:00:07. > :00:10.The Republic of Ireland have beaten Italy 1 - 0
:00:11. > :00:12.to join Northern Ireland in the last 16 of
:00:13. > :00:17.And Northern Ireland now know that they'll face Wales in Paris this
:00:18. > :00:22.Robbie Brady got the all important goal for Martin O'Neill's
:00:23. > :00:26.He headed in Wes Houlahan's cross to keep the European championship
:00:27. > :00:31.dream alive and send the fans in Lille into raptures.
:00:32. > :00:33.Thomas Kane watched the dramatic scenes unfold tonight and,
:00:34. > :00:42.a short time ago, spoke to the manager Martin O'Neill.
:00:43. > :00:49.It has been an incredible night in Lille for Martin O'Neill and his
:00:50. > :00:53.side. You asked your place to be confident and strong, embrace the
:00:54. > :00:59.impatient. They did that and a lot more. They were immense tonight, it
:01:00. > :01:04.really amends. If big performance, had to win the game obviously and
:01:05. > :01:09.they came and we deserved to win it. The way we played, though control we
:01:10. > :01:13.had of the game against a very talented Italian side, not just
:01:14. > :01:18.that, it was the effort we put into the game, it was immense and if we
:01:19. > :01:21.hadn't had one, it would have been the usual thing, a great effort but
:01:22. > :01:27.just falling short. We didn't fall short tonight, we deserved to win
:01:28. > :01:31.it. I spoke to you before the tournament and you said it's not a
:01:32. > :01:36.coincidence that this team scores late goals, it's because of the
:01:37. > :01:43.spirit. Once again, Robbie Brady score is an iconic Irish goal.
:01:44. > :01:49.You're absolutely right. Whatever you say about this site, they do not
:01:50. > :01:53.lack spirit and determination. We could tidy certain things up, but
:01:54. > :01:56.tonight we didn't need to tidy things up. We've dominated again
:01:57. > :02:00.against Italy any match we had to win and just when you think the
:02:01. > :02:04.chance had gone, when the chance was missed, you think that set, were not
:02:05. > :02:09.going to get a clear-cut chance again and then he sends one in and
:02:10. > :02:12.Robbie Brady has gone as bravely as anything to go and hit it into the
:02:13. > :02:16.net and it's a great evening. A great evening for us and thusly for
:02:17. > :02:21.the players and a fantastic evening for the fans because they kept the
:02:22. > :02:24.team going through the evening. The supporters you've mentioned in amber
:02:25. > :02:29.of times during this tournament. Where the extra special tonight? I'm
:02:30. > :02:36.not even sure that they can be even more extra special. I thought the
:02:37. > :02:40.scenes before the game and during the match in Paris where fantastic.
:02:41. > :02:45.I thought we let them down a little bit in the game against Belgium and
:02:46. > :02:50.just lost their way a little bit in the second half. We knew there was a
:02:51. > :02:55.big performance from the team tonight and I think the fans have
:02:56. > :02:59.reacted and I think, together, with fans and players we've been carried
:03:00. > :03:02.over the line. You made some big decisions in terms of your team
:03:03. > :03:09.selection. How please do you that it worked so? It's not just that. You
:03:10. > :03:13.need to add a little bit of energy into this side, a couple of players
:03:14. > :03:20.the wrong side of 30 who have done magnificently for us. We had energy
:03:21. > :03:24.in the side tonight and we were able to keep the going through the 90
:03:25. > :03:30.minutes. Thank you very much respect into us. Congratulations. Once
:03:31. > :03:31.again, next up, it's France. A happy man there.
:03:32. > :03:33.Our reporter Ita Dungan is with the Irish fans
:03:34. > :03:36.Ita, a winning goal just six minutes from full-time,
:03:37. > :03:48.Yes, indeed. As you can see, it's quiet behind me at the moment
:03:49. > :03:54.because all the fans that were here have made their way into the centre
:03:55. > :04:00.of Lille for one a huge party. It was here in that 84th minute when
:04:01. > :04:04.Robbie Brady's goal hit the back of the net that this place was
:04:05. > :04:11.absolutely bouncing. The stadium is eight calamities away from here and
:04:12. > :04:14.you could nearly here, command you boys in green, echoing out across
:04:15. > :04:21.the city and that's exactly what they did. The boys in green have
:04:22. > :04:31.secured a famous 1-0 victory against the Italians. 1994, giant stadium,
:04:32. > :04:36.2016, in Lille. What do the fans think? As we watch the mat, there
:04:37. > :04:41.was the highs and lows at the first half, the nerves were absolutely
:04:42. > :04:48.jangling. Then there was the second half, the head went down, absolutely
:04:49. > :04:52.slightly and then that goal sent this place into absolute ecstasy.
