:00:00. > :00:14.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
:00:15. > :00:20.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline...
:00:21. > :00:24.A lightning strike on this house in Downpatrick - three generations
:00:25. > :00:37.Looking from the street and looking from the roof, I was sleeping there.
:00:38. > :00:39.The man in charge of investigating the IRA agent called
:00:40. > :00:42.Stakeknife says he believes there will be prosecutions.
:00:43. > :00:46.Price rises predicted, as a dispute continues
:00:47. > :00:50.between local stores and one of their biggest suppliers.
:00:51. > :00:53.A victim of severe domestic abuse welcomes a Minister's promise
:00:54. > :01:08.Thank you, and keep doing it, because the quicker you make this
:01:09. > :01:08.happen, the more lives you are going to save.
:01:09. > :01:11.Also on tonight's programme, our digital detox comes to an end
:01:12. > :01:26.Day six, I get my smartphone back tomorrow. It feels like Christmas
:01:27. > :01:29.Eve. Can Jonathan Rea be crowned World Superbikes champion with the
:01:30. > :01:30.second year in a row? Join me for the latest in Spain.
:01:31. > :01:33.And there's rain in the forecast this weekend, but sunshine too.
:01:34. > :01:39.I'll be back with more detail on those drier gaps.
:01:40. > :01:42.Three generations of a family fled their home early this morning
:01:43. > :01:47.The strike caused a fire which badly damaged the house in Downpatrick.
:01:48. > :01:55.A grandfather, his son and two of his grandchildren were inside.
:01:56. > :02:00.They spoke to our reporter Ita Dungan.
:02:01. > :02:10.It was the thunder, really loud bang that will consult up. Grateful for
:02:11. > :02:16.that. Somebody above has been giving us the message to get up. And the
:02:17. > :02:21.Reilly family did get out. Joe, his son Paul and his 14-year-old son and
:02:22. > :02:26.ten-year-old daughter. Six hours later Joe and Paul were back. The
:02:27. > :02:30.morning still vivid. The next thing there was a cup of thunder and my
:02:31. > :02:34.daughter came in. It will occur and she was quite frightened. We were
:02:35. > :02:39.settling down again and the next think there was an almighty bang and
:02:40. > :02:44.blast. Hard to describe. It felt very close. The electric went out
:02:45. > :02:50.and the alarms went off and my daughter was screaming. My dad had
:02:51. > :02:53.woken and he said there was something not right upstairs. It
:02:54. > :02:56.turned out there was a little trap door in his room into the eaves of
:02:57. > :03:02.the house and he opened it up and there was a fire. We had a fire
:03:03. > :03:05.extinguisher in the kitchen that they thought they could use, but it
:03:06. > :03:10.was pitch black and I couldn't find anything. I was going back to say we
:03:11. > :03:15.can't get this sorted, let's get out. On the way past the living
:03:16. > :03:20.room, we are standing in front of now, I went past the door and I saw
:03:21. > :03:25.a large fire had just taken place in the corner of the television. How
:03:26. > :03:29.did it start upstairs and then travelled down into the living room?
:03:30. > :03:32.They reckon the lightning struck the aerial upstairs and faulty Cablelink
:03:33. > :03:37.which went through the use of the house which was where the small fire
:03:38. > :03:42.was in my father's room. They came down to the aerial socket behind the
:03:43. > :03:52.TV in the living room. It is very sad to see this, it has been your
:03:53. > :03:57.family home. Family home. It is terribly upsetting. A lot of memory.
:03:58. > :04:09.There are memories inside your head as well. Just things. I am not
:04:10. > :04:16.worried about materials, don't get me wrong, I am not even worried
:04:17. > :04:20.about the house. I am so glad that everybody is out and safe.
:04:21. > :04:22.A 23-year-old woman from County Tyrone has
:04:23. > :04:26.died after a car crash between Londonderry and Strabane.
:04:27. > :04:29.Caoimhe O'Brien was the only occupant of a blue Ford Focus car
:04:30. > :04:33.which crashed just before midnight on the A5 Victoria Road.
