:00:14. > :00:18.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline: The man accused
:00:19. > :00:21.of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing is released from jail
:00:22. > :00:29.We've been hearing the reaction of some families whose loved ones
:00:30. > :00:42.I think that is the last man that will be within eight courts. The
:00:43. > :00:45.sense of justice has never really been there.
:00:46. > :00:49.appearing to agree with the comment "Get the ethnics out".
:00:50. > :00:52.There are fresh calls for an inquiry into the sale
:00:53. > :00:54.of Nama's Northern Ireland loan portfolio.
:00:55. > :00:57.The Calais refugee crisis and the nine-year-old from Portadown
:00:58. > :01:13.It was scary seeing everybody in the with her family at the camp.
:01:14. > :01:16.Is Premier League football star Chris Brunt set to miss
:01:17. > :01:19.the European Championship Finals this summer with Northern Ireland?
:01:20. > :01:26.And the first day of spring but the weather will turn a decidedly wintry
:01:27. > :01:29.tonight. There are warnings for snow and ice across Northern Ireland.
:01:30. > :01:34.Find out how this will affect you, late in the programme. -- later in
:01:35. > :01:35.the programme. The case against a man accused
:01:36. > :01:38.of murdering 29 people in the Real IRA bomb attack in Omagh
:01:39. > :01:40.in 1998 has collapsed. Seamus Daly, who is 45
:01:41. > :01:43.and from Jonesborough in County Armagh, was also accused
:01:44. > :01:46.of causing the explosion. Mr Daly had always
:01:47. > :01:51.denied the charges. There's some flash photography
:01:52. > :02:06.in this report from our home affairs Seamus Daly was released from prison
:02:07. > :02:16.this afternoon. He was not happy to be greeted by the media.
:02:17. > :02:18.this afternoon. He was not happy to almost two years in custody, charged
:02:19. > :02:22.with the Omagh bombing and other offences. He was called last week
:02:23. > :02:28.for a hearing enough evidence for the case against
:02:29. > :02:31.him to proceed. It was not in court in Ballymena today when a
:02:32. > :02:34.prosecution lawyer announced the ant is about question was Noel. -- the
:02:35. > :02:43.Amazon. is about question was Noel. -- the
:02:44. > :02:47.judge who heard evidence about the case last week was due to announce
:02:48. > :02:51.today if it would continue. But the decision was taken out of his hands
:02:52. > :02:55.today if it would continue. But the when a lawyer said that the case no
:02:56. > :02:58.longer met the test for prosecution. The prosecution had relied upon a
:02:59. > :03:03.star witness to link Seamus Daly to a mobile phone that used by the
:03:04. > :03:07.Omagh bombers. He told them that Seamus Daly had called them from
:03:08. > :03:11.that phone on the day. Butchering court hearings last week he conceded
:03:12. > :03:16.he made a mistake and because the call could take place a week
:03:17. > :03:20.earlier. I that point, the prosecution case fell apart.
:03:21. > :03:24.Relatives of some of those killed in the bombing were in court when it
:03:25. > :03:28.was announced the charges against Seamus Daly were being withdrawn.
:03:29. > :03:32.Afterwards, they said they were frustrated and angry. We just feel
:03:33. > :03:40.that this was the last chance for justice for ahmad-macro. -- Omagh.
:03:41. > :03:47.And that is now over. And that is quite difficult to deal with. Very
:03:48. > :03:52.difficult to deal with. They also said they had always had serious
:03:53. > :03:54.concerns about the key witness and questioned the decision by
:03:55. > :04:00.prosecutors to take the case to court on the basis of his evidence.
