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Good evening. for the news where you are.

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The Police Ombudsman has found there was collusion between police

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officers and a UVF gang who murdered six men

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The Catholic victims were shot as they watched a World Cup

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football match in a pub in the County Down village.

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The Ombudsman said that RUC informers were involved

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The customers were watching the Republic of Ireland play Italy

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in the World Cup finals when two gunmen burst into this rural pub,

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Six men were killed, another five were wounded.

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The six who died were Adrian Rogan, Barney Green, Dan McCreanor,

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Eamon Byrne, Malcolm Jenkinson, and Patsy O'Hare.

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Today, in a 160-page report, Michael Maguire gave

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the families many of the answers they've been seeking,

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In addition, my investigation found some security forces

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and the Newcastle subdivision have been customised

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Either through direct involvement with loyalist

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The report concludes had this UVF unit been subject to investigation,

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they may have been arrested and may not have been involved

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Whether that attack would have been carried out by another

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It is important to note we did not find any specific evidence

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that the police had information that there would be an attack

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Michael McQuire said many police officers did work tirelessly

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But he was scathing of the overall police approach, including

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The investigation particularly in the early stages

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was characterised by incompetence, indifference and neglect.

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When viewed collectively, I have no hesitation in saying

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collusion was a significant feature in the Loughinisland attacks.

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The ombudsman met with the families in Loughinisland last night,

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This afternoon, they came together, to give their

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We set out to look for truth and justice.

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22 years later, we have truth, but we still haven't got justice.

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We are elated with the report's findings.

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Reaction from the PSNI Chief Constable came at today's

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That is entirely not acceptable to me, anathema to my standards

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I would say even to the standards of policing in 1994.

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That is totally not acceptable and those people should be

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Emma Rogan was only eight when her father Adrian

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There is a part in the report that said that bad

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people were in the pub, that is what I was told,

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bad men entered the pub and murdered my father.

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Everywhere we went, the door was slammed in our face.

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They said, no, the police are making that up,

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collusion doesn't exist, that is wrong.

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Today, we have got the truth, and we were right.

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The shootings in Loughinisland have always been remembered as one

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Guns used in the Loughinisland attack came from a huge Loyalist

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And the Police Ombudsman's report reveals that many of the weapons

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were moved when a Loyalist was tipped off that his home

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Here's our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney.

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An Ulster resistance rally at the Ulster Hall.

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Formed to combat the Anglo-Irish agreement, some Unionist

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They always denied any involvement in paramilitary activity and said

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they had left by the time it was trying to import weapons.

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consignment from South Africa along with the UDA and UVF.

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Six years later, a rifle from that shipment was used

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Other South African guns were used in at least 70 other murders

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The key question is, why did that happen?

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Given that RUC special Branch and military intelligence knew

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They knew because senior loyalists who were informers were involved

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The police ombudsman's report today also confirms some of those directly

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involved had been under long-term surveillance by the police,

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And when a gang drove to County Armagh to pick up some

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of the weapons in January 1988, they were being watched.

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But the surveillance team said they lost sight of the vehicles

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during the actual time they were being loaded

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One hour and a half later, a substantial amount of the shipment

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was seized in two cars stopped at a police checkpoint.

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But not all of the weapons were retrieved.

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Including the rifle used to kill six people in Loughinisland.

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The police ombudsman says he has established the rest

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of the shipment was stored at home of this man, James Mitchell,

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As part of the BBC Spotlight investigation 12 years ago,

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I asked him to respond to allegations he was a member

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of the Glenanne gang, a group of loyalists links to more

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Special Branch knew all about James Mitchell.

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Police had found weapons on his farm in 1978,

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and in a confession can he told them it was one of the main UVF arms

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Special Branch, though, did not pass any of this information

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to detectives trying to locate the weapons.

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I fail to understand why the police actually could not go

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As we say in the report, it did have the consequences

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of failure to go quickly to the farm meant the weapons were moved.

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Michael Maguire says James Mitchell was tipped off within two hours

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of the cars being stopped in Portadown, that his

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The rest of the weapons were moved to another

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It has emerged, that within hours, they were in the hands

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A former UDR soldier, he was a leader of the UVF

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Dubbed the jackal by journalists he was behind dozens

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But he was never questioned about the shipment.