:04:34. > :04:35.Police officers investigating the incident have asked anyone
:04:36. > :04:40.who noticed the car in the area to contact them.
:04:41. > :04:43.The dispute between the giant manufacturer, Unilever and some
:04:44. > :04:47.of our local convenience stores is still unresolved.
:04:48. > :04:50.SuperValu, Mace and Centra have refused to accept a 10% price hike
:04:51. > :04:55.in many big brand products, and so are no longer stocking them.
:04:56. > :04:57.Our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell asks
:04:58. > :05:04.if it is the first sign of rising prices across the economy.
:05:05. > :05:08.These popular brands could be disappearing
:05:09. > :05:13.Unilever say they've no choice but to increase prices.
:05:14. > :05:18.They blame the fall in the value of the pound, which puts up
:05:19. > :05:20.the cost of importing ingredients and materials.
:05:21. > :05:22.They want retailers, like these, to absorb some of that rising cost.
:05:23. > :05:25.The retailers say that's asking too much, and so they won't
:05:26. > :05:38.It is about ensuring that families don't pay any more for their grocery
:05:39. > :05:41.bills, hard-working families are under enough pressure. That is what
:05:42. > :05:45.it is all about. Stripped down all the talk about referendums and
:05:46. > :05:49.multinationals, it is about ensuring working families get a fair deal for
:05:50. > :05:49.the grocery bills. I hope that the negotiations will be successful.
:05:50. > :05:52.Tesco have reached a deal with Unilever, although the details
:05:53. > :05:56.However it's seems inevitable the price of a weekly shop
:05:57. > :06:01.Just look at how much food the UK imports.
:06:02. > :06:06.More than a quarter comes from the EU, and the rest
:06:07. > :06:12.A weaker pound makes those imports more expensive.
:06:13. > :06:17.We also import lots of clothes and footwear.
:06:18. > :06:24.The boss of Next says we can expect price rises there too.
:06:25. > :06:32.If the pound devalues by a lot, prices of imported goods will go up
:06:33. > :06:35.and I don't think there is any way around that. I don't think they will
:06:36. > :06:38.go up by as much as people think and they will certainly not go up by as
:06:39. > :06:40.much as the pound has devalued, but precisely because retailers will
:06:41. > :06:42.negotiate as hard as they can. The last two years have
:06:43. > :06:44.seen abnormally low Many economists think that era
:06:45. > :06:56.is drawing to a close. But we have been having is
:06:57. > :07:00.deflation, falling prices and consumer goods, food, fuel, energy
:07:01. > :07:03.bills. What they think we will see is the following food and fuel
:07:04. > :07:09.prices will reverse and they are in the process of reversing, they will
:07:10. > :07:12.increase in 2017. Overall I think the consumer price index will go
:07:13. > :07:13.above 2%. A falling pound will also
:07:14. > :07:15.provide real opportunity for our exporters to grow sales
:07:16. > :07:18.and develop new markets. So, in the long term it
:07:19. > :07:20.should be good news. But in the short term it
:07:21. > :07:43.will squeeze many household budgets. The head of an investigation into
:07:44. > :07:45.the activities of the alleged army agent, Stakeknife, says he believes
:07:46. > :07:48.it will lead to criminal prosecutions. Jon Boutcher who has a
:07:49. > :07:50.team of 48 detectives on the case says he's been given "very clear
:07:51. > :07:52.assurances" by the police, army and MI5 that they will fully co-operate.