:04:01. > :04:04.We did not express our concerns and if these people have read all the
:04:05. > :04:09.statements and compared them, I don't know. I think they are in the
:04:10. > :04:13.wrong job. Seamus Daly's solicitor also questioned the decision to take
:04:14. > :04:16.the case to court and said the prosecution service and police have
:04:17. > :04:25.questions to answer. The prosecution against the defendant, Seamus Daly,
:04:26. > :04:29.was based on a house of straw. 29 people were killed when a bomb went
:04:30. > :04:34.almost a quarter of eight and a devastated Omagh town centre in
:04:35. > :04:39.August 19 98. More than 200 others were also injured in the blast, just
:04:40. > :04:42.four months after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. No one has
:04:43. > :04:47.been convicted of the attack and relatives of those killed and do not
:04:48. > :04:53.believe anyone ever will. The bullet prosecution service says there are
:04:54. > :04:57.ongoing lines of inquiry -- the public prosecution service -- that
:04:58. > :05:01.the police plan to submit anything new at this stage. Nearly 18 years
:05:02. > :05:04.after the single worst atrocity of the troubles, the likelihood of
:05:05. > :05:10.convicting the killers appears more remote than ever.
:05:11. > :05:12.Our reporter in the south west Julian Fowler is in
:05:13. > :05:22.Julian, what been the reaction there?
:05:23. > :05:25.The Director of Public Prosecutions Bara McGrory said he has great
:05:26. > :05:29.sympathy with the families and shares their disappointment.
:05:30. > :05:32.I've been speaking to the sister of Alan Radford who was 16 years
:05:33. > :05:38.old when he was killed on the street behind me.
:05:39. > :05:41.Claire Monteith told me she's angry but not shocked,
:05:42. > :05:51.as she believed it was inevitable the case would collapse.
:05:52. > :05:59.Personally, I think that is the last man that will be in a court. The
:06:00. > :06:04.sense of justice has never really been there for myself or the
:06:05. > :06:10.majority of my family. They felt the same. So it is just moving on from
:06:11. > :06:18.this. And to know there will never be a definite closure or a definite
:06:19. > :06:24.conviction is just... We will just have to leave it. I wouldn't say I
:06:25. > :06:30.accept it, but to be able to just live with it and know that is the
:06:31. > :06:37.way it is going to be. Anybody that has been active, as my family was
:06:38. > :06:42.for many years, but then they were within the civil action within the
:06:43. > :06:47.Justice route, anybody will know the truth. They know the truth behind it
:06:48. > :06:55.all. We know what. I do not see the point for a public inquiry. I do not
:06:56. > :07:00.support the calls for it. The truth we already know is what will be
:07:01. > :07:04.their, apart from people saying we have wasted millions of pounds. It
:07:05. > :07:10.doesn't get any easier, no matter how many years this goes on, it
:07:11. > :07:13.never gets any easier. If like I say come you learn to live with it to a
:07:14. > :07:17.certain degree. I don't accept his death. I will never forgive, nor
:07:18. > :07:20.will I ever forget. The PPS said they and the police
:07:21. > :07:23.share a determination to prosecute those responsible if any
:07:24. > :07:27.new evidence to support But after 18 years that seems
:07:28. > :07:31.a remote possibility. And there could be more bad
:07:32. > :07:36.news for the families. Seamus Daly was one of four men
:07:37. > :07:40.found liable in a civil hearing. That judgment will now be appealed
:07:41. > :07:44.as his lawyer said much of the evidence was provided
:07:45. > :07:47.by the same key witness who had been due to give evidence
:07:48. > :07:58.in the criminal trial. The DUP MP Sammy Wilson has been
:07:59. > :08:01.filmed appearing to agree with the comment "get
:08:02. > :08:04.the ethnics out". Mr Wlson was taking part in a BBC
:08:05. > :08:08.Spotlight programme last month when he had a conversation with
:08:09. > :08:25.a man out of the reporter's earshot. Last month, Sammy Wilson and I were
:08:26. > :08:28.filming for tonight's BBC Spotlight about the referendum. Sammy Wilson,
:08:29. > :08:31.who was wearing a personal microphone had a conversation with a
:08:32. > :08:39.member of the public out of my earshot. It was about whether we
:08:40. > :08:49.should stay in the European Union or stay out. Are you with me? Between
:08:50. > :08:53.EU me, get the ethnics out. You're absolutely right! After we had
:08:54. > :08:58.viewed the footage, Spotlight asked why he had appeared to agree with
:08:59. > :09:03.the man's comments, in response, Mr Wilson asked if the BBC was and I
:09:04. > :09:06.quote, having a laugh. He went on to say I'm not prepared to spend any
:09:07. > :09:10.more time being interviewed, giving explanations or responding to what
:09:11. > :09:15.anyone would regard as a disgraced full request to facilitate your
:09:16. > :09:20.biased political slant. Mr Wilson has been criticised by the Alliance
:09:21. > :09:25.Party, the SDLP and the Ulster Unionists. Mike Nesbitt said he
:09:26. > :09:28.found the exchange between a man and Samuelson stomach churning. In a
:09:29. > :09:40.statement this morning, the DUP said that...
