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You're watching BBC Newsline, and these are the headlines | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
Uncertainty whether Brexit could mean the return of customs | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
checks at the border, after the Prime Minister lays | :00:21. | :00:22. | |
As a Stormont election looms, the Secretary of State calls | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
Details are revealed about the locations | :00:29. | :00:35. | |
Still no permanent GP for this practice. | :00:36. | :00:39. | |
What needs to be done to persuade someone to take up the post? | :00:40. | :00:48. | |
That they know they have support to help them through the challenges of | :00:49. | :00:57. | |
running a business as well as the clinical aspects of general | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
practice. A mild and cloudy night, some very | :01:01. | :01:05. | |
settled weather to come, dry and cloudy but getting cooler during the | :01:06. | :01:06. | |
week. It's unclear if it will mean | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
the return of customs The Prime Minister laid | :01:11. | :01:13. | |
out how she sees the UK leaving the European Union, | :01:14. | :01:19. | |
and said that meant exiting That's the arrangement | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
which allows for tariff-free But Theresa May also said | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
she will try to negotiate Our first report is from our | :01:28. | :01:34. | |
economics and business Thousands of vehicles | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
cross our border every day That's because the UK | :01:39. | :01:48. | |
and Ireland are members But could we soon be moving | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
to an arrangement like this? Here on the border between Sweden | :01:54. | :02:01. | |
and Norway, lorry drivers must cross They have to hand in their | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
paperwork, and can also There are tariffs to be paid on some | :02:05. | :02:11. | |
goods, effectively a tax on trade. That's because Sweden | :02:12. | :02:19. | |
is in the customs union, Think of the customs | :02:20. | :02:21. | |
union like a club set up All the members of the club have | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
agreed they won't charge customs duties or tariffs | :02:28. | :02:34. | |
on each other's goods. The members also agree | :02:35. | :02:36. | |
to take a joint approach Imports from outside the EU must | :02:37. | :02:38. | |
attract the same tariffs no matter In the jargon, that's known | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
as a common external tariff. But that | :02:45. | :02:53. | |
joint approach means the members deals, the type of deals | :02:54. | :02:54. | |
that the Prime Minister I do not want Britain to be part of | :02:55. | :03:05. | |
a common commercial policy or be bound by the common external tariff. | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
These are the elements of the customs Union that prevent us from | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
striking our own, hence its trade agreements with other countries. | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
But I do want us to have a customs agreement with the EU. Whether that | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
means we must reach a completely new customs agreement, become an | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
associate member of the customs Union or remain a signatory to some | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
elements of it, I hold no preconceived position. | :03:32. | :03:32. | |
So the Prime Minister hopes that, whatever deal is done with EU, | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
we will retain the good parts of the customs union, and also make | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
But in the meantime, there is uncertainty | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
for businesses, particularly those in border areas. | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
We have a very complex supply chain here. We produce food and drink on | :03:48. | :03:54. | |
both sides of the border, what does that mean if we are potentially | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
looking at customs, tariffs, increasing the cost of doing | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
business? We are sitting on the periphery of Europe already in | :04:06. | :04:05. | |
Belfast. Sinn Fein was not | :04:06. | :04:06. | |
impressed by the speech. They say it means a hard | :04:07. | :04:08. | |
border is coming. Theresa May is intent on leaving the | :04:09. | :04:19. | |
single market and customs Union, hard Brexit equals hard border. | :04:20. | :04:33. | |
We hope a way can be found for dealing with this problem with the | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
border. Theresa May again promised | :04:40. | :04:39. | |
there will be no return It's just not clear how much impact | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
that change will have. The Secretary of State James | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
