:00:13. > :00:17.The headlines this Thursday evening: Emotional scenes as five members
:00:18. > :00:26.of the same family are buried following the tragedy in Buncrana.
:00:27. > :00:29.They went to watch the sunset together on Buncrana Pier. Unbeknown
:00:30. > :00:39.to them all, an angel would be near. The cyclist who died in a crash
:00:40. > :00:41.in Lisburn yesterday After years of negotiation,
:00:42. > :00:44.the Executive agrees to publish Northern Ireland's
:00:45. > :00:45.guidelines on abortion. Gardai investigate whether
:00:46. > :00:48.the murder of a man in County Meath is linked to the Dublin
:00:49. > :00:57.gangland feud. As Dublin gets ready to mark the
:00:58. > :01:01.centenary of the Easter Rising, I'm inside the GPO, a building that was
:01:02. > :01:05.at the very heart of the rebellion in 1916.
:01:06. > :01:07.Northern Ireland take on Wales in a friendly tonight,
:01:08. > :01:09.as both countries prepare for the Euros.
:01:10. > :01:12.A cold night to come, but dry and bright for most of Friday.
:01:13. > :01:23.There were heartbreaking scenes today at the funeral in Londonderry
:01:24. > :01:25.of the family who died in the Buncrana pier
:01:26. > :01:30.Five members of the McGrotty family, including three children,
:01:31. > :01:34.died when their car went into the water.
:01:35. > :01:36.The sole survivor, a four-month-old baby girl, was rescued
:01:37. > :01:46.Our north-west reporter Keiron Tourish reports.
:01:47. > :01:53.A final painful farewell to her youngest son, eight-year-old Evan.
:01:54. > :01:57.Today, Louise James was comforted by family and friends as she made the
:01:58. > :02:02.heartbreaking wart to Holy Family Church for the funerals of five
:02:03. > :02:06.people so close to her heart -- heartbreaking walk. Mourners in
:02:07. > :02:16.respectful silence, as a city stood united with the family. Parish
:02:17. > :02:19.priest Father Paddy O'Kane spoke eloquently of the loss of all
:02:20. > :02:32.involved, but none more so than Louise James. There were, he said,
:02:33. > :02:35.no words to take away her pain. When the family car entered the water
:02:36. > :02:42.here on Sunday evening, it claimed the lives of five people. Louise
:02:43. > :02:47.James lost her partner Sean, and her two sons, Mark, 12, and
:02:48. > :02:51.eight-year-old Evan. Gone as well her mother, Ruth Daniels, and
:02:52. > :02:58.sister, Jodie Lee. The sole survivor, four-month-old
:02:59. > :03:05.Rionaghac-Ann, who was then rescued by a passer-by, Davitt Walsh.
:03:06. > :03:14.Without fear of his own life and safety, he entered Lough Swilly to
:03:15. > :03:20.save Rionaghac-Ann, and I will be forever grateful to you. Thank you
:03:21. > :03:29.so, so much. APPLAUSE
:03:30. > :03:33.Ruth Daniels' son Joshua, who plays for Derry City, said his mother had
:03:34. > :03:41.been an inspiration. My mother is a very loving, kind woman, treated
:03:42. > :03:46.everyone the same, with a warm and infectious character. Growing up
:03:47. > :03:52.with the traits that she had is in Apsley gift to me and everybody who
:03:53. > :03:59.knew her. -- an absolute gift. She was a very proud person and love to
:04:00. > :04:03.see people doing well. Sean's love for his family was proven, if proof
:04:04. > :04:11.was ever needed, with his selfless actions last Sunday evening. A lot
:04:12. > :04:15.of people may not know this, but our Sean couldn't swim. The boys of
:04:16. > :04:20.Saint Josephs have been expressing their feelings about Mark McGrotty
:04:21. > :04:26.in a special book and will present the memory box to his family. He was
:04:27. > :04:39.hugely popular and is seen here on the left playing an Indian in the
:04:40. > :04:43.school show. The choir at St Mary's are rehearsing before today's
:04:44. > :04:51.funeral. Friends of Jodie Lee Daniels set smile and bubbly
:04:52. > :04:58.character set her apart. Jodie was an amazing friend to have around.
