:00:08. > :00:11.Fares on public transport won't be getting more expensive this year.
:00:12. > :00:14.Translink have announced a freeze on their bus,
:00:15. > :00:16.coach and rail service for the next year.
:00:17. > :00:19.There was a big jump in prices last year.
:00:20. > :00:24.Welcome to a very busy Europa bus centre.
:00:25. > :00:30.Lots of people heading home for the Bank Holiday weekend.
:00:31. > :00:32.There is good news today because Translink have decided
:00:33. > :00:40.We have decided to freeze it, which is good news
:00:41. > :00:52.How will you make that up without raising fares?
:00:53. > :00:54.Obviously fares is one element, and also how we are funded
:00:55. > :01:02.Investing in public transport is really important
:01:03. > :01:05.and it is a vital link for a lot of communities in Northern Ireland,
:01:06. > :01:12.as well as adding to the economy and supporting the environment.
:01:13. > :01:18.I hope that this price freeze will encourage more consumers and
:01:19. > :01:24.shoppers to use public transport when they are getting to and from
:01:25. > :01:29.city centres. And passengers seemed to be pleased
:01:30. > :01:37.with the news. We don't get the bus very often but I think they are fine
:01:38. > :01:43.as they are. Do you like the train or the bus better? The train.
:01:44. > :01:48.Sometimes money and Tommy just go. I think they are a bit expensive. It
:01:49. > :01:54.doesn't really encourage you to take the bus. That is dead on. I doubt
:01:55. > :02:01.they would put them back up again. They are played to them. Thank you.
:02:02. > :02:07.I don't want you to Mr Bass. Existing passengers might be happy
:02:08. > :02:09.but for it them to keep them that way, more people need to be tempted
:02:10. > :02:11.on board. Imitation guns and suspected
:02:12. > :02:12.cannabis have been seized during a search of a
:02:13. > :02:15.house in East Belfast. There was a heavy police
:02:16. > :02:17.presence outside the house A 30-year-old man was detained
:02:18. > :02:20.and is being questioned by detectives about drugs-related
:02:21. > :02:25.offences. Lough Neagh is to benefit
:02:26. > :02:27.from a grant of almost ?2.5 million The money will support projects
:02:28. > :02:33.and jobs that improve and protect Our reporter Sara Girvin
:02:34. > :02:38.has been to the lough. It's the biggest lake
:02:39. > :02:40.in the UK and Ireland, Now the rare species that call
:02:41. > :02:46.Lough Neagh home are to benefit from ?2.5 million
:02:47. > :02:50.in lottery funding. The money will be spent
:02:51. > :02:52.on preserving wildlife, restoring wetlands and the Lough's
:02:53. > :02:58.archeological heritage. Five full-time jobs will be created,
:02:59. > :03:00.as well as hundreds of volunteer For those working on the lough,
:03:01. > :03:07.the investment is long overdue. The grant will pay for 27 projects
:03:08. > :03:22.in all, with work beginning For some strange reason, it's never
:03:23. > :03:26.captured the imagination of people. It never got the interest from
:03:27. > :03:29.Government that it should have. Hopefully that will do this.
:03:30. > :03:31.The funding will be delivered over the next five years,
:03:32. > :03:34.but those behind the project hope that will make Lough Neagh a place
:03:35. > :03:37.we can all enjoy for much longer than that.
:03:38. > :03:41.Sara Girvin, BBC Newsline, Ballyronan.
:03:42. > :03:43.Several thousand people have marched in Dublin to remember the leaders
:03:44. > :03:48.Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams addressed those who had gathered
:03:49. > :03:51.for what was called, the Lost Leaders March.
:03:52. > :03:54.The Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness was also there.
:03:55. > :03:57.The Rising, a six-day rebellion against British rule,
:03:58. > :03:59.led to the eventual creation of an independent
:04:00. > :04:03.Preparations are being made in Dublin for the main
:04:04. > :04:07.government-organised centenary commemoration event this weekend.
