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:00:00. > :00:00.independence. And that's all from the BBC News at

:00:00. > :00:21.The latest on the renewable heat controversy -

:00:22. > :00:23.the names of firms that received more than ?5,000 in

:00:24. > :00:31.The Donegal woman murdered in Goa was raped and strangled.

:00:32. > :00:35.President Trump tells the Taoiseach that he'll visit the Republic

:00:36. > :00:38.during his term in office - we're live from Washington.

:00:39. > :00:41.How would the UK's vision of a post Brexit border that has technology

:00:42. > :00:46.rather than customs posts work in reality?

:00:47. > :01:00.With the rising cost of living, are you just about managing? I talk to

:01:01. > :01:02.two groups of women, one younger and one older about their concerns.

:01:03. > :01:04.Belfast boxer Michael Conlan gets ready to make his

:01:05. > :01:21.It's getting colder and wetter and the forecast wasn't Patrick's Day is

:01:22. > :01:23.not looking good. The names of many of the companies

:01:24. > :01:28.which are getting RHI subsidies have been published by the Department

:01:29. > :01:30.for the Economy. It shows some firms claiming

:01:31. > :01:32.hundreds of thousands of pounds Here's our Agriculture

:01:33. > :01:48.and Environment Correspondent The names of some of the companies

:01:49. > :01:52.getting RHI subsidies are published on the Department for the economy

:01:53. > :01:57.website. Partial postcodes, number of boilers, pay-outs, they are all

:01:58. > :02:03.listed. The companies with most boilers include a paltry firm based

:02:04. > :02:07.in Dungannon, which has 13. While many are on farms, other businesses

:02:08. > :02:11.have them, too. There's a biomass and warehousing business near

:02:12. > :02:17.Banbridge with 12. The list shows a wide geographical spread stop in

:02:18. > :02:21.Ballyclare a trap and bust is less has 11. While many of the boilers

:02:22. > :02:25.are in rural postcodes, a car dealership company based in Belfast

:02:26. > :02:29.has ten. The payments range from tens of thousands of pounds to

:02:30. > :02:32.several hundred thousand pounds and some incidences. The department has

:02:33. > :02:36.been at pains to point out that being on the list is not indicate

:02:37. > :02:39.any wrongdoing on the part of the companies. The next important step

:02:40. > :02:44.in this saga will be the inspections that are planned. Not only will they

:02:45. > :02:48.ensure that the boilers are compliant with the scheme, but that

:02:49. > :02:52.the businesses really do need the heat. There are a wide range of

:02:53. > :02:58.businesses in the list. The lots are farms, mostly paltry and mushroom,

:02:59. > :03:01.but there are also manufacturing, haulage and energy firms as well as

:03:02. > :03:04.a couple of church groups and sports clubs. We contacted a number of

:03:05. > :03:09.those named in the list. Several said they had business need for the

:03:10. > :03:14.heat for industrial processes. One said he had invested ?650,000.

:03:15. > :03:20.Another said there had been a huge amount of bad publicity and if there

:03:21. > :03:23.had been less fuss if they had been selling drugs. 800 installations are

:03:24. > :03:26.on the list. That is around half of those eligible for the pay-outs. The

:03:27. > :03:30.rest are people who applied as individuals, not as companies. Their

:03:31. > :03:36.details will be published later after data protection checks. The

:03:37. > :03:40.department said this was being done in the public's interest. Some

:03:41. > :03:45.owners resisted in court, claiming it would lead to a media witchhunt.

:03:46. > :03:47.The organisation which represents them said it hoped the publication

:03:48. > :03:51.of the list would not leave the public or the media to an assumption

:03:52. > :03:53.that the businesses had acted improperly in any way. It said they

:03:54. > :04:06.had entered the scheme legitimately. The huge projected overspend and the

:04:07. > :04:09.saga has contributed to the collapse of the devolved government. It will

:04:10. > :04:11.be up to the public enquiry to shed light rather than heat on the entire

:04:12. > :04:12.episode. The Donegal woman whose body

:04:13. > :04:15.was found in the Indian state of Goa Danielle McLaughlin from Buncrana

