:00:13. > :00:17.This is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines
:00:18. > :00:37.The other side of this argument might well get a vicious because
:00:38. > :00:41.there are those who take a broad view of the fact that Britain has
:00:42. > :00:43.decided to leave. The UDA leader Dee Stitt apologies
:00:44. > :00:46.for controversial remarks he made Remembering the Disappeared -
:00:47. > :00:52.the remains of four victims The Economy Minister rejects a call
:00:53. > :01:00.for the work of an Invest NI company Tributes are paid to local
:01:01. > :01:10.singer songwriter Bap Kennedy Martin O'Neill
:01:11. > :01:16.takes on a Premier League boss who claims his player has been
:01:17. > :01:19."overloaded" by the Republic. And the weather
:01:20. > :01:23.is about to take a more unsettled turn with rain and chilly winds
:01:24. > :01:31.in the forecast. Downing Street has rejected
:01:32. > :01:35.a suggestion from the Taoiseach that the process for the UK
:01:36. > :01:39.to leave the European Union could be
:01:40. > :01:44.triggered by the Prime Minister The Taoiseach Enda Kenny
:01:45. > :01:49.raised the possibility at the Brexit conference
:01:50. > :01:51.hosted by the Republic's government. Also in his speech he warned
:01:52. > :02:02.about tone of negotiations in the EU The other side of this argument
:02:03. > :02:07.might well get quite vicious after some time because there are those
:02:08. > :02:12.around the European table who take a very poor view of the fact that
:02:13. > :02:17.Britain has decided to leave. That argument will be fought very softly
:02:18. > :02:24.and in a really difficult negotiating sense.
:02:25. > :02:27.Politicians from across Ireland have joined business,
:02:28. > :02:29.farming and civic leaders in Dublin for the conference.
:02:30. > :02:31.The DUP and Ulster Unionist Party did not attend.
:02:32. > :02:38.Our Dublin correspondent, Shane Harrison, joins us live.
:02:39. > :02:45.Four months after the Brexit vote, nobody is quite sure what it means
:02:46. > :02:53.or even when the negotiations would begin. Will there be a hard Brexit
:02:54. > :02:56.or soft Brexit? Will the negotiations be constructive or
:02:57. > :03:04.vicious? Or phrases that featured today. An appropriate place,
:03:05. > :03:10.perhaps, to house those north and south feeling worried and bruised by
:03:11. > :03:14.that most modern of problems, Brexit. We want to make it clear
:03:15. > :03:18.that we are here to listen to the voices of the various sectors
:03:19. > :03:22.because they have a unique perspective as to what Brexit might
:03:23. > :03:27.mean and the consequences for the local economy. The voices of the two
:03:28. > :03:34.main Unionist parties were not heard. There are absence noted by
:03:35. > :03:39.other politicians. This is hugely problematic for us to deal with and
:03:40. > :03:43.I wish they were here. Anyone should be here who has an interest in
:03:44. > :03:49.trying to protect the interests of the people of Northern Ireland. I
:03:50. > :03:53.think we are going to try and negotiate a special status for
:03:54. > :03:58.Northern Island and I think it is important that we don't alienate
:03:59. > :04:02.anyone today. So we can buy into getting the best agreement for
:04:03. > :04:12.Northern Ireland. Special interest was something that all the parties
:04:13. > :04:20.could agree on. Partly because of the local vote to stay within the
:04:21. > :04:26.EU. Denmark is an EU member yet Greenland is outside the union. It
:04:27. > :04:31.still receives European funding. Still unsure of what direction
:04:32. > :04:36.Brexit will take, hard or soft, today's conference was a chance for
:04:37. > :04:43.civil Society, farmers, businessmen and trade unions to have their say.
:04:44. > :04:49.There has been no real audit of the impact of an EU exit. Listen to
:04:50. > :04:55.myriad is a voices from across the island today, it is clear that every
:04:56. > :05:01.aspect will be impacted, mainly adversely. It provides huge
:05:02. > :05:07.challenges but also significant opportunities. We need to find out
:05:08. > :05:13.what they are. The next step in the process tomorrow. The Taoiseach will
:05:14. > :05:16.be at Stormont. Talks will continue but not with the DUP. That will be
:05:17. > :05:18.for a later date. Shane, the Taoiseach has been
:05:19. > :05:30.using some strong words today. What is that indicating? He made his
:05:31. > :05:35.remarks about Brexit negotiations public, possibly happening by the
:05:36. > :05:47.end of this year just before a Coffin Break. They were in scripted.