:09:41. > :09:45.Samuelson said he agreed with the man's comments on the European Union
:09:46. > :09:50.and not what he said about ethnic minorities. I agreed with his
:09:51. > :09:57.comments about leaving the EU, not the comments he made about the
:09:58. > :10:02.ethnic communities. I don't have anything to withdraw, because I
:10:03. > :10:06.didn't agree with him. Tonight's Spotlight is on BBC One at 10:45pm.
:10:07. > :10:08.You're watching BBC Newsline, still to come on the programme:
:10:09. > :10:11.A new mother who was sectioned under the Mental Health Act says more
:10:12. > :10:14.needs to be done to help women who suffer from depression
:10:15. > :10:23.There have been fresh calls for an independent inquiry
:10:24. > :10:28.into the sale of Nama's Northern Ireland loan portfolio
:10:29. > :10:32.following revelations in a BBC Spotlight programme.
:10:33. > :10:35.The property loans were sold for more than one billion
:10:36. > :10:43.Last night's programme focused on claims made by the businessman
:10:44. > :10:46.Frank Cushnahan who acted as an advisor to Nama.
:10:47. > :10:50.Here's our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell.
:10:51. > :11:01.The sale of Nama's Northern Ireland portfolio was the biggest property
:11:02. > :11:07.deal evident on this soil. This man, Frank Cushnahan, was deeply
:11:08. > :11:10.involved. He had been appointed to Nama's Northern Ireland advisory
:11:11. > :11:14.committee. But unknown to Nama, you had been talking to a US investment
:11:15. > :11:20.fund which wanted to buy the portfolio. He was in line to receive
:11:21. > :11:24.a ?5 million fee if the bid was successful. But Nama found out about
:11:25. > :11:31.his role and it was so concerned the fee could undermine the integrity of
:11:32. > :11:38.the sale, that they were effectively excluded. Another company then abort
:11:39. > :11:42.the portfolio. Then assurances were given that no one connected with
:11:43. > :11:46.Nama, which would have included a Frank Cushnahan was to benefit from
:11:47. > :11:50.that deal. But Spotlight has recorded Frank Cushnahan saying he
:11:51. > :11:54.did work on the deal and expected to be paid and his role was
:11:55. > :12:04.deliberately hidden from Nama. Nama said no. Then what happened? The
:12:05. > :12:17.next was to get the next one on the pitch.
:12:18. > :12:24.Stormont's finance committee has been examining the Nama deal and is
:12:25. > :12:28.to publish the findings in the next few weeks. The committee will
:12:29. > :12:32.discuss the implications of the Spotlight programme. But the problem
:12:33. > :12:37.for us is that we are running out of time and the Assembly finishes in
:12:38. > :12:41.three weeks and the focus is now the incoming finance committee and we
:12:42. > :12:47.need to pick up where we leaving. The company have repeated their
:12:48. > :12:51.never sought advice from all paid Frank Cushnahan. Nama say they have
:12:52. > :12:56.dealt with these issues extensively and have nothing fresh to add. But
:12:57. > :13:02.questions about this deal are not going away. Sinn Fein, the SDLP and
:13:03. > :13:05.Alliance have all called for some form of cross-border inquiry.
