:00:11. > :00:13.The case against a man accused of murdering 29 people
:00:14. > :00:15.in the Real IRA bombing in Omagh has collapsed.
:00:16. > :00:17.Seamus Daly, from Jonesborough in County Armagh,
:00:18. > :00:26.This report from our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney.
:00:27. > :00:31.Seamus Daly was released from Maghaberry prison this afternoon. He
:00:32. > :00:43.was not happy to be greeted by the media. He's spent almost two years
:00:44. > :00:46.in custody charged with the Omagh bombing and other offences. He was
:00:47. > :00:50.in court in all my last week for a hearing to decide if there is enough
:00:51. > :00:59.evidence for the case against him to present. Today a prosecution lawyer
:01:00. > :01:06.announced that the actor to that question was not. The case was built
:01:07. > :01:10.on evidence from a witness. A judge who heard evidence about the case
:01:11. > :01:16.last week was due to announce today if it would continue, but the
:01:17. > :01:20.decision was taken out of his hands when a lawyer said the case no
:01:21. > :01:23.longer met the test for prosecution. The prosecution had relied on a star
:01:24. > :01:31.witness to link Seamus Healy to mobile phone used widely Omagh
:01:32. > :01:35.bombers. During court hearings last week he conceded that he may have
:01:36. > :01:38.been misleading and that the call could have taken place a week
:01:39. > :01:44.earlier. At that point the prosecuted case effectively fell
:01:45. > :01:48.apart. Relatives of some of those who were killed in the Omagh bombing
:01:49. > :01:51.were in court when it was announced that the charges against Seamus Daly
:01:52. > :01:56.were being withdrawn. Afterwards they said they were frustrated and
:01:57. > :02:02.angry. We just feel this was the last chance for justice for,, and
:02:03. > :02:14.that is no over. -- for Omagh, and that is no over. It is very
:02:15. > :02:19.difficult to deal with. They also said they had had serious concerns
:02:20. > :02:25.about the key witness and question the decision to take the case to
:02:26. > :02:29.court on the basis of his evidence. If these people have read all the
:02:30. > :02:33.statements and compared them, I don't know, I think they are in the
:02:34. > :02:39.wrong job. Seamus Daly's solicitor also questioned the decision to take
:02:40. > :02:40.the case to court and said that the prosecution service and police have
:02:41. > :02:45.questions to answer. prosecution service and police have
:02:46. > :02:51.against the defendant Seamus Daly was based on a house of straw. 29
:02:52. > :02:56.people were killed when a bomb weighing almost one quarter of
:02:57. > :02:57.devastated Omagh town centre in August 19 88.
:02:58. > :03:04.devastated Omagh town centre in were also injured in the blast just
:03:05. > :03:05.four months after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. No one has
:03:06. > :03:08.been convicted of involvement Good Friday Agreement. No one has
:03:09. > :03:10.attack and relatives of those killed Good Friday Agreement. No one has
:03:11. > :03:11.don't believe anyone ever will be. The public
:03:12. > :03:17.don't believe anyone ever will be. there are no ongoing lines of
:03:18. > :03:23.enquiry and no indications that the police intend to submit any new
:03:24. > :03:27.finds at this stage. Nearly 18 years after the single worst atrocity
:03:28. > :03:28.finds at this stage. Nearly 18 years the troubles, the likelihood of
:03:29. > :03:32.convicting the killer more remote than ever.
:03:33. > :03:34.Many relatives now believe this will be the last time anyone appears
:03:35. > :03:37.in court accused of carrying out the Omagh bombing.
:03:38. > :03:40.The Director of Public Prosecutions said he had great sympathy
:03:41. > :03:44.with the families and shared their disappointment.
:03:45. > :03:47.Among those killed was 16-year-old Alan Radford.
:03:48. > :03:51.His sister Claire spoke to us earlier.
:03:52. > :04:03.I was 15 when it happened. I was Robert, as I would say, of my youth
:04:04. > :04:10.-- I was robbed. It has consumed so much of family life, from my mum to
:04:11. > :04:15.my sisters, the rest of them, it consumes so much of our time that 18
:04:16. > :04:21.years has been doubling. Personally I think that if the last man that
:04:22. > :04:25.will be within the court. The sense of justice has never really been
:04:26. > :04:33.there for myself and the majority of my family feel the same. So it is
:04:34. > :04:42.just moving on from this to know that there is never going to be a
:04:43. > :04:46.definite closure or a definite conviction is... Really just have to
:04:47. > :04:51.leave it and be able to... I wouldn't say except it, but to be
:04:52. > :04:53.able just to live with it. -- I wouldn't say I accept it.
