:00:00. > :00:19.south and a cooler wind picking up by Bank Holiday Monday. Thank you.
:00:20. > :00:22.The headlines this Wednesday evening: The new Justice Minister
:00:23. > :00:23.is independent Unionist Claire Sugden.
:00:24. > :00:27.as the DUP and Sinn Fein bring in seven new faces.
:00:28. > :00:30.The Kingsmills inquest hears of how one victim cried out for his mother
:00:31. > :00:45.A happy-go-lucky lad who was much loved by his brothers and sisters,
:00:46. > :00:47.as well as his parents. And they took him away from them.
:00:48. > :00:54.Prince Charles gets to grips with the Irish language in Donegal.
:00:55. > :01:03.And the rain is back tomorrow, but for how long?
:01:04. > :01:08.I'll be back with a sneaky look ahead to the weekend.
:01:09. > :01:12.The Independent unionist MLA Claire Sugden
:01:13. > :01:15.The other Executive ministers have also been
:01:16. > :01:20.with some promotions in the ranks of the DUP and Sinn Fein.
:01:21. > :01:24.There will be seven new faces around the Executive table.
:01:25. > :01:26.Ms Sugden, the daughter of a former prison officer,
:01:27. > :01:30.was proposed by Martin McGuinness in the chamber.
:01:31. > :01:33.The key role of Finance Minister was filled by Mairtin O Muilleoir,
:01:34. > :01:37.while the new economy department will be headed up by Simon Hamilton,
:01:38. > :01:42.Peter Weir from the DUP is the new Education Minister,
:01:43. > :01:49.will head up the new Department for Infrastructure.
:01:50. > :01:51.The new Minister for Agriculture is the DUP's Michelle McIlveen.
:01:52. > :01:53.Her colleague Paul Givan will take charge
:01:54. > :01:56.of the new Department of Communities.
:01:57. > :01:58.The former Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill
:01:59. > :02:02.will hold the key position of Health Minister.
:02:03. > :02:05.And the two junior ministerial posts in the Executive office have been
:02:06. > :02:10.filled by Sinn Fein's Megan Fearon and the DUP's Alastair Ross.
:02:11. > :02:11.Our political correspondent Stephen Walker
:02:12. > :02:18.has been following the day's events at Stormont.
:02:19. > :02:25.Boughton before 10am, Claire Sugden slipped quietly into Stormont as a
:02:26. > :02:29.backbench MLA. Tonight, she will have a ministerial car. Mid-morning,
:02:30. > :02:34.she was unveiled as the new Justice Minister. This is probably the most
:02:35. > :02:38.difficult decision I have ever had in my left, and I have said that
:02:39. > :02:43.before but certainly it did cause me a lot of anxiety this past week.
:02:44. > :02:46.But, as I said, it is an opportunity for me and my constituents and most
:02:47. > :02:51.importantly an opportunity for Northern Ireland and I look forward
:02:52. > :02:54.to it. For Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness, today was about
:02:55. > :02:57.kick-starting the administration. We are a that it is going to be a
:02:58. > :03:01.government that gets things done. At the government that is going to work
:03:02. > :03:05.together, I think that you will recognise the change in how we
:03:06. > :03:09.operate over the next period of time. It will be a good change and
:03:10. > :03:13.for those in opposition they cannot just criticise, they also have to
:03:14. > :03:18.come up with alternatives. We will take up this challenge. It is our
:03:19. > :03:22.job as leaders to govern and we intend to do that. And intend to do
:03:23. > :03:25.that bearing in mind that we are ministers for everybody within our
:03:26. > :03:31.society. All eyes were on the Independent MLA today. Inside the
:03:32. > :03:36.chamber, there were words of congratulations. Although there was
:03:37. > :03:41.also criticism of her appointment. So we are not in favour of this,
:03:42. > :03:44.because it is a corruption of the Good Friday Agreement. The person
:03:45. > :03:48.who said the size of cards is falling and good will come of it
:03:49. > :03:52.only if the jokers at the top come crashing down to and do not get up
:03:53. > :03:58.again is our new Justice Minister, who is propping them up again.
