:00:00. > :00:19.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:20. > :00:21.A drunk driver's sentenced to seven years
:00:22. > :00:35.A la lives have been ruined, shattered and damaged beyond repair
:00:36. > :00:36.-- our lives. And we have been left with a life sentence.
:00:37. > :00:39.The plug is pulled on a ?300 million inner city regeneration project.
:00:40. > :00:49.We hear from the family of an Irish teenager jailed in Egypt.
:00:50. > :00:53.He was electrocuted, beaten, he was tortured. He never attended a trial,
:00:54. > :00:55.he has access to a lawyer. The election's next week -
:00:56. > :01:05.we look at the issues facing There has to be a good health
:01:06. > :01:05.service and a strong the taxation system.
:01:06. > :01:08.The Belfast boxer who'll be flying the flag at Rio.
:01:09. > :01:10.And a chilly night will be followed by an unsettled day.
:01:11. > :01:20.I'll have the weather details shortly.
:01:21. > :01:22.Hello and welcome to the programme this Wednesday evening.
:01:23. > :01:24.The father of a County Tyrone student knocked down and killed
:01:25. > :01:28.by a drunk driver in south Belfast says he's disappointed and disgusted
:01:29. > :01:32.with the seven-year sentence handed down by a court.
:01:33. > :01:34.18-year-old Enda Dolan died after the collision
:01:35. > :01:40.31-year-old David Lee Stewart, of Gray's Park Avenue in Belvoir,
:01:41. > :01:43.will serve three and half years of the sentence in jail.
:01:44. > :01:46.The student's father says something must be done to deter people
:01:47. > :01:49.from driving under the influence of drink and drugs.
:01:50. > :01:58.Today, a grieving family came to hear the
:01:59. > :02:05.punishment for the drunk driver that killed their loved one. What they
:02:06. > :02:11.heard didn't help them. So many other parents have stood in our
:02:12. > :02:14.shoes, disappointed and disgusted on the sentence and many more will
:02:15. > :02:18.unfortunately do so in the future unless something is done to deter
:02:19. > :02:23.individuals from driving under the influence of drink and drugs. Ender
:02:24. > :02:28.Dolan was full of promise, a talented musician and athlete. He
:02:29. > :02:34.was in his first term at Queen you that -- Queens University, studying
:02:35. > :02:38.architecture. In the early hours, Enda was walking along this section
:02:39. > :02:41.of the Malone Road towards his student accommodation when the van
:02:42. > :02:45.mounted the curb and hit him, carrying him for 800 metres and
:02:46. > :02:49.leaving him with fatal injuries. This crash barrier wasn't here at
:02:50. > :02:53.the time, it had been removed three weeks earlier and hadn't been
:02:54. > :02:58.replaced. The man driving was David Lee Stewart. In the passenger seat,
:02:59. > :03:04.a 21-year-old. Both of them had been drinking in the city centre. David
:03:05. > :03:07.Lee Stewart had also taken drugs. After the collision, the men drove
:03:08. > :03:12.from the scene, crashing a short distance away. Today, the judge
:03:13. > :03:18.described Ender Dolan's death as senseless and needless. He said the
:03:19. > :03:22.amount David Lee Stewart had to drink before getting into his van
:03:23. > :03:26.would not have been out of place on a stag night. Previously, the court
:03:27. > :03:30.had heard he had 13 alcoholic drinks. But the judge also said the
:03:31. > :03:35.men demonstrated remorse and he had to take that into account when
:03:36. > :03:42.sentencing. Stuart was given a seven-year half of it will be spent
:03:43. > :03:47.in prison. The other man wasn't given a custodial sentence. Instead,
:03:48. > :03:51.his punishment is 50 hours community service and probation for two years.