:04:08. > :04:10.A military parade, the largest in the history of the state,
:04:11. > :04:20.will pass through the streets of the capital on Sunday.
:04:21. > :04:26.Hundreds of meetings were held and thousands of events have been
:04:27. > :04:32.organised. I think you are getting a truly diverse commemoration of 1916,
:04:33. > :04:33.which includes every type of opinion, which is wonderful.
:04:34. > :04:35.BBC Northern Ireland has full coverage of the big commemoration
:04:36. > :04:39.I will be presenting a live programme from O'Connell Street.
:04:40. > :04:41.That starts here on BBC One at 11:25am on Sunday morning.
:04:42. > :04:48.BBC Radio Ulster will also be on air live.
:04:49. > :04:51.Our news website will also have a live screening of the event.
:04:52. > :04:54.If you're looking for background information and special reports
:04:55. > :04:58.on the 1916 Easter Rising, you can find that all
:04:59. > :05:08.Go to bbc.co.uk/easterrising And on Easter Monday,
:05:09. > :05:10.the day the Rising actually started, you can follow events
:05:11. > :05:17.as they happened on our news website.
:05:18. > :05:22.The Northern Ireland football manager says his side got everything
:05:23. > :05:25.they needed out of a 1-1 draw with Wales last night.
:05:26. > :05:31.Joel Taggart was at the friendly in Cardiff.
:05:32. > :05:40.It was a game that led up to its friendly billing, highly edge of the
:05:41. > :05:46.seat stuff, but useful for tinkering with formations and looking at fresh
:05:47. > :05:51.faces. Northern Ireland are a tough defensive nut to crack these days.
:05:52. > :05:57.Michael McGovern asked to make just one save a node in the first half.
:05:58. > :06:07.The opening goal came in the first-half. Craig Cathcart. Gareth
:06:08. > :06:13.McAuley brought down Simon Church, who picked himself up and scored
:06:14. > :06:23.from the spot. Plenty of positives, including plenty of match time for a
:06:24. > :06:28.rusty Carl Laverty. Me going out and getting gametime in Birmingham,
:06:29. > :06:32.trying to push the play-off spot, so as I said it will suit both parties
:06:33. > :06:40.and hopefully I will go and score goals and get fit and helpfully Dott
:06:41. > :06:43.ugly help them climb of the table. -- hopefully.
:06:44. > :06:45.With the latest weather forecast for the weekend,
:06:46. > :06:58.We started Good Friday off on a lovely note, plenty of clear blue
:06:59. > :07:03.skies. But as we go through the day, it has become increasingly cloudy.
:07:04. > :07:07.The breed has started to pick up and as we go through this evening, it's
:07:08. > :07:11.going to get wet. This weather fund is going to move its way into night
:07:12. > :07:17.and could bring ten or 15 millimetres of rain. The
:07:18. > :07:24.temperatures will stay on the mild side. This morning we'll start of
:07:25. > :07:30.clear -- we started off clear and tomorrow will be very different.
:07:31. > :07:34.Even once it is gone, we are not out of the woods because behind it there
:07:35. > :07:37.are some pretty pokey showers appearing during Saturday afternoon.
:07:38. > :07:42.The temperatures are down by a couple of degrees and today's
:07:43. > :07:46.values, so we will see highs of nine or 10 degrees, which is pretty much
:07:47. > :07:50.what we should expect from this time of year. Sunday will be cooler. A
:07:51. > :07:54.reasonably chilly night and the clerks will go forward by an hour in
:07:55. > :08:00.the small hours. There will be some darker mornings and late evenings to
:08:01. > :08:05.come. It's going to feel like we had that the calendar forward by the
:08:06. > :08:11.month. A bit of a feel of April showers and perhaps some hail and
:08:12. > :08:14.thunder in the mix. It's really not the best show in terms of the
:08:15. > :08:16.weather but used it began but I'm sure you will make the most of it
:08:17. > :08:17.whatever you are doing. BBC Newsline will be
:08:18. > :08:19.back tonight at 10:15. From everyone on the BBC
:08:20. > :08:20.Newsline team, goodbye.