:00:00. > :00:14.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
:00:15. > :00:18.Tonight's top stories: It's smiles all round the table
:00:19. > :00:23.as ministers meet for the first day of the new Executive at Stormont.
:00:24. > :00:26.But at Westminster, Strangford MP Jim Shannon is told to pay back
:00:27. > :00:34.A lone protestor at an Easter Rising event in Dublin gets a shock
:00:35. > :00:39.when he's tackled by the Canadian ambassador to Ireland.
:00:40. > :00:43.As the countdown continues to the Euros, we hear from both
:00:44. > :00:52.I'm on board HMS Caroline, Al Fat's latest visitor attraction. Find out
:00:53. > :00:57.what impact it may have on our tourism figures.
:00:58. > :01:00.As the countdown continues to the Euros, we hear from both Michael and
:01:01. > :01:02.Martin O'Neill. And it'll eventually warm up
:01:03. > :01:04.over the next few days, The new Northern Ireland Executive
:01:05. > :01:11.has agreed a draft framework The 12 new ministers met
:01:12. > :01:16.for the first time today. Afterwards, the First Minister
:01:17. > :01:18.Arlene Foster said the framework represented a new way
:01:19. > :01:22.of doing politics here. Here's our political
:01:23. > :01:25.correspondent, Enda McClafferty. Today was all about the future
:01:26. > :01:28.at Stormont as the new Executive And no, this not how the new team
:01:29. > :01:34.of ministers arrived. Their less impressive fleet
:01:35. > :01:37.was lined up outside They all pulled up with their
:01:38. > :01:42.drivers just before 11am. The last one through the door
:01:43. > :01:44.was the new Justice Inside the new ministerial team
:01:45. > :01:50.posed for the cameras around the Executive table,
:01:51. > :01:52.while some of them joked about what football teams
:01:53. > :01:55.they all supported. Then the door was closed
:01:56. > :01:58.and they got down to business. There was only one
:01:59. > :02:01.item on the agenda - the programme for government,
:02:02. > :02:04.and within 20 minutes they had signed off on a draft framework
:02:05. > :02:08.and the meeting was over. We are looking forward to engaging
:02:09. > :02:12.with wider society as to how we engage in that programme
:02:13. > :02:17.for government and looking at targets and actions,
:02:18. > :02:21.so it is a new start and we are looking forward to it
:02:22. > :02:25.and we hope it is a time for more thoughtful politics
:02:26. > :02:27.in Northern Ireland and look forward to the engagement
:02:28. > :02:30.about to take place. But the engagement so far
:02:31. > :02:32.about the framework document has been far from positive,
:02:33. > :02:36.with some of the other parties at Stormont claiming it
:02:37. > :02:39.lacks detail and targets, comparing it to motherhood
:02:40. > :02:42.and apple pie. We are putting out a draft
:02:43. > :02:46.framework for government. Those people who describe that
:02:47. > :02:53.as apple pie ignore the purpose of what we are trying to do,
:02:54. > :02:57.even though they signed up to it in November last year
:02:58. > :03:00.and the purpose of what we are trying to do is evolve that
:03:01. > :03:04.programme for government Tomorrow, the public will get
:03:05. > :03:11.a chance to pass their verdict on the new programme for government
:03:12. > :03:14.draft framework when it's published. The document runs to over 100 pages
:03:15. > :03:19.and it will be out for public consultation
:03:20. > :03:22.for the next few months. After that, the programme will be
:03:23. > :03:26.finalised and a budget agreed. And all that is to happen before
:03:27. > :03:32.the end of the year. And later in the programme we'll be
:03:33. > :03:35.looking at some of the issues facing our new Health and Education
:03:36. > :03:38.Ministers. The Strangford MP Jim Shannon