:04:16. > :04:20.was discovered in a field close to tourist resorts

:04:21. > :04:23.in Canacona on Tuesday. Yogita Limaye has sent

:04:24. > :04:35.this report from Goa. Tributes being paid to Danielle

:04:36. > :04:43.McLaughlin. She was found dead here on Tuesday morning. Here you go

:04:44. > :04:46.sweetheart. Police said she had injuries on the face and head. The

:04:47. > :04:52.28-year-old Irish woman had travelled to India on a British

:04:53. > :04:56.passport. She was on holiday in Goa. Police believe the man with her in

:04:57. > :05:00.this CCTV footage is responsible for her murder. They have arrested him

:05:01. > :05:08.and say they have compelling evidence. TRANSLATION: When we

:05:09. > :05:13.questioned him, the accused confessed to the crime. After that,

:05:14. > :05:18.we also found an item with what stains on it. We have collected a

:05:19. > :05:22.lot of forensics evidence. This is a state that is known all over the

:05:23. > :05:26.world for its beaches and parties. Foreign and Indian tourists come

:05:27. > :05:31.here in France, sometimes for weeks or months year after year to enjoy

:05:32. > :05:36.the sun. -- come here in their thousands. This time, for many, the

:05:37. > :05:40.piece has been broken. Women's safety in Goa is once again in the

:05:41. > :05:48.spotlight. Some are still trying to come to terms with what has

:05:49. > :06:00.happened. Absolute horror. Shop. -- shocked. Shocked. It's just... The

:06:01. > :06:07.whole community is just in disbelief. For this state, though,

:06:08. > :06:12.it will be important to show that justice will be done. That those who

:06:13. > :06:15.killed Danielle will not walk away free.

:06:16. > :06:17.The US President Donald Trump says he will visit

:06:18. > :06:21.He was speaking as he met the Taoiseach at the White House.

:06:22. > :06:23.It's part of the annual St Patrick's Day celebrations in Washington.

:06:24. > :06:26.Shane Harrison is there for BBC Newsline.

:06:27. > :06:36.Shane, how did the meeting between Enda Kenny and Donald Trump go?

:06:37. > :06:42.Well, Enda Kenny is in Washington, DC almost certainly for the last

:06:43. > :06:45.time as Taoiseach. He had a 35 minute meeting with the American

:06:46. > :06:50.president this morning, during which Mr Trump confirmed that he will be

:06:51. > :06:54.coming to Ireland during his presidency. After the meeting the

:06:55. > :06:57.Taoiseach briefed reporters outside the White House and he said that

:06:58. > :07:04.they had discussed many matters, including Northern Ireland. I gave

:07:05. > :07:08.the president a detailed account of the outcome of the election in

:07:09. > :07:11.Northern Ireland, the fact that it is our priority to put together an

:07:12. > :07:15.executive that will provide a voice for Northern Ireland and the fact

:07:16. > :07:19.that there is a clear agreement with the British government that there

:07:20. > :07:22.will be no return to a hard border and there will be no direct rule

:07:23. > :07:26.brought back from London. The president asked a number of

:07:27. > :07:30.questions about what the hard border meant in the past and I pointed out

:07:31. > :07:35.to him about customs posts, the secretary violence that brought with

:07:36. > :07:37.it, the engagement of the United States along with Europe in terms of

:07:38. > :07:43.putting together the peace process and the fact that during those times

:07:44. > :07:46.it wasn't possible to travel from some counties in the Republic to

:07:47. > :07:52.Northern Ireland because of roads being blown up. He had a very clear

:07:53. > :07:57.understanding of that. What did Donald Trump had to say? Well, Mr

:07:58. > :08:04.Trump made his comments here on Capitol Hill at Speaker Paul Ryan's

:08:05. > :08:08.lunch and in his remarks, which were brief, he emphasised the close ties

:08:09. > :08:16.between Ireland and America. And all of our friends welcoming Taoiseach,

:08:17. > :08:20.that's my new friend, my new friend. He's a great guy. The people of

:08:21. > :08:25.Ireland and the people of the United States have stuck together through

:08:26. > :08:32.good times and bad times. Over many centuries we have tilt a bond that

:08:33. > :08:35.thrives, inspires and insurers and with us it is going to be closer

:08:36. > :08:40.than ever before, I can tell you that. And there was a special

:08:41. > :08:46.Northern Ireland breakfast this morning. Yes, an annual event, the