:03:52. > :03:57.The court also heard about the impact of the death on the Dolan
:03:58. > :04:02.family. The image of our son lying dead in the Royal Victoria Hospital
:04:03. > :04:07.will haunt us forever. It has absolutely ruined our lives, all of
:04:08. > :04:14.us. And there has been absolutely no remorse, non-whatsoever. The family
:04:15. > :04:17.have also been critical of the legal process. The legal system in
:04:18. > :04:23.Northern Ireland is a disgrace and should be addressed. Also, the wave
:04:24. > :04:28.the Victims's families is appalling -- are treated is appalling. There
:04:29. > :04:32.is minimal or no support. This family, still distraught, so they
:04:33. > :04:32.will take stock of today's judgment before considering any appeal
:04:33. > :04:35.process. A ?300 million project
:04:36. > :04:37.to regenerate a run-down area of inner-city Belfast will not go
:04:38. > :04:41.ahead as planned. A government department has
:04:42. > :04:44.withdrawn its support - which was crucial -
:04:45. > :04:46.believing the private firms involved Our business correspondent
:04:47. > :05:12.Julian O'Neill has the details. Behind this Maine Road lies neglect.
:05:13. > :05:16.A regeneration plan was seen as the solution, housing units, retail and
:05:17. > :05:21.maybe a hotel. Until now, the DST was on board and its powers were
:05:22. > :05:27.important in buildings like this pub ever needed to be knocked down to
:05:28. > :05:30.facilitate the redevelopment. We are not against redevelopment, far from
:05:31. > :05:35.it, but there is more than one place to do it and drawing a red line
:05:36. > :05:38.around an area and clearing it is outdated. The regeneration zone was
:05:39. > :05:42.passed and the DSD had been working with two developers who were going
:05:43. > :05:46.to privately financed the scheme. The other parties in what was a
:05:47. > :05:50.three-way development partnership have expressed surprise and
:05:51. > :05:55.disappointment at the DSD's withdrawal. They have written to its
:05:56. > :06:00.minister, asking for an urgent meeting in the hope he can be
:06:01. > :06:04.persuaded to change his mind. That, though, is an unlikely scenario.
:06:05. > :06:11.This DSD letter makes clear the developers had not read DSD
:06:12. > :06:15.requirements. The DSD has no alternative plans, but other options
:06:16. > :06:20.can now be explored to bring the regeneration the area needs. There
:06:21. > :06:26.had been opposition to this scheme, primarily because it involved as
:06:27. > :06:32.many as 3,000 flats or houses for students. Businesses say the area is
:06:33. > :06:36.crying out for a new idea. Our area suffers, as you can see, by looking
:06:37. > :06:40.around the streets, from a form of unwanted dereliction. We are
:06:41. > :06:46.basically the entry point for Belfast city centre, to the end of
:06:47. > :06:50.two Belfast Harbour and the airports, so we need to revive this
:06:51. > :06:53.area. Local residents are relieved but angry, claiming the plan was
:06:54. > :07:03.skewed against community housing needs. We have lost practically 100
:07:04. > :07:06.social houses in this development. Now it has fallen through, is the
:07:07. > :07:12.DSD going to return the site for social housing? The cranes are all
:07:13. > :07:16.to do with Ulster University but the wait for action in the streets
:07:17. > :07:17.nearby goes on, with the solution probably now falling to a new
:07:18. > :07:20.minister in the new department. The Egyptian government has rejected
:07:21. > :07:23.allegations by the United Nations about the treatment of an Irish
:07:24. > :07:26.teenager imprisoned without trial Ibrahim Halawa, from Dublin,
:07:27. > :07:33.faces a mass trial and possible death penalty with nearly 500 others
:07:34. > :07:36.after anti-government protests Mr Halawa's family have welcomed
:07:37. > :07:43.the UN intervention but say Our Home Affairs Correspondent
:07:44. > :07:53.Vincent Kearney has This is a moment Egyptian security
:07:54. > :08:00.forces ended a siege at a mosque in Cairo in August 20 13. Demonstrators
:08:01. > :08:06.had fled there after violent clashes with the Army. 493 protesters were
:08:07. > :08:10.arrested. They were charged with murder and a range of other serious
:08:11. > :08:16.offences. Ibrahim Halawa, from Dublin, was one of them. He is the
