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The headlines on BBC Newsline this Monday evening:

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The Chancellor visits and has this warning

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for those wanting to leave the EU.

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There would have to be extra taxes on British exports, extra customs

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checks, and restrictions on people moving to Ireland.

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How are towns twinned with others in Europe planning to vote?

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Loyalist Winston Rea gets bail after being charged with murdering

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A victim hears at the historical abuse inquiry that his abuser

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was never prosecuted despite admitting what he'd done.

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Also on the programme, we'll be remembering a boxing legend.

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Here I am in Ireland, where every visitor gets $1000. They even gave

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me the Irish shillelagh to help me with my fight, I will not need it.

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We will be remembering the boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who died at the

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weekend. Join me live at the Northern

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Ireland's team boss Mac training camp for the latest.

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And it's been a day of contrasts - hot sunshine for some

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but thundery downpours have broken out in some areas too.

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The Chancellor has said it's inevitable there will be more

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stringent checks at the border with the Republic if the UK votes

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George Osborne was in Warrenpoint this morning campaigning

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Our Economics and Business editor John Campbell has more.

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It is just a short stretch that separates Warrenpoint harbour from

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the Republic of Ireland. The harbour draws its customers from both sides

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of the border. The man who runs this place is worried that the Brexit

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could cost jobs. This business has grown incredibly since 1982, with

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the introduction of the Single European Act, because of the freedom

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of cross-border French traffic. If we were to have controls again, or

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tariffs, I really think it would be a very serious thing, it could be

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catastrophic. That was echoed by the Chancellor. He says leaving the EU

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could make it harder for goods and people to move across the frontier.

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If Britain quits the EU, that becomes a physical border with the

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whole of the European Union, there would have to be extra taxes on

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British exports, extra customs checks, and restrictions on people

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moving to Ireland. And the Irish president has said there will be

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border controls. It makes sense because that would now be the border

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with the EU. Leave campaigners like the Secretary

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of State claim that an Brexit deal would mean minimal changes at the

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border. She was not available today, but this is what she told us earlier

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in the campaign. We had a common travel area with free movement of

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people with the Republic of Ireland for decades before we both joined

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the European Union, and indeed that Common travel area already includes

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places like Guernsey and Jersey, which are not within the EU, so it

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is entirely possible for that kind of flexibility to continue.

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The Chancellor also had a warning that the subsidies are farmers get

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from the EU would not be replaced in full if it is in-out vote. If we

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quit the EU the country will be poorer, there will be less money

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coming into the Treasury, less money for public services. And farmers are

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not getting payments from the European Union, they will have to

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turn to the British government, a British government that would have

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less money, so I cannot see how you would be able to keep the same level

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of support for agriculture. Again, his party colleague

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disagrees. I'm very certain that, in an era after the UK had left the

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European Union, we would still be supporting the same kind of farm

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support programmes of the same kind of regional development programmes.

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The Leave camp also take the view there is a bigger picture, which

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would allow our economy to have more opportunities outside the EU. We're

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gullible people in these islands, indisputable, rainy archipelago --

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global people. Europe is the only continent apart from Antarctica

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which is not experiencing significant growth. We need to be

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whether customers are. Ultimately you are being asked to make a just

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-- judgment. Do you prefer the Chancellor or the secretary of

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state's cancer? -- answer? Is Brexit an opportunity or is it simply a

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risk too big to take? You have two weeks to make up your mind.

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And later in the programme we'll have the first in our series looking

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at how people here are planning to vote on June 23rd - and why.

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The veteran loyalist Winston Rea has been granted bail after appearing

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in court charged with the murder of two Catholics

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The killings were recently re-investigated after police gained

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access to the so-called Boston tapes, which feature interviews

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BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson was in court.

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Winston Rea has been in failing health in recent years. The court

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was told he suffers from a large number of physical ailments. But he

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was deemed fit enough to appear in court. He was wheeled into the dark

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by a prison officer. His was given in court, Winston Churchill. He

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faces 12 charges and denied them all. His family were in the court

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for the short hearing, and also there a short distance away with the

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families of the two men he is accused of murdering. John Devine

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was killed in west Belfast in 1989. He was shot eight times. The killers

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pushed past the dead man's 13-year-old son, finding the target

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in a downstairs room. The other man, aged 37, was married with two

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children. Taxi driver John or Harrow was killed in south west Belfast.