:03:59. > :04:02.Sitting a few feet away from Claire Sugden, the TUC leader also had
:04:03. > :04:08.strong words for the new minister. Less than two weeks ago, she boasted
:04:09. > :04:15.in this house that she was an independent. No longer, I am afraid.
:04:16. > :04:20.Because today she has become the policewoman of mourning. And there
:04:21. > :04:27.were also concerns from the SDLP are both what they felt. The opportunity
:04:28. > :04:30.to evolve our politics even further today has been missed. And that is
:04:31. > :04:37.very clear to our electorate, Mr Speaker, that this is a position for
:04:38. > :04:41.which no Nationalist need apply. And from the former Justice Minister the
:04:42. > :04:44.reversal. What we have achieved was based on the proposals would
:04:45. > :04:48.alliance put forward before we accepted the job in 2010. That work
:04:49. > :04:51.must continue and from the point of my colleagues, we will judge the new
:04:52. > :04:57.minister not on your age or her gender, we will judge her on how far
:04:58. > :05:03.about reform programme continues. Then it was on to other business.
:05:04. > :05:15.The DUP's Simon Hamilton and was joined by new pieces. -- new faces.
:05:16. > :05:18.Sinn Fein brought in three and moved one minister from agriculture to
:05:19. > :05:22.hell. When the Executive made by the first time, there will be fresh
:05:23. > :05:25.faces around the table. It is a generational change. There will be a
:05:26. > :05:28.new kind of politics here. We will have a government and opposition.
:05:29. > :05:32.Stormont is entering a new era. Well, our political editor
:05:33. > :05:33.Mark Devenport spoke to the new
:05:34. > :05:35.Justice Minister this afternoon. He asked why she decided
:05:36. > :05:46.to take the job. It was a really difficult decision
:05:47. > :05:50.to stop by all means, I had not on offer and how yesterday but that
:05:51. > :05:53.option was there, potentially, so I was thinking about it long and hard
:05:54. > :05:57.over the weekend. I consulted with my family and constituents. There
:05:58. > :06:01.were people who will criticise me for taking it, there are people who
:06:02. > :06:04.were supportive of me taking it. So it was about what further
:06:05. > :06:07.opportunities there and I think as Justice Minister there will be
:06:08. > :06:11.opportunities, not just within my own department at all so with
:06:12. > :06:15.another department. Being at the Executive table now enabled me to do
:06:16. > :06:17.things for my constituents are and indeed for Northern Ireland. I think
:06:18. > :06:21.this is a really progress of choice they have made and the Executive
:06:22. > :06:26.team that we have seems to be young, vibrant, energised team and I look
:06:27. > :06:29.forward to the next five years. Previously you have been on the
:06:30. > :06:33.naughty corner and have spoken out against those in charge, calling
:06:34. > :06:38.them jokers and seeing the house of cards of all, have you not gone back
:06:39. > :06:41.on your own ways? Not really. If I have similar opinions, I will let
:06:42. > :06:46.those ministers know that, probably at the Executive table rather than
:06:47. > :06:51.any Assembly Ginger DiMaggio. Moving forward -- the Assembly Ginger. I
:06:52. > :06:56.will be confident wearing my views in what I feel best for the country
:06:57. > :06:59.moving forward. Any worries that you are an individual independent MLA
:07:00. > :07:04.without a party to back you up, that he will essentially be outmanoeuvred
:07:05. > :07:08.by two very dominant parties in the Executive? There always is that risk
:07:09. > :07:12.but because the two big parties, and to be they have the mandate,
:07:13. > :07:15.overrule any decisions I made make but I intend to build a relationship
:07:16. > :07:19.with them so that I know what is coming. There are ways around these
:07:20. > :07:23.things. It was always in the mind that I would not go to the First
:07:24. > :07:26.Minister with a wish list because I did not really think it was
:07:27. > :07:31.appropriate, but over the five years, I can work on issues and I do
:07:32. > :07:36.not intend on being a sitting duck. I intend on having a voice, an
:07:37. > :07:39.independent voice at that. There has been criticism of my independence
:07:40. > :07:42.being, most but I cannot think that is the case. Justice is a job with
:07:43. > :07:45.security implications, do you think this will change the way you live
:07:46. > :07:50.your life? I imagine this will be, to an extent, a life changing
:07:51. > :07:54.decision I have made today but I am prepared for it. I got into politics
:07:55. > :07:56.not for myself but for other people and moving forward by can make an
:07:57. > :08:02.impact on politics here then I can remove myself from any concerns in
:08:03. > :08:03.that area. The new Justice Minister, Claire Sugden.