:08:17. > :08:19.son of Ireland's most senior Muslim cleric. Three of his sisters were
:08:20. > :08:25.also arrested but were later released on bail. One of them was in
:08:26. > :08:27.Belfast today to meet the family's lawyer. She is deeply concerned
:08:28. > :08:32.about the way lawyer. She is deeply concerned
:08:33. > :08:36.treated. He was electrocuted, he was beaten, he was tortured. He
:08:37. > :08:37.treated. He was electrocuted, he was attended a trial, he has no access
:08:38. > :08:41.to lawyers. Those concerns attended a trial, he has no access
:08:42. > :08:44.shared by the United Nations. It has emerged that officials from the High
:08:45. > :08:49.Commissioner for human rights road to the Egyptian government last
:08:50. > :08:52.year. In their letter, the United Nations team described Ibrahim
:08:53. > :08:58.Halawa's case as a matter warranting immediate attention. They say he had
:08:59. > :09:02.been shot in henna hand during his arrest and did not receive proper
:09:03. > :09:06.medical treatment -- in the hands. Saying he was held in deplorable
:09:07. > :09:13.conditions, the letter adds that security officers objected him to --
:09:14. > :09:16.subjected him to abuse. And it was in contravention of basic guarantees
:09:17. > :09:21.fair trial and due process of law that he had not had access to a
:09:22. > :09:24.lawyer. In response, the Egyptian government denied that Ibrahim
:09:25. > :09:29.Halawa was shot in the hand or had been beaten in the prison. They said
:09:30. > :09:33.a medical examination had found traces of old wounds but no recent
:09:34. > :09:40.injuries and described his general help a sound and stable. It did
:09:41. > :09:44.address the concerns raised about lack of access to a lawyer. Ibrahim
:09:45. > :09:48.Halawa's family say they were on holiday at the time of the siege and
:09:49. > :09:53.sought refuge in the mosque to escape the violence outside. They
:09:54. > :09:56.have welcomed the UN intervention. It is very important to our
:09:57. > :09:59.campaign, it is proof of what we have been saying for two and a half
:10:00. > :10:05.years, people have been denying this has been happening to him. But the
:10:06. > :10:09.family and their legal team said the Irish government should do more. It
:10:10. > :10:13.has got to a stage now where the family believe it is time for the
:10:14. > :10:19.club to come off, as it were, it is time to put pressure on the Egyptian
:10:20. > :10:22.government directly. Diplomacy may not work in circumstances where it
:10:23. > :10:25.is a grave breach of not work in circumstances where it
:10:26. > :10:31.law and Ibrahim Halawa's rights as an Irish citizen. The family say
:10:32. > :10:35.they are alarmed by reports from Egyptair in recent days that all of
:10:36. > :10:38.those charged may have been found guilty without a trial taking place.
:10:39. > :10:41.The BBC has obtained a letter from the Labour Party warning party
:10:42. > :10:43.members here they could face expulsion by standing as candidates
:10:44. > :10:47.Eight party members have defied the party's hierarchy
:10:48. > :10:50.and are standing as unofficial candidates under the banner
:10:51. > :10:53.of the Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee.
:10:54. > :10:55.The letter to candidates from party headquarters says
:10:56. > :10:58.they cannot use Labour branding and they could have their
:10:59. > :11:14.I was surprised that someone has actually taken the time to sit down
:11:15. > :11:19.and write a letter saying that Labour can't stand in Northern
:11:20. > :11:22.Ireland elections where we have 1800 members and supporters. It beggars
:11:23. > :11:30.belief that the party who marched in Derry in the days of civil rights
:11:31. > :11:32.would deny 200 others the right to vote for a candidate of our choice.
:11:33. > :11:35.Sinn Fein have launched their manifesto for the Assembly election,
:11:36. > :11:38.promising to create thousands of new jobs and to spend an extra
:11:39. > :11:41.They have also pledged to boost spending on infrastructure
:11:42. > :11:45.The party are standing 39 candidates in next month's election and most
:11:46. > :11:48.of them were in Londonderry this morning for the manifesto launch.
:11:49. > :11:57.Our Political Correspondent Enda McClafferty reports.
