25/03/2016 BBC Newsline


25/03/2016

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Fares on public transport won't be getting more expensive this year.

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Translink have announced a freeze on their bus,

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coach and rail service for the next year.

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There was a big jump in prices last year.

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Welcome to a very busy Europa bus centre.

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Lots of people heading home for the Bank Holiday weekend.

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There is good news today because Translink have decided

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Chris Conway is the head of Translink.

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We have decided to freeze it, which is good news

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How will you make that up without raising fares?

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Obviously fares is one element, and also how we are funded

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Investing in public transport is really important

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and it is a vital link for a lot of communities in Northern Ireland,

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as well as adding to the economy and supporting the environment.

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I hope that this price freeze will encourage more consumers

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and shoppers to use public transport when they are getting

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And passengers seemed to be pleased with the news.

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We don't get the bus very often, but I think they are fine

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Do you like the train or the bus better?

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It doesn't really encourage you to take the bus.

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I thought they would put them back up again.

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Existing passengers might be happy, but for it them to keep them that

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way, more people need to be tempted onboard.

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Imitation guns and suspected cannabis have been seized

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during a search of a house in East Belfast.

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There was a heavy police presence outside the house

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A 30-year-old man was detained and is being questioned

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by detectives about drugs-related offences.

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Lough Neagh is to benefit from a grant of almost ?2.5 million

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The money will support projects and jobs that improve and protect

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Our reporter Sara Girvin has been to the lough.

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It's the biggest lake in the UK and Ireland,

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Now the rare species that call Lough Neagh home are to benefit

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from ?2.5 million in lottery funding.

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The money will be spent on preserving wildlife,

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restoring wetlands and the Lough's archeological heritage.

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Five full-time jobs will be created, as well as hundreds of volunteer

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For those working on the lough, the investment is long overdue.

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For some strange reason, it's never captured the imagination of people.

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It never got the interest from Government that it should have.

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I think this is going to stimulate that and I hope that already

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beginning. The funding will be delivered over

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the next five years, but those behind the project hope

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that will make Lough Neagh a place we can all enjoy for much

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longer than that. Sara Girvin, BBC Newsline,

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Ballyronan. Several thousand people have marched

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in Dublin to remember the leaders Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams addressed

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those who had gathered for what was called,

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the Lost Leaders March. The Deputy First Minister Martin

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McGuinness was also there. The Rising, a six-day rebellion

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against British rule, led to the eventual

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creation of an independent Preparations are being made

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in Dublin for the main government-organised centenary

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commemoration event this weekend. A military parade, the largest

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in the history of the state, will pass through the streets

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of the capital on Sunday. Hundreds of meetings were held

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and thousands of events I think you are getting a truly

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diverse commemoration of 1916, which includes every type

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of opinion, which is wonderful. BBC Northern Ireland has full

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coverage of the big commemoration Donna Traynor will be presenting

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a live programme That starts here on BBC One

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at 11:25am on Sunday morning. BBC Radio Ulster will

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also be on air live. Our news website will also

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have a live screening of the event. If you're looking for background

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information and special reports on the 1916 Easter Rising,

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you can find that all the day the Rising actually started,

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you can follow events as they happened

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on our news website. Sport now, and Ulster lost

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to Glasgow Warriors by 27 points The away side got off to a good

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start as Iain Henderson marked his come back from injury

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by scoring with this Paddy Jackson added the conversion

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and this long range penalty to give They built on their lead

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in the second half when Stuart McCloskey scored from this quickly

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taken line out. However, Glasgow came from behind

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with two tries in quick succession. The first, this superb solo effort

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by Stuart Hogg, before former Ulster player Tommy Seymour gathered

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Finn Russell's kick and touched And in football, the Republic

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of Ireland got off to a dream start in their friendly match in Dublin

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against Switzerland by scoring This early goal from Ciaran Clark

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secured the Irish side a 1-0 win However, there are fitness concerns

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for striker Kevin Doyle who was stretchered off

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after he was injured making a tackle Now finally here's Geoff Maskill

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to tell us what the weather has After quite a decent day things are

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turning quite wet and windy overnight. A weather front could

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bring ten or 15 millimetres of rain, setting the done very rather

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unsettled bank holiday weekend. Good Friday dawned clear and bright and

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Saturday will feel very different. Gradually, that weather front will

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work its way to the east, but as you take the wider view, you can see

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that we're not out the woods even then. It will bring some strong

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winds and heavy rain across Wales and Scotland and pushing further

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east throughout the day. Behind it though, throughout Northern Ireland,

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we are still left with some fairly heavy showers. Top temperatures of 9

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degrees. A little down on what we saw today. Overnight Saturday,

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temperatures dropping away, the clocks going forward on Sunday

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morning. We will have those darker mornings and some lighter evenings

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to come. I don't think Easter Sunday will be the day to make the most of

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them built because it will have a feel of April showers sort of day,

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plenty of bright spells but also quite pokey showers with a chance of

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hail and plunder in that mix. The temperatures are down again in notch

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or two on the current use. Not the best outlook for an Easter bank

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holiday weekend. It will be the be a

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