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A woman from County Tyrone, arrested and jailed for drugs

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smuggling in Peru, says she is a good person who made a bad decision.

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Michaella McCollum, from Dungannon, was freed on parole last week

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after serving more than two years in prison in South America.

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here just days after her release from prison in Peru.

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She'd tried to smuggle cocaine worth ?1.5 million out of the country,

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an action she now describes as a moment of madness.

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I simply made a decision in a moment of madness.

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I'm not a bad person, I want to demonstrate that I'm

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a good person, and to do something good.

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Obviously I regret the harm I've done and so much suffering I have

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In the time here, I've thought if the drugs had of got back,

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I would have had a lot of blood on my hands.

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Along with Melissa Reid from Scotland, Michaella

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was sentenced to six years and eight months in jail.

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But last week, she was released on parole after serving

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In an interview for a documentary due to be broadcast on RTE tonight,

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the 23-year-old talks about her regret of what happened.

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It feels like a dream. It feels like I will waken up and be back in the

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nightmare. A lot of times I didn't know how to

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say no to somebody. I just followed along with that

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and part of me wanted to be While while she may be out of jail.

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It is still not clear if Michaella McCollum will be allowed to return

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to Northern Ireland or if she'll have to stay in Peru for even

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longer. The Alliance Party leader,

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David Ford, has taken part service for all victims

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of the Easter Rising The event saw the unveiling

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of a memorial inscribed with the names of all those

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who lost their lives during the Rising -

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volunteers, soldiers, A gathering at Glasnevin for those

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of many faiths and none, The Remembrance Wall,

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with the names of all those known to have died

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during the Easter Rising Volunteers, policemen,

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119 British soldiers and, by far the biggest

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group, 268 civilians. Among those present,

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the Alliance leader and outgoing Stormont Justice

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Minister, David Ford. As we gather in this historic place,

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we remember all those men, women and children

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who died during 1916. Those from the main Christian

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denominations were joined by Jewish and Islamic representatives

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and the Humanist Association of Ireland, praying

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and commemorating All lives are of equal value

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and 2016 must be the year in which the narratives

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of all the people on this The Taoiseach laid a wreath

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at the event, which attracted some controversy because of the inclusion

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of the names of We begin our build-up to next

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month's Assembly elections. We'll be looking at a new

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generation of voters - the year the Good Friday Agreement

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was signed. And we'll have the first

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of our constituency profiles looking That's this week on BBC Newsline

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here on BBC 1. Now with your weather forecast

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for the week ahead here's Angie. Good evening. The unsettled weather

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conditions are spilling into the new week. Rain followed by showers and

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through the middle part of the week it'll become windy and the strong

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winds will be accompanied by colder air so. We could well find

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wintriness on the hilltops but showers of rain scattered around

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this evening. Dry gaps in between where it is likely to become misty

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and murky. A lot of low cloud and hill fog. Later in the night more

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persistent rain from the south-east but at least it is a mild frost-free

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night. No lower than six or seven. That takes us into the new week. We

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start it on an overcast note and pretty wet. Bear that if you are out

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and about on the roads. There will be a lot of surface water and spray

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and reduced visibility. That persistent rain works inland as we

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go through the coast of the morning. Heavy bursts likely. It is quite a

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were longed band of rain which extends across Scotland and into

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Ireland. We also have Hovy and potentially under thisry downpours

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moving in across south-west England towards Wales and the Midlands. Away

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from that, we have dry and bright weather. Temperatures fairly

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reasonable. weather. Temperatures fairly

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sunshine, not as warm as in the south-east. Coming back to Northern

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Ireland for the afternoon and wet weather still with us. We will see

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the highest rainfall total across parts of the east. Bear that in

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mind. There could be surface water flooding.

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This rain is associated with an area of low pressure T does move away on

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Tuesday. Another weather front moves through on Tuesday night to bring

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spells of rain. In behind that, those isobars tighten up, indicative

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of the strong winds and we are likely to get colder air moving in.

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These things are quieter on Tuesday. Yes a few showers scattered around

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but good dry and bright spells. That band of rain moves through on

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Tuesday night T could linger in the north of Scotland into the

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south-east. In behind that, we get heavy showers with the risk of hail

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and thunder. Wintriness on the hills. Still a few showers and still

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quite windy on Thursday. their longships wreaked havoc

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across the north Atlantic. But how far

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did these seafarers voyage? With the help of

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cutting-edge archaeology

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