:07:53. > :07:55.As our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports, Mr Boutcher
:07:56. > :07:56.has also met relatives of some of the people the agent is thought to
:07:57. > :07:59.have killed. This is the man alleged to have been
:08:00. > :08:04.the Army agent codenamed Stakeknife. Freddie Scappaticci
:08:05. > :08:07.from West Belfast. He is alleged to have been a member
:08:08. > :08:15.of the IRA's internal security unit and who had been involved
:08:16. > :08:20.in more than 50 murders. This is a man leading the
:08:21. > :08:23.investigation into his activities. Jon Boutcher was appointed in June
:08:24. > :08:27.and was in Belfast this week to meet relatives of some of those said
:08:28. > :08:30.to have been killed by the agent. Speaking today he says the fact
:08:31. > :08:33.that the agent known as Stakeknife is in a witness protection scheme
:08:34. > :08:35.would not protect him That scheme is there
:08:36. > :08:40.for their physical welfare. It is to make sure they can't come
:08:41. > :08:43.to harm because there may be But it does not afford that
:08:44. > :08:49.individual any immunity from any acts they have
:08:50. > :08:55.committed in the past. To be very clear, whenever
:08:56. > :08:57.I want to speak to anybody in the investigation,
:08:58. > :09:00.that scheme and the fact someone may be in a witness protection scheme
:09:01. > :09:10.does not protect them What about those agencies who
:09:11. > :09:18.handled Stakeknife, the army and the police? A key sort any assurances
:09:19. > :09:22.that they want closed doors or give you the access you need? Before I
:09:23. > :09:29.even took this investigation, I made some enquiries. I have written to
:09:30. > :09:33.those agencies having taken this formerly. But before I formally
:09:34. > :09:36.accepted the investigation and subsequently, they have given me a
:09:37. > :09:37.very clear and absolute reassurance they would cooperate with the
:09:38. > :09:38.investigation. The activities of current and former
:09:39. > :09:41.police officers, members of the Army and Security Service MI5 who worked
:09:42. > :09:44.with the agent are also So too are members of the IRA
:09:45. > :10:01.who may also have been I will be investigating any state
:10:02. > :10:06.actors, Security Service, military, all these who may have been
:10:07. > :10:10.responsible for directing, tasking, receiving information about what
:10:11. > :10:15.happened to those victims, to understand what they did or did not
:10:16. > :10:18.do. And if there is any evidence of criminal offences, we will capture
:10:19. > :10:23.that evidence and present it when it goes on to any prosecution that may
:10:24. > :10:27.be required. On the other side of that coin, whose members of the
:10:28. > :10:32.internal Security unit operated in a way that led to these murders, those
:10:33. > :10:37.murders were sanctioned and authorised, they were directed by
:10:38. > :10:42.senior members of the IRA, so we will follow that evidence. After
:10:43. > :10:46.meeting relatives of some of the people alleged to have been killed
:10:47. > :10:48.by Stakeknife this week, John Boettcher expressed surprise that
:10:49. > :10:52.they hadn't been interviewed by police before, and said meetings had
:10:53. > :10:58.provided potentially important information. We will listen to what
:10:59. > :11:02.I would describe as very significant evidence with regards to the people
:11:03. > :11:05.responsible for these murders, that probably has never been heard
:11:06. > :11:09.before. Do you expect to that there will be credible that criminal
:11:10. > :11:11.charges at the end of this investigation?
:11:12. > :11:13.I wouldn't be doing this investigation if I didn't believe
:11:14. > :11:16.I could get the evidence to present a case to a public prosecutor
:11:17. > :11:19.to see a trial of those who are responsible for this.
:11:20. > :11:24.So, I am determined to do everything I can to achieve that.
:11:25. > :11:32.John Bouchier has assembled a team of 48 detectives to work in the
:11:33. > :11:37.investigation. He says it is impossible to say how long it might
:11:38. > :11:39.take and he has appealed to anyone with any information they may
:11:40. > :11:47.believe to be useful to contact them.
:11:48. > :11:50.Within the next year, Northern Ireland is to get a new law
:11:51. > :11:52.to tackle psychological and emotional abuse.
:11:53. > :11:54.Confirmation of the move by the Justice Minister Claire Sugden
:11:55. > :11:56.has been welcomed by victims of domestic abuse, including
:11:57. > :11:59.a mother who suffered for years at the hands of her violent partner.
:12:00. > :12:01.Our Political Correspondent Enda McClafferty has more.