:08:04. > :08:06.The new Economy Minister Simon Hamilton joins me now from Stormont.
:08:07. > :08:07.It was the DUP's first pick of departments,
:08:08. > :08:21.It was our top priority during the recent election campaign, Arlene
:08:22. > :08:25.Foster's five point one for Northern Ireland, the number I been creating
:08:26. > :08:28.more jobs, better jobs, rising incomes for the people of Northern
:08:29. > :08:32.Ireland. This is a job that I am the league pleased to be able to take on
:08:33. > :08:35.board because a Northern Ireland that is moving forward and improving
:08:36. > :08:40.is dependent on prosperity being spread across the country, for
:08:41. > :08:42.everybody's benefit. So we will endeavour to build any success that
:08:43. > :08:45.we have had in growing our economy and increasing the size of the
:08:46. > :08:48.private sector, devolving, as we have had in growing our economy and
:08:49. > :08:50.increasing the size of the private sector, devolving, as we have,
:08:51. > :08:53.corporation tax and reducing that to a level which can be given Ginger in
:08:54. > :08:56.terms of attracting more investment in Northern Ireland but working to
:08:57. > :08:57.do much with indigenous companies to make the most of the potential they
:08:58. > :08:58.have. Have you ruled out
:08:59. > :09:08.an increase in tuition fees? It is a very different department.
:09:09. > :09:11.It is the old Department of enterprise merged with most of the
:09:12. > :09:13.Department for implement and learning, giving us a real
:09:14. > :09:17.opportunity to have those work seamlessly together. Previous
:09:18. > :09:20.departments, in one department, working seamlessly for the benefit
:09:21. > :09:24.of the whole of the economy of Northern Ireland. Having a strong,
:09:25. > :09:27.sustainable Northern Ireland university sector is incredibly
:09:28. > :09:29.important in and of itself but particularly in the context of
:09:30. > :09:33.reducing the rate of corporation tax. If we want to make the most of
:09:34. > :09:39.that, we need to have the skills opposition for inward investors,
:09:40. > :09:44.companies already in Northern Ireland so will you increase tuition
:09:45. > :09:48.fees? We have to have a financially sustainable sector and I will be set
:09:49. > :09:52.down very soon with the vice chancellors of universities and also
:09:53. > :09:56.the open University and discuss with them, and our colleges, about how we
:09:57. > :09:58.can have a further education and higher education system that is
:09:59. > :10:02.educating people in Northern Ireland but also contribute the growth of
:10:03. > :10:07.our economy. So you're not ruling it out? Let me get into the job and see
:10:08. > :10:10.the whole range of issues that are performing. It is important issue. I
:10:11. > :10:16.have listened for the past number of weeks and months by concerns raised
:10:17. > :10:20.about the sustainability of the sector I want to sit down with vice
:10:21. > :10:22.chancellors and people and my department and have a conversation
:10:23. > :10:24.about how we can take forward this sector.