:13:06. > :13:07.Members of Arlene Arkinson's family have told the inquest into her death
:13:08. > :13:09.of the pain caused by her disappearance.
:13:10. > :13:12.The 15-year-old was reported missing after a night out in August 1994.
:13:13. > :13:16.The man suspected of killing her, Robert Howard, died
:13:17. > :13:20.He'd been convicted of murdering a teenager in London.
:13:21. > :13:34.A family living with years of pain caused by the loss of the little
:13:35. > :13:38.sister. Her eldest brother Martin said they had suffered a badly.
:13:39. > :13:44.Arlene had been living with him, his wife and baby when she went missing.
:13:45. > :13:49.He described how smart, a bit of a handful, but with no harm in her. He
:13:50. > :13:51.was sure he said that rumours she was pregnant were wrong. He told the
:13:52. > :14:05.court... Later, his brother Adrian took the
:14:06. > :14:09.court. -- stand. They later heard how he had confronted Robert Howard
:14:10. > :14:14.on two separate occasions about it is to's disappearance. Howard had
:14:15. > :14:18.replied, I never touched her and denied murdering her. Arlene's
:14:19. > :14:23.sister Paula explained about nine and 99 calls she made to the police
:14:24. > :14:26.about the case in 2008, at a time she was suffering from depression
:14:27. > :14:38.and extreme stress. But she went on to say...
:14:39. > :14:45.It has been a difficult day of evidence for the Arc in the summer
:14:46. > :14:49.family, remembering the loss of Arlene and also having way to more
:14:50. > :14:52.than 21 years to be able to tell their story in courts. There will be
:14:53. > :14:57.more evidence from family members in coming days.
:14:58. > :15:00.Some of the other stories in the news this evening.
:15:01. > :15:04.Nine people have been arrested in an operation
:15:05. > :15:11.against the accessing of indecent images of children online.
:15:12. > :15:14.Searches and arrests were carried out across Northern Ireland
:15:15. > :15:17.by the PSNI and the National Crime Agency.
:15:18. > :15:20.They say steps have also been taken to protect a number of children
:15:21. > :15:24.There was uproar in Belfast Magistrates' Court when two men
:15:25. > :15:26.charged with last week's murder of Stephen Carson in south Belfast
:15:27. > :15:28.appeared in the dock while relatives of the victim
:15:29. > :15:32.37-year-old Michael Smith from Ardmonagh Gardens in Belfast
:15:33. > :15:34.and David Smith, aged 32, from Monagh Drive, also in the city,
:15:35. > :15:37.were remanded in custody to appear via video link later this month.
:15:38. > :15:39.The police have begun an investigation after footage
:15:40. > :15:42.emerged of a Catholic priest caught on video snorting what appeared
:15:43. > :15:45.The Sun on Sunday reported Father Stephen Crossan took the drug
:15:46. > :15:48.during a night of drinking last year in Banbridge.
:15:49. > :15:58.He's taken leave from the priesthood.
:15:59. > :16:00.We're used to hearing about the dreadful conditions
:16:01. > :16:03.at the refugee camps in Europe, but tonight we hear from the family
:16:04. > :16:09.from Portadown who spent a week there trying to help.