:04:53. > :04:59.How can I discredit? I'll leave that up to the fans that we spoke to when
:05:00. > :05:02.the whistle was blown. I can put into words! They were a million
:05:03. > :05:09.times better than Italy. They were by far the better team. Steyn I
:05:10. > :05:17.believe it. For the hell I read? Wheel will just be there. We have
:05:18. > :05:26.another week, we're not going home. We're here to stay! Steyn ecstatic!
:05:27. > :05:33.Well done, lads. Are some, just awesome. Lost for words. Brilliant
:05:34. > :05:41.reaction from the fans there. What next for the team? The footballing
:05:42. > :05:45.odyssey continues. It's time to pack up your suitcases again, ring the
:05:46. > :05:50.credit union, bring your boss and ask for some time off. It's the
:05:51. > :05:54.French as well. The Irish have timed the French people here. Half of the
:05:55. > :06:00.people here this afternoon and this evening were French, but they all
:06:01. > :06:05.had tricolours on around them. It is the French that the Republic of
:06:06. > :06:09.Ireland will meet in Lyon on Sunday. This weekend, Northern Ireland
:06:10. > :06:11.versus Wales on Saturday, Ireland versus France on Sunday, who would
:06:12. > :06:13.ever have thought? The First Minister, Arlene Foster,
:06:14. > :06:15.was quick to congratulate In a tweet, she said, Well done,
:06:16. > :06:20.Republic of Ireland - what a result. There have been celebrations
:06:21. > :06:23.here in Belfast too. Our reporter David Maxwell was down
:06:24. > :06:34.at the fanzone at There was a pretty subdued
:06:35. > :06:40.atmosphere here most of the evening until that goal in the 85th minute,
:06:41. > :06:43.that 11 is a goal which secured the Republic's place in the knockout
:06:44. > :06:46.stages of this competition and since that goal, the celebrating hasn't
:06:47. > :07:03.stopped. It was unbelievable. We thought we
:07:04. > :07:06.had been beaten. Steyn this is something to do our country prayed
:07:07. > :07:15.for the rest of our lives. We are going to go on and win the Euro.
:07:16. > :07:19.It's great. We are finally there and in the next round, the fans have
:07:20. > :07:25.been the best in the world. A great goal. The last five or six minutes,
:07:26. > :07:29.were going to win. The clean-up is already underway here but it's not
:07:30. > :07:30.being cleaned up for the last time. Plenty more world-class football is
:07:31. > :07:33.going to be watched right here. Well, the Northern Ireland fans
:07:34. > :07:37.and the team have been coming to terms with the fact
:07:38. > :07:40.that their Euros adventure goes on. Our reporter Stephen Watson has been
:07:41. > :07:43.getting the reaction of manager Michael O'Neill to his side's
:07:44. > :07:53.progression to the knock-out stage. When you're a small team, you don't
:07:54. > :07:57.get recognition. When we qualified, people said that there is more teams
:07:58. > :08:04.in the tournament. Not the fact that we'd won every group to be here.
:08:05. > :08:07.From a number of our players, the tend not to get the recognition of
:08:08. > :08:12.some of the other players in the tournament even on a weekly basis,
:08:13. > :08:15.domestic way for the club. For our players in particular, they are
:08:16. > :08:21.playing outside the Premier League ready I pretty much the recognition
:08:22. > :08:26.is based on a local area. To be brought to the attention of a
:08:27. > :08:31.worldwide audience and to get the applause that they've had has been
:08:32. > :08:35.great and it's been an experience they have enjoyed. Can you extend
:08:36. > :08:41.this remarkable journey? Can you stay in France? I think we can. The
:08:42. > :08:46.knockout competition suits the smaller nations. You are always
:08:47. > :08:50.looking over your shoulder at that other group and are looking at
:08:51. > :08:53.what's happening in other games. All we are concerned about now is
:08:54. > :08:59.ourselves and the next game and it's the cup tie. We will be the mineral.