:10:25. > :10:26.How can you plug the skills gap
:10:27. > :10:28.while at the same time cutting the number of university
:10:29. > :10:38.There are huge challenges in the sector, I well aware of them, and I
:10:39. > :10:41.will sit down with a presented as from that sector and work together
:10:42. > :10:43.with them to make sure we are creating the right skills for the
:10:44. > :10:46.economy in Northern Ireland, not just today but moving forward and of
:10:47. > :10:49.them, and I will sit down with the presenters from that sector and work
:10:50. > :10:51.together with them to make sure we are creating the right skills for
:10:52. > :10:54.the economy in Northern Ireland, not just today but moving forward into
:10:55. > :10:57.the future. But do you concede that the current system is effectively
:10:58. > :10:58.forcing local students to call to university elsewhere? Universities
:10:59. > :11:00.have been improving over the last couple of years and tried to have
:11:01. > :11:03.courses suitable for our economy, and how it is currently shipped,
:11:04. > :11:06.with a view to the future as well. I want to continue that progress that
:11:07. > :11:10.has been made to integrate what we are doing in terms of skills with
:11:11. > :11:12.our economic product and offering a Northern Ireland so that we can
:11:13. > :11:13.realise that the potential of having emerged economy and sales
:11:14. > :11:17.department. If so much money is going to health,
:11:18. > :11:27.where will the cuts be made? Obviously I'm very familiar with the
:11:28. > :11:32.challenges facing the Department of Health and the ?1 billion pledge
:11:33. > :11:36.which my party made during the last election. It was roundly supported
:11:37. > :11:39.by the electorate. It is something that the department needs in order
:11:40. > :11:43.to not just deliver services in that department but also to help reform
:11:44. > :11:46.the system, the much-needed reform required in that system, and that
:11:47. > :11:50.will require difficult decisions on the part of the Executive. These are
:11:51. > :11:55.challenging times. To ensure that we can invest in health and education
:11:56. > :11:59.and the economy but do so in a way that is sustainable, measured and
:12:00. > :12:02.balanced. Simon Horn, Hamilton, thank you very much indeed. -- Simon
:12:03. > :12:04.Hamilton. is Northern Ireland's
:12:05. > :12:06.new Health Minister. Waiting lists are high
:12:07. > :12:09.on the priority list on her in tray. Before we came on air, I asked
:12:10. > :12:12.the new minister how she intended to tackle them when she doesn't
:12:13. > :12:21.agree with using the private sector Well, it is my first day in office,
:12:22. > :12:24.the first couple of hours, but I am absolutely up for showing leadership
:12:25. > :12:29.and tackling those key issues that need to be tackled. I think the
:12:30. > :12:33.particular issues around using private health care will be good be
:12:34. > :12:36.employing more nurses and doctors. Over the last number of weeks, the
:12:37. > :12:40.male figure to parties have made it clear they work interested in
:12:41. > :12:43.investing in health that will be about employing new nurses. So let
:12:44. > :12:46.me get to my desk and take on those issues and I will be willing to
:12:47. > :12:49.challenge those things. Over the next umbra phase, we will have some
:12:50. > :12:55.new statistics coming out which will show that has been a improvement.
:12:56. > :12:58.Will you reverse the ban on gay men donating blood? As I said, first
:12:59. > :13:00.couple of hours on the jobs are let me talk about all those issues
:13:01. > :13:03.within the department and with my Executive colleagues and I would be
:13:04. > :13:06.very happy to come back on and talk to about how I will address those
:13:07. > :13:09.key issues because there are many things that people would like me to
:13:10. > :13:12.make big statements on and many issues I would like to turn around
:13:13. > :13:18.very quickly but let me do my job over the next few weeks, months and
:13:19. > :13:22.years ahead. First couple of hours in others and my inbox is already
:13:23. > :13:27.feel! When it comes to principled issues like the ban on gay blood and
:13:28. > :13:29.things like abortion, the people that voted for you in the election
:13:30. > :13:33.will expect you to come out quite quickly with some considerably
:13:34. > :13:40.different approaches to the former DUP Health Minister. Obviously I
:13:41. > :13:43.have very different approaches for a lot of issues to the DUP. My party
:13:44. > :13:47.policy is very clear on a number of those key issues so first day in
:13:48. > :13:50.others, let's tackle all those issues and I'll be making positive
:13:51. > :13:54.decisions in the way forward right across a whole range of issues so we
:13:55. > :13:58.are very keen to get to my desk and actually make my department
:13:59. > :14:01.officials, to engage with stakeholders and take decisions on
:14:02. > :14:05.the way forward. Let's look forward to the time ahead. Many challenges
:14:06. > :14:08.and helped the Executive has shown a clear commitment to work across the
:14:09. > :14:12.sector and with the stakeholders and with the staff and the users and
:14:13. > :14:13.make sure we make the best job we possibly can of the health care
:14:14. > :14:15.services that we provide. Mark Devenport joins
:14:16. > :14:16.us now from Stormont. This is the first time Sinn Fein
:14:17. > :14:29.haven't been in control Yes and that is an obvious change.
