:00:00. > :00:14.A reminder of the day's main story... The
:00:15. > :00:21.An under-car bomb explodes outside the home of a police officer
:00:22. > :00:38.My colleague goes to work every morning with the sole aim of working
:00:39. > :00:40.to prevent harm in the community. Clubrooms at Healy Park GAA ground
:00:41. > :00:44.in Omagh are badly damaged The RHI Controversy -
:00:45. > :00:47.the Economy Minister is accused of using those who get the subsidy
:00:48. > :00:51.as a political football. The Craigavon-based firm Almac tells
:00:52. > :00:54.MPs it might have to move some work to the Republic
:00:55. > :01:08.as a result of Brexit. Northern Ireland's population is
:01:09. > :01:14.more diverse than ever before. This evening I focus on the newcomers
:01:15. > :01:15.from eastern Europe. Join me and a little bit of Lithuania in the
:01:16. > :01:16.spring. A very wet and very
:01:17. > :01:19.windy night to come We'll have 12 hours of persistent
:01:20. > :01:23.and at times heavy rain with strong A bomb's exploded outside the home
:01:24. > :01:34.of a police officer in Londonderry. It happened as the army
:01:35. > :01:37.tried to defuse it. It's thought the bomb may have
:01:38. > :01:39.been an under-car Our northwest reporter
:01:40. > :01:54.Keiron Tourish is at the scene. Tara, the scene here in Culmore is
:01:55. > :01:59.still cordoned off this evening as the security operation continues.
:02:00. > :02:03.One thing is clear and that is a message from the most senior police
:02:04. > :02:08.officer in the North West, who believes we could easily have been
:02:09. > :02:12.dealing with a major tragedy. The police say an Army bomb disposal
:02:13. > :02:16.experts were in the process of making the bomb sites outside the
:02:17. > :02:22.home of a serving police officer when it went off. The district
:02:23. > :02:27.commander was scathing in his condemnation. My colleague is
:02:28. > :02:32.someone who gets up every morning and goes to work with the sole aim
:02:33. > :02:38.of ensuring the safety of the community and working to prevent
:02:39. > :02:43.harm. That is in sharp contrast to the individuals who left a viable
:02:44. > :02:48.explosive device in a residential area with kids and families going to
:02:49. > :02:55.school. The dangers don't need to be explained in depth. My colleagues in
:02:56. > :03:00.the major investigation team have started an investigation and we
:03:01. > :03:05.believe that violent dissident republicans are responsible for this
:03:06. > :03:11.attack. It was found at the home of the police officer at Ardanlee in
:03:12. > :03:15.the Culmore area of the city. It's understood the device was discovered
:03:16. > :03:20.around breakfast time when many children were being taken to school
:03:21. > :03:25.and others weren't leaving for work. A major security operation was put
:03:26. > :03:31.in place and a number of homes were evacuated. The police later extended
:03:32. > :03:37.the cordon. Local people were shot, given the quiet residential nature
:03:38. > :03:43.of the area. Lots of families and children, it's typical of young
:03:44. > :03:49.families. Nothing like this that I have heard happening. I hope it
:03:50. > :03:55.doesn't go back to the old days. Nice and peaceful around here and
:03:56. > :03:57.great for kids growing up. The Policing Board condemned those
:03:58. > :04:06.responsible and said the officer had a lucky escape. We do know that
:04:07. > :04:10.there are dozens of homes in this part of Culmore and detectives have
:04:11. > :04:16.issued an appeal for information. They are keen to hear from anyone
:04:17. > :04:17.who noticed suspicious activity last night or this morning to come
:04:18. > :04:19.forward. A 27-year-old man has
:04:20. > :04:21.appeared in court charged with the manslaughter of Conan
:04:22. > :04:22.Anderson. The 22-year-old died
:04:23. > :04:24.in hospital at the weekend. Conan Anderson, from the Short
:04:25. > :04:30.Strand in Belfast, was a student He suffered head injuries
:04:31. > :04:35.in an incident during a night out Detectives believe it happened
:04:36. > :04:41.at Arthur Lane in the early hours Today at Belfast Magistrates' Court,
:04:42. > :04:49.27-year-old Lawrence Dowie appeared in court accused
:04:50. > :05:02.of his manslaughter. Lawrence Dowie said nothing during
:05:03. > :05:07.the brief hearing. A police officer told the court he believed he could
:05:08. > :05:10.connect him to the charge. He said the accused presented himself
:05:11. > :05:14.voluntarily to Musgrave police station and told the court that
:05:15. > :05:20.Larne still we had been threatened and that police are taking the
:05:21. > :05:23.threat seriously. The district judge ordered that neither Larne still
:05:24. > :05:25.we's photograph nor his address can be published.
