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Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline: The police overtime bill

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at this County Antrim oil drill protest rises to nearly ?200,000.

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An apology from the Education Authority for the way it imposed

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We find out how people in the Republic feel about a UK exit

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This French city welcomes thousands of Northern Ireland fans.

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And its college time for the Northern Ireland players tomorrow at

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Euro 2016. -- it is crunch time. Join me live later from France.

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The changes on the way. Cloudy, rainy and mild and cooler, greyer

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and wet tomorrow. The overtime bill for policing

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at a controversial County Antrim drilling operation now

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stands at almost ?200,000. The operation at Woodburn

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near Carrickfergus The Oil company Infrastrata

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is digging an exploratory well and protesters have opposed

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the scheme because it's Here's our Agriculture

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and Environment correspondent, That is a civil matter. Police and

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protectors have been here since the exploratory oil well work began in

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February. There has been a constant present at the protest camp and from

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time to time larger demonstrations against the drill. It has emerged

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that the overtime bill for police amounts to almost ?200,000. It is

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hefty but only part of the story. The true cost of policing this

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protest includes things like fuel, the use of vehicles and the police

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helicopter so the cost will be much higher. Contact between police,

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protect those and Private security has become more fraught in recent

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weeks -- protesters. Environmentalists have protested

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against heavy handedness and several have been protested for alleged

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breach of the peace and dark due in court next month. We saw tactical

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support riot police with assault rifles and helicopters have been

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deployed and CS gas has been used against peaceful protesters. It's

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not commensurate or protest -- proportionate. Police say it has

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been proportionate and that the protest is diverting resources from

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where they are really needed. I would rather police were on the

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ground here policing and deterring crime. Protesters must protest in a

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way that is lawful and peaceful but it appears it might not have always

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been the case which is why the police are required to be there. The

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exploratory drilling is expected to last for another few weeks and the

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cost of policing that accompanies it will keep mounting.

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The Education Authority has apologised to parents for how

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they've handled a plan to cut hours for pupils in special

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Members of the Assembly's education committee questioned officials

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from the authority today and many were highly critical,

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as our education correspondent Robbie Meredith reports.

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Disabled children at this specialist school in Belfast are enjoying their

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nursery class. The other IT plans to cut their time in school and that

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drew heavy criticism. There should be an authority -- apology from the

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Education Authority to parents for the mishandling of the

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decision-making process, how it has been communicated and an acceptance

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that this has done serious baby takes no damage to the educational

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authority. They plan to cut the amount of time children spend in

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special nurseries to 12 and a half I was a week from September. The plans

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are now temporarily on hold. MLAs told senior officials that they were

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unhappy about how the process had been Happel. The approach has been

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unacceptable and inconsistent. It has been contradictory and

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evidentially disputed. There has been wholly inadequate communication

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and engagement. I have huge concerns about a blanket number of hours and

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it doesn't meet the needs of different children. Parents are very

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upset and we are upset for them so there needs to be a slight degree of

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humility. In response, the chair did apologise. I am very sorry for the

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upset parents continued to experience because there is a

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measure of significant uncertainty for them. Our behalf of myself and

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the board and the officials are well aware that we really want this to

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improve in terms of how we engage with the community we serve. Six

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special schools' funding has been cut but that is said to be an

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interim measure now while the review takes place.

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The Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliott says he will probably vote to leave

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the European Union in next Thursday's referendum.

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His party has been part of the Remain campaign but says it

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respects the rights of individual members to vote Leave.

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Earlier today, David Cameron said a vote to leave risks

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having to implement checks for people departing

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He was speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons.

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If we were to leave and as the Leave campaigners want, make a bit -- big

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issues about our border, you have a land border and therefore you can

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only either have new border controls between the Republic and Northern

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Ireland or, which I would regret hugely, you would have to have some

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sort of checks on people as they left Belfast or other parts of

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Northern Ireland to come to the rest of the United Kingdom.

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Leave campaigners say the Prime Minister's comments

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are scare tactics ahead of the poll next Thursday.

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The Common travel area existed before we were a member state of the

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EU and there is absolutely no reason why that should change and the Prime

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Minister knows this. This is merely the latest in a long line of

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desperate tactics why a campaign that know the momentum is with those

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who want the UK to exert its independence from the UK -- EU and

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that's why we see these desperate tactics.

