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One of two men shot dead in Dublin last night | :00:00. | :00:11. | |
34-year-old Michael Barr was involved in dissident republican | :00:12. | :00:17. | |
activity and had been in court on IRA membership charges. | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
It's believed he's the latest victim of a feud between | :00:23. | :00:25. | |
Our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison reports. | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
Last night around 9.30am, two gunmen described as skinny | :00:33. | :00:39. | |
and wearing masks entered the Sunset House pub near Croke Park | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
They and a getaway driver escaped in a silver Audi | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
that was later found burned out nearby in Drumcondra. | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
The murdered man, Michael Barr, was originally from County Tyrone | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
Michael Barr was known to Gardai as a dissident republican. | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
He had appeared before the anti-terrorist special criminal | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
court charged with membership of an unlawful organisation | :01:08. | :01:09. | |
Last week, detectives who are investigating one | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
of the murders in the Hutch-Kinahan feud raided his home. | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
The feud has so far claimed the lives of five other men. | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
The first on Irish soil was that of was David Byrne murdered | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
at a boxing weigh in at the Regency Airport Hotel. | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
It's widely believed that another dissident from County Tyrone was one | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
of the murderers and that dissidents provided some of the weapons | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
But at a news conference this morning, Gardai said that at this | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
early stage of their investigation they were keeping an open mind | :01:46. | :01:47. | |
about who was responsible for last night's killing. | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
Obviously we will be looking closely at possible links between this | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
murder and previous murders in the area. | :01:58. | :01:59. | |
Another line of inquiry will be in relation to dissident activity. | :02:00. | :02:10. | |
Those in the area willing to talk on camera spoke of a sense | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
Don't get involved. You don't say nothing to nobody. | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
Just keep to yourself and that way you won't get hurt. | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
It goes on. What else can I say? | :02:22. | :02:23. | |
In an unrelated murder, a 37-year-old man, Farnan, | :02:24. | :02:34. | |
was shot dead in a house in Clondalkin in the west | :02:35. | :02:37. | |
Although once known to Gardai, he had not been involved | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
The soldier who fired a rubber bullet which killed an 11-year-old | :02:41. | :02:48. | |
child 44 years ago has told an inquest he has no concerns | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
Identified only as Soldier B, he was giving evidence | :02:52. | :02:58. | |
at the inquest into the death of Frank Rowntree who was injured | :02:59. | :03:01. | |
near Divis Tower in Belfast, in April 1972. | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
11-year-old Frank Rowntree died two days after being struck at close | :03:06. | :03:12. | |
Today his family got to hear the voice of the man | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
But they couldn't actually see the former company Sergeant Major. | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
Soldier B gave evidence by video-link and after a ruling | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
by the coroner the chairs for the Rowntree family were moved | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
across the courtroom where they couldn't see his | :03:31. | :03:32. | |
In fact his face was visible only to the coroner, | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
legal representatives and courtroom staff. | :03:39. | :03:40. | |
Soldier B said he did couldn't recall the specific | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
Soldier B said he couldn't recall the specific | :03:45. | :03:51. | |
But asked about his conduct on the day Frank was shot, | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
He agreed that he later heard a child had been killed. | :03:58. | :04:04. | |
Talking of dealing with riots he said: | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
For members of the Rowntree family, | :04:12. | :04:12. | |
It is very upsetting. It's as if we're not going anywhere. | :04:13. | :04:20. | |
They are just digging their heels in every time. | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
They wouldn't even let us see him on video-link. | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
Soldier B later denied making up his statement | :04:30. | :04:31. | |
But it also became clear during his evidence that he had | :04:32. | :04:38. | |
arrived in the witness box still wanting confirmation | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