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Both killings were treated as sectarian killings. Winston Rea,

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seen here on the left, was a keen member of the Loyalist team at

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Stormont in the 1990s. Well-known within the loyalism, he is the

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son-in-law of the late Mr Spence, and was a colleague of David Ervine.

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Last year, tapes were seized of interviews Winston Rea allegedly

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gave to Boston College as part of their history project. Today,

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exactly 12 months later, he appeared in court. He is now aged 65. His

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case is due in court again on the 1st of August, but the judge said he

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does not need to appear in person on the grounds of his ill health.

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A 53-year-old man has been arrested following the death

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The man, who worked at the Stormont Assembly,

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was found in the Ballydavey Cottages area last night.

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The police are treating the death as suspicious.

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I am here in Crawfordsburn country Park, where people are still

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enjoying one of the hottest days of the year.

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An inquiry has heard that a religious minister has never been

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prosecuted despite admitting abuse linked to a state-run

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The pastor, who now lives abroad, worked at the former Bawnmore

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home in north belfast where the victim was in care.

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Today's revelation came as a shock to the victim as our reporter

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Kevin Sharkey now reports from the Historical

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It has been a long journey for this man, more than half a century

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looking for the truth. More than three decades ago, the abuser

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admitted his guilt, but now until the victim until today. -- now one

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told the victim. Drink the last enquiry, he denied it, and all the

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sudden I found out today that he did abuse me -- during the last enquiry.

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How do you feel that you had to wait 30 years to hear that he did admit

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abusing you? I am relieved that I went through the whole system and

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told the truth, never told a lie. He knows he abused me and hurt me --

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hurt me, and the fact the police turned around and refused to charge

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him, it upset me even more. The enquiry was also told that the

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former care worker also told in the 1980s about his involvement in other

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sexual incidents involving other people and the various places where

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he worked. You still looking for him to be prosecuted for what he did for

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you -- to you? I think it's only fair that he should face me and tell

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me he lied, or lifted, prosecuted and sent to prison for it. Another

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man, a Catholic, said that he suffered sectarian and sexual abuse

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at Bawnmore. The accuser held his head in his hand and wiped away

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tears -- details were read out to the enquiry while this happened.

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A man charged with causing death by dangerous driving has been told

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Two people died and others were injured in the fatal crash

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21-year-old Shane Kinney was previously told he couldn't

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That was changed today, but Mr Kinney must stay out of

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Sinn Fein say threats have been made

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against Father Gary Donegan in North Belfast.

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It also says a dozen other people have also been threatened.

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The party has called for older threats to be lifted.

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And Bombardier in Belfast has reported an operating loss

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It has been described as one of the firm's

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In February, it announced more than 1,000 jobs

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Back to the EU referendum now and we've heard

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from the politicians, and business leaders

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on issues like immigration, the economy and security.

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But are their arguments persuading people either way?

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We're visiting towns here that are twinned with others

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in Europe to ask people how they'll be voting,

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I've been sampling opinion in Bangor.

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Bango's Maritime Festival. It is one of the busiest date in the tourism

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calendar. But as the town explorers its seafaring past, it is also

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examining its future within the EU. My initial reaction is to leave the

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EU. I think we struggle to provide education, health, and with so many

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more immigrants, open borders policy, I think we suffer. Any

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particular reason? Stay, because it works, it always works. Probably

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out, the pound more than the euro. Being free from Europe, it will be a

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lot easier. In the 1980s, anger was twinned with a tone in Austria, a

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country experiencing a surge in support for the far right. The town

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's share an Internet connection -- an instant connection. A man toured

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throughout Europe, but today is all about attracting tourists back to

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anger. Bango's tourism heyday was in the 1960s. The local industry was

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eventually decimated. Mary's family has been serving ice cream to

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holiday-makers here for decades. He thinks we be better outside the EU.

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-- we will be. My business is being controlled by people that we do not

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have a direct vote for. That is my problem with the EU at the minute.

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Some students from the south eastern regional college setting up a stall.

