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A man has died following a shooting in Dublin tonight.

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He was shot in a pub in the Ballyboch area,

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near Croke Park in the north of the city.

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There's been a spate of murders in Dublin recently in a feud

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between gangs involved in the drugs trade.

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The victim was known to Gardai as a dissident republican.

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200 employees of British Home Stores in Northern Ireland are waiting

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to hear what's going to happen to their jobs after the company went

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BHS has four stores here, in Belfast, Holywood,

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They'll continue to trade for now as the administrator

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Our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell reports.

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This afternoon, an unwelcome addition to window displays,

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the official notice it had gone into administration.

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BHS has been around since the 1920s and has been

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Its central Belfast shop was bombed more than once during the Troubles.

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Do you think these bombing attacks will put BHS off?

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In recent years, it has struggled to move with the times.

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The business has suffered from a lack of investment

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It sells many clothes and homewares but competitors like Marks

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Spencer's or Debenhams do the same things better.

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There is much more choice on the high street and at

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There is so much more to offer, the likes of Ikea have definitely

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Some shoppers told us the store simply isn't relevant enough.

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I pop in because there is an offer in the window but, generally,

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It's not a high-street brand, not somewhere I would go to shop.

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It's sad, like all the other department stores, it's just a pity

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Last year the entire debt-laden business was bought by a group

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Realistically, they needed to spend tens of millions more

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But they have not been able to come up with the money.

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The company also has a huge pension deficit,

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the cost of that is now likely to fall on taxpayers.

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This is the biggest retail failure since the Woolworths

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It was another business which was unable to deal

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The high street has actually seen something of a revival in the last

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year or so as low fuel prices mean consumers have more money to spend

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in the shops but the failure of BHS is a reminder of just how intense

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the competition remains, especially online shopping,

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An 89-year-old man has died following a road

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He was a passenger in a car which crashed on the Drumcor Road,

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He was taken to hospital but died later.

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No other vehicle was involved in the accident.

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A woman in her 90s has been struck on the head with a stick

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and had her handbag stolen in East Belfast.

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The incident happened this afternoon at Aston Gardens,

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just off the Upper Newtowanards Road.

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The attacker was described as being in his 60s, of thin build,

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around 5'6" tall with a flat cap and rain jacket.

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The woman has been taken to hospital for treatment.

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Neighbours say it's usually a quiet area.

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Very independent community. Very pleasant. See her on a daily basis

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shops. An awful shock. An independent woman, it will not come

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back. Ards Football Club say one

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of their players is in hospital with a fractured skull

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after an assault in the city They say Gary Warwick

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was making his way home when he was attacked in the early

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hours of Sunday morning. Manager Niall Currie says the club

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is sickened by the attack. The widow of a murdered UDR soldier

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has accused the Ministry of Defence of jumping on her husband's grave

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over its stopping of her pension. Eileen Johnston lost her widows

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pension when she remarried in 1985, eight years after her

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husband David Graham At least 30 other UDR

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widows are also affected. Our reporter Enda McClafferty has

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been talking to Mrs. Every day, if I smelt his

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perspiration, I felt he was with me. It is a cherished possession

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which brings back painful memories The UDR beret her

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husband David once war. The UDR beret her husband

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David once wore. He was murdered by the IRA in 1977

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while working here in Coalisland. He was shot and died ten

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days later in hospital. Eileen had to bring up

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their three children. She received a widow's pension but,

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eight years later, her pension I was in the procedure of getting

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over the murder of my husband There are no other words

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I could use for it. I thought I had enough in my life

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without this big shock 39 years after losing her first

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husband, she is still fighting with the Ministry of Defence

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to get her pension back. In a statement, the MoD

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said pensions for widows who were remarried will stay

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suspended until their current Shocking for an organisation

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such as the MoD to say Are they saying, go and end

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your relationship just They should never have lost

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the pension in the first instance. The rules have now changed from last

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year, all army widows will keep their pensions

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even if they remarried but here's the problem, only those who married

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after 2005 will qualify. That is because the MoD says to go