:08:47. > :08:49.Northern Ireland breakfast. Normally the First and Deputy First Minister

:08:50. > :08:52.and attended but of course they don't exist at the moment, so the

:08:53. > :08:58.main speech was given by the head of the Northern Ireland civil service,

:08:59. > :09:01.who gave a relatively optimistic account of where they are in terms

:09:02. > :09:06.of the negotiations back at Stormont. He said he was heading

:09:07. > :09:11.back there later this afternoon for those discussions. Also present was

:09:12. > :09:14.the Lord Mayor of Belfast Brian Kingston who said that he did pick

:09:15. > :09:18.up at the gathering that there was some concern for the political

:09:19. > :09:22.stability of Northern Ireland and that he would like to see devolution

:09:23. > :09:23.restored as soon as possible. Thank you.

:09:24. > :09:26.Meanwhile Enda Kenny has welcomed comments by the UK's Brexit Minister

:09:27. > :09:29.that there will be no customs posts built along the border after Brexit.

:09:30. > :09:32.David Davis said the UK Government will invest in technology

:09:33. > :09:35.which means that customs posts won't be needed.

:09:36. > :09:38.But he gave few details of how exactly the system will work.

:09:39. > :09:43.Here's our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell.

:09:44. > :09:50.The days of customs posts are gone and won't be returning.

:09:51. > :09:54.That's effectively the pledge from the Brexit Minister.

:09:55. > :10:04.It is not going to be easy, it will cost us money. It will cost a lot of

:10:05. > :10:07.work on technology and so on to make the border controls on goods but

:10:08. > :10:10.without having border posts and that is what we intend to do. That is

:10:11. > :10:11.what we intend to do. That echoes language that's been

:10:12. > :10:20.used by the Irish government. I am glad to have heard the comments

:10:21. > :10:23.by secretary Davies. We have a political agreement between the

:10:24. > :10:26.government that I lead and the British government that there will

:10:27. > :10:31.be no return to a hard border, a border with customs posts which

:10:32. > :10:38.brought with it difficulties in the past. This is the border. If we go

:10:39. > :10:41.over here we can see behind this fence the old customs post. This is

:10:42. > :10:46.where lorries would have been pulled in to be checked. It is the sort of

:10:47. > :10:50.place with the British and Irish government do not want to reopen but

:10:51. > :10:54.David Davis was clear that there will have to be some sort of customs

:10:55. > :10:58.controls. He dropped baby about technology but what could that

:10:59. > :11:00.actually mean in practice? -- he taught vaguely about technology.

:11:01. > :11:04.Electronic filing of customs declarations

:11:05. > :11:15.We are optimistic. We know it does not make sense, really, to have

:11:16. > :11:20.border post is on all the crossings we have here. The concern is that

:11:21. > :11:25.the UK say they will not have border posts but it is up to the EU member

:11:26. > :11:26.states as to whether there will be posts on the Republic side of the

:11:27. > :11:31.border. That's an important point -

:11:32. > :11:34.this isn't just a discussion It's between the UK

:11:35. > :11:37.and the EU as a whole. Other EU frontiers,

:11:38. > :11:39.like the crossing between Sweden So it will take unique deal

:11:40. > :11:43.to prevent their return There is sympathy

:11:44. > :11:47.for our special case. This recent Tweet from Guy

:11:48. > :11:51.Verhofstadt, the Brexit negotiator for the European Parliament,

:11:52. > :11:53.spoke of the need to But his is just one voice among

:11:54. > :12:01.many on the EU side. Other governments will need to see

:12:02. > :12:04.exactly what the UK is proposing Some of today's other news now

:12:05. > :12:15.and two men have been arrested in connection with the murder

:12:16. > :12:18.of a high profile loyalist. George Gilmore was shot in the neck

:12:19. > :12:21.in Carrickfergus on Monday. He died the following

:12:22. > :12:23.day in hospital. There has been a long running

:12:24. > :12:31.loyalist dispute in the area. Details have emerged

:12:32. > :12:33.of the moment a car ploughed into a television cast and crew,

:12:34. > :12:35.injuring five people, 25-year-old Hugh McGrattan appeared

:12:36. > :12:39.before Belfast Magistrates' Court He has previously admitted causing