:04:54. > :04:56.A man's been killed in a house fire in County Down.
:04:57. > :04:58.It happened on the Legannany Road in Loughbrickland this afternoon.
:04:59. > :04:59.It's believed to have been accidental.
:05:00. > :05:02.Police investigating the murder of Stephen Carson in South Belfast
:05:03. > :05:04.last Thursday have charged a 39-year-old man with possession
:05:05. > :05:06.of a firearm in suspicious circumstances.
:05:07. > :05:08.The 28-year-old was shot at his house in Walmer Street
:05:09. > :05:10.in front of his partner and young son.
:05:11. > :05:14.at Belfast Magistrates' Court tomorrow.
:05:15. > :05:19.Two men appeared in court today charged with murder.
:05:20. > :05:24.The DUP MP Sammy Wilson has been filmed appearing to agree
:05:25. > :05:26.with the comment "get the ethnics out."
:05:27. > :05:28.Mr Wilson was taking part in a BBC Spotlight programme
:05:29. > :05:32.when he had a conversation with a man off-camera.
:05:33. > :05:46.Last month Sammy Wilson and I were filming for tonight's BBC Spotlight
:05:47. > :05:49.documentary about the EU referendum. Sammy Wilson, who was wearing a
:05:50. > :05:54.personal microphone, had a conversation with a member of the
:05:55. > :05:59.public out of my earshot. They were doing a programme of on the BBC
:06:00. > :06:07.about staying in the European Union. I'm going round talking to people. I
:06:08. > :06:18.say get out of it. Get the Fx out too. Absolutely. Spot asked the man
:06:19. > :06:25.while he appear to agree with the man's comment. He said they were
:06:26. > :06:34.having a laugh. He said I am not prepared to spend any more time
:06:35. > :06:40.giving interviews responding to the buyer 's political slant of your
:06:41. > :06:45.programme. -- the biased political slant. Make Nesbitt said he found
:06:46. > :06:51.the exchange stomach churning. In a statement this morning the DUP said
:06:52. > :06:57.that the phrase was disgraceful and it this associated the party from
:06:58. > :07:00.the member of the public's comment. This afternoon Sammy Wilson said he
:07:01. > :07:05.was agreeing with the man's comment on the European Union and not with
:07:06. > :07:09.what he said about ethnic minorities. I agree with the comment
:07:10. > :07:15.he made about leaving the EU. I was not agreeing with the comments which
:07:16. > :07:19.he made about the ethnic communities. I don't have anything
:07:20. > :07:23.to withdraw, because I didn't agree with them. Tonight's spotlight is on
:07:24. > :07:28.BBC One at 10:45pm. You may have seen pictures
:07:29. > :07:30.of the continuing demolition of shelters in the migrant
:07:31. > :07:32.camp in Calais. We've been talking to a family
:07:33. > :07:35.from Portadown who spent a week The family, who travelled
:07:36. > :07:38.with a church group, included four children,
:07:39. > :07:40.one of them aged nine. BBC Newsline's Tara Mills has been
:07:41. > :07:52.talking to the family A child's body abandoned, unable to
:07:53. > :07:59.continue its journey because of the deep mud. -- a child's pram
:08:00. > :08:05.abandoned. It was a normal life that this family left, including the
:08:06. > :08:12.youngest child Michael who is only nine. It was scary seeing everybody
:08:13. > :08:18.in the tense and all the snow. It wasn't very nice to see all the
:08:19. > :08:29.things on the ground, very muddy. I was very sad for them. It felt good
:08:30. > :08:45.to help them. I give them water and tea and Coffey. We got to play with
:08:46. > :08:51.another boy. His name was Sam. Mum Pauline defended the decision to
:08:52. > :08:56.take her. Children can do a lot. Because of her dad has been out
:08:57. > :09:00.before before Christmas time and knew it was safe for us all to go
:09:01. > :09:05.out, I was quite happy. Plus I always had her by my side. I didn't
:09:06. > :09:11.let her go for a minute. The family travelled in their camper van and