:03:39. > :03:42.has been ordered to pay the parliamentary authorities back
:03:43. > :03:46.nearly ?14,000 after they found some of his staff's mileage claims broke
:03:47. > :03:50.the House of Commons rules. An investigation found that
:03:51. > :03:54.Mr Shannon's staff mileage claims were 37 times greater than those
:03:55. > :03:58.of the average MP. However, it concluded that there
:03:59. > :04:01.was no dishonesty involved. Our political editor
:04:02. > :04:16.Mark Devenport joins us now -- from Newtownards, and Mark, the
:04:17. > :04:23.comparison between his claims and MPs is staggering. That's right, 37
:04:24. > :04:32.times greater than that of the average MP. Jim Shannon's staff
:04:33. > :04:38.racked up more than 121,000 miles in the financial year to 2015. He is
:04:39. > :04:43.one of 650 MPs but in terms of vintage winces staff manage, his
:04:44. > :04:51.claims counted for more than a quarter of all claims for the House
:04:52. > :04:56.of Commons. He didn't get accused of dishonesty although he broke the
:04:57. > :05:01.rules. What happened is that there was no dishonesty, investigators
:05:02. > :05:05.found all the claims were genuine but he was claiming for things that
:05:06. > :05:09.were beyond the bounds of normal Westminster business, for instance
:05:10. > :05:14.his staff delivering fruit from a local feedback to integer once,
:05:15. > :05:23.commander ball but not something you can claim for, I'm going to meetings
:05:24. > :05:28.beyond the boundaries -- from food banks to constituents. An
:05:29. > :05:34.investigator said he found it to be a hive of industry bordering on
:05:35. > :05:38.manic, telephones ringing and people coming at such great rates it remind
:05:39. > :05:46.the town of a hospital more than an office. What has Mr Shannon had to
:05:47. > :05:51.say? He hasn't been available for interview but in a statement he said
:05:52. > :05:56.he was glad no dishonesty had been found and that his integrity has
:05:57. > :06:01.been upheld. He says he will be back the ?14,000 in full and take on
:06:02. > :06:06.board recommendations from the parliamentary standards authority
:06:07. > :06:11.for reorganising his business. One local figure was quoted as saying he
:06:12. > :06:14.still doesn't realise he is no longer a local councillor and he
:06:15. > :06:15.just needs to let go. There have been dramatic scenes at a
:06:16. > :06:18.1916 commemoration event in Dublin. A protestor tried to disrupt
:06:19. > :06:20.an event to remember British soldiers killed
:06:21. > :06:22.in the Easter Rising, but was tackled by the Canadian
:06:23. > :06:25.ambassador to Ireland. Nearly two years ago,
:06:26. > :06:28.before he became ambassador, Kevin Vickers helped end a gun
:06:29. > :06:31.attack on the Canadian parliament. Our Dublin correspondent
:06:32. > :06:46.Shane Harrison joins us now. The Canadian ambassador to Ireland,
:06:47. > :06:49.Kevin Vickers, was at a state, narration for British soldiers who
:06:50. > :06:55.lost their lives in the 1916 rebellion. The event was attended by
:06:56. > :07:01.Irish government figures, the British ambassador and by Mike
:07:02. > :07:05.Nesbitt and Danny Kinahan. A protester claiming to be from the
:07:06. > :07:09.Republican welfare Association interrupted it to say it was a
:07:10. > :07:14.disgrace to honour soldiers who put down the rebellion, and he shouted
:07:15. > :07:19.support from what he called the Craigavon two. The Canadian
:07:20. > :07:24.ambassador, a former Mountie, tackled the man and led him away
:07:25. > :07:29.until he was arrested by detectives who reboot him from the scene. The
:07:30. > :07:33.Canadian ambassador is a former Sergeant at arms at Parliament
:07:34. > :07:37.Buildings in Ottawa and was in charge of security when and Islamist