:04:59. > :05:02.She would brighten up any room. She said, smile, your face won't crack,
:05:03. > :05:10.and it would make me laugh. She was a pleasure to have as a friend.
:05:11. > :05:15.Louise James said her family went to watch the sunset at Buncrana Pier,
:05:16. > :05:19.but never returned. All but her beautiful baby daughter, who is just
:05:20. > :05:24.four -month-old. Even in the midst of such sorrow she had such
:05:25. > :05:34.gratitude that one precious life had been spared.
:05:35. > :05:36.The cyclist killed on our roads yesterday was a Syrian refugee
:05:37. > :05:38.who was living and working in Lisburn.
:05:39. > :05:41.Mahfouz Baleed and his family spoke to BBC Newsline in December
:05:42. > :05:45.about how they'd settled into life here.
:05:46. > :05:53.Happier times for Mahfouz Baleed and his family. The 47-year-old was a
:05:54. > :05:58.dentist in Syria. The family lived in Aleppo, one of the cities worst
:05:59. > :06:01.hit by the war. He came to Northern Ireland as a refugee last year,
:06:02. > :06:06.joining his wife and children. Speaking to us in December he said
:06:07. > :06:13.he had come here for a better life. I discovered that we must find a
:06:14. > :06:18.safe place. I told my wife, because she has a foreign passport, to go
:06:19. > :06:21.there and find anything to survive my children. Anything. I told her,
:06:22. > :06:28.I'm ready to pay everything I have just to survive our family, because
:06:29. > :06:33.no future in Syria within this war. He worked in a window blind factory
:06:34. > :06:38.in Lisburn and died yesterday, when his bike collided with a lorry. He
:06:39. > :06:47.was a great man, a very quiet man, very helpful, very generous. He was
:06:48. > :06:50.a family man. He was working hard to try to provide for his family. He
:06:51. > :06:55.leaves behind his wife and four children, including a 12-year-old
:06:56. > :07:03.and six-year-old. I find it a gift from the heaven, we find any
:07:04. > :07:07.different passport to put our children in a safe place. He got his
:07:08. > :07:11.wish to protect his children from the war in Syria, but tragically
:07:12. > :07:12.lost his own life in the country that was supposed to give them a
:07:13. > :07:15.fresh start. The BBC has learned
:07:16. > :07:17.that the Executive has agreed to publish Northern Ireland's
:07:18. > :07:19.guidelines on abortion. It follows years of negotiation
:07:20. > :07:21.between the Departments of Health and Justice, with an input
:07:22. > :07:23.from senior clinicians. I'm joined by our health
:07:24. > :07:34.correspondent, Marie-Louise How significant is this, and is it
:07:35. > :07:38.finally resolved? The very fact they have been published is very
:07:39. > :07:42.significant. Earlier, the Executive met in Londonderry and it was around
:07:43. > :07:46.the table that the ministers agreed to finally published the much
:07:47. > :07:50.anticipated guidelines on abortion. It's my understanding that the
:07:51. > :07:54.minister was due to announce this tomorrow, but the detail can't come
:07:55. > :07:57.soon enough. Politicians, clinicians and other interested groups will
:07:58. > :08:01.want to know the finer detail. They will want to see if they address the
:08:02. > :08:05.issue around fatal fatal abnormality. That's unlikely,
:08:06. > :08:11.because all the guidelines can at this stage is offer clarity on the
:08:12. > :08:14.existing law. However, if they are eventually accepted in full, they
:08:15. > :08:18.could offer some clarity for health workers. We have also learned the
:08:19. > :08:22.working group which salmon -- Simon Hamilton was asked to set up in
:08:23. > :08:25.February will go ahead and it will include input from the Department of
:08:26. > :08:30.Justice. Another significant development in the health service
:08:31. > :08:34.today? Simon Hamilton has decided to abolish the health and social care
:08:35. > :08:38.board. All commissioning powers are now to be transferred to the
:08:39. > :08:44.Department of Health, which will also hold the five health trusts
:08:45. > :08:47.here to account. The health and social care services a massive
:08:48. > :08:49.machine that never stops working. So far, it's been the role of the
:08:50. > :08:55.health board to ensure that machine runs smoothly,
:08:56. > :08:58.including managing the five health trusts and negotiating how budgets
:08:59. > :09:03.are spent. But now, that's all about to change. Following a consultation,
:09:04. > :09:08.Simon Hamilton has decided to scrap the board, transferring power
:09:09. > :09:13.instead to the Department of Health. So how will it work, and how much of
:09:14. > :09:17.it affects the public? Instead of dealing with the board, the health
:09:18. > :09:20.trusts will work directly with civil servants in the health Department.