:05:48. > :05:50.-- copy break. -- on scripted. Implying that they could begin
:05:51. > :05:56.sooner than the end of March. When he spoke about the negotiations
:05:57. > :06:00.possibly getting vicious he wasn't referring to matters between
:06:01. > :06:03.Northern Ireland, Dublin and the UK but how the feeling is going in some
:06:04. > :06:09.EU states who believe that Britain might want access to the single
:06:10. > :06:13.market but with restrictions on immigration and he was implying that
:06:14. > :06:16.for many EU states that is a non-runner. What has been the
:06:17. > :06:23.reaction from Downing Street? Downing Street has said that as far
:06:24. > :06:28.as the timing of the negotiations, they won't begin by the end of this
:06:29. > :06:32.year. It could be January, February but they are talking about the end
:06:33. > :06:40.of March at the latest. With regard to negotiations being Fishers,
:06:41. > :06:57.Downing Street is saying that it hopes it will be constructive and
:06:58. > :07:02.mature. -- fissures. Theresa May was asked to react to the idea that
:07:03. > :07:07.there may be violence because of Brexit and to give assurance
:07:08. > :07:12.relating to movement around the United Kingdom. I am happy to give
:07:13. > :07:17.that assurance that no change will take place. What we are going to do
:07:18. > :07:20.is ensure it is a good deal for the whole of the United Kingdom and
:07:21. > :07:25.those who wish to encourage violence off the back of that should be
:07:26. > :07:28.ashamed of themselves. It is essential that we all work together
:07:29. > :07:36.to make a success of this and get the best possible opportunities for
:07:37. > :07:41.people across the United Kingdom. Back here, after the conference,
:07:42. > :07:46.people are very happy with the way things have gone but in terms of
:07:47. > :07:50.Brexit negotiations, the North - South ministerial Council meeting is
:07:51. > :07:52.going to be very important. It is something that both the DUP and the
:07:53. > :07:57.government agree upon. The community organisation headed
:07:58. > :08:00.by the UDA leader Dee Stitt says he's apologised for controversial
:08:01. > :08:02.remarks in an interview Charter NI recently got nearly
:08:03. > :08:09.two million pounds of public money. Its board says
:08:10. > :08:12.it is addressing the matter Here's our political
:08:13. > :08:26.correspondent Gareth Gordon. There has been confined fusion --
:08:27. > :08:35.confusion since these comments emerged last month. The British
:08:36. > :08:45.government doesn't give a BLEEPED About us. Dee Stitt's role as Chief
:08:46. > :08:50.Executive has brought unwelcome attention because of his other
:08:51. > :08:56.position as head of the UDA in North Down. Here he is with Arlene Foster
:08:57. > :09:03.at a recent event approving the awarding of a ?1.7 million grant to
:09:04. > :09:09.Charter NI from the social investment fund. Speculation about
:09:10. > :09:14.his status increased this morning when Jeffrey Donaldson said he had
:09:15. > :09:19.now step down from the ?35,000 per year role. I don't think we should
:09:20. > :09:22.prejudice an entire organisation because of the actions of one
:09:23. > :09:29.individual who has now stepped aside from their position. But Charter NI
:09:30. > :09:34.could not confirm this was the case. In fact, a statement from the board
:09:35. > :09:43.of the organisation added to the confusion. They said...
:09:44. > :10:01.Asked directly if Dee Stitt was still in post, a spokesperson for
:10:02. > :10:06.Charter NI said she couldn't comment. One thing is clear, this
:10:07. > :10:12.statement has done nothing to placate the organisation's critics.
:10:13. > :10:17.The CEO needs to resign and there needs to be an immediate suspension
:10:18. > :10:22.of public money to Charter NI until there is a full investigation of
:10:23. > :10:27.their governance arrangements. We need a public statement on this
:10:28. > :10:32.matter. If there is not one, it will be perceived as standing with Dee
:10:33. > :10:33.Stitt. It's not clear when the internal investigation will be over
:10:34. > :10:46.what the outcome will be. The end of an era as the last
:10:47. > :10:50.old-style railway signal cabin closes down.
:10:51. > :10:58.The Independent Commission searching for the remains of the Disappeared
:10:59. > :11:00.has acknowledged that as time goes on expectations of finding the
:11:01. > :11:08.Today a wreath was laid at Stormont in memory of those still missing.