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The Republic is the only country which has a land border with the UK,

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so is taking a very keen interest in the referendum.

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More than 400,000 Irish citizens living in Britain and 120,000

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British citizens south of the border all have a vote.

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As our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison reports,

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while the Republic was neutral on the Scottish independence vote,

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that's not the case where the Brexit referendum is concerned.

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Dublin today is self-consciously you -- European despite the British

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past. When both countries joined what was when -- then be European

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economic union it had no choice but to join with the British. That

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dependency is no longer the case but the UK remains Ireland's single

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biggest trading partner in Europe with an estimated over 1 billion

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euros in trade in sellable goods moving between the two islands every

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week. An independent think tank says that overall ape Brexit would harm

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the Republic. Our analysis suggests that trade impact on Ireland could

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be to reduce total exports on the merchandise side by 3%. Quite a lot?

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3% would not be catastrophic but it would be significant. At potentially

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catastrophic, people are being told here, could be the return of customs

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post and a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic

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and all the main Northern Ireland parties want the UK to remain within

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the EU, saying they are worried about the implications of a Brexit

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for the island and the peace process. At best we will have a huge

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degree of uncertainty. At worst, we will have an imposition of a hard

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border by way of a customs point and there is also the question of

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security. EU security and national security as the border would, in

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effect, be between an EQ state and a non-EU state. It was political

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opinion here is in favour of a Remained vote, there is some

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support, say in the fishing industry, for the UK to leave. One

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independent MP believes the EU is flawed and unaccountable. I have the

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British people vote yes because if it speeds up the break-up of the EU

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it would be a welcome development for all the citizens of Europe and

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would allow a particularly on the West Coast of Ireland, for us to

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establish our own fishing rights to our own fishing resources. It has

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been many years since the vote had such profound consequences for this

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state. The majority here seem to not want the UK to take a leap into the

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unknown. And there are two

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referendum programmes The first is hosted

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by David Dimbleby - a Question Time Special after this

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news at 6.45 and another chaired Industrial action in France has been

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a headache for fans travelling to the Euros. Trains and some flights

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had been cancelled. Most Northern Ireland fans have made it for the

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next match. Mark Simpson is there. Hello. This is the third-largest

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city in France and edit it has one of the biggest football stadiums,

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holding almost 60,000 people. More than three times the size of Windsor

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Park and many of those seats tomorrow night will be filled by

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Northern Ireland fans. They are everywhere here. In the restaurants,

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bars, hotels and around the streets. They are in very good voice.

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SINGING just getting here is a reason to celebrate.

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Amongst those caught in the travel chaos is this a bit rugby player. We

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ended up flying to Geneva and got the train down yesterday. A bit of a

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trek. Guys were going to Luton and flying to Barcelona. Everyone has

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made such an effort and it's all just for the lads, to get behind

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them and show support. Many have arrived later than expected. Our

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flight got cancelled quite late on so we had to fly into Paris. Our

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train was cancelled so we had to go yesterday morning. How was that?

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Long and tiring. Of course, many fans have been in France since last

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week and, for some, all that sunshine has taken its toll. I've

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got a good Belfast town! Are you saw? Very much so. Did nobody ever

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say to you? I had factor 5000 on but as Northern Ireland is still get

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burnt! And what about tomorrow's match? Have you a prediction? 9-0.

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Some more conservative predictions were made. 2-0. 2-1. I think it will

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be tight. I would like us to win 1-0, but after the game against

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Poland, far too defensive. The best defence is attack, so... GREEN ARMY!