:16:10. > :16:16.The bulldozers moved in yesterday to the same camp and Tara Mills has
:16:17. > :16:18.been speaking to the family about their experience
:16:19. > :16:32.A child's bookie, abandoned. Unable to continue its journey because of
:16:33. > :16:36.the mud. The rubbish piled high with nowhere to watch, store food or live
:16:37. > :16:41.anything close to a normal life. And it was a normal life this family
:16:42. > :16:45.left a fortnight ago to go and help, including the youngest child,
:16:46. > :16:49.Nicole, who is nine years old. It was scary seeing everybody in the
:16:50. > :16:56.tents and all the snow. It was a very nice to see all the things on
:16:57. > :17:07.the ground and it was very muddy. I felt very sad for them. It felt good
:17:08. > :17:15.to help them. I gave them that he and coffee and there was a pulpit
:17:16. > :17:22.there and we got to play with them with a little boy. What was his
:17:23. > :17:27.name? Sam. Her mum, Paula, defended the decision to take. People said
:17:28. > :17:31.children shouldn't be there, but they can do a lot as we noticed when
:17:32. > :17:37.we took hours out with those. Her dad had been up before Christmas and
:17:38. > :17:42.he knew it was safe for us all to go out, so I was quite happy. Plus I
:17:43. > :17:45.always had her by my side and did not let her go for a minute. The
:17:46. > :17:49.family travelled in their camper van and said it became a makeshift soup
:17:50. > :17:55.kitchen and somewhere for people to sit and talk. Living conditions that
:17:56. > :17:59.you wouldn't keep animals in. You would do time if you kept animals in
:18:00. > :18:04.that condition. Sadly, it was the camp they visited that was partially
:18:05. > :18:07.dismantled yesterday, something the family finds deeply upsetting
:18:08. > :18:11.considering what little the refugees had has now been taken away. They
:18:12. > :18:15.also worry about what will happen to the children who have no parents to
:18:16. > :18:19.look after them. Some of the kids Nicole was playing with, it was
:18:20. > :18:24.scary, because they had had no fear, they had learned how to say axel in
:18:25. > :18:30.English, because they wanted to climb on one and get into the UK.
:18:31. > :18:33.One thing is certain, everybody in the family says they will go back
:18:34. > :18:37.and Nicole says she cannot stop thinking about the friends she made.
:18:38. > :18:45.I'm thinking about the way they have to sleep and how I've got a bed. It
:18:46. > 2:50:53is clear the plight of the refugees has affected his family and they say
2:50:54 > 2:50:53they are not has affected his family and they say
2:50:54 > 2:50:53and do nothing. Next we're focusing once again
2:50:54 > 2:50:53on the severe depression suffered by women before and
2:50:54 > 2:50:53after they give birth. One of them has told us it's now
2:50:54 > 2:50:53critical that Northern Ireland has a specialist mother and baby unit
2:50:54 > 2:50:53to treat such cases. Maria Derbyshire contacted us
2:50:54 > 2:50:53after our report last week After having her baby
2:50:54 > 2:50:53she was sectioned, that is, placed in hospital under
2:50:54 > 2:50:53the Mental Health Act. Today she joined health
2:50:54 > 2:50:53professionals to lobby politicians. Our Health Correspondent
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Marie-Louise Connolly has At the moment, life is good for
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Maria Darbyshire. But it has not always been the case, as she has
2:50:54 > 2:50:53suffered from chronic postnatal mental illness. After my first DD,
2:50:54 > 2:50:53life was very good. -- after my first baby. Then life fell apart, I
2:50:54 > 2:50:53had all these delusions and hallucinations, things I went
2:50:54 > 2:50:53through at the time, that was my reality. I ended up being sectioned.