:07:38. > :07:44.gunman attacked the buildings and murdered a soldier. He and another
:07:45. > :07:51.officer then engaged in need gun battle in which the Islamist were
:07:52. > :07:56.shot dead. The sergeant at arms was widely regarded in Canada as a hero
:07:57. > :07:58.and part of his reward was a posting to Ireland as ambassador to the land
:07:59. > :08:00.of his forefathers. Still to come before 7pm: With just
:08:01. > :08:03.over two weeks to go to Euros, Michael O'Neill talks of his hopes
:08:04. > :08:12.for Northern Ireland success. A cross-party group of MLAs has
:08:13. > :08:15.warned that leaving the EU Sinn Fein, the SDLP,
:08:16. > :08:20.Ulster unionists, Alliance and the Green Party all spoke
:08:21. > :08:24.at the launch of the local campaign Here's our Economics
:08:25. > :08:31.and Business Editor, John Campbell. The Stronger in Europe campaign has
:08:32. > :08:35.set up shop in central Belfast. Appropriately, it's right next door
:08:36. > :08:39.to a deli which extols The campaign is selling
:08:40. > :08:44.a similar message. It says the economic case for
:08:45. > :08:50.remaining in the EU is overwhelming. And it accuses the Leave
:08:51. > :09:04.campaign of playing roulette Every fact and every figure given to
:09:05. > :09:05.you by the Leave campaign has been proven by reality checks to be
:09:06. > :09:06.wrong. But the opinion polls suggest that
:09:07. > :09:10.while a big majority of nationalists are in favour of remaining, most
:09:11. > :09:14.unionists would prefer to leave. So are the Ulster Unionists out
:09:15. > :09:24.of touch on this issue? I don't think we are. A poll today
:09:25. > :09:29.showed that that mood is changing and I think people are listening to
:09:30. > :09:34.the arguments coming across from the media and great Britain and the
:09:35. > :09:35.threat to the economy is starting to focus people's minds.
:09:36. > :09:37.The SDLP has been the most pro-European
:09:38. > :09:44.Its leader warned that leaving could lead to a hardening of the border.
:09:45. > :09:52.I grew up about a mile from the border, I remember a physical border
:09:53. > :09:57.and I think people remember it well. I'm about breaking down borders and
:09:58. > :10:04.bringing people to gather, community can, businesses and families, we are
:10:05. > :10:06.not about putting up more borders across this continent.
:10:07. > :10:09.A report from a group of MPs today has also said that identity checks
:10:10. > :10:12.at borders between the island of Ireland and Great Britain
:10:13. > :10:15.could be beefed up if the UK does vote to leave.
:10:16. > :10:22.The local campaigns for relief and remain have both been fairly low-key
:10:23. > :10:25.until now but with the Assembly elections out of the way, political
:10:26. > :10:31.attention is turning to the referendum. Expect to debate to
:10:32. > :10:32.become more intense over the next few weeks.
:10:33. > :10:35.Back now to the new Executive at Stormont, and for the first time
:10:36. > :10:37.since the Assembly was established, there's a DUP rather
:10:38. > :10:42.Peter Weir will have to make big decisions over budgets,
:10:43. > :10:45.transfer tests and whether to close some small schools.
:10:46. > :10:48.Our education correspondent Robbie Meredith spent some time
:10:49. > :10:51.with him in his first full day in the job.
:10:52. > :10:56.The new man, back where it all began at Bangor Grammar School.
:10:57. > :10:59.Money is on his mind, but Peter Weir says he'll take time
:11:00. > :11:11.In the immediate future and there is the issue about budget, especially
:11:12. > :11:17.for schools and what we can do to help them. People are looking for
:11:18. > :11:22.immediate aid banks but I want to be thoughtful and try to provide a big
:11:23. > :11:25.way forward and people will judge me why my actions.