:05:26. > :05:27.A defence lawyer stressed that the threat had nothing to do
:05:28. > :05:29.with the deceased or anyone associated with him.
:05:30. > :05:31.Lawrence Dowie was released on bail and will appear again
:05:32. > :05:44.A clubhouse at the Tyrone GAA county grounds has had to cancel activities
:05:45. > :05:46.after what it described as a despicable attack
:05:47. > :05:50.Significant damage was caused to the clubrooms at St Enda's GAA
:05:51. > :05:56.Here's our south-west reporter, Julian Fowler.
:05:57. > :05:58.The damage left following an overnight robbery.
:05:59. > :06:02.The smell of the drilling equipment used to remove the safes bolted
:06:03. > :06:09.This office is just one of the rooms ransacked by burglars.
:06:10. > :06:12.Every locked door in St Enda's GAA club rooms
:06:13. > :06:32.A lot of people would see this as a large town club,
:06:33. > :06:35.but we are just like every GAA club, the more
:06:36. > :06:39.but we are just like every GAA club, the more money we can raise is
:06:40. > :06:43.There is no profit making here, it is all volunteerism.
:06:44. > :06:46.It has a large impact on not only events and activities but also
:06:47. > :06:48.equipment and playing gear and everything, buses, transport,
:06:49. > :06:52.The thieves cut open two gates and broke through a fire escape
:06:53. > :06:56.As well as safes, bottles of spirits and tills were taken from the bars
:06:57. > :06:59.along with club equipment used by some of the 33 teams, including
:07:00. > :07:18.We just have to gather ourselves again and build this great club.
:07:19. > :07:23.The club has cancelled all indoor activities for its youth players
:07:24. > :07:25.as well as social events scheduled to take place this week.
:07:26. > :07:29.Volunteers are now helping to clear up the damage in time for a couple
:07:30. > :07:31.of big matches on Sunday, when 10,000 people are
:07:32. > :07:39.The Economy Minister Simon Hamilton has been accused of using firms
:07:40. > :07:43.getting RHI subsidy as a political football.
:07:44. > :07:46.A barrister told a court his plan to release the names was an attempt
:07:47. > :07:50.to deflect from claims that "DUP cronies" had benefited
:07:51. > :07:54.Here's our agriculture and environment
:07:55. > :08:00.The case was made that the push for publication of the names was little
:08:01. > :08:05.A barrister for the boiler owners said there'd been claims
:08:06. > :08:13.what he called DUP cronies had benefitted.
:08:14. > :08:15.I signalled my intention to publish the names.
:08:16. > :08:18.The DUP Economy Minister Simon Hamilton's drive for the release
:08:19. > :08:24.of the names was an attempt to spread the political pain.
:08:25. > :08:31.Gerald Simpson, QC for the boiler owners, said far from being about
:08:32. > :08:40.transparency as Mr Hamilton cleared -- claimed, it was simple political
:08:41. > :08:44.point scoring, tit-for-tat politics, Mr Hamilton essentially saying there
:08:45. > :08:46.had been criticism of the DUP, now let's see how many of your people
:08:47. > :08:47.are in the scheme. The court was told Mr Hamilton had
:08:48. > :08:50.persisted in the face of civil service advice that publication
:08:51. > :08:53.was a breach of data protection. Boiler owners feared a media frenzy,
:08:54. > :09:06.and public criticism culminating The majority of more than 800 firms
:09:07. > :09:10.written to by the Department seeking permission to publish their names
:09:11. > :09:14.had objected, hardly surprising given the stigma that had grown up
:09:15. > :09:18.around the scheme. The feeling these people were being treated as
:09:19. > :09:19.scapegoats and a political football. The Department for the Economy
:09:20. > :09:24.will give its version tomorrow. A court decision on the naming
:09:25. > :09:29.is expected before the election. You're watching BBC Newsline -
:09:30. > :09:40.still to come before 7pm: We're in Dublin, where the
:09:41. > :09:42.Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, is addressing his own TDs about his future.
:09:43. > :09:45.The Prime Minister has attacked those she claims have made
:09:46. > :09:53.a business of dragging soldiers through the courts over incidents
:09:54. > :09:55.which happened in Northern Ireland, saying it's "absolutely appalling."
:09:56. > :09:57.But her remarks have been criticised by a victims group.
:09:58. > :09:59.Here's our political correspondent Gareth Gordon.
