22/03/2016 BBC Newsline


22/03/2016

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A group of young people caught up in the Brussels attacks have tonight

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The County Antrim teenagers had arrived at the city's airport

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to catch a flight home when the first explosion took place.

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Our reporter David Maxwell met them as they arrived at Dublin airport.

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As you can see from the arrivals board, incoming flights from

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Brussels have been cancelled and that is expect it to remain the case

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for another 24 hours. Anyone trying to make their way back from Brussels

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is having to plan on alternative route. That is the case for a group

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of youth Council representatives from Northern Ireland. This evening

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they made their way back through Amsterdam but this morning they were

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in Brussels airport when the bombs went off. I have been finding out

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about their experiences. We just came into the platform down below,

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out of the train and about to go up the escalator into arrivals when

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security told us all to get out and moved us into the emergency exits.

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Did you see any sign of the bombs that had gone off? We did not see

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anything, just the people coming running out and we just followed

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them. Back out into the car park. It was only after that that was saw the

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Fire Brigade and emergency vehicles arriving at new something serious

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was going on. It was quite shocking, everyone was just running out and we

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were wondering what was going on. Over 30 people lost their lives in

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Brussels today. You spent a few days there, did it come as a huge shock?

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Yes, you never know, is could be nice if we had five minutes later.

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It is shocking to think so many people have lost their lives, so

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many people affected by such a horrible, devastating event. These

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young people are glad to be on the ceiling and of course their families

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will be glad to have them home safe and sound. Everyone is thinking of

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those killed today and those injured in these latest attack. -- glad to

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be home this evening. The funeral took place today

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of the prison officer who died after being injured in a booby trap

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bomb explosion in Belfast. Adrian Ismay was described as a big

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man with a big heart. When a bomb exploded under

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Adrian Ismay's van two and a half weeks ago, he was badly injured

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but the prison officer, with 29 years service,

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survived and he and his family must He died a week ago and his

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funeral took place today. Politicians, prison and police

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officials came to the Methodist church to celebrate the life

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of the man from Carlisle who made his home and

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raised his family here. His brother-in-law spoke

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of his love of rugby, He was looking forward

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to a new grandchild and a Florida His oldest grandson said to me,

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uncle Ron, say it from your heart. We are here to celebrate

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the life of Adrian. Adrian Ismay was involved

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in many voluntary groups. Scouts, St John's ambulance,

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and the rescue service. The Methodist President said dark

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men came in darkness We want to build an inclusive,

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peaceful society in Northern And your contribution

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to it we do not want. At Belfast City Hall,

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a group of workers held a silent A congregation of around 800 marked

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the passing of Adrian Ismay, who, friends say,

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had much to live for. A man has been charged

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with his murder. The Manchester United footballer

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Wayne Rooney has offered his prayers for the Londonderry family who lost

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five relatives in the Buncrana The star striker sent a Twitter

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message which said "devastating news about young Mark,

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Evan family from Derry". Our North-West reporter,

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Keiron Tourish was in Ballymagroarty today as the coffins were brought

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home from County Donegal. Silence descended on this part

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of Hazelbank as the remains Friends and neighbours trying

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to comprehend the sheer scale Louise James lost her

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partner Sean and her sons. As well as her mother

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Ruth and sister. Her four-month-old baby

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was rescued by a passer-by. I think all you can do

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is allow a person to cry, to hug you, to be angry,

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but she's grateful, full of pain and sadness but grateful

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they are home. Among those in attendance,

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pupils from the primary school where eight-year-old

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Evan was a pupil. His elder brother, Mark,

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who also died, had attended the school, too, before leaving

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for secondary school last summer. All the teachers, all the children,

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the teachers were crying thinking Amongst those signing

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the book of condolence, I haven't been sleeping

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the last few nights. Hopefully the baby is a miracle,

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and it'll see her through some The funerals are due to take

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place at 2pm on Thursday The animal welfare charity

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the USPCA has suspended its Chief Executive

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Stephen Philpott. It says it has identified issues

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with how the organisation USPCA chief executive,