:12:02. > :12:03.Terri-Louise Graham knows all about the brutal
:12:04. > :12:06.This is how she was left after being beaten by her ex-partner
:12:07. > :12:10.He is now behind bars, and though her physical wounds have
:12:11. > :12:14.gone, the mental scars are still there.
:12:15. > :12:21.The mental torture never ends. He is not here any more, he is in jail. He
:12:22. > :12:26.is not getting it out until 2020 but I still hear noises, job, people
:12:27. > :12:30.move their arms quickly beside me, I am startled. I can't walk anywhere
:12:31. > :12:33.on my own because I have to have somebody with me because I can hear
:12:34. > :12:35.footsteps and all sorts of things because I was attacked in so many
:12:36. > :12:35.different ways. Incidents of domestic
:12:36. > :12:37.abuse in Northern Ireland In the last 12 months,
:12:38. > :12:40.more than 28,000 cases That's an average of 78 every day,
:12:41. > :12:44.which means police here respond to a domestic abuse incident
:12:45. > :12:47.every 18 minutes. The majority of cases
:12:48. > :12:52.don't make it to court, but that may a change when a new law
:12:53. > :12:56.dealing with psychological abuse That news was confirmed
:12:57. > :13:10.by the Justice Minister on the BBC's We have already begun the process in
:13:11. > :13:15.terms of legislating with this. I will have to go to other areas in
:13:16. > :13:19.terms of the Justice committee on how this will look, but I am
:13:20. > :13:23.committed to bringing this forward. Laws of control will be outlawed in
:13:24. > :13:23.Northern Ireland within the next year.
:13:24. > :13:25.But passing the law will be the easy part.
:13:26. > :13:27.Enforcing it will much more difficult.
:13:28. > :13:29.The experience from England and Wales shows that
:13:30. > :13:32.although the law has been in place there for more than a year,
:13:33. > :13:38.only a small number of people have been prosecuted.
:13:39. > :13:44.Brilliance that the Minister has been so clear and concise and that
:13:45. > :13:47.he is going to deliver this, and it is going to have a far reaching
:13:48. > :13:48.difference victims of domestic violence.
:13:49. > :13:51.Marie Brown from Foyle Women's Aid welcomed the news, but she knows
:13:52. > :13:56.getting cases to court will be the big challenge.
:13:57. > :14:03.Training the police will be one of the challenges and getting an
:14:04. > :14:07.understanding of just what the abuses and the damage it causes and
:14:08. > :14:12.addressing it. I think this is a major step to truly addressing
:14:13. > :14:13.domestic violence, to break that link in the future.
:14:14. > :14:15.Terri Louise Graham found out this week her abuser
:14:16. > :14:18.was turned down for parole, and won't be released until 2020.
:14:19. > :14:20.She is hoping by then there will be greater legal protection
:14:21. > :14:32.All this week, we've had reports looking at the impact of mobile
:14:33. > :14:34.technology on our work and family lives.
:14:35. > :14:38.Many people are now so dependent on their smartphones and wi-fi.
:14:39. > :14:41.One of them is BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson.
:14:42. > :14:45.I took away his smartphone last Friday.
:14:46. > :14:50.But could he manage a digital detox week?
:14:51. > :15:16.Four out of five adults now use a smartphone. So, what impact is this
:15:17. > :15:22.having on our lives? I know this is going to be very difficult for
:15:23. > :15:27.you... Day one. To be honest it hasn't been as bad as I thought it
:15:28. > :15:35.was going to be. Switch off your Wi-Fi, all internet for the next 48
:15:36. > :15:41.hours. Is using a smartphone too much bad for your health? I have
:15:42. > :15:45.been to see a doctor. Try and set times where you do start leaving it,
:15:46. > :15:51.leave it down at night and don't keep checking it. People don't
:15:52. > :15:56.communicate any more. They don't talk any more. Would you not like to
:15:57. > :16:04.have some apps? No, I don't even know what that is! It seems
:16:05. > :16:08.inevitable that mobile technology will feature more and more in all
:16:09. > :16:12.our working lives and it will take careful management to make sure it
:16:13. > :16:16.doesn't become overwhelming. Last night we actually sat down here and
:16:17. > :16:21.watch TV and had a cup of tea together and chatted. It was just
:16:22. > :16:26.unusual. Day six, I get my smartphone back tomorrow. It feels
:16:27. > :16:36.the Christmas Eve. Turn it back on again, three, two, one. Get your
:16:37. > :16:43.devices back out. Now the moment Mark has been waiting for. Here is
:16:44. > :16:48.your smartphone. What was the most difficult part of your detox week?