of what the inquest has been hearing from the very start, | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
that it was his shot, his rubber bullet which had | :04:45. | :04:47. | |
A man has been found dead following a house | :04:48. | :04:57. | |
The blaze at Barrack Street in Coalisland was already out | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
by the time firefighters reached the scene at midday. | :05:02. | :05:03. | |
A man is in a critical condition in hospital after a workplace | :05:04. | :05:13. | |
It's believed he was working in a cage attached to a forklift | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
The Health and Safety Executive is investigating. | :05:18. | :05:26. | |
Lawyers acting for a former IRA member are taking legal action | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
to prevent his interviews in the Boston College project | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
Anthony McIntyre was one of the main researchers in the Troubles | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
His legal team says the request by the Public Prosecution Service | :05:38. | :05:42. | |
Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports. | :05:43. | :05:51. | |
Anthony McIntyre regrets ever becoming involved | :05:52. | :05:53. | |
A number of former IRA members and loyalist paramilitaries recorded | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
interviews about their activities during the troubles. | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
They did so on the basis of the material will be kept under | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
lock and key at Boston College until they were dead. | :06:08. | :06:09. | |
In recent years, the PSNI has successfully taken legal | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
action to gain access to some of the tapes. | :06:14. | :06:16. | |
Now the police are going after Anthony McIntyre. | :06:17. | :06:19. | |
I see this as an attempt by the PSNI to force me to become a witness | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
against people that they allege I interviewed or to reveal | :06:24. | :06:26. | |
the contents and identities of those who I have interviewed. | :06:27. | :06:29. | |
There are no circumstances under which I will be doing that. | :06:30. | :06:36. | |
Anthony McIntyre now lives in Drogheda and no longer lives | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
in Northern Ireland because he fears that he will be arrested. | :06:43. | :06:45. | |
He served 18 years in prison for IRA offences and insists the police have | :06:46. | :06:48. | |
already questioned him about all of the issues listed | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
in a subpoena served on Boston College at the weekend. | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
Everybody seems to be agreed that the war is over | :06:57. | :06:58. | |
and if the war is over, why is the British state | :06:59. | :07:01. | |
A subpoena seeking copies of interviews he recorded | :07:02. | :07:08. | |
about his IRA activities were served by a lawyer for the | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
They acted after the PSNI used an international | :07:13. | :07:19. | |
A representative of the college has been ordered to appeal in court | :07:20. | :07:26. | |
A representative of the college has been ordered to appear in court | :07:27. | :07:29. | |
in Massachusetts next Friday to provide the material requested, | :07:30. | :07:31. | |
but Anthony McIntyre's legal team says that request was unlawful. | :07:32. | :07:35. | |
The application for the subpoenas have to be grounded on two basis. | :07:36. | :07:38. | |
Firstly, there has to be some evidence of the commission of some | :07:39. | :07:41. | |
offence and secondly, there has to be an ongoing | :07:42. | :07:43. | |
In this instance there is no evidence or basis of any of that. | :07:44. | :07:51. | |
So in the absence of that we say this points to a fishing exercise | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
and we say it doesn't stand up in a court. | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
The researcher's legal team had given the PPS | :08:01. | :08:03. | |
until five o'clock today to withdraw its request | :08:04. | :08:05. | |
for international assistance but didn't do so. | :08:06. | :08:07. | |
The lawyers will lodge papers at the High Court | :08:08. | :08:09. | |
in Belfast tomorrow seeking an emergency review | :08:10. | :08:11. | |
What began as a secret project about Northern Ireland's past is now | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
scheduled to be the subject of a secret hearing | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
Those involved in compiling the Boston tapes say they will not | :08:22. | :08:35. | |
comply with the police investigation. | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
A construction firm in Newtownabbey has been placed into administration. | :08:42. | :08:43. | |
T and A Kernohan Limited has been operating for more than 25 years. | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
Upwards of 50 jobs could now be lost. | :08:48. | :08:48. | |
In a statement the company said it was "profoundly | :08:49. | :08:51. | |
Two weeks ago we reported on the theft of some world war one | :08:52. | :08:57. | |
medals from a house in north Belfast. | :08:58. | :08:59. | |
They were described as being of great sentimental value. | :09:00. | :09:01. | |
Well, last night those medals were returned to the grandson | :09:02. | :09:04. | |
Our reporter David Maxwell has been to meet him. | :09:05. | :09:12. | |