:09:00. > :09:06.We will be the giant killer in that situation. We have to go and believe
:09:07. > :09:10.whoever we play, we can progress. We will play against top teams. We have
:09:11. > :09:14.played against top teams and we've won. We've played against a bigger
:09:15. > :09:18.nations, so the experience of doing that will hopefully give them the
:09:19. > :09:20.belief that they can stay in the competition and I've no doubt the
:09:21. > :09:21.players believe that. The Northern Ireland fans now know
:09:22. > :09:24.they'll be staying in Paris, for their next
:09:25. > :09:25.match against Wales. Earlier today, our reporter
:09:26. > :09:40.Helen Jones got their reaction to The moment Northern Ireland fans
:09:41. > :09:53.find out they were staying and fans. Qualification for the last 16. He
:09:54. > :09:59.will be relieved and pleased that they've reached this level. He will
:10:00. > :10:06.certainly be delighted for the team. He's very much a team player. I
:10:07. > :10:10.think he will see it as more of a team effort. Not only are Northern
:10:11. > :10:14.Ireland fans making news at home, they're making the news in France.
:10:15. > :10:17.High praise from the number one sports paper here. It says, you
:10:18. > :10:22.would have been better watching the terraces than the pitch. It's almost
:10:23. > :10:28.24 hours since Northern Ireland qualified for the final 16. Will
:10:29. > :10:37.fancy a new wave of fans arriving. What the plans for the fans who have
:10:38. > :10:39.here all along? Couple of us have thought about staying. We were
:10:40. > :10:51.supposed to go home on Saturday ourselves. Even another deer too,
:10:52. > :10:58.think we make to squeeze attend. Steyn the other two games was that
:10:59. > :11:05.the idea was always to hang on. We are confident enough. These things
:11:06. > :11:13.normally read their own cause. We are going to be hanging on for the
:11:14. > :11:24.extra couple of days. Have a lot of things to go home to. It's
:11:25. > :11:28.unbelievable. I might it a day ticket. It's been a long road
:11:29. > :11:36.travelled up until now. The journey is not yet over. The Northern
:11:37. > :11:40.Ireland's manager Michael O'Neill said his team's match against Wales
:11:41. > :11:44.on Saturday was going to be a fantastic game. He said it will be
:11:45. > :11:47.tough but the team would go into the match believing they can win.
:11:48. > :11:49.The polls open tomorrow morning at seven o'clock
:11:50. > :11:53.Today, the two sides made their final push for votes.
:11:54. > :11:56.The result, whether the UK should leave or stay in the European Union,
:11:57. > :11:59.should be known by breakfast on Friday.
:12:00. > :12:06.Here's our political correspondent, Stephen Walker.
:12:07. > :12:15.It's been a long campaign involving TV debates, radio phone in is and
:12:16. > :12:19.tomorrow it's finally over. Opinion is divided. The business committee
:12:20. > :12:26.is split with some backing Leave and others who want the UK to stay. It's
:12:27. > :12:31.about certainty and uncertainty. Business despises uncertainty and
:12:32. > :12:35.what we want is a concrete situation or concrete deposition that we can
:12:36. > :12:40.operate from we don't have complexity. It will mean a
:12:41. > :12:46.hesitation in making decisions, not just by us but by our trading
:12:47. > :12:53.partners. Those in the Leave camp insist that Brexit would benefit
:12:54. > :12:55.everyone. We are a strong nation of entrepreneurs, small businesses and
:12:56. > :13:02.salespeople. We can make our own way in the world doing deals around the
:13:03. > :13:09.world without being restricted to the EU. Tomorrow, the polling
:13:10. > :13:14.stations will open at 7am and close at 10pm. Voters will need to bring
:13:15. > :13:21.along ID and the polling booth will be asked this question, should the
:13:22. > :13:24.United Kingdom remain a member of the European union relieve the
:13:25. > :13:30.European Union? Voters are asked to put an X in the box of their choice.