:12:40. > :12:45.grievous bodily injury The impact of the collision

:12:46. > :12:50.was described by one witness as a like a snowplough with people

:12:51. > :12:52.being swept away. It happened on Apollo Road off

:12:53. > :12:56.the Boucher Road in south Belfast in November 2015 as a television

:12:57. > :13:01.programme was being filmed for RTE. The court was told McGrattan

:13:02. > :13:05.was driving at speeds of between 52 and 69 mph in the moments before

:13:06. > :13:12.the crash in a 30 mph zone. As he approached the bend,

:13:13. > :13:15.he tried to break but struck Mounted the pavement at around 25

:13:16. > :13:23.mph, he hit a group of extras. A defence lawyer told

:13:24. > :13:32.the court his client has suffered He struck the pedestrians like a

:13:33. > :13:36.bowling ball strikes pins, while Gwyneth said. People were trapped

:13:37. > :13:41.under the accused's car and against the fence -- one witness said. The

:13:42. > :13:46.injuries were severe, in cases like changing. One victim has been left

:13:47. > :13:51.in a wheelchair, paralysed from the faith down. -- from the faith down.

:13:52. > :13:57.nightmares since the crash and has attempted suicide a number of times.

:13:58. > :13:59.He also admitted his guilt at an early stage.

:14:00. > :14:01.McGrattan will be sentenced next Friday.

:14:02. > :14:03.Catherine Morrison, BBC Newsline, Laganside Courts in Belfast.

:14:04. > :14:05.Inflation has been rising in recent months.

:14:06. > :14:07.There's been an increase in food and energy prices.

:14:08. > :14:09.So how are households managing with the current cost of living?

:14:10. > :14:22.The Prime Minister, Theresa May, says she wants to help people who

:14:23. > :14:28.are working hard but do not feel better off. Those who are just about

:14:29. > :14:32.managing. I have come here to talk to two different groups of people

:14:33. > :14:36.with different financial priorities. In a moment we will hear from some

:14:37. > :14:41.young mothers but first, some older citizens who are here at the leisure

:14:42. > :14:48.centre to try to keep fit. I suppose as a pensioner it is things like

:14:49. > :14:53.foodstuff, I noticed lately when I go shopping that prices are starting

:14:54. > :14:58.to creep up and I suppose you'll prices, oil had been low for a while

:14:59. > :15:03.and it's now it has gone up again although there are hopes for it

:15:04. > :15:07.coming down. Do you think with the government guaranteeing the state

:15:08. > :15:11.pension that that has helped or alleviated any difficulties that

:15:12. > :15:18.pensioners may have? It does help but what you must remember is 2.5%

:15:19. > :15:25.is from a low base and 2.5% on ?100 a week isn't as much as 2.5%, maybe

:15:26. > :15:32.somebody earning three or ?400 a week. I don't buy things I can do

:15:33. > :15:41.without, you know, things that maybe were extras but now you say, do I

:15:42. > :15:44.really need that? I just prioritise things. My daughter has four

:15:45. > :15:49.children say it is difficult for them. The first one is that high

:15:50. > :15:54.school, the other three are at primary school, so there is a big

:15:55. > :15:58.outlay there all the time. Young ones just setting out, trying to buy

:15:59. > :16:01.a home now, my son is getting married next year, you know, people

:16:02. > :16:13.like that, it is really difficult for them to start off.

:16:14. > :16:18.I know somebody at the minute he was about to have another baby, it will

:16:19. > :16:21.be her third and she said she hasn't been able to enjoy the pregnancy

:16:22. > :16:25.much because she is worried about how they will manage afterwards, so

:16:26. > :16:32.I think definitely the main problems are with the cost of childcare and

:16:33. > :16:36.with some jobs it is very flexible, you can go part-time, but some

:16:37. > :16:43.aren't, so I have met a lot of mums that had had to give up work to make

:16:44. > :16:46.things work at home. I am currently on maternity leave and preparing to

:16:47. > :16:52.go back to work. The cost of living makes things difficult nowadays for

:16:53. > :16:57.a full-time childcare place for Nina, a's going to be nearly ?600 a

:16:58. > :17:02.month, so it is quite difficult being in full-time work, both myself

:17:03. > :17:07.and my husband. You find that after you have paid all your bills in the

