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Two men have been arrested following a violent confrontation

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in West Belfast tonight which left three people in hospital.

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They're said to be in a stable condition.

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An eye witness to the incident on the Andersonstown Road described

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how hammers were among the weapons used.

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Martin Cassidy reports from the scene.

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It was here on this main thoroughfare in West Belfast

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where three men were injured in a violent altercation

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Police say they responded to the incident shortly after six

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Two men were detained and are in police custody.

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They have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm

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with intent and possession of an offensive weapon.

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An eye witness described seeing a bloody confrontation between men

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The bats came out and they were out on the road and they were swinging.

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There was hammers as well. They were just beating each other about the

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road and they had each other down on the ground and all you could see was

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blood everywhere. I felt quite sick seeing it. It wasn't nice. It was

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terrifying to see. It's not clear what provoked

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the incident. Tonight police have retrieved a car

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from the scene and appealed A key witness in the Arlene Arkinson

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inquest has admitted lying Patricia Quinn was in a relationship

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with the murder suspect Robert Howard at the time

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and gave him an alibi for the night "Do you know what the truth is?"

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That's what lawyers for the Arkinson She had told police

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she was with Robert Howard In court today she said at the time

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she thought "it was only a wee white She forcefully denied being his

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girlfriend. She said he was more She said, he had no more interest in

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me and the man on the moon. All other

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witnesses said this was not true She told the Coroner that Howard

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drove to a country road near Pettigoe to look for his watch

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just days after Arlene went missing. He then told her, "I've got secrets

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and I'm going to keep them." But she said she only

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realised he was dangerous after he locked her up for two days,

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a year after Arlene disappeared. She claims he kept the keys down

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the front of his trousers but she managed to escape

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after slipping sleeping pills She also claimed not to remember

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another teenager coming to her in the middle of the night before she

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disappeared saying she had been Lawyers for the Arkinson family

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and for the police each picked holes Shouting out, she told

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the Coroner's Court, "I'm not arguing with you no more,

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for I'm just fed up with it." It is up to the Coroner to decide

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if Patricia Quinn is telling the truth when she said she doesn't

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know what happened to Arlene Over a third of the teaching staff

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at one of the largest schools There was a similar situation

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at De La Salle College Our education correspondent

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Robbie Meredith reports. If there was a roll call

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for teachers rather than pupils at De La Salle College

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today, it would throw up My understanding is that today

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around two dozen That's out of a full-time

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teaching staff of around 70. A few staff in any school of such

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a size may be off sick, some even with long-term problems,

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at any particular time. But such a high number

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of staff being absent It's been a difficult

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period for the school over BBC Newsline first reported problems

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in the school last year. Since then there have been a number

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of meetings between the Board of Governors, the Council

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for Catholic Maintained Schools and the teaching unions

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to address a range of issues. A Strategy Group was set up

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to oversee a "formal renewal" The plan that group drew up included

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a range of actions including. A review of the school's pastoral

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care including "safeguarding/pupil discipline procedures." A review

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of staff welfare policy. Mechanisms "for raising

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and resolving staff concerns The plan also said that

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"there should be no ultimatums, threats or vetos" as part

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of the process, and that there should be no communication

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with the media. But I understand that there have

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been delays in the implementation And that's in part responsible

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for the high levels of staff absence in the school,

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including a number of senior staff. I understand part of the school has

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also had to be closed to pupils today, due to health

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and safety concerns. Some parents are worried that

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pupils' preparation for some GCSE The INTO union, which represents

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the majority of teachers, say they are now considering further

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targeted industrial In a statement, the school principal

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Claire White said they were actively managing the situation

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and would work closely with the relevant bodies,

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including the trade unions, The police are appealing for help

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in catching a rapist who attacked He pulled his victim

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into his car as she walked along the Sydenham Bypass

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between Dee Street and the airport between 10 and 11 o'clock

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on Saturday night. She later escaped and he drove

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off towards Holywood. The First and Deputy First Ministers

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are in the United States as they begin to promote

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Northern Ireland's reduced rate From 2018 companies that invest

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here will pay 12.5% tax on their profits -

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the same as the Republic. Our Economics and Business Editor

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John Campbell reports from the Ministers' first

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stop on their trip - The people who work in these

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buildings make investment decisions which can move money

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and jobs all over the world. A little of that has