:11:58. > :12:03.Sinn Fein are marching back into government. The only question is how
:12:04. > :12:07.many of these spaces will be sitting on the benches at Stormont after the
:12:08. > :12:10.election? The candidates all lined up this morning behind the Deputy
:12:11. > :12:15.First Minister Martin McGuinness as he set out their priorities for
:12:16. > :12:20.government. The ten point plan includes a promise to create 50,000
:12:21. > :12:27.new jobs and to spend an extra ?1 billion on health. The party has
:12:28. > :12:30.also committed to investing ?6 billion on new roads and public
:12:31. > :12:37.transport and to build 10,000 new social and affordable homes. On
:12:38. > :12:41.education, Sinn Fein is promising to spend an extra ?525 million on
:12:42. > :12:47.childcare while welfare payments will be topped up by ?500 million to
:12:48. > :12:50.help those most in need. Some of the figures in this manifesto may seem
:12:51. > :12:55.familiar. That is because the DUP have also pledged to create 50,000
:12:56. > :12:59.new jobs and to spend an extra billion on health, which begs the
:13:00. > :13:05.question, have these targets already been agreed between the two parties?
:13:06. > :13:11.Or is it just a coincidence? You can see the similarities that there is
:13:12. > :13:14.between what the DUP are saying and ourselves and that could be, if you
:13:15. > :13:19.like, a clear indicator to people out there that at least we and the
:13:20. > :13:23.DUP are getting our act together. And also, being part of an
:13:24. > :13:26.administration which is prepared to confront sectarianism, racism and
:13:27. > :13:34.homophobia. But it remains to be seen. How many of the Sinn Fein
:13:35. > :13:35.priorities will be in the programme for government wants the election is
:13:36. > :13:36.over? As with all of the other main
:13:37. > :13:39.parties, we are taking a closer look at some of their economic
:13:40. > :13:41.promises and aspirations. Our Economics and Business Editor
:13:42. > :13:51.John Campbell has cast his eye over So the plan for help and jobs that
:13:52. > :13:54.both Sinn Fein and the DUP have, are they achievable? On health, spending
:13:55. > :13:59.an extra billion over the lifetime of the next executive would involve
:14:00. > :14:03.raising health spending by 4.5% every year and many experts would
:14:04. > :14:06.say that is what you need to do just to have the service standstill. That
:14:07. > :14:09.is a policy choice, the parties could decide to do that but we must
:14:10. > :14:14.remember the amount of money Stormont is getting from Westminster
:14:15. > :14:18.over the next 45 years is falling in real terms. So if they want to spend
:14:19. > :14:24.extra money on health, they will have do take it from other places.
:14:25. > :14:28.About 40,000 jobs were created over the lifetime of the last executive,
:14:29. > :14:32.so both parties have looked at that and said it was achieved against the
:14:33. > :14:36.backdrop of a weak economy so if it is growing, we can do 50,000 jobs.
:14:37. > :14:42.They can always argue if they get knocked off course that it was due
:14:43. > :14:46.to bigger global factors. What about raising extra revenue beyond what
:14:47. > :14:49.they get from Westminster? Sinn Fein have a couple of ideas, one of which
:14:50. > :14:53.is to remove the cap on domestic rates. That means at the moment, the
:14:54. > :14:59.highest rateable value of any home in Northern Ireland is ?400,000. So
:15:00. > :15:03.if your home is worth ?1 million, you was paid the same rates as
:15:04. > :15:08.someone in a house worth 300,000. So people would the poshest houses
:15:09. > :15:11.would pay more and they would impose a derelict land tax and if someone
:15:12. > :15:16.buys a piece of land, they have do develop it quickly or they pay extra
:15:17. > :15:20.tax. Those ideas are not going to raise a huge amount of money. What
:15:21. > :15:24.about corporation tax question mark they still committed to cutting it?
:15:25. > :15:28.There had been a suggestion that some Sinn Fein members were wavering
:15:29. > :15:33.on this idea because they were emphasising that it had to be
:15:34. > :15:38.affordable, to make this cut to 12 by 5% in 2018. But Martin McGuinness
:15:39. > :15:42.said today that they are committed to that policy and it is affordable
:15:43. > :15:44.and he thinks it will help create 50,000 jobs. John, thank you.
:15:45. > :15:46.Well, there's just over a week until polling day and over
:15:47. > :15:48.the next few nights, we'll be looking at some
:15:49. > :15:50.of the issues facing the incoming Executive,
:15:51. > :15:53.Issues like education, health and the economy.
:15:54. > :15:56.More on that in a moment, but first I've been to Poleglass
:15:57. > :16:00.to speak to find out what's likely to win the votes of people there.