:11:26. > :11:27.The new minister likes academic selection, but isn't keen to bring
:11:28. > :11:31.He says he wants to make the current transfer process better -
:11:32. > :11:42.Even though the previous minister was anti-selection, selection has
:11:43. > :11:49.remained and we have been able to work our way through that to gather
:11:50. > :11:53.as a group of schools, but yes, I do think that there will be a little
:11:54. > :11:58.more sympathy and possibly support. This is a big job. Peter Weir is
:11:59. > :12:02.responsible for hundreds of thousands of pupils, tens of
:12:03. > :12:08.thousands of teachers and thousands of schools, and diverse ones from
:12:09. > :12:09.voluntary grammar like this too small Irish language primary
:12:10. > :12:11.schools. Like Belfast's Scoil an Droichid,
:12:12. > :12:14.which made a short but significant journey to the Skainos centre
:12:15. > :12:29.in the heart of East Belfast today. There were maybe some concerns but
:12:30. > :12:31.it was such a positive event them being here this morning was another
:12:32. > :12:33.bridge in moving Ford. The 160-pupil school is set to get
:12:34. > :12:36.a new building soon, and they'd like the new Education Minister
:12:37. > :12:46.and his party leader to visit. I would say there is a learning
:12:47. > :12:51.curve, if maybe the DUP are not as aware that it is a brand-new
:12:52. > :12:56.experience for anyone. I would love to welcome Arlene Foster here to see
:12:57. > :12:58.our children and families. It is such a fantastic welcome.
:12:59. > :12:59.There was some good news about rising GCSE
:13:00. > :13:04.Big tests for the new minister will come quickly.
:13:05. > :13:06.On her first full day in the job, Health Minister Michelle O'Neill
:13:07. > :13:09.told journalists that she is well up for the challenge, including
:13:10. > :13:14.Our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly has been
:13:15. > :13:22.taking a look at the major issues in the minister's in-tray.
:13:23. > :13:29.Ricky Watson has a serious heart condition. He's been waiting so long
:13:30. > :13:36.to be seen, his hospital scans are out of date. It's been going on for
:13:37. > :13:40.two years, it's put our lives on hold, it's been devastating for my
:13:41. > :13:47.family. It's made my wife ill, she is on tablets, and it's had a bad
:13:48. > :13:53.effect on me. He is not alone. Figures out today show there are
:13:54. > :13:58.over 376,000 people on hospital lifts, while that is down from
:13:59. > :14:02.400,000 in November it remains eight challenge for the new Health
:14:03. > :14:08.Minister, so what is the problem, lack of money or how it is managed?
:14:09. > :14:12.The health budget seems huge, at ?5 billion per year, half the
:14:13. > :14:18.Executive's total expenditure, but pray that don't and that means 13
:14:19. > :14:21.million pounds is needed each day to keep the health service running, but
:14:22. > :14:28.that drip of spending does not help older story. To tackle hospital
:14:29. > :14:34.within this, last November Simon Hamilton announced an additional ?40
:14:35. > :14:38.million. While every penny of that should have gone on tackling waiting
:14:39. > :14:43.lists, according to sources in the health service, just over half of
:14:44. > :14:50.that was actually spent on tackling operations. Due to bureaucracy and
:14:51. > :14:54.lack of planning, the others ?17 million had to go back into the
:14:55. > :14:58.system, and some of it cannot even be accounted for. Those working on
:14:59. > :15:04.the front line hopes politicians will accept the recommendations in
:15:05. > :15:09.the new health review due in June and expected to suggest major
:15:10. > :15:13.reform. We have too many structures, too many interests in buildings, too
:15:14. > :15:19.many people in silos protecting their fiefdoms when we should be
:15:20. > :15:23.looking at a holistic approach. The new Health Minister says she is up
:15:24. > :15:28.for the challenge. There has been a lot of good work done in the health
:15:29. > :15:33.service trying to support things but for me there is a big job to do.