:13:31. > :13:34.Just over 1.2 million people in Northern Ireland are entitled to
:13:35. > :13:38.vote. There will be around 600 polling places at schools and
:13:39. > :13:43.committee holes and around 1400 ballot boxes will be used. Counting
:13:44. > :13:45.is taking place overnight and we should have the final result by
:13:46. > :13:50.breakfast time on Friday. A County Antrim tourist attraction
:13:51. > :13:53.has been forced to close The Gobbins - a dramatic cliff face
:13:54. > :13:57.walk in Islandmagee - reopened last August
:13:58. > :14:00.following a ?7.5 million revamp but it shut again on Monday
:14:01. > :14:03.because of a rock fall. Here's our north east
:14:04. > :14:16.reporter Sara Girvin. Just weeks ago, the Gobbins was
:14:17. > :14:20.welcoming its first visitors of 2016. It closed last December
:14:21. > :14:24.following landslides caused by storms Abigail and Frank. There
:14:25. > :14:29.appears, including the removal of tonnes of rubble, take to the end of
:14:30. > :14:34.April to complete. On Monday, it closed again, this time because of
:14:35. > :14:39.rock falls. The Gobbins had been shut for more than 50 years before a
:14:40. > :14:46.relaunch costing ?7.5 million and with hefty repairers build winding
:14:47. > :14:51.up, is it money well spent? We've had almost 14,000 visitors over 55%
:14:52. > :14:57.of those by outside Northern Ireland. The truth implications for
:14:58. > :15:01.that are massive. It's going to be a major tourist attraction, so, yes, I
:15:02. > :15:05.think it's worth it. Those who manage the coastal path are at the
:15:06. > :15:08.mercy of non--- mother nature when it comes to further damage. They say
:15:09. > :15:14.the safety of staff and visitors were always come first. The Gobbins
:15:15. > :15:18.cafe and visitor centre remains open but the path itself will remain shut
:15:19. > :15:23.the next two to three weeks when maintenance work to the cliff face
:15:24. > :15:24.is carried out. It's hoped that work will help limit future limiting
:15:25. > :15:28.future closures. The jockey Tony McCoy
:15:29. > :15:30.became a sir today. He collected his knighthood
:15:31. > :15:33.for services to horse racing from Princess Anne during a service
:15:34. > :15:37.this morning at Buckingham Palace. The 20-time champion jockey
:15:38. > :15:40.from Moneyglass in County Antrim retired in 2015 after he became
:15:41. > :15:43.the most successful jump He rode more than 4,000
:15:44. > :15:52.winners in his long career. A look ahead now to a story coming
:15:53. > :16:04.up on tomorrow's BBC Newsline - Countless letters were written by
:16:05. > :16:09.soldiers in the trenches urging the First World War and boosted home to
:16:10. > :16:13.loved ones. To historians, they became personal first-hand accounts
:16:14. > :16:19.of life and death during the Battle of the Somme. With the centenary
:16:20. > :16:22.almost upon us, some of our correspondence have recently been
:16:23. > :16:27.rediscovered. I'll be reporting on one batch of battlefield letters
:16:28. > :16:28.written 100 years ago by a teenage soldier to his sweetheart back home
:16:29. > :16:29.in Belfast. That story coming up on BBC Newsline
:16:30. > :16:32.at 6.30 tomorrow evening. The weather forecast
:16:33. > :16:47.now, with Barra Best. We are likely to see 20 degrees
:16:48. > :16:53.pop-up in 12 spots tomorrow. Tonight it stays mild for rust of us. When
:16:54. > :16:55.this guy does clear in the countryside, we could see
:16:56. > :17:00.temperatures a little bit lower than that but not too bad at all for the
:17:01. > :17:04.time of year. Tomorrow, we get off to a promising start with a lot of
:17:05. > :17:08.dry weather and sunshine. Throughout the day, it will turn a little bit
:17:09. > :17:11.more unsettled for the west. Southerly winds are light and good
:17:12. > :17:15.events of sunshine and that cloud begins to pop in from the Atlantic
:17:16. > :17:18.by about mid-morning, bringing with it a few scattered showers to
:17:19. > :17:22.western areas of Ireland. The heaviest of the rain to begin with
:17:23. > :17:26.will be across the south-east of England. Some heavy downpour is here
:17:27. > :17:30.which eventually clears out and will turn dryer. Sunny spells and
:17:31. > :17:35.scattered showers further knife and a little bit cooler, but
:17:36. > :17:39.temperatures around 1921 degrees. Across Ireland, we are likely to see
:17:40. > :17:43.discarded cherries popping up to the afternoon and 12 of those will be
:17:44. > :17:53.heavy, possibly with some thunder and lightning. We could get the odd
:17:54. > :17:59.rumble of thunder next on well. Not too bad at all. If you're away from
:18:00. > :18:03.the showers and you do get some nice sunshine. On Friday, we do it all
:18:04. > :18:06.again. There will be some scattered cherries and this time we are likely
:18:07. > :18:10.to see my heavy downpours and some thunder and lightning as well. A
:18:11. > :18:16.cooler, fresher date with a north-westerly wind towards the
:18:17. > :18:20.cause. Some scattered showers will stay with us over the weekend, but
:18:21. > :18:21.it's not a complete wash-out. There will be good dry periods and sons
:18:22. > :18:23.antennas well. Our next BBC Newsline
:18:24. > :18:26.is at 6.25 in the morning You can also keep updated
:18:27. > :18:30.with News Online.