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They are learning how to hold events as part of their travel and tourism

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studies. Polls would suggest that young people are more likely to be

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pro-EU. At less likely to vote. The students will be voting. It is going

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to make things a lot more to the called, as a young person I feel

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connected to Europe, I have been brought up this week, and I do not

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want things to change and have to make life a bit more difficult for

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myself. Stay in the EU because I am studying travel and tourism, and one

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day I would like to travel. Young or old, this is the biggest vote in a

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generation. A protest is underway at Stormont

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this evening wear a controversial oil well is about to be debated by

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politicians. A group of activists opposed to the Explorer to well --

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exploratory well claim the drill poses a risk to the water supply of

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thousands of homes. Northern Ireland water says there is no threat to the

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integrity of the water supply. Victory for Monaghan against Down

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sees them through to the semi-finals of Gaelic football's

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Ulster Championship. He was a legend both

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in and out of the ring, and Muhammad Ali loved

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to celebrate his Irish roots. And much more than just a world

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heavyweight champion boxer. Muhammad Ali loved to

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celebrate his Irish roots. Those remembering him

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have been explaining why he was much more than just

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a World Heavyweight Champion boxer. Here I am in Ireland, where every

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visitor gets $1000. They even gave me the Irish shillelagh to help me

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when my fight, but I will not need it.

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But this was no quiet man. Muhammad Ali transcended boxing, celebrity

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and politics, admired, outspoken and outrageous. I want everybody out

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there on TV to know it, I am the greatest. He first came to Ireland

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in 1972, beating his opponent at Croke Park. Muhammad Ali! He came to

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find his roots decades later, and when the freedom of the town. His

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great-grandfather had emigrated in the 1860s. There was more to him

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than boxing. He was an entertainer, the world has never seen the like of

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him, in my opinion. He was always entertaining, and even, you know,

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where crowds of kids would follow him in New York or wherever he would

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be, and he would get out the cards and do tricks. Outside the ring, he

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won accolades, like a Courage award for transcending sport. And at one

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gym in Belfast, another fighter is inspired by him. It goes without

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saying that he was the best fighter in the world, and his character

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emphasised everything he did, but for me, it was what he did outside

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of the ring that made him the man he was. And the man that will never be

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forgotten. Muhammad Ali's funeral is in Kent Akhi on Friday, and the

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world is invited. -- Kentucky. Here, it feels like we have lost one of

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our own. Northern Ireland has been basking

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on the warmest day of the year so far this year, with

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temperatures hitting 25 degrees. Live now to our reporter

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Lisa McAlister, who is at the beach

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at Crawfordsburn. Yes, that's right. People are here

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today in Crawfordsburn country Park enjoying one of the hottest days of

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the year, and it is not over yet. As you said, temperatures peaked at

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over 25 degrees Celsius, making Northern Ireland were read in

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Barcelona, Malaga, Pisa and Istanbul, anybody who is on holiday

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will be disappointed. It is a shame it fell on a Monday when many of us

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had to go back to work, and the circumstances for the

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sun-worshippers, some were too young to worry about work, while others

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came up with a crafty way of getting out of bed early.

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What did you do today? We went to the beach. What did you do at the

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beach? We were playing in the water and sand. I made a sand castle. Was

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it a good sand castle? Have you been here all day? A few errors. -- if

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you hours. -- a few hours. I had to negotiate getting out of work early

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first. Then I met up and came over here, just sitting and enjoying the

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good weather. It's not often that happens in Northern Ireland, make

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the most of it while it is here. We will have the full weather

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forecast later in the programme, that we understand it is supposed to

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break tomorrow, so in the meantime, enjoy a beautiful evening. Can I

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have a 99 please? Yes, Cecilia will be

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here in a moment. and the Northern Ireland football

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squad have arrived in France ahead of their opening

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Euro 2016 game this weekend. Stephen Watson is with the team

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at their base north of Lyon. Thank you. There are just six days

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to go until Northern Ireland take on Poland in Nice.

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The squad has settled into their training base

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here in the small town of Saint Georges-de Reneins.

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There are just under 4000 people who live here, but the locals have made

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Michael O'Neill and his players feel very welcome.

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Any we've spoken to today say they're are thrilled to play host

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Many shop fronts have been decorated with Northern Ireland

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The team had their first, very light training session today after flying

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in from Slovakia last night. Joe Taggart was with them.

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Here at last. Michael O'Neill and his players, not just arriving in

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France, at coming to the European Championship finals as the form

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team, unbeaten in 12, a record none of the other 23 teams can match.