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There are Northern Ireland fans everywhere and the citizens here

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don't quite know what has hit them. As for security, the police are

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here, but it is all pretty low-key. There were supposed to be a ban on

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drinking alcohol here today on the streets. If you went down to the

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bottom end of that fan zone, you would see a different story. I don't

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know what the French is for a softly, softly approach, but that is

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what it is. The police have taken to the Northern Ireland fans because

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they are mixing so well with the Ukrainian fans. The atmosphere here

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is very much so far so good. Not far along the road

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from Mark is Stephen Watson. He's at the stadium in Lyon

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with the latest news on the Northern Ireland

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and Republic squads. Thank you. Northern Ireland had

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their final training session today. Michael O'Neill said he will alter

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his starting line-up. They trained inside the stadium and is very

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impressive, built especially for Euro 2016. Inside that were night

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promises to be another very memorable sporting occasion for

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Northern Ireland. Arriving for the most important game

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of their careers. The players couldn't help but be impressed by

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their first look at the stadium here. It's a picture perfect venue

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which will welcome almost 18,000 Northern Ireland fans tomorrow

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night. A great stadium. Walking in today, I feel about already and to

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think we will have large numbers, possibly more than we have at

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Windsor so it's hard to think the atmosphere can be beaten but will

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hopefully give the fans a lot to cheer about tomorrow and we look

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forward to the game. After the opening defeat to Poland the manager

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is promising changes. It's an attempt to keep their chances of

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qualifying for the knockout stages alive will stop I've picked a team

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designed with people prepared to run forwards a threat to the opposition

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and we have two press better than we did in the game against Poland. It's

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about the ability to want to go and compete at this level and show you

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deserve the opportunity to play at this level and show why you

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qualified for a tournament of this stature. We need more players to

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play at the highest level. Everyone needs to raise the level. For

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Michael O'Neill and his team, there will be nowhere to hide tomorrow.

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What an actor promises to be! The Republic of Ireland are continuing

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their preparations for the game against Belgium this weekend in

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Bordeaux. They are based just outside Paris from where Thomas Kane

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reports. Walters is very influential and

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Martin O'Neill described him as the most effective they during

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qualifying but he looks set to miss the second game. He's struggled with

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an Achilles problem and was forced off after just an hour against

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Sweden. Today, the focus was also on showing solidarity with the hosts.

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There was a visibly increased security presence at the team

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training ground following the murder of a police commander and his

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partner at their home west of Paris. The attack took place 30 miles away

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from the site. The Irish players paid their respect. Jonathan Walters

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was the only one to sit out. There would have to be an improvement for

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him to come through and be ready. If the game was tomorrow he wouldn't

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make it. He thinks if he doesn't make this game he should maybe make

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it for the Italian game. O'Neill has a few options. But at the press

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conference he didn't give too much away. Maybe some people in this room

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are not our friends. LAUGHTER I am joking! I said I wouldn't do these

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jokes and I've done for! As some of the audience know, my jokes are

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pretty desperate. They are desperate, honestly. In any

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language. Golf and the US open

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begins at Oakmount in In 2011, it was Rory McIlroy's

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breakthough major. Five years on, the world number

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three says he has I feel good. You're coming off a

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decent stretch of golf. I got my first win of the season in Ireland

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which was nice. I played pretty well at the Memorial and potted well

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which was a big boost for me. My recent play has been pretty good so

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I feel confident coming in here. I know what I need to do to give

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myself a chance to win and feel like I've prepared well. That's all you

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can really ask for. We will have more later tonight and, of course,

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all the big game build-up tomorrow. The weather forecast

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is next with Geoff Maskell. Rather a nice evening out there. Dry

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and bright. Most people got away with showers. Northern Ireland saw

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some of the best weather today. Sharp showers across England and

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South Wales and very heavy rain, in particular, across north-east

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Scotland. That rain comes into play tonight. This evening, dry and

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bright conditions, particularly across the eastern half of Northern

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Ireland. By the time we get to the overnight period, skies will cloud

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over and rain will move east -- move in. The cloud will keep things on

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the mild side. That sets us up for a different feeling day tomorrow.

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Cooler and cloudier and underneath the blanket of grey cloud it will

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feel pretty miserable. The rain continues. Tom tomorrow, we will do

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well to get up into the middle teens --. On Thursday evening, another

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mild night with the cloud cover remaining in place. Gradually, the

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rain will fizzle out. Improving as we get to the back half of this

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week. High pressure builds in and things will settle down a bit. Yet

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in, and bright for the next few days but staying on the cloudy side. By

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Sunday, we might see high is close to 20 Celsius again. Thank you for

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who want to show us how good they are in the kitchen.

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Many of them can sing, dance, act. We don't care about that.

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