Brokenshire has called on the parties to campaign | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
respectfully during the Assembly election, and do nothing | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
that would exacerbate His comments came as MPs debated | :04:59. | :04:59. | |
the political crisis at Stormont and the forthcoming Assembly poll | :05:00. | :05:10. | |
to be held on March second. The SDLP and Sinn Fein say | :05:11. | :05:13. | |
post-election the British and Irish Governments should convene | :05:14. | :05:15. | |
an all-party summit, but that has Our political correspondent | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
Stephen Walker is in Westminster. James Brokenshire I came to the | :05:19. | :05:28. | |
House Of Commons for the second time in the week to give a statement on | :05:29. | :05:31. | |
Northern Ireland and as he looked forward to the Assembly election | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
campaign, he hoped those on the election trail would behave in a | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
positive manner. This election is about the future of | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
Northern Ireland and its political institutions. Not just the Assembly | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
but all of the arrangements that have been put in place to reflect | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
relationships through these islands. That is why it would be vital for | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
the campaign to be conducted respectfully and in ways that do not | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
simply exacerbate tensions and division. | :06:05. | :06:06. | |
Those worries are clearly shared by other parties. | :06:07. | :06:13. | |
We all have great concerns, we have got to get it back to proper, | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
reasonable argument and lead the people, not frighten them. | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
Once the election is over, James Brokenshire says devolution needs to | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
be restored but he was warned today in the meantime talking as to | :06:27. | :06:29. | |
continue. Let us not waste this six week | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
period to make sure if we can get people talking. To get where we want | :06:35. | :06:43. | |
to be, we need discussion. Otherwise it is a recipe for disaster. | :06:44. | :06:47. | |
The SDLP the aftermath of the election both governments need to | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
convene a joint summit. They need to bring all the parties | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
around the table to have discussions about how the institutions can be up | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
and running again, that means the Assembly, executive, and a British | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
Irish Council. The DUP has made it clear post | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
election they see a limited role for the Irish Government. | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
Other than the Irish and encouraging people to do what their electors | :07:18. | :07:20. | |
want them to do on the sidelines, that is all they can do, otherwise | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
it would be interference. Don't be interfering in my country. | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
Sinn Fein insists Dublin does have a key role in the weeks ahead. | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
It has to be all inclusive negotiations ensuring all the issues | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
are on the table and all the people are around. | :07:41. | :07:43. | |
Including the Irish and British? They has to be part of it. | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
Politically, the next six weeks are mapped out and in March it is clear | :07:49. | :07:50. | |
there is much talking to be done. And we'll be speaking | :07:51. | :07:52. | |
to the Secretary of State A former Defence Minister has used | :07:53. | :07:54. | |
parliamentary privilege to allege that Barra McGrory is what he called | :07:55. | :08:01. | |
a "Sinn Fein supporting' Director The Conservative MP for Aldershot, | :08:02. | :08:08. | |
Sir Gerald Howarth, May I make a really firm plea to him | :08:09. | :08:22. | |
that he should protect the interests of former British soldiers currently | :08:23. | :08:28. | |
being charged by the Sinn Fein supporting Director of Public | :08:29. | :08:30. | |
Prosecutions in Northern Ireland for murders which took place over 40 | :08:31. | :08:31. | |
years ago? In response, a spokesman | :08:32. | :08:34. | |
for the Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland said | :08:35. | :08:36. | |
it was wholly independent of all political parties | :08:37. | :08:38. | |
and the political system. "We would never seek | :08:39. | :08:40. | |
to influence political debate Equally, we must take | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
all appropriate steps to ensure that our decision-making processes | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
are protected from political This is necessary both to safeguard | :08:51. | :08:52. | |