:09:21. > :09:25.It will be the department who will write the check for things like
:09:26. > :09:29.operations, staff wages, buying equipment and community care. So who
:09:30. > :09:32.will monitor performance? Well, a new group will be established within
:09:33. > :09:37.the Department to scrutinise how trusts perform, if they balance the
:09:38. > :09:42.books, all of which should mean a better service for patients. The
:09:43. > :09:47.minister insists that cutting out a layer of bureaucracy will make for a
:09:48. > :09:51.much more efficient service, while, he says, it's not about cutting
:09:52. > :09:54.jobs, there's this morning. I think there will be an impact at senior
:09:55. > :09:59.level within the organisation and I want to restructure it so we can
:10:00. > :10:03.ensure that we get management of performance by our trusts and others
:10:04. > :10:06.within the health and social care system accountable to the
:10:07. > :10:11.Department. The board however insists that it is committed to
:10:12. > :10:15.redeploying the 600 workers. For some, it's all been badly handled.
:10:16. > :10:20.We are also very concerned at the shabby way the board's staff have
:10:21. > :10:23.been treated. Many of them have contacted our office, expressing
:10:24. > :10:28.concern about the way they have been treated. While this shake-up appears
:10:29. > :10:33.radical, some critics argue that the announcement must go further. It
:10:34. > :10:38.would be a measure of how successful it might be if the Minister has
:10:39. > :10:42.defined we will slim down the number of senior posts we have one way or
:10:43. > :10:46.another. In other words, we should be talking about needing fewer
:10:47. > :10:49.people to make decisions at the top. Many senior people within the board
:10:50. > :10:53.have told me they are furious about the timing of the Minister's
:10:54. > :10:58.announcement and how staff weren't informed sooner. They argue that
:10:59. > :10:59.while it may sound good, in practice it probably will deliver very
:11:00. > :11:03.little. Still to come on the programme:
:11:04. > :11:05.Another boost for the Northern Ireland television industry here,
:11:06. > :11:07.with two new series filmed Gardai are investigating
:11:08. > :11:15.whether the murder of a 55-year-old man in County Meath last night
:11:16. > :11:18.was linked to the ongoing Noel Duggan was shot dead as he sat
:11:19. > :11:36.in his car outside his home. Shot dead outside his own home. A
:11:37. > :11:42.gunman was waiting for Noel Duggan as he drove his black Mercedes into
:11:43. > :11:47.his driveway last night. He didn't stand a chance. He was shot at least
:11:48. > :11:52.five times. The latest victim of Irish gun crime. Every time a man is
:11:53. > :11:55.shot down in his own driveway in front of where his family were
:11:56. > :11:58.inside in the house, that is a barbaric act. Any information that
:11:59. > :12:01.the public can give is that will assist us in this investigation
:12:02. > :12:08.would be greatly appreciated. It is in complete confidence. Any witness,
:12:09. > :12:13.anybody giving us information, is treated in complete confidence. Noel
:12:14. > :12:17.Duggan lived in the county Meath town 20 minutes outside Dublin. He
:12:18. > :12:22.was regarded as a major gangland figure, but he did have a long track
:12:23. > :12:28.record of cigarette smuggling. So much so that his nickname was King
:12:29. > :12:32.Size. The recent gun attack at a boxing event inside a Dublin hotel
:12:33. > :12:42.marked the explanation of a deadly feud between rival drug gangs. --
:12:43. > :12:48.expansion of a deadly feud. Noel Duggan had connections in the past
:12:49. > :12:52.with Jerry the Monk Hutch, so was this why he was shot dead last
:12:53. > :12:55.night? On the face it looks like it but detectives say their
:12:56. > :12:58.investigation is still in its early stages.
