21:41.be the government in waiting for the time after, and that is not in the
:21:42. > :21:45.best interests of the country, I think. Nevertheless, something you
:21:46. > :21:52.might be constructive once the votes are counted. Maybe not the grand
:21:53. > :21:55.coalition, but something for Fine Gael and Fianna Fail understanding,
:21:56. > :22:09.if the alternative is an election in the not too distant future. With me,
:22:10. > :22:15.Michael, what coalition do think the parties will formally next
:22:16. > :22:18.government? That is a big question. We may not have a culmination of
:22:19. > :22:23.parties forming in the next government, I think that according
:22:24. > :22:28.to the Poles, Fine Gael will be the largest party, and Fianna Fail will
:22:29. > :22:33.be second-largest party, and whether they get together or not I think is
:22:34. > :22:38.a much bigger question. Labour will be quite small and weak, and may not
:22:39. > :22:41.want to go back in with Fine Gael, and certainly there is no other
:22:42. > :22:46.party to give them the support they will need. So we may be looking at a
:22:47. > :22:53.coalition that we have never seen before, but we may also be looking
:22:54. > :22:58.at a period of minority government with a much stronger Parliament than
:22:59. > :23:01.we have seen for a very long time. People want the parliament is to be
:23:02. > :23:06.stronger, it may well be very strong with a minority dividend. Mary, we
:23:07. > :23:10.have the last of the TV debates last night. However the winners or losers
:23:11. > :23:15.were in that, what are people voting for this time around? Is it policy,
:23:16. > :23:19.is it personality? We entered this campaign thinking it was going to be
:23:20. > :23:22.extremely predictable, and we would have the current administration back
:23:23. > :23:30.in place, Fine Gael and Labour, but is kindly -- kind of gone horribly
:23:31. > :23:35.wrong. It hasn't gone well at all with the electorate, many of whom
:23:36. > :23:39.are saying what recovery? There is a big bounce them for opposition
:23:40. > :23:43.parties, and also for independents, people who aren't branded a tall, so
:23:44. > :23:48.what are people voting for? I don't think they want to fall back for
:23:49. > :23:52.traditional brands, although you do see is some level of forgiveness for
:23:53. > :23:56.Fianna Fail, the party mercilessly kicked out of government in the
:23:57. > :24:00.past, so there has been surprised that. You have seen Sinn Fein doing
:24:01. > :24:05.well in the campaign but slipping back in the opinion polls in recent
:24:06. > :24:07.days, and just a proliferation of independence, smaller parties, and
:24:08. > :24:12.non-branded politicians surging ahead in the opinion polls. Mary and
:24:13. > :24:19.Michael, thank you for joining us on the BBC. Well, we are in a room full
:24:20. > :24:21.of ancient books, but are we going to be writing a new draft of history
:24:22. > :24:23.after the election? A former culture minister has
:24:24. > :24:26.criticised the Arts Council over the publication of a book
:24:27. > :24:28.titled Bobby Sands - Nelson McCausland says its dangerous
:24:29. > :24:31.republican propaganda. The Arts Council has
:24:32. > :24:41.defended its decision to provide 35 years after his death, hunger
:24:42. > :24:46.striker Bobby Sands remains as controversial in print as he was in
:24:47. > :24:50.prison. And his story still prompts a very different interpretations.
:24:51. > :24:58.Controversial two is the arts councils decision to award national
:24:59. > :25:02.lorikeets funding of over ?5,000 to the publisher of Bobby Sands freedom
:25:03. > :25:07.fighter. A move which has been condemned by a number of Unionists,
:25:08. > :25:09.including a former culture minister. It is a book that will poison and
:25:10. > :25:14.pollute the thinking of impressionable young people, and it
:25:15. > :25:22.is a book that glamorises IRA terrorists, that glamorises the IRA,
:25:23. > :25:26.that endorses a Sinn Fein IRA narrative and carries a full-page
:25:27. > :25:31.endorsement and explanation and approval from Gerry Adams, the
:25:32. > :25:36.president of Sinn Fein. Described by the arts Council as a graphic novel,
:25:37. > :25:40.Bobby Sands, freedom fighter, has received a more favourable response
:25:41. > :25:44.from fellow republicans. It's quite appropriate that money should be
:25:45. > :25:48.used in this way. To educate people, and to tell people about the past
:25:49. > :25:51.will stop defending its decision to help finance the book, the arts
:25:52. > :26:06.Council it is by an author... But the arts Council has chosen not
:26:07. > :26:13.to enter into the debate on the book's content, saying it does not
:26:14. > :26:16.interfere with editorial content nor draw the line in recording content
:26:17. > :26:26.is chosen by publishers which may attract controversy. ... Be book
:26:27. > :26:28.about Bobby Sands may prove to be the most incendiary.