:14:30. > :14:33.We'll have to see how the DUP handles that portfolio and they will
:14:34. > :14:36.no doubt be looking at controversial issues such as academic selection.
:14:37. > :14:39.But perhaps they will not go at it like a bill in a china shop in terms
:14:40. > :14:44.of any new legislation. We could possibly see a change of policy,
:14:45. > :14:48.perhaps more tolerant of skills, according for the independent
:14:49. > :14:52.equivalents to the 11 plus and maybe more tolerant for those exams taking
:14:53. > :14:53.place during the week, rather than weekends. But we will have to see
:14:54. > :15:05.how Peter Wear handles that brief. Inevitably. Instead of having to
:15:06. > :15:09.corral five parties behind a particular policy direction, this is
:15:10. > :15:13.mainly two parties. Of course there is the independent Claire Sugden,
:15:14. > :15:16.she says she will not be sitting duck for the DUP and Sinn Fein and
:15:17. > :15:18.will want to make her voice but mainly it will be two parties
:15:19. > :15:22.probably having their arguments more in private. No doubt looking a
:15:23. > :15:25.little bit less than the last Executive, so we will see some
:15:26. > :15:30.exchanges across the Assembly chamber but less of those tensions
:15:31. > :15:33.within government that we saw before.
:15:34. > :15:36.How do you see the opposition working out?
:15:37. > :15:40.It will be quite a packed place. We have the two official opposition
:15:41. > :15:43.parties, Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP. They have made it clear
:15:44. > :15:46.that they will not form a shadow team because they will potentially
:15:47. > :15:49.pool and different directions, given different issues. They will no doubt
:15:50. > :15:52.be trying to seek issues on which they can criticise some of the
:15:53. > :15:58.ministers, scrutinise them on their policies. We have also got Alliance,
:15:59. > :16:00.which even though they do not qualify for official opposition will
:16:01. > :16:06.now also be taking their place alongside smaller parties like the
:16:07. > :16:09.Greens and People Before Profit. So it will be a livelier assemblage
:16:10. > :16:13.tumour than we have seen previously. Maybe with some of them are
:16:14. > :16:17.difficulty for some of the smaller parties making their voices heard.
:16:18. > :16:20.As Jim Allister proved in the last mandate, if you find a decent issue
:16:21. > :16:24.on which you have got a decent point to make, you will create headlines
:16:25. > :16:27.around yourself no matter how small you are. So it is down to the
:16:28. > :16:29.quality of the opposition as much as the quantity.
:16:30. > :16:31.Our business and economics editor John Campbell is here.
:16:32. > :16:36.Taking Finance is a significant step for Sinn Fein?
:16:37. > :16:42.It is. They have never held an economic ministry in this Executive.
:16:43. > :16:47.Some of the party then they should have before this but now they have
:16:48. > :16:53.it. I think we really need to see this in the context of their all
:16:54. > :16:56.Ireland agenda, or they want to show across Ireland that they have
:16:57. > :16:59.economic confidence. The fact that they will hold the Northern finance
:17:00. > :17:02.brief will maybe help their broader project in size.