:12:59. > :13:01.Over the next week there will be a whole series of events marking
:13:02. > :13:03.the anniversary of the Easter Rising.
:13:04. > :13:06.For this evening's BBC Newsline, Donna has been to a building that
:13:07. > :13:12.will be forever linked to the events of 100 years ago.
:13:13. > :13:19.I am inside the General Post Office, the GPO, on O'Connell Street in
:13:20. > :13:23.Dublin. It was a building at the centre of the Easter Rising, 100
:13:24. > :13:27.years ago, because this is where the rebels had their headquarters. A new
:13:28. > :13:31.exhibition will open here next week, which will give first-hand accounts
:13:32. > :13:35.of what went on. Family knowledge is also important as we remember the
:13:36. > :13:40.centenary. With me as Helen Litton, a relative of Thomas Clark from
:13:41. > :13:46.Dungannon. First signatory of the Cup proclamation and Ned Daly, the
:13:47. > :13:49.youngest to be executed in the aftermath. What's it mean to be a
:13:50. > :13:53.relative of the rebels? For many years it didn't mean very much, it
:13:54. > :13:56.wasn't spoken about much in my home or anything like that. When I went
:13:57. > :14:00.to visit Limerick I would hear a little bit about it. By and large
:14:01. > :14:05.people didn't talk about it a great deal. 1966 was one time when there
:14:06. > :14:11.was a big celebration. That was the first time there had ever been a
:14:12. > :14:15.proper celebration of it. So it's only now it's coming home to me
:14:16. > :14:18.really. I did research on a daily and have written biographies of him
:14:19. > :14:22.and Tom Clarke, but it's only when I see the banners in the streets and
:14:23. > :14:25.the flags and the way people come together, I have visited schools and
:14:26. > :14:30.talked to grips about it and the ugly of the other around the country
:14:31. > :14:34.has been extraordinary. -- talked to groups. I remember seeing a daily on
:14:35. > :14:38.a banner and thinking, that's my great uncle, but it is an family. He
:14:39. > :14:47.belongs to the country. I had never really quite felt that before. But
:14:48. > :14:49.it is true. Helen, thank you. There is no doubt what happened in this
:14:50. > :14:54.building and elsewhere during the Easter Rising was a huge milestone
:14:55. > :14:56.in Anglo-Irish relations. Shane Morrison looks at how that
:14:57. > :15:02.relationship has fared in the years since 1916.
:15:03. > :15:07.It was a long time coming. The first state visit by a reigning monarch to
:15:08. > :15:13.independent Ireland. The Queen and President honouring those who fought
:15:14. > :15:19.against British rule. And such a long way from Easter 1916, what we
:15:20. > :15:24.will call year zero in Anglo Irish relations. When Irish rebels took
:15:25. > :15:28.over the GPO and claim -- proclaimed a Republican. The execution of the
:15:29. > :15:31.leaders, the arrests of so many by the British afterwards and the
:15:32. > :15:36.threat of subscript -- conscription to fight in the First World War all
:15:37. > :15:40.helped to change opinion about the uprising. The conscription crisis
:15:41. > :15:45.had an enduring an impact on Anglo-Irish relations as did the
:15:46. > :15:50.1916 Rising. In the general election in 1918, most of southern island
:15:51. > :15:55.voted for Sinn Fein and its goal of a Republican, while unionists
:15:56. > :15:58.dominated in the North. The War of Independence broke out after the
:15:59. > :16:04.newly elected Irish MPs refused to go to Westminster and set up a Dail.
:16:05. > :16:07.In the resulting Anglo-Irish Treaty Northern Ireland stayed British, but
:16:08. > :16:13.the remaining 26 counties were given self-government under the Crown. The
:16:14. > :16:20.treaty led to a brief civil war. Michael Collins on one side, Eamon
:16:21. > :16:23.De Valero on the other. In the late 1930s, why he was in power, Ayman
:16:24. > :16:27.della Vero ended the role of the Crown, took control of the ports
:16:28. > :16:33.from the British and declared Irish neutrality in the Second World War.
