07/05/2016 BBC Newsline

Thank you very much indeed. More throughout the evening on the BBC

News All the Assembly election results

are now in, and the final With the story behind the figures,

here's our political And after years of losing,

this was Eamonn McCann's big chance. His People Before Profit party

will have two MLAs, just We have seen the biggest increase in

terms of votes in any party of the election and we have doubled our

number of seats in the Assembly from one the two and unseated the Deputy

Leader of another party in South Belfast. We can be very proud of

A more difficult election for the SDLP had a silver lining

in Fermanagh/South Tyrone where they took a seat off Sinn Fein.

The SDLP are back in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.

And more good news in West Tyrone, where they overcame

internal splits to take a seat with an increased vote.

Today, I am celebrating a great trial by my party here, locally in

West Tyrone. We have had many challenges.

This election saw the Ulster Unionist leader push

the envelope in terms of a seat prediction.

People are saying there are too many candidates and vote management was

not right and that cost us. Personally, the big cost was that

the DUP played on fear. And executed a fantastic campaign. As long as

they continue to blame others, when the DUP, blamed the electorate, they

were duped, as long as they do that, they will continue to fail because

they are not listening. They need to address their own problems. They had

a confused message and came out of the Executive and they thought this

would cause problems for the DUP. But people have responded to that

very strongly. Which meant the former Sinn Fein

minister John O'Dowd survived. With me now is our political

editor, Mark Devenport. Tired, I am sure! The results in.

Winners and losers? The SDLP with the losers in as much as they have

gone down two seats on what they had before. It was feared in the early

stages they might miss the threshold for getting into the power-sharing

government, that has not happened, with 1244 macro, they could get a

ministry. Sinn Fein have also gone down by one. -- with 12 MLAs. They

will be disappointed they have not got 30 seats because that would

allow them to veto measures. A lot of drama on the unionist side and

the DUP will be proud they have held onto their 31 seats and the Ulster

Unionists annoyed they have not made gains. Very clear winners among the

smaller parties include People Before Profit, the left-wing party

with two MLAs and the Greens who have doubled their representation in

Stormont. Time frame, how long before the next Executive is formed?

We expect the MLAs to be back in Parliament buildings and new MLAs to

go to their new buildings maybe on Thursday we will have a new Speaker

elected. In terms of government ministers and the appointment of

ministers the Department is, that awaits the outcome of negotiations

for a future government which could be in about a fortnight. Thank you,

busy days ahead. Three men arrested after the funeral

of a dissident republican in Strabane have appeared

in court in Omagh. They were detained on Thursday

after the funeral of Mickey Barr, The men, all from the Republic,

are charged with wearing clothing leading to suspicion

that they were members Football, and underdogs Glenavon

have won the Irish Cup, beating Just before half-time,

Glenavon got their first, with this emphatic finish from Kevin

Braniff. Less than two minutes

into the second half, Linfield were stunned when the men

from Mourneview got a second, In rugby, Ulster secured

a semi-final place in the Pro12 play-offs with a 46-26

win against Ospreys. The visitors' six tries gave them

a vital bonus-point victory, and the scores included this piece

of individual first-half brilliance Ospreys fought back hard, but Ulster

kept the scoreboard ticking over, this one coming from replacement

centre Stuart Olding. The weather forecast

now, with Cecilia Daly. Hello, a disappointment today but it

is getting better. It will be warmer and drier and brighter tomorrow. And

we have very warm and sunny Webster to begin with next week. It should

dry up a while this evening with further rain through the night and

possible thunder in places. Warmer night coming. That will remain for a

good part of next week. To begin with tomorrow, some mist and low

cloud which will gradually dry up and sea fog towards the East coast.

The Sun will squeeze through during the latter part of the morning and

into the afternoon. A fine day across England and Wales, very warm,

the mid-20s. Rain edging North across Scotland and into the

Republic of Ireland late in the day. At home, the warmest day of the year

so far. Sunshine around on Sunday afternoon. Temperatures in the high

deed -- temperatures in the high teens, and a cold wind. Temperatures

will break the 20 degrees barrier on Monday, with a lot of blue sky and

sunshine. A great start to the week and looking good for the first

practice session of the Northwest 200.

From everyone on the BBC Newsline team, goodbye.