:10:00. > :10:03.The PSNI say killings involving former soldiers make up around 30%
:10:04. > :10:07.of the more than 100 being looked at by their legacy
:10:08. > :10:12.But the Secretary of State recently claimed inquiries
:10:13. > :10:15.into killings during the Troubles were disproportionately focused
:10:16. > :10:22.Today the Prime Minister joined the argument.
:10:23. > :10:25.As I have made clear, I think it is absolutely appalling
:10:26. > :10:28.when people try to make a business out of dragging our brave
:10:29. > :10:32.In the case of Northern Ireland, 90% of deaths were caused
:10:33. > :10:35.by terrorists and that is essential that the justice
:10:36. > :10:40.It would be entirely wrong to treat terrorists more favourably
:10:41. > :10:43.than soldiers or police officers and that is why, as part
:10:44. > :10:46.of our work to bring forward the Stormont House Agreement Bill,
:10:47. > :10:49.we will ensure that investigative bodies are under a legal duty to be
:10:50. > :10:52.fair, balanced and proportionate so our veterans are not
:10:53. > :10:55.unfairly treated or disproportionately investigated.
:10:56. > :11:01.It was not enough for one of her MPs.
:11:02. > :11:11.There is no prospect of new credible evidence coming forward against our
:11:12. > :11:15.veterans of the Troubles up to 40 years after the event, yet people
:11:16. > :11:20.are starting to use the same techniques in Northern Ireland
:11:21. > :11:28.against them as were used against veterans of Iraq. Surely the answer
:11:29. > :11:30.has to be a statute of limitations preventing the prosecution of
:11:31. > :11:32.veterans to do with matters that occurred prior to the date of the
:11:33. > :11:33.Belfast Agreement. That's not going to happen,
:11:34. > :11:45.according to campaigners. There isn't going to be a statute of
:11:46. > :11:49.limitations, there is no limitation for killings and criminal activity
:11:50. > :11:52.that the British Army were engaged in during the conflict, and
:11:53. > :11:59.presenting soldiers who killed women and children and civilians,
:12:00. > :12:03.presenting them as victims when they killed someone is grotesquely
:12:04. > :12:04.offensive to the many hundreds of families who have been bereaved by
:12:05. > :12:05.British soldiers. The way forward is never easy
:12:06. > :12:09.when we're looking back. Almac, the Craigavon-based
:12:10. > :12:11.pharmaceutical firm, has told MPs that it might have
:12:12. > :12:14.to move some work to the Republic The company said its decision to buy
:12:15. > :12:19.a factory in Dundalk was a direct Here's our economics and business
:12:20. > :12:25.editor John Campbell. Almac is one our biggest and most
:12:26. > :12:29.important local firms. A major part of its business is
:12:30. > :12:33.making products and running trials For those products to be
:12:34. > :12:38.distributed in the EU, But it's not clear how the rules
:12:39. > :12:45.will change for UK-made Almac's customers made it plain
:12:46. > :13:03.that just waiting to see Our acquiring of premises in
:13:04. > :13:09.Dundalk, we made that decision two weeks after the Brexit about because
:13:10. > :13:13.we couldn't wait, and we were asked by customers, and these are major
:13:14. > :13:15.pharmaceutical companies, what is your solution to the EU offering? We
:13:16. > :13:19.could not say wait and see. It may be that ultimately the Brexit
:13:20. > :13:22.deal will mean the rules will stay But if they don't, that will mean
:13:23. > :13:35.more work for the Dundalk operation. We have no desire to change our
:13:36. > :13:38.commercial base as Craigavon from an investment perspective and a
:13:39. > :13:44.staffing perspective, it would be the wrong thing to do, but we have
:13:45. > :13:45.to respond to customers needs and at the facility allows us room to do
:13:46. > :13:47.that if we have to. Aside from these worries
:13:48. > :13:49.about regulations, Almac also warned that intrusive customs checks
:13:50. > :14:00.will be very bad for business. If there is a hard border and checks
:14:01. > :14:06.at that border, any issues which caused those products to be delayed
:14:07. > :14:12.or opened, whether it is a rougher jury to draw on a lorry were seals
:14:13. > :14:16.tampered within the product, will lead us into an uncompetitive
:14:17. > :14:17.situation. Our customers will not tolerate that.
:14:18. > :14:19.Almac reiterated that Craigavon will remain at the centre
:14:20. > :14:23.But like so many businesses, it faces a period of uncertainty
:14:24. > :14:29.and not much in the way of political guidance.
:14:30. > :14:33.The SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has warned the "the very idea of
:14:34. > :14:36.power sharing" is at stake in the Assembly election.