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Training for those who started the game in Slovakia, both on and off

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the pitch, the players believe their base camp could not be better. The

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facilities, it is 5-star, seven star, whatever it is. We're really

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excited to be here. We're going into games thinking, we can get results.

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We know that. They will be looking at us thinking, we are the in form

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team. They have to be wary of us, our confidence is so high at the

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mid-dash-mac at the minute. We're going to give it 100% and give it

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every thing we have got to get the right results. The manager wants to

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trigger inspirational moments from the qualifying campaign, not just

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when the players visit here in the media Centre, also at the team

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hotel, where other memories of home were waiting for the players when

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they arrived. Everywhere you go, there is a picture of a moment from

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qualifying, the good times, you can have a look at the little pictures,

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that was when we did that, this, just reminders of what we have

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achieved so far. The families have sent things over for us, which is

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nice as well. Mix it feel homely for us. Nice to have pictures of our

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families, next to our beds, just to make us feel a bit home. After a lot

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of hard work the players have truly been provided with a home from home.

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Sprinklers, not rain over Kyle Lafferty and the rest of the players

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today. Republic of Ireland forward

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Robbie Keane resumed training with Martin O'Neill's side today,

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while concerns have eased over The Republic's star performer

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in qualification, had knee surgery just a few weeks ago,

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but is feeling positive Had an operation on many probably

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about seven weeks ago -- might need. -- my knee. A bit of tendinitis, it

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clears up a little bit, you have got to settle down, you do not want to

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push through and come into next week, the week leading up to the

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game, pushing yourself through it. I have just been working in the gym

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the past couple of days, pretty tough, and looking to go again.

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Reigning champions Monaghan are safely through

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to the semi-finals of Gaelic Football's

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They walloped Down yesterday. They have a tradition in excellence.

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Yesterday was different, so different in fact, in order a

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century of Gaelic games, Sunday's defeat by Monaghan was a shock.

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Obviously a very difficult situation for 35, 40 minutes, when we were in

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the game, and then the wheels came off. They were more experienced than

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we are. Monaghan struggled in the first half

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but were ruthless in the second. They expect the competition to

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become more intense. Next week's game and be a very tight game, then

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the two semifinals will be very tight as well. From here on in, it

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will be tight. And we're just delighted to be there. Down going to

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tomorrow's qualifying draw, and as for Monaghan, step one complete and

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hanging on to the Ulster Championship crown.

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At the Isle of Man TT, Ian Hutchinson picked up wins in both

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the Supersport and Superstock classes today to take his tally

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a new absolute lap record and recorded the first

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sub 17-minute lap in winning the opening Superbike race.

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It was his 12th success at the event. He was second in the

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Supersport Race, but was disqualified because of a technical

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issue. That's it from France. More at 10:25pm, including a special

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interview with the Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill on tomorrow

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night's programme. Time for the weather.

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25.2 was the highest temperature in Northern Ireland, not quite the

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hottest day of the year but not far off it. Most of us had hot sunshine,

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that was not the case everywhere. This video footage came from Co

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Fermanagh, thundery downpours, and those developed in other western

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areas as well through the course of the day. On the rainfall radar,

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sunshine in the East but some big heavy showers across the West. They

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will continue to ease away northwards through this evening for

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a while tonight. Rain for some of the gardens, warm and muggy tonight

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as well. Temperatures staying well up in double figures, and that

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humidity will continue into Tuesday. Unfortunately the thundery showers

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will break out in other areas as well. That does not mean you're

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guaranteed to see rain tomorrow. There will be sunshine as well.

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Initially the showers will move up from the south west, but the

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rainfall warning is valid tomorrow for eastern counties, so parts of

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Antrim, Down, armour will be at risk of thundery downpours which could

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look -- leads to possible flooding. It will study warm, typically 21, 22

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degrees, still sunshine at times, and it may be that it is a better

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day across parts of the West and South West compared to today. Once

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those thundery downpours edge away later on tomorrow, things will start

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to dry up again. It is not a completely awful forecast by any

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means, it looks as though the rest of the week, through Wednesday and

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Thursday, warm weather around and sunshine, and still some decent

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temperatures. However, by Friday, that is where we see the real

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significant change, as widespread rain will move across all parts.

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Wednesday, some sunshine, most places dry, temperatures in the low

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20s. Our late summary is at 10:30pm. Have

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a very good evening.

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