:16:01. > :16:06.This club in the heart of Paul Blasse brings teenagers together to
:16:07. > :16:10.play snooker and relax with their friends, but it is not just in the
:16:11. > :16:16.game that they are looking for a break. Getting a job, low student
:16:17. > :16:20.fees and a thriving economy are on their wish list for the Assembly.
:16:21. > :16:25.There has to be a healthy health service and a stronger taxation
:16:26. > :16:29.system. I support the corporation tax idea because it will bring in
:16:30. > :16:36.more direct investment. We need to see more investment in universities
:16:37. > :16:43.especially. I am a school lever myself and I have seen jobs being
:16:44. > :16:52.lost. One other thing is a priority here and that is a united Ireland. I
:16:53. > :16:57.feel that the economy in a united Ireland is going to be more
:16:58. > :17:05.prosperous than the partition, it is as simple as that. I would
:17:06. > :17:14.prosperous than the partition, it is the economy but in terms of the
:17:15. > :17:15.future, it is something I aspire to. Could you see
:17:16. > :17:23.future, it is something I aspire to. non-national party? I don't think I
:17:24. > :17:27.could. I don't think the parties offer very much in terms of their
:17:28. > :17:30.social policy. For example, gay marriage and abortion. They are too
:17:31. > :17:34.young to vote marriage and abortion. They are too
:17:35. > :17:39.should be able to. I reckoned to be 16 to
:17:40. > :17:45.should be able to. I reckoned to be be heard. There is also a feeling
:17:46. > :17:49.that living in Poleglass can be a disadvantage when it comes to future
:17:50. > :17:53.prospects. I don't think I will ever get a job soon because I don't get
:17:54. > :17:59.enough help in schools, schools are not getting enough help. It is hard
:18:00. > :18:05.living up here, there is not enough opportunity. I reckon the
:18:06. > :18:06.representation we have had in opportunity. I reckon the
:18:07. > :18:10.past, being part of Poleglass, I opportunity. I reckon the
:18:11. > :18:14.would say it is the bottom end of the scale instead of the top end.
:18:15. > :18:17.The politicians who end up representing this community have a
:18:18. > :18:18.job on their hands to make the future seemed brighter that these
:18:19. > :18:18.young people. And on tomorrow's programme,
:18:19. > :18:20.we'll hear from young people on the Shankill about how they feel
:18:21. > :18:23.the campaign is shaping up. Now, education features prominently
:18:24. > :18:25.in many party manifestos. But while it's a high priority,
:18:26. > :18:28.there are significant differences in their ideas
:18:29. > :18:30.for the way ahead, as Our Education Correspondent
:18:31. > :18:42.Robbie Meredith explains. One
:18:43. > :18:46.I have seen in Northern Ireland is children starting to go to school
:18:47. > :18:49.together. Resident Obama praised local schools at the weekend and
:18:50. > :18:52.parties are also putting classrooms high on their agenda. But that
:18:53. > :18:57.doesn't mean they are agreeing what is best for pupils like these at
:18:58. > :19:01.this integrated primary school in Belfast. For a start, the parties
:19:02. > :19:06.have very different views over how children should transfer from
:19:07. > :19:09.primary to pose primary school, but in that, they reflect deep divisions
:19:10. > :19:15.over academic selection is on the ground. Parents want it. There
:19:16. > :19:17.over academic selection is on the increasing numbers of children
:19:18. > :19:23.year-to-year opting to do one of transfer assessment procedures. When
:19:24. > :19:28.we started eight years ago, seven years ago, no one expected that this
:19:29. > :19:32.bifurcated system would still be here, but it is and it is because it
:19:33. > :19:33.is successful and because it responds to parents putter-macro
:19:34. > :19:39.needs. So those responds to parents putter-macro
:19:40. > :19:44.tests are here to stay, but one of the experts behind the decision to
:19:45. > :19:50.abandon formal state-run selection hasn't changed his stance. The basic
:19:51. > :19:53.evidence that was identified as a problem last time, the disruption to
:19:54. > :19:56.the curriculum, the huge social divide created by early
:19:57. > :20:01.differentiation and one of the widest patties of inequity in terms
:20:02. > :20:04.of education, all of those things are as true now as they were 15
:20:05. > :20:08.years ago. Almost everyone agrees more children from different
:20:09. > :20:10.backgrounds should be taught together, including the president of
:20:11. > :20:17.the United States, but not on how to do it. The Department of Education
:20:18. > :20:22.policy emphasises shared education, where separate schools sometimes
:20:23. > :20:25.work together but only 7% of children are taught in fully
:20:26. > :20:28.integrated schools like this. We would like to see a commitment by
:20:29. > :20:35.the Executive to increase the number of schools and provision within our
:20:36. > :20:40.education system, so parents who want an integrated education system
:20:41. > :20:45.for their children will be able to access that. All schools face rising
:20:46. > :20:51.costs and falling budgets. Promises made by politicians will have to be
:20:52. > :20:54.paid for. And that is also true for higher and further education.