:17:08. > :17:10.month there isn't much left. I am a part-time headdress and student and

:17:11. > :17:15.my partner works full-time as well so we find it very difficult to

:17:16. > :17:18.juggle everything. Obviously with working part-time I'm not a

:17:19. > :17:22.full-time wage but I still need a childcare so I can go to school and

:17:23. > :17:28.everything else. We find it a big struggle at the moment. How do you

:17:29. > :17:34.prioritise your finances because of the outgoings you have, the

:17:35. > :17:38.childcare costs and all of that? We don't eat out, we cook in the house

:17:39. > :17:42.more than what we would have done before we had children, we don't go

:17:43. > :17:44.out. It is a big impact on our life compare to what it used to be that

:17:45. > :17:45.we don't mind. All over the country, students have

:17:46. > :17:48.been making their own headlines Eleven to sixteen year

:17:49. > :17:52.old have been producing Louise Cullen has been catching

:17:53. > :18:03.up with some of them. Pitching for glory, these pupils

:18:04. > :18:05.were bidding for an opportunity to have their ideas filmed

:18:06. > :18:08.and for the winners, nerves or not, We're just going to try and get

:18:09. > :18:13.Carl Frampton to say yes Yes, this might be

:18:14. > :18:19.a bit of an issue. They were some of the hundreds

:18:20. > :18:22.of students working on their own And they weren't shying away

:18:23. > :18:32.from any of the issues. We have pupils from Lithuania,

:18:33. > :18:34.Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, And that's why Brexit

:18:35. > :18:38.has got so many of us Almost one in three GCSEs taken last

:18:39. > :18:43.year were in STEM subjects like science and maths according

:18:44. > :18:45.to the Joint Council But what about students

:18:46. > :18:51.who feel their strengths lie Cyber bullying is a

:18:52. > :18:57.seriously scary issue. But the question remains, do young

:18:58. > :19:00.people really know what to do Grainne's grilling

:19:01. > :19:03.the A-level Business Studies students as they discuss

:19:04. > :19:05.their business plans. So, is journalism

:19:06. > :19:08.still a career option? St Patrick's Day tomorrow promised

:19:09. > :19:17.to be a special occasion Belfast boxer Michael Conlon

:19:18. > :19:24.is gearing up for his first fight And he's topping the bill in one

:19:25. > :19:32.of thwe sports most famous arenas - The weigh-in for the fight

:19:33. > :19:41.happened in the past hour. Thomas Kane was there

:19:42. > :19:50.for BBC Newsline. Michael Conlon will be in this ring

:19:51. > :19:54.tomorrow. How are you feeling ahead of your professional debut? I am

:19:55. > :20:00.looking forward to getting on the scales in the next few minutes and

:20:01. > :20:05.getting the food back into me. Is it a mixture of excitement and nerves?

:20:06. > :20:09.I'm excited, really excited. I had a big event here tomorrow. What an

:20:10. > :20:14.arena and what a place to make your professional debut. Tomorrow I will

:20:15. > :20:18.feel nervous but I'm OK right now. You have made a lot of sacrifices,

:20:19. > :20:23.you have moved out to America to train, how has it benefited you? Has

:20:24. > :20:27.benefited me a lot. I feel like I have improved. This is my first

:20:28. > :20:31.rational fight, I still have a long way to go, I'm not the finished

:20:32. > :20:35.article but I am looking forward to showing what I can do. What is it

:20:36. > :20:39.like walking around New York and seeing your face up on Billboard 's

:20:40. > :20:43.head lining at the world-famous Madison Square Gardens? At first it

:20:44. > :20:48.was surreal but it feels like it is meant to be now and there is no

:20:49. > :20:56.feeling to audit, I can't dwell on posters or billboards. -- now there

:20:57. > :21:00.is no feeling towards it. Is there added pressure on you to win in

:21:01. > :21:03.style because you are headlining? You can see there is pressure on

:21:04. > :21:06.every single fight night but I'm just a keyboard to getting in there

:21:07. > :21:11.and putting a performance on the stock that is all I have got to do.

:21:12. > :21:16.-- I'm just looking forward to getting in there. If I can control

:21:17. > :21:20.my performance, you know, I'm happy. Thank you, Michael. We will have

:21:21. > :21:22.more fight build-up on tomorrow's programme.