the integrity of prosecutorial decision-making within the wider | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
criminal justice system, and to ensure that PPS staff | :08:57. | :08:57. | |
are able to carry out difficult but important functions strictly | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
in accordance with applicable law The Public Prosecution Service only | :09:01. | :09:02. | |
applies the law as it currently stands in Northern Ireland, | :09:03. | :09:06. | |
and does so without fear, MLAs were back at Stormont today, | :09:07. | :09:08. | |
as the parties are now preparing for the election | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
on March the 2nd. They debated the flawed | :09:13. | :09:14. | |
renewable heating scheme But the vast majority | :09:15. | :09:15. | |
of Sinn Fein MLAs stayed away. Our political correspondent | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
Enda McClafferty reports. After a day of frantic activity, | :09:20. | :09:21. | |
the pace dropped down The institutions are rolling | :09:22. | :09:23. | |
slowly towards collapse, and politics here will soon be | :09:24. | :09:26. | |
at a standstill. Even the ministerial dress code | :09:27. | :09:29. | |
in the chamber was different. But at least Sinn Fein's | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
Ministers showed up. the rest of their | :09:34. | :09:35. | |
colleagues stayed away. I think it is bordering on farcical | :09:36. | :09:45. | |
that Sinn Fein haven't bothered to show up today. They are being paid | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
to be here and be part of an executive and Assembly. | :09:50. | :09:56. | |
But they want to play politics. As we have seen yesterday, the | :09:57. | :10:00. | |
assembling was heading towards an election and the public will have a | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
say on what is happening. In the Assembly today we had pointless | :10:06. | :10:08. | |
motions from the opposition, they were talking to themselves. The | :10:09. | :10:10. | |
people waiting for the election. Pointless or not, the Assembly did | :10:11. | :10:11. | |
back a call for an inquiry And they also debated the failure | :10:12. | :10:14. | |
of the Executive to function. This is the way the Assembly ends, | :10:15. | :10:30. | |
not with a bang but with a diminuendo of interest. | :10:31. | :10:32. | |
I thank the member for his comments and if that is an invitation to be | :10:33. | :10:45. | |
joining your party I will be standing as an independent in the | :10:46. | :10:46. | |
next election. And if re-elected, | :10:47. | :10:48. | |
the Justice Minister may well play If anything I take part in politics | :10:49. | :10:59. | |
out of any concessions we have and in my role as Justice Minister I | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
have a clear role and a stronger ship with all executive parties | :11:05. | :11:06. | |
until this scandal. Assembly business will grind | :11:07. | :11:10. | |
to a halt next week, with no timetable as to | :11:11. | :11:12. | |
when the institutions might return. The PSNI says it is considering a | :11:13. | :11:24. | |
request for the Chief Constable to investigate allegations of fraud in | :11:25. | :11:29. | |
the renewable heat scheme. There are at least 14 suspected cases. Also | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
today the BBC has been passed a detailed breakdown of where the | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
boilers are located and it shows two main clusters in Ulster and Northern | :11:41. | :11:41. | |
Antrim. BBC presenter Stephen Nolan | :11:42. | :11:42. | |
got his hands on the regional We can reveal the full geographical | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
spread of applications to you today, It showed two main clusters | :11:49. | :12:02. | |
of boiler installations around They are areas that are close | :12:03. | :12:10. | |
to the main processing plant. Poultry farmers are heavily | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
represented with 871 They use the heat in chicken houses | :12:17. | :12:17. | |
where birds are reared. Last night, the former DUP minister | :12:18. | :12:27. | |
talked about the scheme. He named two special advisers | :12:28. | :12:41. | |
with links to the poultry But it was vigorously | :12:42. | :12:43. | |
denied by them. Any families they had were not | :12:44. | :12:51. | |
beneficiaries of the scheme. I will not go into the speculation | :12:52. | :12:54. | |
of which special advisers did But, make no mistake, | :12:55. | :12:57. | |
what I said in the House yesterday, I will tell a judge under | :12:58. | :13:07. | |
oath the exact same information. The DUP said the suggestion that any | :13:08. | :13:15. | |
special adviser had eight RHI 14 suspected cases are known but no | :13:16. | :13:28. | |
criminal investigation yet to root it out. Here is how the economy | :13:29. | :13:31. | |
minister fielded that question at committee. | :13:32. | :13:39. | |
For clarity, that is fraud? That is from people gaming the | :13:40. | :13:45. | |
system. Fraud, exploiting the process. | :13:46. | :13:52. | |
Not good enough for the opposition who have written to the Chief | :13:53. | :13:55. | |