:15:34. > :15:39.There certainly is, including tackling the lack of GPs and
:15:40. > :15:44.expanding mental health services. Perhaps the biggest headache will be
:15:45. > :15:48.around abortion. The working group announced by the DUP in Fairbridge
:15:49. > :15:54.to look at fatal fatal abnormality has never even met. The new Health
:15:55. > :16:01.Minister's leadership skills are about to be put to the test.
:16:02. > :16:06.And executive ministers with them in their programme for government plans
:16:07. > :16:07.with official opposition parties on the view tonight.
:16:08. > :16:10.At the age of 29 and after just two years as an MLA,
:16:11. > :16:13.the new Justice Minister Claire Sugden is one of the lesser
:16:14. > :16:16.Our North East reporter Sara Girvin went to Coleraine to find
:16:17. > :16:20.Castlerock - the picturesque north coast town, and now home
:16:21. > :16:23.And as Claire Sugden took up post at Stormont,
:16:24. > :16:26.it was a case of business as usual at her constituency
:16:27. > :16:33.She's been an independent unionist MLA for East Londonderry since 2014,
:16:34. > :16:36.when she was co-opted following David McClarty's death.
:16:37. > :16:40.Her appointment to Justice Minister at the age of just 29
:16:41. > :16:43.has surprised many, but not her old politics teacher.
:16:44. > :16:47.He says Claire Sugden has the right qualities for the post.
:16:48. > :16:51.It is her independent mindedness and the fact she has always
:16:52. > :16:55.been true to herself, she also has a good sense of humour
:16:56. > :17:02.It's important to remember where you're from and she has done that.
:17:03. > :17:06.Back in Castlerock, at a meeting of the local community association,
:17:07. > :17:13.She is a very mature person and I had dealings with her
:17:14. > :17:19.and personally I am getting on a bit but I welcome the fact
:17:20. > :17:22.that the average age now of ministers has
:17:23. > :17:25.come down considerably, and it's to be welcomed.
:17:26. > :17:31.She is very much, no matter who you are or what your religion
:17:32. > :17:35.is, if you have a problem she deals with it.
:17:36. > :17:38.Much has been made of Claire Sugden's age and relative
:17:39. > :17:41.inexperience an an MLA but in her first statement
:17:42. > :17:45.as Justice Minister, she said she did not underestimate
:17:46. > :17:54.the challenges ahead but added that she was ready for them.
:17:55. > :17:56.New tourism figures suggest Northern Ireland had its highest
:17:57. > :18:00.ever number of outside visitors in 2015 - with the Giant's Causeway
:18:01. > :18:06.Growth was largely down to visitors from Britain.
:18:07. > :18:08.But the Republic of Ireland market continues to struggle.
:18:09. > :18:11.For more on that, Donna visited our latest maritime
:18:12. > :18:19.attraction, HMS Caroline, in Belfast docks this afternoon.
:18:20. > :18:31.The last time I was on HMS Caroline in January, it was a rusty warship,
:18:32. > :18:35.102 years of history had taken its toll, but after ?11.5 million
:18:36. > :18:44.refurbishment, it is fast's latest museum. First, the tourism figures,
:18:45. > :18:50.good and bad. The good side is that in terms of external visitor numbers
:18:51. > :18:56.here, 2015 was a record year. We're talking about the external market,
:18:57. > :19:05.outside the nesters coming here, 2.3 million overnight, a 5% increase on
:19:06. > :19:09.2014. The downside is the domestic market, people who take breaks
:19:10. > :19:15.within Northern Ireland, that market did not grow and there was a further
:19:16. > :19:19.decline in people from the Republic of Ireland visiting Northern
:19:20. > :19:23.Ireland. That has been stagnating for years and tourism Northern
:19:24. > :19:29.Ireland have set up a tourism recovery task force to address the
:19:30. > :19:34.problems in that market. HMS Caroline is beautifully transformed.