:26:29. > :26:30.The biggest fight of boxer Carl Frampton's career
:26:31. > :26:35.As the countdown to Saturday's showdown in Manchester continues
:26:36. > :26:42.Amidst the pre-fight hype it seems there is also some genuine animosity
:26:43. > :26:44.between the Frampton and Quigg camps.
:26:45. > :26:51.As Thomas Kane reports both boxers have been busy talking themselves up
:26:52. > :26:58.In the ring, Carl Frampton, the IBM superbantamweight champion of the
:26:59. > :27:06.world... It has been an intense training campaign, and he hopes all
:27:07. > :27:11.of his hard work will be rewarded. Calm, relaxed. Does not demand to
:27:12. > :27:15.couple of hours ago, some looking forward to it. It went well, no
:27:16. > :27:20.injuries, nothing to complain about, I'm just raring ready to go. My
:27:21. > :27:24.weight is perfect, it's the easiest I've done it for a long time, and
:27:25. > :27:32.honestly the fight is important, so I'm driven. I could way in tomorrow
:27:33. > :27:39.if I wanted. How much of the hype is real? Most of it is real. I was in a
:27:40. > :27:44.break row with Scott earlier, and there's always going to be a bit of
:27:45. > :27:47.hype around these fights, but... Everything I have achieved since the
:27:48. > :27:55.start of my career, all rights on this. This is no... It all comes
:27:56. > :28:02.down to this. No room for error. This will be remembered. Frampton,
:28:03. > :28:06.who turns 29 on Sunday, maintains that he will win this weekend
:28:07. > :28:09.because he feels he's a maul talented find it, with a better
:28:10. > :28:15.boxing brain. He is a slight favourites, but bowlers believe this
:28:16. > :28:20.contest is simply too tight to call. The intelligent one, one, we are
:28:21. > :28:24.fighting in Manchester, and Scott Quigg is in the home corner, they
:28:25. > :28:29.are now fighting for millions, so who is the intelligent one? Go and
:28:30. > :28:30.work that one out. The next time we see Frampton and quick in the ring
:28:31. > :28:32.it will be for real Alsop More on the boxing Alsop
:28:33. > :28:34.on tomorrow nights programme. Barra Best is here with the weather,
:28:35. > :28:39.and not as cold here, Barra, as it was for
:28:40. > :28:43.you in New York last week! Thanks very much. You will be
:28:44. > :28:46.fighting subzero temperatures tonight. Widespread frost will
:28:47. > :28:49.settle in, and we do have a weather warning in place also for coastal
:28:50. > :28:54.areas for ice, so we may see a dusting of snow as well a special
:28:55. > :29:00.force open high-level areas. Widespread, temperatures falling to
:29:01. > :29:05.2-3d. Some places lower than that, may be seven or eight in County
:29:06. > :29:08.Down. You wouldn't want to give yourself some extra time to defrost
:29:09. > :29:12.your Carwyn screened tomorrow if you're driving first thing, but it
:29:13. > :29:15.will be otherwise a day like today, dry weather, plenty of sunshine,
:29:16. > :29:19.maybe a few showers along the coast, but not a lot to worry about. By
:29:20. > :29:23.mid-afternoon, there will be plenty of dry and sunny weather. Winds will
:29:24. > :29:26.be light, feeling a bit chilly. Temperatures reach five or 6
:29:27. > :29:32.degrees. If you travel tomorrow, we have the same weather system right
:29:33. > :29:35.across Britain and Ireland, 20 of sunny weather, and if you showers
:29:36. > :29:39.for Western Ireland and a little bit on Wales. I dry end to the day, or
:29:40. > :29:42.plenty of sunshine, and the clear skies stays with us, leaving a
:29:43. > :29:45.chilly nights tomorrow night. Temperatures once again will fall
:29:46. > :29:49.below freezing, and that will give us quite a chilly start to Friday.
:29:50. > :29:51.Over the weekend, not much change in the forecast, but plenty of dry
:29:52. > :29:52.weather as well. Our late summary
:29:53. > :29:54.is at half past ten. You can also keep in contact with us
:29:55. > :29:57.via Facebook and twitter.