:11:09. > :11:17.It was revealed that the search for one of them Seamus Ruddy is to
:11:18. > :11:23.resume in France. They have been coming to Stormont to perform the
:11:24. > :11:27.ceremony for ten years but as families they have waited longer for
:11:28. > :11:35.the return of remains of their loved ones. Relatives and supporters of
:11:36. > :11:42.those known as the Disappear walked in silence to lay a black wreath. So
:11:43. > :11:52.far, the remains of 13 victims have been recovered. But for people like
:11:53. > :11:58.Maria Lansky the search goes on. We all have families, uncles, sons,
:11:59. > :12:03.brothers. No one would want to live the way that we live waiting on a
:12:04. > :12:08.body coming home. It's not a natural thing. I just hope someone will take
:12:09. > :12:15.pity on me. We've recovered seven sets of remains in the last ten
:12:16. > :12:19.years. There are four outstanding at the present time and we are pursuing
:12:20. > :12:25.lines of enquiry on all four of those. You will probably be aware
:12:26. > :12:30.that Seamus Ruddy was murdered and buried in France and we are hoping
:12:31. > :12:36.to deploy in France at the of this year or perhaps early next year to
:12:37. > :12:40.start surging again for him. 44 years missing, it's a long time.
:12:41. > :12:49.There's bound to be people out there who still have a memory of it. Maybe
:12:50. > :12:53.we will get Joe back then. The black wreath has four white lilies on it
:12:54. > :12:55.in recognition of the families who are still waiting to reclaim the
:12:56. > :12:59.remains of the ones they lost. Tributes have been paid
:13:00. > :13:03.to the Belfast singer-songwriter Bap Kennedy
:13:04. > :13:05.who has died from cancer. Sir Van Morrison said he "was
:13:06. > :13:11.loved by both fans and musicians Our Arts Correspondent
:13:12. > :13:28.Robbie Meredith looks back. # What can I tell you, I was just a
:13:29. > :13:35.kid... # I've no idea why did the things I
:13:36. > :13:44.did... #. Born in West Belfast in 1962 Bap
:13:45. > :13:50.Kennedy first found fame with the band Energy Orchard in the 1980s. He
:13:51. > :13:55.established a reputation as a fine singer and songwriter. As he walked
:13:56. > :14:01.through the streets he would take in everything around him. In every
:14:02. > :14:05.situation he would take that in with people's relationships and life in
:14:06. > :14:16.general. It was very forward thinking. His lyrics are very
:14:17. > :14:28.forward thinking. His home city shaped his music. He sang about West
:14:29. > :14:39.Belfast, about the areas around him. He loved Hank Williams. He was a
:14:40. > :14:42.people's poet. His reputation led to collaborations with singers like
:14:43. > :14:48.Steve Earle, who called him the best singer-songwriter he'd ever seen and
:14:49. > :14:56.Van Morrison. His songs also soundtrack hit films. This song was
:14:57. > :15:03.successful for me. It was in a movie called Serendipity. A very romantic
:15:04. > :15:10.movie. When I got the money through, I got a bottle of champagne and a
:15:11. > :15:19.packet of corned beef. # Into your loving arms...
:15:20. > :15:27.# For a moonlight kiss... Close #
:15:28. > :15:32.After diagnosis with cancer, he wrote a blog about his battle with
:15:33. > :15:38.the disease. His death was announced last night. Remembering Bap Kennedy.
:15:39. > :15:41.The economy minister has rejected a call
:15:42. > :15:44.by an international human rights group for the Stormont Executive
:15:45. > :15:47.to suspend the work of a company training security forces in Bahrain.
:15:48. > :15:50.NI-CO, which is owned by Invest NI and is Belfast-based has worked
:15:51. > :15:52.with the police and prison services in the Gulf state.
:15:53. > :15:55.The Human rights group Reprieve says those Bahrain organisations
:15:56. > :16:09.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:16:10. > :16:17.Protests against the government in Bahrain are often met with tough
:16:18. > :16:22.action. Last year, a ?900,000 contract was awarded to a Belfast
:16:23. > :16:29.company to help train security forces in the country. NI-CO a
:16:30. > :16:34.subsidiary of Invest NI is based in this building. It has been training
:16:35. > :16:44.in the justice sector is for the last three years. This report was
:16:45. > :16:51.highly critical of Bahrain's justice system and the contract. The human
:16:52. > :16:57.rights situation in Bahrain is dire. The police are widely involved in
:16:58. > :17:03.abuse. The prisons are widely reported to be the site of brutal
:17:04. > :17:09.torture. There is no suggestion that NI-CO's staff are encouraging such
:17:10. > :17:13.behaviour but there are calls to suspend work in the Gulf state until
:17:14. > :17:26.it endorses... The director of the company defended
:17:27. > :17:50.their record. Their letter said... Efforts to reform security sources
:17:51. > :17:56.in Bahrain have failed, according to Reprieve. They have described the
:17:57. > :18:00.response as alarming and accused the director of passing the buck.