:17:03. > :17:04.What's will be on Minister O
:17:05. > :17:12.He has gone to have a mini Spending Review or money will be
:17:13. > :17:16.redistributed between departments on before Christmas, the Department of
:17:17. > :17:19.Finance hope to have a budget in place for the next three years, is
:17:20. > :17:24.right up until the end of the Executive's term. That will come
:17:25. > :17:28.against a backdrop whether it less money made available to Stormont by
:17:29. > :17:32.Westminster and although he says he does not want to preside over cuts
:17:33. > :17:36.he has acknowledged that we are operating in a system of what he
:17:37. > :17:39.describes as Westminster- imposed austerity.
:17:40. > :17:40.The party had some specific finance
:17:41. > :17:50.The dead. I'm only around rates. People who own the biggest, poshest
:17:51. > :17:53.houses should be more rates. So he will now be potentially in a
:17:54. > :18:00.position to bring the foreword legislation on that. Also business
:18:01. > :18:03.rates. Those will be the areas we will immediately see some policy
:18:04. > :18:07.issues happening. Interesting times ahead, thank you.
:18:08. > :18:16.The French inquest into the Kingsmills murders has heard that
:18:17. > :18:20.one of the workmen tried out for his mother as a gunman shot him in the
:18:21. > :18:26.vessels of the horrific events are called it a day of the only survivor
:18:27. > :18:29.of the 1976 attack. -- the fresh inquests.
:18:30. > :18:35.These are the ten men who died at Kingsmills. Today, we learned a
:18:36. > :18:40.little bit more about exactly how they died, particularly the youngest
:18:41. > :18:45.victim, Robert Chambers, a team. For the first time, the only survivor
:18:46. > :18:50.was given the chance to tell a chord all he remembers, a tale of
:18:51. > :19:01.brutality, fear and death. Robert was his apprentice. Such a happy
:19:02. > :19:05.chap. Dancing around a field hugging me for teaching him to drive because
:19:06. > :19:09.I have promised to teach him. Just two hours later, crying for his
:19:10. > :19:17.mother and getting shot in the face. Horrific. Why would anybody do that?
:19:18. > :19:22.An 18-year-old, happy-go-lucky lad who was much loved by his brothers
:19:23. > :19:27.and sisters, as well as his mother and father. And they took him away
:19:28. > :19:31.from them. Allen was hit 18 times. Early
:19:32. > :19:35.motionless under his young friend, pretending to be dead. That night,
:19:36. > :19:40.he realised he had a duty to tell the world what he had seen. At that
:19:41. > :19:47.time, I was convinced I was going to die. I was convinced I would not get
:19:48. > :19:50.up in the morning. And the doctors tried to chase the police man away
:19:51. > :19:54.from the bedside, I would not let them. I made the policemen stay and
:19:55. > :19:58.take down everything that I said to them. Because as I had died during
:19:59. > :20:03.the night, nobody would have known anything. -- if I had died during
:20:04. > :20:07.the night. I suppose, even now, decades later, it brings you some
:20:08. > :20:12.more solid comfort to think that all those families who suffered so much
:20:13. > :20:17.must have been just slightly easier because you were able to tell them
:20:18. > :20:25.what happened. Someone told me that, someone had told me that. They have
:20:26. > :20:29.been told it is normal, it is called survivors' gilt and I suffered
:20:30. > :20:37.dreadfully from that. I really really do. Sometimes it gets nearly
:20:38. > :20:40.unbearable. But I have done something for them, I have really
:20:41. > :20:45.done something for them now. Alan has carried this burden for four
:20:46. > :20:48.decades. Today, perhaps for the first time, he has set down at least
:20:49. > :20:51.a little bit of it. Prince Charles says the relationship
:20:52. > :20:53.between Britain and Ireland He was speaking in Letterkenny
:20:54. > :20:57.in County Donegal on the final day
:20:58. > :20:59.of the royal couple's visit to Northern Ireland
:21:00. > :21:01.and the Republic. Here's our north west reporter
:21:02. > :21:11.Keiron Tourish. Prince Charles and his wife,
:21:12. > :21:17.Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, arrived in the county and took in
:21:18. > :21:19.the splendour of Donegal Castle. The ancient monument provided the
:21:20. > :21:24.spectacular backdrop for the first engagement of the day a word or
:21:25. > :21:27.entertained by some Irish dancing before being given a tour of the
:21:28. > :21:33.castle. From there, it was fun food to the
:21:34. > :21:36.historic Diamond area of Donegal town. Well-wishers had gathered to
:21:37. > :21:39.get a glance of the royal couple. Prince Charles, you're very welcome
:21:40. > :21:47.to Donegal and the children would like to sing a little song for you.