:19:35. > :19:39.How did it fit into our tourism showcase? What we also got today
:19:40. > :19:44.with the top ten visitor attractions. It HMS Caroline wants
:19:45. > :19:51.to break in, it will have to do something like 200,000 visitors a
:19:52. > :19:56.year, roughly on a par with Stuart. Number one is the Giant's Causeway,
:19:57. > :20:02.just up the road Titanic Belfast at number two does about 600,000
:20:03. > :20:07.visitors a year, and given the proximity of HMS Caroline, they will
:20:08. > :20:12.hope they get an overspill and that will jet off to a flying start. This
:20:13. > :20:16.ship has been transformed from a relic of the world wars. The project
:20:17. > :20:22.manager told me about what is on offer for visitors. This will be a
:20:23. > :20:27.world-class visitor attraction with interact games, they can see how the
:20:28. > :20:33.crew would have lived in caverns, experience life on board, we have an
:20:34. > :20:41.interactive suite at the front of the ship for you can explore the
:20:42. > :20:43.areas and facts about their lives, so it is something incredible.
:20:44. > :20:47.People will be amazed at the transformation of the vessel with
:20:48. > :20:53.the guns being installed on the outside, it's been Philippe painted,
:20:54. > :20:58.the interactive stuff on the inside and you don't realise how big it is
:20:59. > :21:03.when you get on board and the size and scale of the ship, so I think it
:21:04. > :21:09.will be very popular. Finishing touches are being put to the warship
:21:10. > :21:14.here. It's due to open to the public on June one, next Wednesday, and the
:21:15. > :21:18.day before that there is a commemoration event remembering the
:21:19. > :21:22.iris sailors who died in World War I. We will have filled coverage on
:21:23. > :21:23.BBC Newsline. Now sport, and the countdown
:21:24. > :21:35.to the Euros continues. Northern Ireland lay their last home
:21:36. > :21:39.game tomorrow before the Euro Championships with Belarus providing
:21:40. > :21:46.the opposition. Mark Sidebottom reports from Windsor Park. It is an
:21:47. > :21:52.indication of how much Euro fever has gripped that this match has sold
:21:53. > :22:01.out for tomorrow night. Any late Nichols? No niggles, everyone has
:22:02. > :22:06.trained great, we're blessed by good fortune everyone has come through
:22:07. > :22:10.unscathed. Is there still time tomorrow for somebody to put a hand
:22:11. > :22:16.up and get into that 23 man squad? Of course there is, I have to
:22:17. > :22:20.finalise the squad in terms of announcing it on Saturday, one or
:22:21. > :22:24.two boys have trained consistently so we give them a little time away,
:22:25. > :22:31.but tomorrow night there are one were two things, a chance for
:22:32. > :22:36.someone I am fairly fixed in my mind what I will bring to France but we
:22:37. > :22:41.have to prepare for every eventuality, there was always the
:22:42. > :22:48.risk of an injury and Shane Ferguson is still with his club and won a
:22:49. > :22:53.final at the weekend. It'll be quite an occasion for fans to give that
:22:54. > :23:00.sendoff. How much are you looking forward to it? We have seen with the
:23:01. > :23:06.players how they train and it's nice for us to come here and play and to
:23:07. > :23:10.recognise the support we have had. We know we will have fantastic
:23:11. > :23:14.support when we go to France with the objective is to put on a show.
:23:15. > :23:17.We wish you well in France and it will all be live on BBC Two.
:23:18. > :23:19.Martin O'Neill's Republic of Ireland face the Netherlands
:23:20. > :23:21.tomorrow night in Dublin in a friendly international.
:23:22. > :23:23.The squad for the Euros will be finalised in five days' time.
:23:24. > :23:26.So the game is a late chance for players to stake
:23:27. > :23:30.The mood in camp outside Dublin has been relaxed,
:23:31. > :23:36.but the players are well aware that the rush is on to
:23:37. > :23:46.The two games, there will be a mixture of players that I've think
:23:47. > :23:53.we might need the first game, but we will play at IE, we have the two
:23:54. > :23:57.games and I think it will be a combination of things that will
:23:58. > :24:02.start the game, hoping other people get involved.