:20:55. > :21:00.Student leaders say we should all be paying more in rates, for instance,
:21:01. > :21:04.rather than raising tuition fees. I don't think it is an unreasonable
:21:05. > :21:07.proposal, if we say who benefits the most from tertiary education, it is
:21:08. > :21:11.the individual, business and wider society. So plenty to ponder for
:21:12. > :21:19.politicians, parents and pupils. Robbie, lots of issues, let's start
:21:20. > :21:24.with the transfer test, any aspect of agreement in the new mandate?
:21:25. > :21:27.Politicians are sometimes accused of being out of touch with voters but I
:21:28. > :21:33.think they are very much in touch on this. The problem is voters are very
:21:34. > :21:35.divided. I don't think there is any prospect of political agreement. If
:21:36. > :21:41.you read the party manifestos, you have everything from backing
:21:42. > :21:45.academics to opposition to it and a range of proposals in between. If
:21:46. > :21:49.there are any changes, I think they will come away from politics. We may
:21:50. > :21:52.seek catholic grammar is abandoning selection. I think there will be
:21:53. > :21:57.pressure on the organisations that run the tests to find a common test
:21:58. > :22:00.but I don't see any prospect of agreement in the years ahead and we
:22:01. > :22:04.could still be having this conversation in five years. You
:22:05. > :22:10.mentioned integrated education, are we going to see more children going
:22:11. > :22:13.to integrated schools? It is important to stress that shared
:22:14. > :22:19.education and integrated education are not separate, many schools
:22:20. > :22:23.operate shared education and there has been a huge push under the
:22:24. > :22:27.current education Minister John O'Dowd, everything from big campuses
:22:28. > :22:30.where a lot of schools come together to share facilities to schools from
:22:31. > :22:34.different backgrounds joining together for a project. The
:22:35. > :22:38.integrated education movement, they want the big push. There may be a
:22:39. > :22:41.change of emphasis under a new minister but I don't think we will
:22:42. > :22:46.see a huge growth in integrated schools. What about the thorny issue
:22:47. > :22:55.tuition fees? Do you think they will go no party is saying that, some
:22:56. > :22:58.have said they will cut it. They raise some money from central
:22:59. > :23:03.government, they have some of their own money and students pay fees
:23:04. > :23:07.which are set to rise to over ?4000. You heard a radical solution from
:23:08. > :23:12.the NUS, they want us all to pay a bit more in the raids and that money
:23:13. > :23:16.to be top sliced and given to higher education but the outgoing
:23:17. > :23:20.Universities Minister has laid out nine options that are way ahead and
:23:21. > :23:23.it will be up to the new economy minister to try and wade through
:23:24. > :23:30.those, so in short, I don't think we will see any radical change in those
:23:31. > :23:33.areas but we maybe will see some movement but it will be in the form
:23:34. > :23:34.of tweaks. There are exactly 100 days to go
:23:35. > :23:37.until the start of this Team Ireland and Team GB marked
:23:38. > :23:40.the occasion today with celebrations And for Belfast boxer Paddy Barnes,
:23:41. > :23:44.it was an extra special day as he was named as the flag bearer
:23:45. > :23:56.for Team Ireland. Carrying the flag and the hopes of
:23:57. > :24:03.the biggest Ireland team to ever travel to an Olympics. It's really
:24:04. > :24:08.day for myself. It is not everyone who goes to the Olympics and open at
:24:09. > :24:12.the late carry the flag at the Opening Ceremony. I put it in as
:24:13. > :24:17.high regard as actually winning the medals in London and Beijing. Kate
:24:18. > :24:26.flew the flag at the last games and she won gold. A confident prediction
:24:27. > :24:32.with exactly 100 days to go. Despite reports of Rio not being ready, Team