:16:34. > :16:37.Eamon della Varo Osman neutrality allows German agents to establish
:16:38. > :16:41.themselves in a an easy position. From the end of the warrant all the
:16:42. > :16:46.Civil Rights campaign and the later outbreak of the Troubles, British
:16:47. > :16:50.Irish relations remained largely on an even keel, but even in the midst
:16:51. > :16:54.of disagreement about Northern Ireland the T states joined what
:16:55. > :16:58.would become the European Union, resulting in much more contact
:16:59. > :17:03.between leaders, ministers and civil servants -- two states. We saw one
:17:04. > :17:07.another in a different light. It was no longer big Brother and smaller
:17:08. > :17:09.brother, we were all together in a union which contained many other big
:17:10. > :17:15.countries and smaller countries, and we were able to cooperate much more
:17:16. > :17:19.normally and that has completely changed the type of relationship we
:17:20. > :17:24.have had. Many believe that more normal changed relationship was
:17:25. > :17:28.evidenced in 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement that gave the Republic a
:17:29. > :17:33.say in Northern Ireland's internal affairs. And then later, with the
:17:34. > :17:38.Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Both governments once again at one, but
:17:39. > :17:43.this time with most of the political parties in Northern Ireland. So now,
:17:44. > :17:46.100 years after the Rising, there is another potential landmark in
:17:47. > :17:52.relations between the two states. The British referendum on the EU. A
:17:53. > :17:59.Brexit could become another year zero with major implications for the
:18:00. > :18:03.two Irelands. Anglo-Irish relations. Well, with me
:18:04. > :18:07.in the GPO is the minister overseeing the commemorations of the
:18:08. > :18:10.Easter Rising full stop given the nuances and complexities of the
:18:11. > :18:16.rising, what was in your mind as you tried to get the tone right for
:18:17. > :18:19.events? Well, I wanted these commemorations to be inclusive and
:18:20. > :18:22.to be respectful and to be appropriate and I'm very conscious
:18:23. > :18:27.that there are many different stories to be told around 1916, and
:18:28. > :18:31.I wanted to hear all of the stories and it's in that spirit of things is
:18:32. > :18:35.that a body that we went and started a year and a half ago and have had
:18:36. > :18:39.great collaboration right across the country in terms of people wanting
:18:40. > :18:43.to get involved -- a spirit of inclusivity. We have plans for every
:18:44. > :18:48.single county and they all have their own plans for 1916, so this is
:18:49. > :18:52.a citizens' commemoration and the input has been from the people of
:18:53. > :18:56.Ireland. With all involved, does this then assign the rising to the
:18:57. > :19:01.past, or what role could it have in the future? What we are doing is
:19:02. > :19:05.commemorating the seminal events that happened in 1916, that
:19:06. > :19:09.ultimately led to the independence of the state. But what we are also
:19:10. > :19:14.doing, we are using the opportunity to look back on the last 100 years
:19:15. > :19:17.of life in Ireland and to celebrate our achievements, because we have
:19:18. > :19:21.many achievements, but also to look forward to the future and to
:19:22. > :19:25.reimagine our future and also to look at our future together in the
:19:26. > :19:30.spirit of reconciliation. Thank you, Minister. Preparations are still
:19:31. > :19:34.continuing, to organise the commemorative events this weekend
:19:35. > :19:35.and the week ahead with the GPO, the General Post Office, at the heart of
:19:36. > :19:37.it all. And on Easter Sunday,
:19:38. > :19:39.when the biggest commemoration will be taking place,
:19:40. > :19:42.we'll be live with a special That's here on BBC One at 11:25am
:19:43. > :19:46.on Sunday morning. The local television industry has
:19:47. > :19:49.been boosted by the success But it's far from the only TV series
:19:50. > :19:55.being filmed in Northern Ireland. Our arts correspondent
:19:56. > :19:58.Robbie Meredith has news of two more high-profile productions,
:19:59. > :20:19.one of which is on Action. Music. The heart of County
:20:20. > :20:24.Down, Disney Channel style. They are filming their new musical drama The