:09:12. > :09:19.said it was invaluable. It became an makeshift soup kitchen and a place
:09:20. > :09:23.for people to sit and talk. Sadly it was the camp they visited which was
:09:24. > :09:27.partially dismantled yesterday, something the family finds deeply
:09:28. > :09:31.upsetting. One thing is certain - everyone in the family says they
:09:32. > :09:38.will go back. Michael said she cannot stop thinking about the
:09:39. > :09:43.friend she made. -- Nicole. Thinking about where they have got to sleep,
:09:44. > :09:46.and I have got a bed. It's clear the plight of the refugees has deeply
:09:47. > :09:47.affected this family and they say they are not prepared to sit back
:09:48. > :09:49.and do nothing. An East Belfast Mum says her
:09:50. > :09:54.seriously ill daughter's dreams came true today when pop star
:09:55. > :09:56.Adele visited the family home. The multi-award-winning singer
:09:57. > :09:58.was in the city tonight Tracy Gibney says her daughter
:09:59. > :10:05.Rebecca is one of her biggest fans. Lisa McAlister has
:10:06. > :10:20.been to meet them. # Hello from the other side...
:10:21. > :10:23.12-year-old Rebecca Gibney has several life limiting conditions
:10:24. > :10:27.including cerebral palsy, epilepsy and blindness. But she loves
:10:28. > :10:39.listening to music, particularly at Dell. -- Adele. Her response will be
:10:40. > :10:51.smiles. She is trying to move her mouth. She lobs and Dell's voice. If
:10:52. > :11:01.I put something else on she goes in and read. She has loved Adele for
:11:02. > :11:03.about five, six years now. She was in the hairdressers this afternoon
:11:04. > :11:11.when the singer's manager called and said she would be in their house in
:11:12. > :11:17.an hour. She told me I was really good mother. She played with
:11:18. > :11:24.Rebecca, said hello, it's Adele. I'll never forget it, and I do know.
:11:25. > :11:28.When Rebecca passes away, she did get her dream come true, and
:11:29. > :11:32.When Rebecca passes away, she did made me feel I am the best mum in
:11:33. > :11:37.the world, which I never felt. I can't believe it. Adele also invited
:11:38. > :11:46.Tracy and her other daughter to the concert tonight at her guests. ID to
:11:47. > :11:50.remember for all the Gibneys. -- day to remember.
:11:51. > :12:00.Now finally onto the weather outlook with Cecilia Daly.
:12:01. > :12:10.Tonight's weather dominated by storm Jake. Warnings are now in force for
:12:11. > :12:14.snow and ice across Northern Ireland. Initially lying snow across
:12:15. > :12:18.Northern counties, but by the end of the night there could be a covering
:12:19. > :12:28.almost anywhere. The most significant falls likely over higher
:12:29. > :12:32.ground, but likely to be icy in many places. Don't be surprised if you
:12:33. > :12:36.wake up to some snow cover just about anywhere. Significant snow
:12:37. > :12:40.likely over higher gross particularly in Derry and Antrim. It
:12:41. > :12:45.will improve as the morning goes on and become less wintry over the
:12:46. > :12:49.second half of the day. Warnings across parts of Scotland and
:12:50. > :12:54.northern England. Strong winds across Northern Ireland drifting
:12:55. > :12:58.down and then easing later on. It will feel cold everywhere with a
:12:59. > :13:01.biting North westerly wind. Showers across Northern Ireland will turn
:13:02. > :13:08.more to sleet and rain as the day goes on. Feeling colder in the
:13:09. > :13:12.strong winds. They will ease on Wednesday night. Not bad on
:13:13. > :13:15.Thursday. Sunshine and light winds for a while before the next weather
:13:16. > :13:21.system later, bringing a mix of rain and possibly sleet and held snow for
:13:22. > :13:26.a while too. Overall staying quite cold, wintry at times. There is the
:13:27. > :13:26.probably the best of the next few days.
:13:27. > :13:46.I'm Vincent Kearney, I'm home affairs correspondent
:13:47. > :13:49.Home affairs covers a huge range of subjects.