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back beyond that year would cost I would like to know more but,

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at the end of the day, a life, there should never be a cost

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put on anybody's life. I feel as if they have walked

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on my husband's grave. Eileen is not alone,

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at least 30 other UDR widows who have remarried have

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lost their pensions. Their case has been taken up

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by the victims commissioner. She told a committee

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of MPs that the matter Those who do remarry,

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they are still widows, I think it is a matter

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of equality and basic humanity. It is one I believe

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should be addressed. The families said they are pleased

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their case is finally reaching Westminster and Eileen says

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she is now hopeful of Paint has been thrown

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at an Orange Hall on Clifton It happened sometime

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between Saturday night The police are treating

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the attack as a hate crime. An inquest into the serial

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fraudster Julia Holmes, who was originally from Castlederg,

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and her partner Thomas Ruttle has found they died by carbon

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monoxide poisoning. Suicide notes were found

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in the house where their bodies were discovered in County Limerick

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almost a year ago. The 63 year old, who had

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numerous aliases, was born Cecilia Julie McKitterick

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in County Tyrone. She had been deported

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from the United States A television drama will be shown

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later this week telling the story of how Colin Howell

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and Hazel Stewart murdered Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan

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were killed as part of an elaborate plot to cover up Howell

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and Stewart's affair. Both are now serving

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long jail sentences. James Nesbitt plays the double

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killer Colin Howell. Colin Howell was the dentist

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who killed his own wife and the husband of the woman

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he was having an affair with. I give you my work, nothing improper

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has happened with Hazel. Genevieve O'Reilly plays

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Hazel Stewart, who was also Five years ago, Colin Howell

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and Hazel Stewart were sent It all happened on the north coast

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and that is where It is based on the book

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about the case by Derek Anderson. The actors involved found

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the story harrowing. I know Jimmy has a reputation

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for liking to party but I can assure you I have never known anybody

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who puts so much effort What do you say to people

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round here who might think this is too soon and it is not

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appropriate to turn a double murder Well, I can see where people

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are coming from and, yes, I can empathise in some ways

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but this happened 25 years ago. It is difficult, yes,

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for the families. It will be painful for the families

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to watch, no doubt, but this happened and it was inevitable that,

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once the book was written, it was only a matter of time before

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they would do a TV series or a film. James Nesbitt has described

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what happened as a deeply sad, Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary

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of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, when one of four nuclear reactors

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at a power station there exploded. Our reporter Shane Harrison has

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been speaking to a woman from Northern Ireland

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who was in Ukraine at the time We were in our room and another girl

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who was with those came to the door and rushed in and said there has

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been a nuclear explosion," window. When we got back, we were given a

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health check. We were told we were fine but we should get a health

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check in five or ten years. That story featuring

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on Good Morning Ulster on Radio Ulster and on BBC

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Newsline tomorrow night. The weather outlook

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now with Barra Best. It is going to be a chilly night

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with temperatures across the board falling to freezing. One to

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countryside areas below by about -2 or three. You be chilly. Scattered

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showers will bring sleet and snow for the higher ground. It will be a

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chilly start to Tuesday and through the day it will stay feeling

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bitterly cold when you factor in the wind from the North. They will bring

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scattered showers. Especially for Western counties where some will be

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falling as wintry mix. Some spells of sunshine towards the North close,

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the wind will feel raw outdoors. Across Britain and Ireland it will

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feel cold for the time of year. Snow was well for parts of Scotland down

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through eastern areas of England. Further west it a day of sunny

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spells and scattered showers and motocross Ireland a fair amount of

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scattered showers and wins so temperatures will be nine or ten.

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Feeling colder. For Northern Ireland we will have highs of seven or 8

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degrees. Well below average for the time of year. At least those places

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will be a drive by the end of the day with the evening sunshine.

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Tomorrow night will be chilly with frosty conditions in the Wednesday

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and Wednesday and the temperatures struggling, six to 9 degrees. Cloud

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and wet weather. We may see wintry showers on Thursday as well.

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Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25 in the morning during Breakfast

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You can also keep updated with News Online.

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