:24:03. > :24:04.One of those fringe players
:24:05. > :24:05.is Blackburn Rovers defender Shane Duffy.
:24:06. > :24:07.The 24-year-old from Derry suffered a lacerated liver
:24:08. > :24:11.Now fit again, he's hoping to grasp his opportunity to be
:24:12. > :24:24.Been six years since it happened and to be back in the fold is a proud
:24:25. > :24:28.thing for me and my family, didn't have much football under my belt
:24:29. > :24:35.before the last two seasons and needed it the way I play, learn from
:24:36. > :24:39.a feud mistakes and I have learned from playing a lot of that ball and
:24:40. > :24:43.I'm just trying to improve every day and everyone still trying to impress
:24:44. > :24:44.the manager, so still going to give it everything.
:24:45. > :24:47.Martin O'Neill will reduce his squad on Saturday before naming his final
:24:48. > :24:50.23 after Tuesday's friendly in Cork against Belarus.
:24:51. > :24:53.Katie Taylor has lost her semifinal at the Women's World
:24:54. > :24:58.She was defeated by Estelle Mosely of France on a controversial
:24:59. > :25:03.Two of the three judges scored the fight as a tie,
:25:04. > :25:06.but, on countback, gave it to the Frenchwoman.
:25:07. > :25:09.Taylor had held the World Title for a decade.
:25:10. > :25:12.It was her first defeat at a World Championships in 11 years
:25:13. > :25:19.Finally, Graeme McDowell shot a 3-under-par 69 on the first day
:25:20. > :25:22.of the PGA Championship at Wentworth in Surrey.
:25:23. > :25:37.Let's get the weather now, and what's in store for the bank holiday
:25:38. > :25:40.weekend? It will be a bit brighter so we should get more photos like
:25:41. > :25:46.this but this evening it is still cloudy and there is further damp
:25:47. > :25:50.weather overnight, some low cloud and mist tomorrow morning but it
:25:51. > :25:57.will not be too chilly, temperatures for most of us around nine or 10
:25:58. > :26:04.degrees so tomorrow will have a mild start at will be low cloud to watch
:26:05. > :26:07.out for. Otherwise may need dry and eventually it will improve with
:26:08. > :26:12.sunshine later in the day, the two begin with will be a lot of cloud,
:26:13. > :26:17.the odd spot of drizzle but by lunchtime sunshine will come in off
:26:18. > :26:21.the east coast. With an easterly breeze it will feel cool along the
:26:22. > :26:27.coast, inland temperatures could reach 18 or 19, so not bad if you
:26:28. > :26:31.are out doors. If you are travelling there will be a few scattered
:26:32. > :26:36.showers for the Irish Midlands, down to the south-east, for Wales and the
:26:37. > :26:41.West Midlands some showers could be done very, east and north of that a
:26:42. > :26:48.drier picture and temperatures will be normal or above average. Tomorrow
:26:49. > :26:52.evening plenty of dry weather so we shouldn't need the umbrellas and if
:26:53. > :26:58.you are heading to Dublin for Bruce Springsteen it should be dry, a
:26:59. > :27:03.small risk of showers, clear skies mean it should be a cooler night,
:27:04. > :27:07.most of us around six or seven, maybe cooler in the countryside.
:27:08. > :27:12.There will be some scattered showers, especially in western
:27:13. > :27:17.counties, some of those could be heavy with under and lightning,
:27:18. > :27:22.drier towards the east. Inland temperatures will climb up to the
:27:23. > :27:27.high teens. Over the weekend if you have any outdoor activities, prepare
:27:28. > :27:33.for scattered showers but also sunshine. Bank Holiday Monday look
:27:34. > :27:34.set to be dry with good amounts of sunshine.
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