John thought he would never seen medals again. They were stolen from | :09:13. | :09:18. | |
his north Belfast home over two weeks ago. The medals belonged to | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
his grandfather, McIntyre Shields Pelan. A sapper in the Royal | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
Engineers who fought at the Battle of the Somme. But last night, he got | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
a welcome surprise. I heard our gate swek and I looked out and our light | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
was on outside and I saw on the bonnet of the car a small black bag | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
like a wash bag. And I said to the wife at the time I think that's | :09:44. | :09:48. | |
something, has returned our medals. They were returned undamaged, just a | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
little damp. Among them his grandfather's military medal for | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
bravery on the battlefield and a distinguished conduct medal awarded | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
to John's great-uncle who died in France. There maybe something in our | :10:02. | :10:10. | |
story and my grandfather's and my great-uncle's story resonated with | :10:11. | :10:13. | |
them. I'm so pleased they did return it. The medals aren't worth much | :10:14. | :10:18. | |
money, but are of great sentimental value, especially this year. This | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
September it will be 100 years since my great-uncle lost his life in the | :10:23. | :10:30. | |
war and to have, this is the only relics of his past and his | :10:31. | :10:36. | |
endeavours and the loss and the tragedy, you know, that these men, | :10:37. | :10:40. | |
young men faced, this is all we have left of them. John says the response | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
he has had from the public since his appeal for the return of the medals | :10:47. | :10:49. | |
and the thief's decision to return them has restored his faith in human | :10:50. | :10:51. | |
nature. The Paralympic champion | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
Bethany Firth has broken the world record in the 200 metres freestyle | :10:57. | :10:59. | |
to qualify for the Rio Her time of 2 minutes 3.7 seconds | :11:00. | :11:01. | |
beat her personal best mark and it means the woman from Seaforde | :11:02. | :11:08. | |
in County Down will now swim in at least three | :11:09. | :11:11. | |
disciplines in Brazil. She hopes to qualify for the 200 | :11:12. | :11:13. | |
metres individual medley tomorrow. It was a really tough race for me | :11:14. | :11:25. | |
and I was praying the whole way through it and I could see Jess was | :11:26. | :11:29. | |
beside me and she really wanted to be in the team for Rio that really | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
pushed me on to touch the wall and keep ahead. Were you prepared for | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
these swims? Me and my coach has been talking through it and I did | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
well in the breaststroke. I was happy enough with my time. I wanted | :11:43. | :11:45. | |
to give it my all and I really did in that race. | :11:46. | :11:46. | |
Well done to her. The latest weather forecast | :11:47. | :11:48. | |
now with Cecilia Daly. It is very cold again tonight. We | :11:49. | :11:58. | |
have this cold Arctic air for another 24 hours. This yellow area, | :11:59. | :12:04. | |
it will move in towards us by the time we get to the weekend. So there | :12:05. | :12:07. | |
is hope for the end of the week. Cold tonight. Frost in many areas. | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
Some wintry showers. There could be patches of snow over the hills and | :12:14. | :12:17. | |
on car windscreens by the end of the night. Our lowest temperatures are | :12:18. | :12:21. | |
likely to be over parts of Armagh and County Down. | :12:22. | :12:25. | |
So a bit of a wintry start. Maybe ice on car windscreens, but lots of | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
bright skies to begin with. The sun is up early so any ice will melt | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
quickly and any lying snow will disappear quickly too. There will be | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
further wintry showers through the morning, but strong sunshine in | :12:40. | :12:42. | |
places too, but it will feel cold in the wind. The bulk of the wintry | :12:43. | :12:46. | |
showers in northern and western areas of Britain. So more sheltered | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
towards the South East. Cloudier skies moving in across the Republic | :12:53. | :12:55. | |
of Ireland. It could bring wetter weather and some of the rain could | :12:56. | :13:00. | |
affect Fermanagh and Tyrone. Other wirks there will be dry and sunny | :13:01. | :13:04. | |
weather tomorrow, but always the risk of wintery showers especially | :13:05. | :13:08. | |
in the north and the west and temperatures below average | :13:09. | :13:10. | |
everywhere. The wind will gradually ease. On Thursday, it won't be quite | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
as bitter through the morning, not a bad morning, but there will be cloud | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
and rain moving in later in the day and it will still feel chilly. We | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
are expecting double digit temperatures on Saturday. | :13:24. | :13:29. | |
That was BBC Newsline, good | :13:30. | :13:30. |