:21:48. > :21:53.# We are the children # We take pride in the things we
:21:54. > :21:58.do. # Lovely, very nice, enjoyed it. Lovely to see him. A privilege for
:21:59. > :22:04.the town. Really nice, we enjoyed it immensely. I said welcome to Ireland
:22:05. > :22:07.and especially Donegal and he asked if I was from here and I said yes
:22:08. > :22:18.and he said it was a beautiful town to live in. "You're So lucky." They
:22:19. > :22:21.called into a local family butchers, where are the owners announced a new
:22:22. > :22:28.sausage to the range, the Buckingham Bangor. One of us. There is nothing
:22:29. > :22:31.different about him. He pulled out the hand of friendship to a viewer
:22:32. > :22:36.in the North West of Ireland on the second occasion within 12 months.
:22:37. > :22:39.So, a warm welcome for the royal couple in the county. Many people
:22:40. > :22:44.here believe it will help develop the profile of the area and boost
:22:45. > :22:47.tourism. At a civic reception in Letterkenny, the Prince takes rest
:22:48. > :23:00.his gratitude for the welcome he received. -- expressed. Ladies and
:23:01. > :23:06.gentlemen,... HE SPEAKS IRISH
:23:07. > :23:10.The relationship between Britain and Ireland is no better than ever. And
:23:11. > :23:14.the relationship between the communities on this island has
:23:15. > :23:21.changed fundamentally since the peace agreement of 1998. -- is
:23:22. > :23:23.nowadays better than ever. The royal couple ended their
:23:24. > :23:28.official visit to the county in one of its most spectacular settings, a
:23:29. > :23:31.national park. The Prince was able to hear it first hand about
:23:32. > :23:32.something very close to his heart. The conservation work going on in
:23:33. > :23:36.the county. Football fans attending next month's
:23:37. > :23:37.Euros in France have been advised
:23:38. > :23:41.by police to be alert - by the threat of a terrorist
:23:42. > :23:45.attack at the tournament. A group of officers from the PSNI
:23:46. > :23:47.will be monitoring fans But, as BBC Newsline's
:23:48. > :24:03.Mark Simpson reports, Ready for the Euros, the Northern
:24:04. > :24:08.Ireland team of police officers. But what exactly will be the doing in
:24:09. > :24:12.France? Potentially one example is if we have got a large square full
:24:13. > :24:15.of Northern Ireland fans, singing Sweet Caroline, we might have to
:24:16. > :24:18.explain to her French police colleagues that it is normal
:24:19. > :24:22.exuberant behaviour and is definitely not a precursor to any
:24:23. > :24:28.type of disorder. Leader not expect any liberalism? There is no history
:24:29. > :24:30.of it with Northern Ireland fans and I do not expect that to change
:24:31. > :24:34.during this tournament. What we need to be conscious of it is a
:24:35. > :24:40.combination of alcohol and son could lead to anti-social behaviour and
:24:41. > :24:44.that is what we would urge fans to treat alcohol with respect we are
:24:45. > :24:47.out there and a good time. What about the threat of international
:24:48. > :24:50.terrorism? People have those concerns, what is your message to
:24:51. > :24:54.the fans going to France? We have been happy and reassured by what we
:24:55. > :24:59.have seen by the police and security plans. My message to fans is take
:25:00. > :25:04.care, sensible precautions, be alert but not alarmed. If you see some
:25:05. > :25:06.things underwater while you're out there, that makes you feel
:25:07. > :25:09.uncomfortable or does not look normal, report that two police as
:25:10. > :25:12.you would if you were here. A free guide to the tournament has been
:25:13. > :25:17.prepared and the fans will not just be watching the football in France,
:25:18. > :25:20.they will be playing a bit as well. There are going to be supporters'
:25:21. > :25:24.games before the match is against Ukraine and Germany and were looking
:25:25. > :25:28.forward to those as well. Will you win? Absolutely. That all
:25:29. > :25:33.international team will do well as well. Parts of France will turn
:25:34. > :25:37.green this summer. More than 40,000 Northern Ireland supporters are
:25:38. > :25:44.expected, plus around 70,000 supporting the Republic. Like the
:25:45. > :25:48.are sending a team of officers to the tournament but the hopes that
:25:49. > :25:52.all the headlines are made on the pitch rather than off.