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Stephen Philpott, often ends up His willingness to do interviews

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on stories like this 2003 hunt on the north coast gave

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him a high profile. There has been livestock attacked

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and we want to look at it now. He was also to the fore in campaigns

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against animal cruelty and practices Today the organisation said issues

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of concern had been raised And after what it called

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an independent investigation, We've announced today that

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Stephen Philpott has been suspended after an internal investigation

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by the trustees. And we're now into the

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disciplinary process. The charity had its annual

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general meeting today. Mr Philpott didn't attend

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and afterwards delegates I don't want to say

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anything, thank you. The charity relies almost

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exclusively on donations More than ?1 million

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was given last year. The challenge now for the USPCA

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is to convince the public that it is a good

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place to donate cash. The charity said as the disciplinary

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proceedings had not finished, it wasn't able to say more

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about the circumstances surrounding 93 jobs are being created

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by a manufacturing company in Bloc Blinds is more than doubling

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its workforce with a ?4 million expansion which includes

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new factory premises. The John Lewis department store

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sells the firm's products in the UK and the company is doing

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a significant export business to the United States

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and mainland Europe. With the centenary of

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the Easter Rising later this week more and more accounts

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of what happened and the people Catherine Morrison focusses

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on a family from Belfast. Four siblings were involved in very

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different battles in the turbulent This is the story

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of the Corr family. Together with her sister, Nell,

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they ran off to join the rising, telling their parents

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they were going camping. Their brothers George

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and Charles signed up, too, but for the Allied

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forces in the trenches Siblings on opposite

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sides of history. We know so much of their part

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in the rising because Elizabeth left behind this eyewitness

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account of their time. They met with leaders

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of the Citizen Army, acted as go-betweens and slept

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at Countess Markovic's house. They left Dublin on Easter Monday

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before the fighting began to bring dispatches back to the north

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to the volunteers who had been For the part they played,

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they were awarded military pensions Elizabeth and Nell played

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a significant part. The family is part of a new subject

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at the Linenhall library in Belfast. This whole exhibition

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is about opening opportunities And that is consistent

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with what we are seeing The Corr sisters were taught rifle

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shooting by a Protestant Things aren't as black

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and white as they seem. Elizabeth's account paints a vivid

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picture of the Easter rising and sheds

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new light on those tumultuous times. Liberty Hall was humming

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when we arrived. Joseph Plunkett was there, looking

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ill with his throat bandaged... James Connelly came from another

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part of the building and said, well, girls, we start

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operations at noon. This is the proclamation

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of the Republic. It was still wet from

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the press and we read it The Corr boys left less material

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behind but we do know that George was killed fighting

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for the Australian army on the Somme His brother, Charles, fought

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for the Canadian expeditionary Their story might sound

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extraordinary but it isn't unique. It shows the complexities

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and the divided loyalties There was a shock result in

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tonight's Irish Premiership match. Carrick Rangers stunned

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the champions Crusaders with a 4-3 It was good while it lasted but the

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current dry spell ends today. Tomorrow there will be patchy rain

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because of the low weather system moving in from the Atlantic. And the

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Easter holidays will be wet and windy at times. Tonight we have a

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lot of cloud, stopping temperatures falling to low. Typically around

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five or 6 degrees. Eventually the cloud tomorrow wrings some patchy

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rain later on. But to begin with it is a dry start with some brighter

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spells for we have grey skies pushing in in the morning. That

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brings rain to western areas at first, gradually moving east through

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the course of the day. I had of that across Britain it is a cloudy day,

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some rain in Scotland nudging its wake east through the course of the

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day. South of that largely dry and then it turns sunny across many

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areas through the afternoon. So an east- West split in the afternoon,

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some rain lingering in eastern counties but brighter towards the

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West. There will be rain around during the day on Thursday,

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especially during the first half, improving by the end of the day.

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That sets us up for a good day on Good Friday, said to be the driest

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of the days to come. Saturday and Sunday will see more low pressure

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heading our way bringing rain on Saturday with scattered showers and

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sunshine on Easter Sunday.

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