:16:49. > :16:53.Everything, I am not exaggerating. I looked at this thing about 100
:16:54. > :16:56.things a day if not more. If I had been at home watching BBC Newsline
:16:57. > :17:00.tonight I would have had my rumour control in one hand and this in the
:17:01. > :17:03.other hand so I needed a break and I got a break. Although I didn't enjoy
:17:04. > :17:07.it very much I ended up sleeping a lot better. I don't know that was a
:17:08. > :17:12.coincidence. The question everyone has been asking me, would I do it
:17:13. > :17:15.again? Never. I would never do it again. They think in this
:17:16. > :17:20.interconnected world, somebody may be even doing the job I am doing a
:17:21. > :17:23.lot of people it is not practical. You need instant contact with other
:17:24. > :17:32.people and the nude with you. I will never do a digital detox again if I
:17:33. > :17:34.need to look less at this. Rather than a detox, I think I need a
:17:35. > :17:39.digital diet. Well done. Yesterday we had the story
:17:40. > :17:42.of Olivia the baby gorilla Now it seems the adorable infant has
:17:43. > :17:46.a link with the fully-grown gorilla who made worldwide headlines
:17:47. > :17:48.after smashing his way out To coin a phrase more familiar
:17:49. > :17:54.to a Northern Ireland audience, this on-the-run gorilla caused quite
:17:55. > :17:57.a stir when he legged Visitors said they were locked
:17:58. > :18:01.inside a cafe until the It's since emerged that Kumbuka
:18:02. > :18:10.was born in Belfast Zoo in 1997. The zoo has a very successful
:18:11. > :18:13.breeding programme for these endangered western lowland gorillas,
:18:14. > :18:16.as we saw yesterday with the latest Despite sharing the same birth place
:18:17. > :18:23.on the slopes of Cavehill, Once confined to the sunny beaches
:18:24. > :18:36.of California or Hawaii, surfing is now a sport that's
:18:37. > :18:40.literally on the crest This weekend the Irish Surfing
:18:41. > :18:45.Association is celebrating its 50th birthday, and as Gordon Adair
:18:46. > :18:47.discovered at Rossnowlagh in County Donegal, it's been quite
:18:48. > :18:50.a journey from the early days when a handful of surfers
:18:51. > :19:00.used homemade boards. It is not exactly barmy, but for the
:19:01. > :19:04.hardier surfers around the globe, Ireland's wild Atlantic coast is
:19:05. > :19:11.still a huge draw. Irish surfing officially turns 50 this weekend.
:19:12. > :19:18.Middle age maybe but that this still looking good. The mid 60s and a very
:19:19. > :19:23.young Alan and his sister braved the chill of Donegal Bay. Half a century
:19:24. > :19:26.on, Rocky and other pioneers of surfing. We gather at Rossnowlagh
:19:27. > :19:30.Beach to celebrate 50 years of a sport that has grown beyond
:19:31. > :19:35.imagining. In the early days we would travel around Ireland, if you
:19:36. > :19:41.saw a car with a surfboard you knew what it was. The first surf contest
:19:42. > :19:45.in 1985. They would hardly recognise surfing at all. The Davis ?200 to
:19:46. > :19:51.the European Championships. Now you go there and it has taken over the
:19:52. > :19:57.whole area. We used to drive from the north, Enniskillen, Omagh,
:19:58. > :20:01.fingers crossed it would be Surf, now you can predict in a few hours
:20:02. > :20:07.whether it will arrive. No people come all over the world with their
:20:08. > :20:11.surf boards. James spends his days coaching kids whose parents were
:20:12. > :20:18.even born in 1966. Him and others like him, those intrepid early
:20:19. > :20:23.surfers are heroes. Definitely. They started it all. Fair play to them.