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come to Northern Ireland but Executive Ministers

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think they can get more. Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness

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are here to promote the 12.5% rate The message is simple -

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come to Northern Ireland and you can We are moving ahead in terms

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of our tax offering. We have the talent and value,

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so it is about selling Northern Ireland to people

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who might not have heard the story From our perspective,

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the decision we took in the context of the Fresh Start Agreement

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was all about us trying to ensure we could employ something

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in the region of between 30 A new promotional video

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is understated in its description And the attractive tax regime

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is getting even better... Corporate tax has become

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a controversial election issue There's been criticism of firms

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which have relocated their headquarters to Dublin

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to cut their tax bills. One of the critics is the woman

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who's likely to be fighting Donald Trump to be

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the next president. Now that Johnson is back on its feet

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they are gaming the system and moving profits to Ireland

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so they can avoid paying taxes But the senior executive who hosted

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today's event said those type If you look at the proposed

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legislation in Northern Ireland, it is focused on training companies

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who are doing business. Coupled with the other

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attractive propositions within Northern Ireland,

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the tax is just one component and I think businesses will look

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at that and look clearly In 90 days time the Northern Ireland

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football team will play their first game in the European

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Championships in France. The Republic's opening game

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is the following day. BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson takes

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a look at what the Northern Ireland fans can expect as they

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travel around France. It is quite a journey,

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covering more than half the length of France and taking in the three

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cities where Northern Ireland play their group games,

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Nice, Lyon and Paris. I have been on this road trip and it

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all began beside the sea. You have got the sunshine

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and the seaside. For a Northern Ireland fan it

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doesn't get much better than this. Also, wait till you see

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the football stadium. Believe it or not this

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is the smallest stadium It has only around 35,000 seats,

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but when the team come out here to start their campaign

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on Sunday the 12th of June, all the fans will be pretty

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close to the action. That end will be a sea of green

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and knowing Northern Ireland fans, other parts of the

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stadium will be too. We are very proud to have some green

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in the stadium and we have it in another way because we are

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a green and eco-friendly stadium. After Nice it is a long

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five Hour drive. To here, Lyon, for the second match

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against the Ukraine. It is the third-largest city

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in the whole of France. It is also the city

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which is the closest In this small country town

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they are bringing the local pitch up People here are very

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excited about the Euros, so who will they be supporting,

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France or Northern Ireland? My heart is in France and maybe I am

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very happy that Northern Ireland I will support Northern

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Ireland, of course. The final destination for the fans

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is almost 300 miles from Lyon, At the home of the Paris St Germain,

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the game against the world champions One more thing, the fan zone

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in Paris is the mother It will have room for more

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than 120,000 people. And what's more, it

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is dead easy to find. With all this travelling

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the Northern Ireland team Thankfully I have already been

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given a guided tour. Find out more on tomorrow's

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BBC Newsline. On tomorrow evening's programme,

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BBC Newsline's Tara Mills meets a man who spent more than 50 years

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living on a ward in Muckamore Abbey He's deaf and doesn't speak,

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but is now living in the community The latest weather forecast

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is next with Cecilia Daly. If you like sunshine,

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you can't really complain Fortunately high pressure

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will continue to keep things drive Mostly quite mild

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in the afternoons, Towards the end of the week,

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we are likely to pick up more cloud, so the rest of the

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sunshine over the next As a result it will get cold,

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especially in the West. Temperatures could drop

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as low as two or three First thing tomorrow it

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will certainly feel chilly. There may be some

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early morning cloud. Quite chilly to begin with,

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once again the breeze is coming Some Eastern counties will feel

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quite cold at times. You really need to get

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into the West to get some shelter from that breeze

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and enjoy the sunshine at its best. Likewise across the West

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of Scotland, West Wales, Western counties of

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England, that's where the best of the temperatures

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will be, whereas close to the North Sea coasts

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there will be more cloud and temperatures will

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be in single figures. 11 or 12 Celsius in most places

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tomorrow afternoon across Northern That is just a little

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bit down today. Our highest temperatures

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are likely in the West where there is the best shelter

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from that cool breeze. On Wednesday it should

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be another fine day. A little bit more cloud around

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but still a good deal of sunshine. Then as we head towards

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St Patrick's Day on Thursday, it continues dry but there is likely

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to be more cloud and the best Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am

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in the morning during

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