:25:53. > :25:59.Let's have a look at the weather. It was looking lovely in Donegal today.
:26:00. > :26:04.He picked one of the best places to be today because it was a case of
:26:05. > :26:08.the further west you were, the sunnier and brokerage was. In the
:26:09. > :26:12.east, Belfast, a lot of cloud today. It was Ulsterman from the North of
:26:13. > :26:18.England. It did stay dry everywhere but the client will thicken up
:26:19. > :26:22.everywhere. -- it was streaming in from the North of England. During
:26:23. > :26:26.the early hours, that figure cloud will bring a few splashes of rain in
:26:27. > :26:32.from the east. It means it will not be as cold tonight but it will also
:26:33. > :26:35.be some dampness around tomorrow and some rain on and off throughout the
:26:36. > :26:40.day. But it is just one day and it will get better as we had towards
:26:41. > :26:42.the weekend. First thing tomorrow, expect some puddles, expected to use
:26:43. > :26:46.your windscreen wipers and it is probably worth taking an umbrella
:26:47. > :26:49.because there will be some rain from time to time. It is always likely to
:26:50. > :26:55.be more persistent across eastern counties. Belfast, Antrim, County
:26:56. > :26:58.Down, part drama because it is coming at easterly breeze, and one
:26:59. > :27:05.to sharper burst of rain over the hills. Although it will be cloudy in
:27:06. > :27:08.the west, you should still have some dry weather. Give it is
:27:09. > :27:12.disappointing but it will get warmer again as we had towards the weekend.
:27:13. > :27:15.We will start to see warmer air nudging up tomorrow night. Many
:27:16. > :27:19.places turning dry as well and we some cloud breaks it could leave
:27:20. > :27:22.some mist and fog around for a time on Friday but things are looking
:27:23. > :27:26.good as we head towards the weekend. Drying up, warming up and some
:27:27. > :27:31.sunshine around as well. Strong sunshine for the last couple of days
:27:32. > :27:33.of May, the kind of forecast we all like. Friday morning starts misty
:27:34. > :27:37.and murky with one or two showers in the afternoon at a fairly dry day to
:27:38. > :27:42.come. Some sunshine and temperatures back up to around 17 degrees. As we
:27:43. > :27:47.head towards the weekend, temperatures climbing further. Maybe
:27:48. > :27:51.even close to 20 degrees by the end of the weekend. And it looks like
:27:52. > :27:55.things will stay pretty decent as we head into the bank holiday Monday as
:27:56. > :27:59.well. So if you are off for the weekend of the Bank Holiday, lots of
:28:00. > :28:02.opportunities to get out and about, enjoy the spring flowers. This came
:28:03. > :28:07.on today from County Down. Even under cloudy skies, the bluebells
:28:08. > :28:10.look beautiful. That is all from us.