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Around 70 women a year in Northern Ireland require hospital
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Around 70 women a year in Northern But a jarring treatment, as there is
2:50:54 > 2:50:53no mother and baby unit, the mother is separated from her baby. In
2:50:54 > 2:50:53England and Scotland, there are 17 specialist units. I felt there was
2:50:54 > 2:50:53no bond with my child. You just feel no love for your baby. To
2:50:54 > 2:50:53no bond with my child. You just feel -- help women like Maria, in
2:50:54 > 2:50:53February, -- help women like Maria, in
2:50:54 > 2:50:53perinatal health care -- help women like Maria, in
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Such an announcement means the other regions including here should
2:50:54 > 2:50:53benefit. This afternoon, Maria travelled to Stormont to join health
2:50:54 > 2:50:53professionals lobbying for the money to be made available. We would
2:50:54 > 2:50:53really like to see that investment to ring fenced for services for
2:50:54 > 2:50:53women here in Northern Ireland and the development of a very good,
2:50:54 > 2:50:53specialist services, both in the community and the mother and baby
2:50:54 > 2:50:53unit. Listening worthy MLAs who sit on the all-party group on mental
2:50:54 > 2:50:53health care. Some trusts are better than others, that is apparent. We
2:50:54 > 2:50:53need a regional approach, because 20% of women will suffer some sort
2:50:54 > 2:50:53of mental health issue during pregnancy or within a year of giving
2:50:54 > 2:50:53birth. That needs to be tackled and needs to be tackled as part of an
2:50:54 > 2:50:53overall strategy. Maria said she will continue to lobby for
2:50:54 > 2:50:53specialist services. The next stop is the health minister. -- her next
2:50:54 > 2:50:53stop. These old rifles have been uncovered
2:50:54 > 2:50:53more than a hundred years after they were smuggled into Larne
2:50:54 > 2:50:53to arm the Ulster Volunteer Force. The discovery was made
2:50:54 > 2:50:53in an Orange Hall in Belfast as a disused room
2:50:54 > 2:50:53was being cleared out. Our Investigations Reporter Kevin
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Magee has been for a look. The gunners were discovered
2:50:54 > 2:50:53side Clifton Street Orange Hall in a purpose built part of the building.
2:50:54 > 2:50:53This is the actual cupboard and purpose built part of the building.
2:50:54 > 2:50:53can see we prised it opened. And when we opened it, we said,
2:50:54 > 2:50:53can see we prised it opened. And goodness. Though the words were a
2:50:54 > 2:50:53bit stronger. We closed it goodness. Though the words were a
2:50:54 > 2:50:53wondered what we had found. Many it was shock, horror. It contained ten
2:50:54 > 2:50:53arrivals wrapped in linen. All were in excellent condition. -- rifles.
2:50:54 > 2:50:53These represent a direct link with our past. Though part of an illegal
2:50:54 > 2:50:53consignment of around 25,000 German rifles that were landed in Larne
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Harbour at the height of the home rule crisis in 1914. The gunners
2:50:54 > 2:50:53were all stamped properly of the Ulster Volunteer Force. They were
2:50:54 > 2:50:53actually sent from Larne to the nine counties of Ulster. Over the years,
2:50:54 > 2:50:53number of them turned up in the church floor boards for example and
2:50:54 > 2:50:53in Orange halls. Most were shipped to England in the late 1930s to hop
2:50:54 > 2:50:53on Britain's Home Guard. The police took them away, deactivate them
2:50:54 > 2:50:53returning to the Orange Order. The guns will be housed within our
2:50:54 > 2:50:53exhibition space in the hall. There is already a great interest and
2:50:54 > 2:50:53people are keen to see them. Hopefully, it will be a resort for
2:50:54 > 2:50:53everyone. The weapons are now classified as antiques and do not
2:50:54 > 2:50:53require a firearms licence. Now sport, and potentially bad news
2:50:54 > 2:50:53for Northern Ireland ahead of this Yes, unfortunately it looks like it
2:50:54 > 2:50:53is. Northern Ireland International Chris
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Brunt looks set to miss He was carried off during the first
2:50:54 > 2:50:53half of West Bromich Albion's game against Crystal palace
2:50:54 > 2:50:53at the weekend. It appears the injury may be
2:50:54 > 2:50:53serious enough to see him As his international manager
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Michael O'Neill faces an anxious wait, Brunt's club manager
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Tony Pulis confirmed that the player Uefa's Second Chance portal
2:50:54 > 2:50:53for Northern Ireland fans still looking for tickets
2:50:54 > 2:50:53for Euro 2016 opens tomorrow Uefa will directly contact
2:50:54 > 2:50:53fans who are eligible In local football, Ballymena United
2:50:54 > 2:50:53have sacked Glenn Ferguson as their manager after five
2:50:54 > 2:50:53straight league defeats. The former Linfield striker
2:50:54 > 2:50:53twice guided the club to County Antrim Shield success
2:50:54 > 2:50:53during his four-year reign United are ninth in the Premiership,
2:50:54 > 2:50:53seven points clear of bottom spot. Meanwhile, Glentoran face
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Cliftonville tonight, The Belfast Giants play a vital game
2:50:54 > 2:50:53in tonight's away to the win and they move within three
2:50:54 > 2:50:53points of Elite League leaders Cardiff, who they still have
2:50:54 > 2:50:53to play three times. There are the top of the game, it is
2:50:54 > 2:50:53not an easy game. And the good thing is we are hitting our stride in the
2:50:54 > 2:50:53right time and we have to continue and take it day by day, enjoy the
2:50:54 > 2:50:53moment. Winning is fine, and that's a good thing.