Constable asking him to get involved. | :13:56. | :13:58. | |
When you have a Minister of Northern Ireland saying there is potential | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
fraud or likely to be fraud and it hasn't been contradicted, I would | :14:04. | :14:05. | |
think that would be enough evidence for the PSNI to be involved. | :14:06. | :14:12. | |
The PSNI said the letter had been received and its contents were being | :14:13. | :14:13. | |
considered. The Health Minister says the Health | :14:14. | :14:22. | |
and Social Care Board is still trying to get a permanent | :14:23. | :14:23. | |
GP to take over Bannview Medical And, in a new development, | :14:24. | :14:23. | |
the possibility that the Southern Trust will take over the contract | :14:24. | :14:27. | |
and employ GPs directly Our health correspondent | :14:28. | :14:29. | |
Marie-Louise Connolly reports. According to locals the difficulties | :14:30. | :14:43. | |
at Bannview were well signposted which meant the current instability | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
could have been avoided. Patients feel we have been ignored. | :14:48. | :14:54. | |
The board seem to have got on the ball when faced with a protest. | :14:55. | :15:00. | |
What has led to this which is being felt in other surgeries? Currently | :15:01. | :15:06. | |
there are 343 GP practices in Northern Ireland. With 1370 | :15:07. | :15:14. | |
registered GPs. Of those, 411 are Lowchens, that means they have | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
temporary posts. Part of the problem is an increasing number of doctors | :15:19. | :15:21. | |
choose to remain as Lowchens as they do not want the pressure that comes | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
with either managing or owning a general practice, and that is only | :15:27. | :15:30. | |
adding to the issue. What the Lowchens would like is to | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
know there is some control over workload, guaranteed holidays, that | :15:35. | :15:39. | |
they have financial investment in the practice to guarantee their | :15:40. | :15:43. | |
income, and that they know they have mentoring and support to help them | :15:44. | :15:47. | |
through the challenges of running a business as well as the clinical | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
aspects of general practice. The health minister told the | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
Assembly a solution to Bannview could be the Southern health trust | :15:56. | :16:00. | |
takes on the contract and employs GPs themselves, that is an unusual | :16:01. | :16:04. | |
move but one that the health board says could be a solution so many | :16:05. | :16:08. | |
struggling practices. It would help to stabilise care and | :16:09. | :16:14. | |
provide that within practices, it would be helpful for the doctors in | :16:15. | :16:18. | |
that they are working consistently with a group of patients and they | :16:19. | :16:22. | |
can follow those patients over time and see their development. That | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
would be a very positive development. | :16:27. | :16:30. | |
Amidst this is politics. GPs say their allocation of money does not | :16:31. | :16:33. | |
reflect the amount of work they do. The distal budget the help is ?5 | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
billion. This works out at ?127 per patient or 6% of the total budget. | :16:41. | :16:47. | |
In the rest of the UK, it is ?141 or 8% of total budget. The BMA wants | :16:48. | :16:53. | |
10% of the total budget to go to GP health services. | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
Next week, GPs are being asked to vote on whether their practices | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
should leave the NHS. If that boat is a resounding yes, that could mean | :17:04. | :17:09. | |
patients being asked to pay to see their GP. A move that goes against | :17:10. | :17:13. | |
the very ethos of the National Health Service. | :17:14. | :17:15. | |
Back to Brexit and the Assembly election. | :17:16. | :17:17. | |
The Irish Government has welcomed what it called "the clarity" | :17:18. | :17:20. | |
Theresa May had brought to the UK's position on certain issues relating | :17:21. | :17:23. | |
Our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison joins us now. | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
Shane, what more had Enda Kenny to say on Brexit? | :17:30. | :17:36. | |
The Taoiseach said it is deeply regrettable the Assembly elections | :17:37. | :17:44. | |
are taking place at a time when Northern Ireland faces the gravest | :17:45. | :17:48. | |
of issues, Brexit. The Irish movement has its own bracelet | :17:49. | :17:52. | |
concerns, the type of border, the retention of the Common travel area, | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
the future of the peace process, the 1 billion euros plus trade between | :17:57. | :18:02. | |
both islands. Ideally Ireland would like to see the UK state in the | :18:03. | :18:06. | |
single market. Theresa May said that would not happen. Dublin would like | :18:07. | :18:09. | |
to see the UK state in the customs Union. She was more ambiguous about | :18:10. | :18:15. | |
that but relatively negative. The Taoiseach welcomed the relative | :18:16. | :18:19. | |