:20:25. > :20:29.Lodge here. The Lodge was about a girl I play, a city girl and her
:20:30. > :20:32.mother sadly passes away at her at her and her dad move from the city
:20:33. > :20:37.to her family's country Lodge. She finds out that her dad was planning
:20:38. > :20:44.to sell the Lodge, so she convinces the servant to save the Lodge. It
:20:45. > :20:50.will be filmed in autumn -- it will be shown in autumn. We are investing
:20:51. > :20:54.quite a bit in production, postproduction, builders, sets,
:20:55. > :20:57.filming in multiple locations in Northern Ireland. We will be
:20:58. > :21:02.shooting kayaking scenes, mountain climbing. It's a busy time for the
:21:03. > :21:08.local TV industry. This isn't the only high-profile production on our
:21:09. > :21:15.screens this year. And they off. She is down. BBC One's new Saturday
:21:16. > :21:21.night game show called You Can't Touch This starts this weekend. The
:21:22. > :21:26.Titanic warehouse was transferred into a huge assault course. The fact
:21:27. > :21:30.they created it here and made it here, the employment it creates and
:21:31. > :21:34.this is an idea that it can become a returning series hopefully it can be
:21:35. > :21:37.sold to other territories. Many TV productions here get public money.
:21:38. > :21:45.The local industry body says the investment is worth it. Production
:21:46. > :21:48.equals work, jobs, we have to have a scale and a continuity of work to
:21:49. > :21:53.have a sector here. For every pound we put out we get ?6 back. Their aim
:21:54. > :21:56.is for the number of shows filmed here to rise, even if that means
:21:57. > :21:59.more people taking a fall. A big programme of international
:22:00. > :22:02.football is upon us over Easter. Northern Ireland face Wales
:22:03. > :22:05.tonight in a friendly The match, a 7:45pm kick-off,
:22:06. > :22:10.is live on BBC Two and Radio Ulster One player in the form of his life
:22:11. > :22:15.right now is defender Craig Cathcart, who's dreaming
:22:16. > :22:31.of big things this summer In the best form of his career.
:22:32. > :22:35.Giroud, brilliant defending and thereby Cathcart again, just next
:22:36. > :22:38.away by the Northern Ireland international. Craig Cathcart is
:22:39. > :22:42.living the footballers' dream. Already heading to the European
:22:43. > :22:47.finals this summer with his country and now just one win away from an FA
:22:48. > :22:51.Cup final with his club, Watford. Any other time I have played I have
:22:52. > :22:57.never got past the third round, so this season has been a good run and
:22:58. > :23:00.needed a bit of luck along the way and probably got that and hopefully
:23:01. > :23:04.there's a bit more luck to come our way and we can get to the final and
:23:05. > :23:07.once you get there, you never know what can happen. Craig Cathcart's
:23:08. > :23:12.performances were so impressive is the manager changed the shape of his
:23:13. > :23:15.team and it's something he may do again tonight. We have a small
:23:16. > :23:21.resource of players that we have. It's very important to get your best
:23:22. > :23:25.players on the pitch. Having him at the back was something I had toyed
:23:26. > :23:30.with anyway. For me, he has been one of the outstanding centre backs of
:23:31. > :23:34.the Premier League this year. Out by Cathcart, unruffled, calm as you
:23:35. > :23:38.like. I try to keep a level head and get on with my job. If you keep
:23:39. > :23:41.doing that it will come your way. You wouldn't bet against him
:23:42. > :23:43.enjoying more memorable moments for both club and country in the coming
:23:44. > :23:45.months. And it's been confirmed this evening
:23:46. > :23:48.that Northern Ireland Striker Kyle Lafferty has joined Birmingham City
:23:49. > :23:50.on loan from Norwich until the end Martin O'Neill's Republic of Ireland
:23:51. > :23:57.face Switzerland tomorrow night in a friendly international
:23:58. > :23:59.at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin - an important preparation
:24:00. > :24:12.for this summer's finals. I want to experiment with a few
:24:13. > :24:16.players. I also want to be competitive and I'd like to just
:24:17. > :24:21.keep momentum going, because we don't have that many games left to
:24:22. > :24:25.the start of the euros but effectively I want to play with a
:24:26. > :24:26.bit of cohesion, just go and enjoy it.