2:50:54 > 2:50:53This year's Schools Cup Final in rugby will be between the holders
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Royal Belfast Academic Institution and Campbell College.
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Campbell beat Dalriada of Ballymoney 24 points to three
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Barry-Glendenning with this barnstorming individual try.
2:50:54 > 2:50:53in the decider, thanks to a 27-19 win over
2:50:54 > 2:50:53The Final is live on BBC Two on St Patrick's Day.
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Golf, Rory McIlroy will play the first round at the Championship this
2:50:54 > 2:50:53weekend with the world number one, Jordan 's speed and world number
2:50:54 > 2:50:53two. It should be good fun. Now for the weather,
2:50:54 > 2:50:53with Cecilia Daly. And by the look of your globe,
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Cecilia, we are in for an icy forecast? Yes, it is not unusual to
2:50:54 > 2:50:53get snow in March. You can literally get all four seasons in one day in
2:50:54 > 2:50:53March. People have been known to get sunburnt on Saint Patrick's Day. But
2:50:54 > 2:50:53this is a typical early spring picture, newborn lambs nestling into
2:50:54 > 2:50:53their mother. They will have a hard night tonight, because the swirl of
2:50:54 > 2:50:53cloud you can see here is the latest storm. It is storm Jake. It will
2:50:54 > 2:50:53come to the Republic of Ireland and parts of South West Britain tonight
2:50:54 > 2:50:53and tomorrow, so we are not worried about particularly strong winds, but
2:50:54 > 2:50:53the impact of the storm also down cold air is so snow and ice warnings
2:50:54 > 2:50:53will come into effect later this evening. It is cold and dry at the
2:50:54 > 2:50:53moment, sleet and snow will move into northern areas, but by the end
2:50:54 > 2:50:53of the night, there could be a covering of snow just about
2:50:54 > 2:50:53anywhere. Also a risk of ice as temperatures dropped close to
2:50:54 > 2:50:53freezing. Give yourself extra time in the morning, because it could be
2:50:54 > 2:50:53covered in snow anywhere. The most snow will be over the hills,
2:50:54 > 2:50:53particularly across Londonderry and Antrim. So, your commute tomorrow
2:50:54 > 2:50:53morning could be quite nasty with snow falling and online game places.
2:50:54 > 2:50:53Even may need to brush it off your car or defrosted, it will feel
2:50:54 > 2:50:53bitterly cold and quite a brisk wind and temperatures only a couple of
2:50:54 > 2:50:53degrees above freezing. Icy conditions in places. As the morning
2:50:54 > 2:50:53goes on, the worst of the snow showers will move away and sunshine
2:50:54 > 2:50:53comes through and it will be a little less cold. The rain and sleet
2:50:54 > 2:50:53as the day goes on, but still very cold and strong winds. More strong
2:50:54 > 2:50:53winds to come tomorrow night, showers are moving away and
2:50:54 > 2:50:53temperatures will drop close to freezing. Thursday will be more
2:50:54 > 2:50:53springlike, at least bit of sunshine around, dry for a time before the
2:50:54 > 2:50:53system brings rain and rain and maybe Summerhill snow once again. So
2:50:54 > 2:50:54tomorrow morning, be careful in all that ice and snow. From us, goodbye.