certainty on clarity in her comments on wanting to retain the Common | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
travel area and avoiding the hard borders of the past. That said, the | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
Leader of the Opposition party was not impressed. | :18:29. | :18:33. | |
It is one thing to welcome clarity. I don't think we should be welcoming | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
a negative clarity because that is what the essence is of today's | :18:39. | :18:42. | |
speech by the Prime Minister. We needed more than clarity but real | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
signs of sensible and logical engagement with Europe but not a | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
case of we want our cake and eat it as well. | :18:52. | :18:54. | |
On the Assembly election, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called | :18:55. | :18:56. | |
for a civil election campaign, words echoed by the | :18:57. | :18:58. | |
Enda Kenny is looking beyond the elections towards the inevitable | :18:59. | :19:08. | |
negotiations that are going to follow and he does not want the | :19:09. | :19:12. | |
atmosphere between the parties to be overly poisoned. | :19:13. | :19:15. | |
He is worried about the future of the Good Friday agreement | :19:16. | :19:19. | |
institutions at a time when the Brexit negotiations are probably | :19:20. | :19:20. | |
just weeks away. The Taoiseach and I have spoken | :19:21. | :19:42. | |
about this on many occasions and confirmed our commitment to work | :19:43. | :19:45. | |
with the Government of the Republic to ensure the results we have in | :19:46. | :19:49. | |
terms of the customs arrangements is as frictionless as possible. I also | :19:50. | :19:53. | |
said in my speech and we want to continue with the Common travel area | :19:54. | :19:56. | |
which existed long before either of us were members of the EU. | :19:57. | :20:02. | |
Theresa May speaking to our TE earlier. We hope to speak to the | :20:03. | :20:07. | |
Secretary of State James Brokenshire are before the end of the programme. | :20:08. | :20:09. | |
That is good to Stormont. Our political editor Mark Devenport | :20:10. | :20:12. | |
joins us now from Stormont. Could this conflict matters the | :20:13. | :20:27. | |
triggering of Article 50 soon after the elections? | :20:28. | :20:32. | |
The DUP and Sinn Fein have been pulling in different elections and | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
were on different sides over Brexit. They have been managing their | :20:37. | :20:39. | |
differences because they had to, they were both together in the | :20:40. | :20:43. | |
executive and able at least to stand together at Downing Street. And able | :20:44. | :20:50. | |
to unite on a two page letter setting out common goals in | :20:51. | :20:53. | |
maintaining the free movement of people and goods within the island | :20:54. | :20:57. | |
of Ireland. Now they are no longer lashed | :20:58. | :21:01. | |
together in the executive, Brexit could feature in any negotiations | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
after the election and the fact it will be high on the UK agenda | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
because it will coincide with the triggering of Article 50 I think | :21:11. | :21:14. | |
could make it a difficulty in those negotiations. | :21:15. | :21:17. | |
The US Government has made its views known this evening. | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
It says it remains committed to a peaceful and prosperous Northern | :21:22. | :21:25. | |
Ireland and it has urged local politicians at Stormont to work | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
together to try to restore devolved Government is as quickly as | :21:31. | :21:31. | |
possible. These are changing sides -- Changing | :21:32. | :21:37. | |
times on both sides of the Atlantic, one of the last statements from the | :21:38. | :21:40. | |
Barack Obama administration given Donald Trump is coming. | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
That is not to save the attitude of the new rich region will change | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
radically. -- the new Administration. | :21:52. | :21:58. | |
There was no Sinn Fein presence at Stormont today, effectively the | :21:59. | :22:01. | |
election campaign has started. A couple of ministers turned up to | :22:02. | :22:06. | |
answer questions about the infrastructure, and for an urgent | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
question in relation to GP services around Portadown. | :22:12. | :22:14. | |
But no Sinn Fein backbenchers took part in debates. Obviously a sign | :22:15. | :22:20. | |
that they believe the election is now effectively already underway. | :22:21. | :22:23. | |
The question will be whether the fact Sinn Fein politicians have been | :22:24. | :22:26. | |
clearing their desks in their offices here turns to be a signal of | :22:27. | :22:33. | |
a longer absence, or whether they will be tempted back. It is a | :22:34. | :22:40. | |
three-week timetable set aside for talks after the election. Otherwise, | :22:41. | :22:44. | |
the Secretary of State will have two move at that point to calling a | :22:45. | :22:48. | |