:14:37. > :14:39.He was speaking at the launch of his party's manifesto
:14:40. > :14:44.Our political correspondent Enda McClafferty was there.
:14:45. > :14:47.As venues go, it was a fitting location for the launch
:14:48. > :14:53.As much of the talk inside was about the political spinning
:14:54. > :15:05.And we didn't have to wait too long for the first jibe.
:15:06. > :15:14.I've got man flu. LAUGHTER ??Transmit
:15:15. > :15:17.Man flu has become the latest campaign buzzword.
:15:18. > :15:19.And Colum Eastwood used another one when setting
:15:20. > :15:30.40,000 patients wait over a year for their first outpatient appointment.
:15:31. > :15:33.It is a disgrace that crocodiles have been mentioned more in this
:15:34. > :15:35.election than the crisis in our health service.
:15:36. > :15:37.And health featured at the very top of party's manifesto pledges -
:15:38. > :15:39.promising an emergency health budget.
:15:40. > :15:57.The SDLP is fielding 21 candidates with some familiar
:15:58. > :16:02.But their leader warned it may be some time before those
:16:03. > :16:09.He said the election marked a critical moment for power sharing.
:16:10. > :16:12.If Direct Rule is the result delivered by Arlene and Michelle,
:16:13. > :16:26.it will take a long time to bring back our devolved institutions.
:16:27. > :16:34.As we enter into the final stretch of this election, it is that idea of
:16:35. > :16:38.power-sharing that is now at risk. Colum Eastwood's big challenge is
:16:39. > :16:44.not delivering on the challenges in his manifesto at convincing the
:16:45. > :16:48.80,000 SDLP supporters who have stopped rooting for his party,
:16:49. > :16:49.because he knows that without them his chance for change will not
:16:50. > :16:53.happen. The Fine Gael parliamentary party
:16:54. > :16:55.has been meeting this evening with the expectation
:16:56. > :16:57.that the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, will give some form of indication
:16:58. > :17:00.that he will stand down shortly after meeting President
:17:01. > :17:01.Trump next month. It follows the controversy last week
:17:02. > :17:04.over his government's handling For the latest we're
:17:05. > :17:18.joined now by our Dublin Shane, what's the latest? The Fine
:17:19. > :17:23.Gael parliamentary party meeting of senators and TDs was going on until
:17:24. > :17:26.a short time ago and without giving a detailed time frame Enda Kenny is
:17:27. > :17:33.believed to be telling them he will stand down shortly after returning
:17:34. > :17:38.from Washington and the St Patrick's Day ritual of giving the American
:17:39. > :17:43.president a bowl of shamrock. He will return to a country getting
:17:44. > :17:48.ready for Brexit negotiations and it is expected there will be a meeting
:17:49. > :17:54.of heads of government at the end of March or in April were EU leaders
:17:55. > :17:57.will come up with their opening positions for those negotiations. I
:17:58. > :18:02.suspect Enda Kenny will be Taoiseach at the time of that meeting, if only
:18:03. > :18:06.because of the time it will take the Fine Gael electoral college to
:18:07. > :18:11.choose a successor, but if a perception grows that he is trying
:18:12. > :18:18.to drag out his period as Taoiseach, a motion of no-confidence in his
:18:19. > :18:19.leadership can be expected at a future Fine Gael party meeting.
:18:20. > :18:22.We've seen a rise in the number of people from countries all over
:18:23. > :18:23.the world settle in Northern Ireland.