:18:01. > :18:05.The First Minister Arlene Foster has apologised
:18:06. > :18:09.to a victim of the IRA bombing at the La Mon Hotel after the DUP
:18:10. > :18:16.sang "Arlene's on fire" at its party conference in the venue.
:18:17. > :18:18.In a video posted on social media conference delegates
:18:19. > :18:21.sing their version of the Northern Ireland football chat
:18:22. > :18:25.Mrs Foster has apologised to Billy McDowell who was injured
:18:26. > :18:27.in the bomb attack which killed 12 people in 1978.
:18:28. > :18:34.She said it was a spur of the moment thing and shouldn't have happened.
:18:35. > :18:43.It's the end of an era today on the railways with the closure of the
:18:44. > :18:49.last old-style signal cabin. It was designed in Victorian times but has
:18:50. > :18:51.been replaced with new technology. We've been to Castle Rock to take a
:18:52. > :19:00.trip down memory lane. Kevin Brown has been here for 20
:19:01. > :19:04.years making sure the trains pass safely through Castlerock using a
:19:05. > :19:09.series of levers. The mechanical system was devised hundreds of years
:19:10. > :19:15.ago and on each leg of the journey, a driver hands over a token to the
:19:16. > :19:19.signal man. It guarantees that the stretch of track travelled remains
:19:20. > :19:26.clear for the train. It's inserted in that train. It informs other
:19:27. > :19:32.stations about the progress of the train. It's invented by the
:19:33. > :19:36.Victorians but it's possibly the safest system we've had. It's
:19:37. > :19:42.ancient, getting old and we've got to move with the times. The system
:19:43. > :19:50.was introduced around Castlerock in the 1850s when trains opened up the
:19:51. > :19:54.area for commercial development. The railway encouraged people to build
:19:55. > :19:59.houses in Castlerock to justify a station. It was used a lot for
:20:00. > :20:07.agricultural goods, milk, cheese, butter. But the old system is being
:20:08. > :20:13.replaced. It has stood the test of time but as we move forward into an
:20:14. > :20:20.area where computer generation is used, the technology needs to move
:20:21. > :20:25.forward. As part of an upgrade, there will be line closures and a
:20:26. > :20:29.replacement bus service in place. Commuters are urged to check the
:20:30. > :20:34.timetables for the latest information. For now, signalman
:20:35. > :20:38.Kevin Brown is reflecting on his last day in work at the helm of a
:20:39. > :20:44.system that has worked well for hundreds of years. Yes, it will be
:20:45. > :20:50.sad. Hand on heart, it will be hard to walk away from her. The worst
:20:51. > :20:55.part is going to be walking away from it but I will actually see her
:20:56. > :21:03.demolished. That's when the tears are going to hit hard. That's life.
:21:04. > :21:16.As one traditional day ends, another high-tech one beckons.
:21:17. > :21:18.A row rumbling between Martin O'Neill and a Premier
:21:19. > :21:23.Gavin Andrews is here now with all the sports news
:21:24. > :21:26.Yes, Martin O'Neill today named the Republic of Ireland squad
:21:27. > :21:28.to face Austria on Saturday in Vienna
:21:29. > :21:30.in their World Cup qualifier, including Andy Boyle
:21:31. > :21:34.and Daryl Horgan from Irish champions Dundalk.
:21:35. > :21:36.But O'Neill also took the opportunity
:21:37. > :21:39.at his press conference to respond to comments made by Ronald Koeman.
:21:40. > :21:41.The Everton boss had claimed recently that midfielder
:21:42. > :21:43.James McCarthy had been "massively overloaded" by the Republic
:21:44. > :21:47.in last month's two World Cup qualifiers.