:20:24. > :20:29.Thank God they did because they made what is today the most amazing sport
:20:30. > :20:34.out there. Surfing is going from strength to strength down here. It
:20:35. > :20:38.has taken off in the past ten years. Surf schools down here, we have been
:20:39. > :20:42.getting so busy even in the past year, it is really lifted off, since
:20:43. > :20:48.the wild Atlantic and everything like that.
:20:49. > :20:51.Ballyclare's Jonathan Rea is on his own wave of success,
:20:52. > :20:55.and this weekend in Spain he's chasing motorcycling history.
:20:56. > :20:58.Mark Sidebottom is here with this evening's sport.
:20:59. > :21:00.29 and on top of the world, Donna.
:21:01. > :21:05.Jonathan Rea is on the cusp of becoming the first person
:21:06. > :21:08.from Northern Ireland to retain the World Superbikes title.
:21:09. > :21:10.The Ballyclare man goes into this weekend's penultimate
:21:11. > :21:14.round of the championship with a 48-point cushion.
:21:15. > :21:19.Incidentally the last man to win back-to-back titles
:21:20. > :21:30.From Jerez, here's BBC Newsline's Stephen Watson.
:21:31. > :21:37.Preparing for practice ahead of what could be another momentous weekend
:21:38. > :21:42.for Jonathan Rea. At the same venue last year he clinched his first
:21:43. > :21:50.world title, no he is ready to do it again. -- now he is ready. You think
:21:51. > :21:52.like a champion and you act like a champion, you want to be a champion
:21:53. > :21:58.and after achieving what they did last year, it is all a little bit
:21:59. > :22:03.more real, so I have got less stress to be honest, because they wanted so
:22:04. > :22:07.last year, I only had to score six points. This year I am a lot more
:22:08. > :22:12.reserved. What is going to be going to be. I will do my best. Jonathan
:22:13. > :22:16.Rea has been in scintillating form again this season with 19 podiums
:22:17. > :22:22.and nine wins. And with his family alongside him in Spain, he is
:22:23. > :22:26.feeling relaxed and confident of fulfilling another lifelong
:22:27. > :22:30.ambition. I dreamt of just being world champion. I achieved that and
:22:31. > :22:37.then it was this fear of getting beaten. You are on the top right
:22:38. > :22:40.now. You can't better that. Especially last season. The only way
:22:41. > :22:45.to maintain that is keep winning so it is that fear of getting beaten
:22:46. > :22:48.that motivates you. I am not being robotic right now but I am trying to
:22:49. > :22:53.put it out of my brain and enjoy riding my bike and I know if that
:22:54. > :22:56.happens I will be in with a shout. Jonathan Rea may have a comfortable
:22:57. > :23:01.championship lead, but the temptation is still there to seal
:23:02. > :23:05.the series in style. It is more important to get it over the line
:23:06. > :23:11.than trying to do something really special, I am putting all my focus
:23:12. > :23:15.in it. It is like the angel and the devil, the devil is saying let's go
:23:16. > :23:19.and do it but the angel says you still have four races. It is fun but
:23:20. > :23:24.you have to manage at the best way possible. It is exactly 30 years
:23:25. > :23:33.since Northern Ireland had two riders, multiple world champions.
:23:34. > :23:38.Can Jonathan Rea follow the likes of Joey Dunlop into the history books?
:23:39. > :23:39.Rugby, Ulster's European campaign gets underway
:23:40. > :23:43.Andrew Trimble, Luke Marshall, Stuart Olding and Ruan Pienaar
:23:44. > :23:45.all return for the match away to Bordeaux.
:23:46. > :23:47.But Les Kiss can't play all his big names.
:23:48. > :23:49.It's the biggest game of the season so far,
:23:50. > :23:52.but it's come too soon for Ulster's star signing Charles Piutau.
:23:53. > :23:56.He has not completed return-to-play injury protocols in time.