:24:33. > :24:36.Ireland officials have no concerns. From our experience, from the 26
:24:37. > :24:38.test events that have happened in the last couple of years, the
:24:39. > :24:46.valuable lessons were learned by the organising committee and those
:24:47. > :24:50.running events, from a sports side of things, it will be fantastic. For
:24:51. > :24:54.some, like Claire Abbott from Hillsborough, there could be an
:24:55. > :24:57.Olympic debut in August. The opportunity to go would be
:24:58. > :25:02.absolutely fantastic. We have seen videos of what it is going to be
:25:03. > :25:06.like when we are there. The eventing side of things is top class, great
:25:07. > :25:10.facility and the courses look amazing and I just want to get out
:25:11. > :25:14.there and get started. And one member of team GB is hoping to
:25:15. > :25:18.become the first Northern Ireland athlete to ever compete in four
:25:19. > :25:22.micro-games. It is and honour but it is not the driving factor. The
:25:23. > :25:27.driving factor is to be in Rio, be part of the Olympic Games and try
:25:28. > :25:34.and win an Olympic medal again. I have done it in London, it is
:25:35. > :25:38.possible to do it in Rio. So far, the athletes in Team GB and Team
:25:39. > :25:42.Ireland, the countdown to Rio is very much on and for Paddy Barnes,
:25:43. > :25:47.now an added incentive to go for gold.
:25:48. > :25:52.It will definitely be warmer in Rio that it is here, Barry is here with
:25:53. > :25:55.the weather and what is going on, spring the winter?
:25:56. > :25:59.Excellent question. This was County Tyrone earlier today, snowfall
:26:00. > :26:05.recorded. Plenty of places have a dusting of snow and it is set to
:26:06. > :26:08.stay cold. Thank you for your photographs and videos, do keep them
:26:09. > :26:13.coming. As we go through tonight it will turn chilly once again. We are
:26:14. > :26:15.likely to see more in the way of frost as temperatures fall to
:26:16. > :26:19.freezing van Berlo and with lighter winds as well. One or two scattered
:26:20. > :26:23.showers will bring us wintry weather, especially the high ground,
:26:24. > :26:28.so quite chilly start tomorrow and there will be some rain to begin
:26:29. > :26:32.with. Once it clears out of the way, it will turn noticeably colder. To
:26:33. > :26:36.begin with, a chill in the air but also sunshine and dry weather before
:26:37. > :26:40.the rain reaches Western counties. It works its way eastward through
:26:41. > :26:44.the morning, leaving the east coast later in the afternoon. Some heavy
:26:45. > :26:48.bursts in the rain. Further west, it will brighten up but it will also
:26:49. > :26:52.turn much colder and some other showers we do see coming in will
:26:53. > :26:56.bring some sleet and snow and temperatures disappointing the time
:26:57. > :27:01.of year, seven, maybe 8 degrees with a westerly wind keeping it feeling
:27:02. > :27:04.that bit chilly out there. The good news is although there will be some
:27:05. > :27:07.scattered showers to end the day tomorrow, quite a few others will
:27:08. > :27:13.scattered showers to end the day although it will
:27:14. > :27:16.scattered showers to end the day close to freezing and as a result of
:27:17. > :27:26.is showers, the day, plenty of dry weather and
:27:27. > :27:34.good amounts of sunshine but that said, temperatures staying for raw 5
:27:35. > :27:37.degrees below normal for the time of year. The all-important
:27:38. > :27:40.degrees below normal for the time of weekend, here is how it is shaping
:27:41. > :27:43.up. Saturday, we expect some scattered showers but plenty of dry
:27:44. > :27:48.and sunny weather. It will be the best day of the weekend. Sunday,
:27:49. > :27:50.more in the way of cloud, stronger winds and some rain as well, so
:27:51. > :27:59.I will be back at 10:30pm. From Saturday the best day of the
:28:00. > :28:00.I will be back at 10:30pm. From everyone on the team, enjoy your
:28:01. > :28:03.evening.