:24:27. > :24:29.Rory McIlroy is underway in his second group game in golf's
:24:30. > :24:30.World Matchplay Championship in Texas.
:24:31. > :24:33.The defending champion is looking to make it two wins out of two,
:24:34. > :24:42.Despite a good start, McIlroy is one down against the American after four
:24:43. > :24:44.holes. Coleraine's Alan Campbell remains
:24:45. > :24:47.on course for a place at a fourth Olympic Games after winning
:24:48. > :24:49.the men's single sculls at the GB It was his ninth win in 12 years
:24:50. > :25:02.and now he's aiming to secure his It's going to be tough, it's going
:25:03. > :25:07.to be very, very hard. There is a lot of talent out there in all
:25:08. > :25:11.classes. I'm in there at the head of the pack today. Hopefully we can do
:25:12. > :25:16.something really special together. A reminder we've live coverage
:25:17. > :25:18.of the Wales-Northern Ireland friendly on BBC Two
:25:19. > :25:27.and Radio Ulster - kick-off 7:45pm. Night-time -- no time for Easter
:25:28. > :25:32.eggs for you this weekend! Now let's get the weather.
:25:33. > :25:37.You might want to reach for the hot water bottle tonight because it will
:25:38. > :25:41.be chillier than last night. The reason? Quite a bright evening, the
:25:42. > :25:45.skies clearing a bit and that process continues overnight tonight.
:25:46. > :25:49.As the cloud clears the way it helps the temperatures to drop down quite
:25:50. > :25:53.markedly. It could be cool enough for a bit of frost in some rural
:25:54. > :25:57.areas overnight tonight. We get off to a reasonably chilly start on Good
:25:58. > :26:01.Friday morning. It's going to turn into quite a decent day. Certainly a
:26:02. > :26:04.decent morning. We will get plenty of dry, bright conditions through
:26:05. > :26:17.the morning, some decent spells of sunshine to go
:26:18. > :26:23.with that. But get out and make the most of the early part of the day
:26:24. > :26:25.because it won't take long for that cloud to start moving later on. We
:26:26. > :26:28.have a weather front approaching from the West. Temperatures holding
:26:29. > :26:31.up quite well, it 11-12. Ahead of the front the breeze will pick up
:26:32. > :26:33.through the day. It won't take long before the rain pushes into Western
:26:34. > :26:37.counties. It's not until the late evening and overnight period that
:26:38. > :26:39.the band of rain moves across the whole of Northern Ireland.
:26:40. > :26:44.Temperatures overnight will be more miles. As we head into Saturday
:26:45. > :26:48.itself we keep the cloudy, windy feel. Always the rain could pop up
:26:49. > :26:53.at any time. A pretty miserable picture if I'm honest. It's going
:26:54. > :26:58.feel cooler than it has of late, with temperatures around 8-9dC. This
:26:59. > :27:01.weekend, plenty of attention focused on Dublin with events to mark the
:27:02. > :27:04.Easter Rising. If you are heading into Dublin, a pretty similar
:27:05. > :27:08.weather pattern with Friday the warmest, driest day, the heaviest
:27:09. > :27:13.rain coming through on Saturday. By the time we get to Sunday, always
:27:14. > :27:16.the chance of quite a sharp shower popping up through the day. That's
:27:17. > :27:20.going to be the case across Northern Ireland. Some of those showers could
:27:21. > :27:25.be really quite heavy at times. It's going to have an April showers feel
:27:26. > :27:28.to it. It's a cooler day. Casting an eye across the whole of the Easter
:27:29. > :27:30.weekend, Good Friday stands out as the best, driest day. It gets wet
:27:31. > :27:33.and windy after that. Our late summary is at 10:30pm.You
:27:34. > :27:37.can also keep in contact with us