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Today, the ombudsman said it was a matter of significant

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concern that Special Branch protected loyalists from effective

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investigation by failing to pass on intelligence about activities.

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Despite being implicated in importation of the weapons,

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senior members of the UDA, UVF and resistance were not subject

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This can be attributed to a decision by Special Branch not to disseminate

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intelligence implicating these individuals, some

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Given the gravity of conspiracy and impact this has had

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on the lives of many, I believe this decision

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on the lives of many, I believe this decision is indefensible.

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The report today again goes to the heart of the relationship

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between informers and their handlers.

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Michael Maguire says some police officers appeared to place more

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value on gathering information and protecting their sources,

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than in prevention and detection of crime.

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That poses serious questions of the very purpose

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Two former Prime Ministers were here today to urge people

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Sir John Major and Tony Blair warned that leaving would jeopardise

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They faced questions from students at the Ulster

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Our Political Correspondent Enda McClafferty reports.

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The architects of the peace process, taking time out to survey

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Derry's Peace Bridge was the first port of call today

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It was built to celebrate the peace they helped secure.

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How times have changed from Sir John's last visit

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Back then, he found himself in the middle of a battle

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between republican protesters and police.

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This time, the reception was very different.

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The old political foes were on a joint mission to convince

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voters here to stay in the EU, warning that the UK could be torn

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apart if the vote goes the other way.

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I believe it would be an historic mistake to do anything that has any

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risk to destabilise the complicated and multilayered constitutional

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settlement that underpins the present stability in Northern

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the European Union would do. It would throw all the pieces of the

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constitutional jigsaw up into the air again.

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Tony Blair said a vote to leave would undermine the political

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Here we stand as former prime ministers, and we say to the Leave

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campaign directly, you have fundamental questions to answer

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about Northern Ireland, the common travel area,

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the EU on the future make-up of the UK. The people of Northern Ireland

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need these answers, and need to have them within the next days before

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But those in the Leave campaign were quick to hit back.

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I do find it rather disgraceful for both

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importance of the peace process here in Northern Ireland, to come over

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here and suggest that a vote on a predicted action would undermine

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people in Northern Ireland to the political settlement and exclusively

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peaceful and democratic means to determine the island's future, that

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become less resolute if there was a democratic vote to leave the EU, is

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not only unjustified, but actually pretty irresponsible.

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But what about those who were listening?

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Were they convinced by the arguments from the two former

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They were trying to scare us, scaremongering has been used a lot

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by politicians and news readers. I feel like they were scaremongering,

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telling us about drastic consequences if we do leave the EU.

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I was quite on the fence whether to stay or leave

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here today will be convinced by the arguments put forward by Sir John

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Major and Tony Blair. Some don't even have a vote, but may go home

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and tell their families what they have heard today.

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difference come June the 23rd? That remains to be seen.

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A man who killed his mother two years ago thought she was a witch

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after he'd taken so-called legal highs, a court heard today.

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34-year-old Alun Kinney Evans suffered a drug induced

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psychosis after buying the drugs online.

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Margaret Evans, a 69-year-old hairdresser, was found beaten

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to death in the garden of her home in Portstewart.

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Alun Evans has admitted her manslaughter on the grounds

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of diminished responsibility, and will be sentenced next week.

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Now finally the latest weather outlook with Cecilia Daly.

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It will be 40 in some areas tonight particularly near the East coast.

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Warm and Maggie everywhere this coming night. Plenty of cloud

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around. Misty and murky nearly East coast. Showers breaking out widely.

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Lots of showers for the Republic of Ireland as well as parts of Wales

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and south-west England. Showers over Scotland and northern England. It

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should be dry over the Midlands and the south of England. The chance of

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some heavy showers and perhaps thunder. As we look ahead to the

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weekend it will still be close at times, also unsettled, of the two

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days Saturday will be the drier day. Our next BBC Newsline

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is at 6.25 in the morning And tomorrow evening at 6.30 we'll

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be live from Nice as we bring you the very latest in the run-up

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to Northern Ireland's From all of us here

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on the programme, goodnight.

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