:23:57. > :23:58.But Andrew Trimble is back, in a side that wants
:23:59. > :24:07.to take good Pro12 form into the European campaign.
:24:08. > :24:17.There is not a lot we will change tactically. We have got calls an
:24:18. > :24:21.hour gameplay and patterns. Certainly it will bring a bit of
:24:22. > :24:24.excitement to that. It is a different competition, different
:24:25. > :24:31.teams. Maybe you haven't played them before. The Pro12, you play a lot of
:24:32. > :24:34.these teams week in week out and you get to know them, but certainly
:24:35. > :24:35.there is a bit of an added buzz when you come here.
:24:36. > :24:37.This game also sees two Irish number tens, Paddy Jackson
:24:38. > :24:48.I think there are a few people who are pretty keen to see the
:24:49. > :24:57.combination and those two boys going at one another and they are both
:24:58. > :25:00.really good footballers. They give you Number ten a bit more to go
:25:01. > :25:04.forward and with the ball he will make that ten standout on big stage.
:25:05. > :25:08.And inside Jackson, Ulster as ever will look to their star number nine.
:25:09. > :25:16.It's going to be a big test, a test of character and depth and the way
:25:17. > :25:20.that we want to perform. Looking forward to it. Think you want to
:25:21. > :25:25.test yourself against the best and we are all UCC against that in the
:25:26. > :25:28.next couple of weeks. Everyone is excited to get back into Europe and
:25:29. > :25:30.hopefully we can carry a bit of momentum into those games.
:25:31. > :25:33.And with eight wins in their last ten games against French sides,
:25:34. > :25:41.Ulster have travelled to Bordeaux confident of a good result.
:25:42. > :25:44.Gaelic football - the draw for next year's Championship
:25:45. > :25:48.Defending champions Tyrone will renew hostilities with Derry.
:25:49. > :25:55.Cavan await the winners of the preliminary round match
:25:56. > :25:59.In the other two quarter-finals, it's Donegal against Antrim
:26:00. > :26:17.That is the sport. Now the weather with Cecelia Daly. We had some
:26:18. > :26:20.dramatic weather across parts of Northern Ireland earlier today.
:26:21. > :26:24.Lines of intense showers brought thunder and lightening and also
:26:25. > :26:30.significant health showers in Antrim and County Down. This weather
:26:31. > :26:34.station had over 70 millimetres, well over two inches of rain over
:26:35. > :26:40.the last 12-18 hours. More rain this weekend but also sunshine, so not a
:26:41. > :26:46.complete wash-out. Dry to make the most of the dry gaps. A few showers
:26:47. > :26:50.tonight but it will be mainly dry. Gaps in the cloud and temperatures
:26:51. > :26:53.in the north-west could be as low as five or six. We expect things to
:26:54. > :26:57.turn increasingly wet tomorrow morning from the south. They you are
:26:58. > :27:00.up a leader might be some dry weather for a while and even some
:27:01. > :27:04.sunshine up towards the north coast. The rain moves northwards and
:27:05. > :27:08.reaches the north coast around lunchtime and in any one place we
:27:09. > :27:12.are looking at three or four hours of rain. It gradually clears from
:27:13. > :27:16.the South again but it is still wet as you can see on the north coast at
:27:17. > :27:22.lunchtime. It starts to dry up further south. Improving through the
:27:23. > :27:25.afternoon. That is the time for your sport and outdoor activities and
:27:26. > :27:29.most places will end up dry and probably quite sunny. Showers return
:27:30. > :27:33.to a Saturday night into Sunday morning. Some of those could be
:27:34. > :27:38.heavy again with thunder and lightning possible. Blustery winds.
:27:39. > :27:41.Some dry and bright weather on Sunday especially around lunchtime
:27:42. > :27:45.and early afternoon. Picture times this weekend and hopefully don't get
:27:46. > :27:54.too wet. That was BBC Newsline. Have a great weekend.
:27:55. > :27:58.When you're young, you hear about people dying
:27:59. > :28:02.and you basically think, "That's for somebody else."