fresh election or potentially bringing back suspension powers. | :22:49. | :22:52. | |
There still seems to be that talk there will not be the agreement | :22:53. | :22:58. | |
after the election to form a functioning executive. So direct | :22:59. | :23:04. | |
rule looks pretty likely among many of the pundits. | :23:05. | :23:07. | |
James Brokenshire is refusing to be drawn at this stage on whether he | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
would contemplate direct rule. I think that is simply him not wanting | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
to comment beyond this point. Three weeks does not seem to be a on which | :23:19. | :23:25. | |
the parties could look at big issues like a new language act, | :23:26. | :23:32. | |
alternatively what the DUP has been talking about, the potential need of | :23:33. | :23:37. | |
a structural change, changes to things like the coalition system we | :23:38. | :23:45. | |
have at the moment. All of that will be a big ask to achieve in three | :23:46. | :23:48. | |
weeks which is why most commentators think it is plausible we could be | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
looking instead at some kind of return to suspension powers even | :23:54. | :23:55. | |
though that would require some sort of emergency law to be pushed | :23:56. | :24:00. | |
through Westminster. Thank you for your analysis. | :24:01. | :24:14. | |
A woman golfing professional is hoping to share more of the | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
limelight, Stephanie Meadow competed at the Olympics last year and is | :24:21. | :24:24. | |
about to start another season on the tour in the United States. | :24:25. | :24:31. | |
Stephanie Meadow's short career has had ups and downs. 11 months after | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
finishing third at the 2014 US open, tragedy struck as her father Robert | :24:38. | :24:40. | |
passed away after a short battle with cancer. | :24:41. | :24:47. | |
2015 was really a pretty bad year personally. And professionally. To | :24:48. | :24:53. | |
be on the end of that is nice. It took a lot of hard work, I've worked | :24:54. | :24:58. | |
harder than I ever have. I haven't seen results for a long time. It was | :24:59. | :25:02. | |
tough to keep battling through. But I did it. Hopefully I can keep | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
improving and be up there. Testament to her hard work, last | :25:09. | :25:12. | |
year she represented Ireland at the Olympic Games in Rio. | :25:13. | :25:17. | |
Everything from the Olympic Village to the golf course to sing other | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
events, I saw Michael Phelps swim. It was really good fun. Paul | :25:23. | :25:26. | |
McGinley did an amazing job of being team captain. The first Olympics, I | :25:27. | :25:32. | |
never thought I could do that, it was special. | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
Ranked 259 in the world, Stephanie has her sights set on high for the | :25:38. | :25:40. | |
year ahead. I want to be in the top 60, played | :25:41. | :25:46. | |
25 events, I can make some money and get out there. Long term it is | :25:47. | :25:50. | |
improving every year. My main goal is to be number one in the world | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
like Rory McIlroy. That always has been my dream. Raw | :25:56. | :26:03. | |
talent, confidence and the desire to win. 2017 could be her year. | :26:04. | :26:12. | |
We have tried to link up with the Secretary of State before the end of | :26:13. | :26:16. | |
the programme but quiet on the weather desks down to | :26:17. | :26:26. | |
an area of high pressure. We will see lots of still water and scenes | :26:27. | :26:31. | |
like this. Miles, cloudy conditions, not a lot of breeze. It will get | :26:32. | :26:36. | |
colder through this week. It is down to this big area of high | :26:37. | :26:40. | |
pressure sitting out there over Central Europe, protecting us from | :26:41. | :26:44. | |
all of these systems as they tried to come in through the next few | :26:45. | :26:47. | |
days. Overnight, because we have had | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
ploughed through the day, we hold on to that, very mild, seven is the | :26:52. | :27:02. | |
average daytime temperature in January. | :27:03. | :27:03. | |
For a night-time temperature, that is very mild. Tomorrow, another | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
cloudy day. Tomorrow won't be as mild, 10 Celsius through the day. | :27:09. | :27:17. | |
A few breaks in the ploughed through the afternoon helping things feel a | :27:18. | :27:22. | |
little bit brighter for a time. Certainly not too bad. Overnight, | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
Wednesday, again, a very mild night, temperatures staying well above | :27:29. | :27:29. | |
freezing. Thursday is the brightest of the | :27:30. | :27:35. | |
next few days, more sunny spells but we have cooler temperatures to go | :27:36. | :27:38. | |
with that. Not a bad day. Into Friday, a bit | :27:39. | :27:43. | |
more brightness but feeling a little bit cooler. Look at those numbers, | :27:44. | :27:46. | |
not too bad at all. The View holds politicians to | :27:47. | :28:06. | |
account and we ask | :28:07. | :28:09. |