:18:24. > :18:25.What's being done to help families maintain links
:18:26. > :18:41.Welcome to Lisburn, or should I say a little piece of litter when you're
:18:42. > :18:48.in Lisburn. I'm in a restaurant owned by Edouard R. Why did you come
:18:49. > :18:53.to Northern Ireland? First time for holiday and then staying here until
:18:54. > :19:00.now. You set up a business here. What demand is therefore a
:19:01. > :19:05.Lithuanian restaurant? Nobody had before that the Winnie and food we
:19:06. > :19:12.tried to do something, that was my first dream. About 40,000 people
:19:13. > :19:19.from eastern Europe are now living in Northern Ireland. Initially the
:19:20. > :19:24.newcomers were men and work in the agri-food and engineering sectors
:19:25. > :19:29.but now families have come, bringing their language, food and culture. In
:19:30. > :19:34.Armagh, children's whose parents were born in Bulgaria are taking
:19:35. > :19:45.extra language classes but as Gordon Adair discovered, the language is
:19:46. > :19:48.not English. It's Saturday morning, but for these children from newcomer
:19:49. > :19:56.families, it's just another school day. There are not here to cram in
:19:57. > :19:59.extra English lessons, in fact these Bulgarian children are here to learn
:20:00. > :20:05.Bulgarian. Every Saturday for about five hours, these children study the
:20:06. > :20:12.language, culture and history of land which is fast becoming not so
:20:13. > :20:17.much their home as their parents'. They are integrating, going to local
:20:18. > :20:21.schools and learning by curriculum, but at the same time they come on
:20:22. > :20:26.Saturdays and burnt their own language because that is the only
:20:27. > :20:34.way to keep their national identification. So they don't forget
:20:35. > :20:37.who they are and where they are coming from, it doesn't matter they
:20:38. > :20:42.live in Northern Ireland, their roots are Bulgarian. It's important
:20:43. > :20:51.to know your language and where you are from. This is my own country,
:20:52. > :20:55.that is important to me. Often children start to lose their
:20:56. > :21:02.language after the first year. If they decide to go home in future,
:21:03. > :21:09.especially now when Brexit is coming, they have to have Bulgarian
:21:10. > :21:14.in place and be able to go back and study in a normal school in
:21:15. > :21:18.Bulgaria. So for these children things are very different than they
:21:19. > :21:22.were for their parents. They felt like strangers in a strange land
:21:23. > :21:27.arriving here as migrants. These children who were born here clearly
:21:28. > :21:33.feel Northern Ireland is as much their home as Bulgaria. I am here
:21:34. > :21:42.with the lady who was born in lift the Winnie and came here when she
:21:43. > :21:45.was 16. You are an interpreter. In regards language from people who
:21:46. > :21:51.come from eastern Europe, what difficulties do they have?
:21:52. > :21:58.Difficulties in day to day tasks, owing to the banks, dealing in
:21:59. > :22:06.health centres, hospitals, they may be told they have some serious
:22:07. > :22:08.illnesses and they usually look at the Doctor blankly and don't
:22:09. > :22:14.understand what they are talking about. Brexit is a worry for many
:22:15. > :22:19.Eastern European 's and tomorrow I will be in Dungannon, where there is
:22:20. > :22:24.a conference discussing the issues around Brexit. That is on tomorrow's
:22:25. > :22:29.Newsline. As the weather is about to take a
:22:30. > :22:34.turn for the worse. There is some work being done on a County Down
:22:35. > :22:39.farm. Rambo the labrador was helping his owner with some ploughing on a
:22:40. > :22:46.Seaford farm. You can see more on our Facebook page. Geoff, how much
:22:47. > :22:51.do we have to brace ourselves? We have Storm Doris on the way, the
:22:52. > :22:56.fourth named storm of the winter but I don't think we will see the worse,
:22:57. > :23:01.we do have weather warnings in place for rain and strong winds across
:23:02. > :23:07.parts of Northern Ireland tomorrow. That rain has already started and it
:23:08. > :23:10.will sit over us for about 12 hours overnight and tomorrow morning, and
:23:11. > :23:17.we will hold onto that cold wet and windy theme through Thursday. I
:23:18. > :23:22.don't think Northern Ireland will see the worst of it, that will be
:23:23. > :23:28.Scotland where we could see four or five centimetres of snow across the
:23:29. > :23:32.Central Belt and into Edinburgh, further south we have stronger winds
:23:33. > :23:38.across North Wales and central England, so we have a mist of
:23:39. > :23:45.warnings in place for rain and snow across Northern Ireland and Scotland
:23:46. > :23:50.and then this big area of warning for Wales and England, including
:23:51. > :23:53.this amber zone where the worst damage is affected, so if you are
:23:54. > :24:00.planning a trip across the water tomorrow, there could be disruption.
:24:01. > :24:03.We have strong winds coming in is that Northwest breeze is funnelled
:24:04. > :24:08.into the North Channel, so that could make driving challenging in
:24:09. > :24:11.the morning. Through the day there could be some brightness, some
:24:12. > :24:16.wintriness in the showers and raw feel to the day, top temperatures of
:24:17. > :24:22.six or seven but feeling better in the breeze. Overnight things start
:24:23. > :24:27.to clear a little and the temperatures will drop away, so by
:24:28. > :24:30.Friday morning the risk of some icy patches, a chilly start to the day
:24:31. > :24:36.on Friday before more rain arrives during the day to spread into old
:24:37. > :24:45.parts, so we keep that unsettled theme. Towards the weekend we will
:24:46. > :24:49.start to draw the breeze out of the north-west, so as these fronts come
:24:50. > :24:54.through it draws in some more Mander, so it will still be wet and
:24:55. > :24:55.windy but at least come Saturday the temperatures will be in double
:24:56. > :24:58.figures.