:21:48. > :21:56.After five, six weeks out of football after his surgery, what I
:21:57. > :22:03.heard from the medical staff, I know he played the full game, after three
:22:04. > :22:11.group sessions, with Ireland, he played the second game, it's
:22:12. > :22:18.massively overloaded. I totally refute that, obviously. To get an
:22:19. > :22:23.opportunity to respond. James declared himself fit, he played the
:22:24. > :22:27.first game. He didn't come off through injury, he came off through
:22:28. > :22:29.tiredness. He actually trained at Everton on the very day that the
:22:30. > :22:33.manager was bleating about. James McCarthy is included
:22:34. > :22:36.in O'Neill's Republic squad. Boxing and amateur stars
:22:37. > :22:38.Paddy Barnes and Steven Ward will make their professional debuts
:22:39. > :22:41.at the Titanic Exhibition Centre But top of the bill
:22:42. > :22:45.will be Jamie Conlan. The Super-flyweight has already
:22:46. > :22:48.lined up a World title eliminator early next year,
:22:49. > :22:51.and has been leaving nothing to chance in his pre-fight training
:22:52. > :23:06.camp as Thomas Kane reports. Both inside and outside the ring,
:23:07. > :23:23.Jamie, and is pushing his limit to the end. -- Conlan. If I train to my
:23:24. > :23:28.limit every day, I will improve. Performance is all I've got in my
:23:29. > :23:33.name. In training camp, I put myself through hell so I know when we get
:23:34. > :23:40.into the fight, anything that is thrown at me, I can deal with it.
:23:41. > :23:48.Conlan is based in Spain and has had to be patient to fight at this
:23:49. > :23:54.level. You prepare your body for the endurance in the fight. I haven't
:23:55. > :24:08.fought in Belfast in two and a half years, maybe. Last time was in an
:24:09. > :24:12.outdoor, 18,000 seater venue. I won the Intercontinental beating a tough
:24:13. > :24:18.Mexican. I still have the scar where I had ten or 11 stitches. When you
:24:19. > :24:22.train every day, you put your life through boxing and you want rewards.
:24:23. > :24:31.This is one of the rewards that I'm reaping, coming home, topping the
:24:32. > :24:37.bill in your own stadium. Jamie Conlan is to become a world
:24:38. > :24:40.champion. He is within touching distance of making that a reality.
:24:41. > :24:43.The Ireland rugby squad have been taking in the sights
:24:44. > :24:47.They've arrived in Chicago ahead of their historic fixture
:24:48. > :24:50.against New Zealand at the famous Soldier Field on Saturday.
:24:51. > :24:52.Ireland have never beaten the All Blacks, who come
:24:53. > :24:59.into the game on a record run of 18 successive test wins.
:25:00. > :25:06.Excitement has been building for the last few weeks and months. It is
:25:07. > :25:10.geared perfectly towards this weekend and there is definitely a
:25:11. > :25:15.lot of confidence and, hopefully, there will be an upset. It's an
:25:16. > :25:18.unbelievable chance to create a bit of history. Personally, I've never
:25:19. > :25:21.played against them so it will be great if I get minutes against them.
:25:22. > :25:24.It's a serious opportunity. Tommy Bowe has been added
:25:25. > :25:26.to the Barbarians squad to face Fiji And Ulster's Sean Reidy has signed
:25:27. > :25:38.a three-year contract extension Finally, the Republic of Ireland
:25:39. > :25:40.against Austria is on Saturday 12th of November.
:25:41. > :25:49.Angie Phillips has the latest weather details.
:25:50. > :25:56.Things are going to get more unsettled but at least today it was
:25:57. > :26:01.fairly quiet. The sparkling blue skies we had yesterday were further
:26:02. > :26:06.south. More clout towards the west but it was still pleasant enough.
:26:07. > :26:11.The cloud thin enough to allow some hazy sunshine to come through. While
:26:12. > :26:18.we still have the thin cloud this evening it could become chilly
:26:19. > :26:21.enough for a few spots in the countryside. If anything,
:26:22. > :26:27.temperatures are on the rise as we go through the night with increasing
:26:28. > :26:32.cloud and a south-westerly breeze. Rain moving into the North and west
:26:33. > :26:37.later. Associated with a weather front which edges eastwards through
:26:38. > :26:48.tomorrow. Beauxis A bars getting close together indicating a
:26:49. > :26:54.freshening breeze. -- those isobars. We could well find the odd heavy
:26:55. > :27:01.burst in the East but by late afternoon it should brighten up from
:27:02. > :27:07.the West again. There will still be showers and it will feel cool on the
:27:08. > :27:16.breeze with highs of 10-11 Celsius. Clear spells and showers left behind
:27:17. > :27:20.it. Into Friday, a band of more persistent rain working south
:27:21. > :27:27.through the morning. Some heavy bursts on that. The sun comes in
:27:28. > :27:31.behind it once again. But behind it showers, some potentially with hail.
:27:32. > :27:37.The wind shifting around from the north again. A blustery, quite cold
:27:38. > :27:43.weekend. Some sunshine but heavy showers as well.
:27:44. > :27:46.Our late summary is at half past ten.