:21:23. > :21:24.Ulster's Iain Henderson and Jared Payne have been drafted

:21:25. > :21:27.into the Ireland team to meet England in Dublin this Saturday.

:21:28. > :21:30.Henderson replaces Devon Toner in the second row, while Payne comes

:21:31. > :21:34.Scrum half Conor Murray is injured, so his places

:21:35. > :21:37.Ireland cannot win the Six Nations title,

:21:38. > :21:40.but there is still plenty to play for, as Nial Foster

:21:41. > :21:50.From the outset, Ireland versus England was a marked as being the

:21:51. > :21:54.championship decider but after Ireland's defeat to Wales last

:21:55. > :21:58.weekend, the side will be playing not just for pride on Saturday but a

:21:59. > :22:04.win would guarantee a place amongst the top seeds for the 2019 World

:22:05. > :22:07.Cup. The top four ranking would be really aborted for us. We could

:22:08. > :22:14.still potentially end up in a really difficult pool. -- would be really

:22:15. > :22:19.important for us. If you finish in the top four you could finish with a

:22:20. > :22:23.big team from five to eight. The motivation for us is very much on

:22:24. > :22:27.can we get a performance that can allow us to get in the top half of

:22:28. > :22:32.the championship because we need a win to do that we have got to roll

:22:33. > :22:36.our sleeves up and try and achieve that. There is also a chance to deny

:22:37. > :22:40.England a successive grand slam and prevent Eddie Jones's side from

:22:41. > :22:42.winning a world record 19 games in a row. Motivation should not be a

:22:43. > :22:49.problem on Saturday. Jockey Ruby Walsh and trainer

:22:50. > :22:51.Willie Mullin proved irresistable on the third day

:22:52. > :22:54.of the Cheltenham Festival of Racing with four winners including

:22:55. > :22:56.in the Sun Bets Stayers' Hurdle where Walsh conjured an irresistible

:22:57. > :22:58.run from Nichols Canyon. The 10-1 winner finishing

:22:59. > :23:01.with a strong run towards the rail Rory McIlroy is midway through his

:23:02. > :23:19.opening round at the Arnold Palmer A's level par after five macro

:23:20. > :23:20.holes. Five shots off the early lead.

:23:21. > :23:22.Meanwhile he has continued his criticism of Muirfield

:23:23. > :23:24.despite the Scottish club voting to admit women members

:23:25. > :23:28.Last year it was removed as an Open venue after choosing

:23:29. > :23:37.He has said he would still have a bad taste in himself if he played at

:23:38. > :23:40.the open there in the future. The most successful season

:23:41. > :23:42.in the history of any Ulster GAA club concludes

:23:43. > :23:44.in Croke Park tomorrow. Slaughtneil take

:23:45. > :23:45.on Dr Crokes of Kerry The club from the foothills

:23:46. > :23:54.of the Sperrins are the current All-Ireland Camogie Champions

:23:55. > :23:56.and uniquely also hold provincial Mark Sidebottom has spent a day

:23:57. > :24:10.with the record breakers. Slaughtneil a place apart. Home to

:24:11. > :24:15.award-winning architects, award-winning schools and above all,

:24:16. > :24:22.award-winning sports men and women. I've come to the cultural centre

:24:23. > :24:25.here to take the collective pulse of these people. This evening the cast

:24:26. > :24:29.of Charlie and the chocolate factory, which has just been

:24:30. > :24:36.performed upstairs in Irish, is mingling post-show. Earlier, the

:24:37. > :24:38.current and former club chairman arrive with this season's

:24:39. > :24:44.substantial hole of silverware. You are now in your eighth decade. Did

:24:45. > :24:50.you think you would ever see this day, this success? Never, no, I

:24:51. > :25:00.didn't. I didn't think we could ever do it. I never woman who must be

:25:01. > :25:07.nearly 90 and she is as much as we are, Slaughtneil always had a thing,

:25:08. > :25:11.very close knit. Strengthening and perpetuating their sense of place

:25:12. > :25:17.and belonging, these people draw their heroes, sporting and cultural,

:25:18. > :25:21.from within their own community. He is such a great leader, he never

:25:22. > :25:26.gives up, he is always there when you need him. My favourite is

:25:27. > :25:32.Brendan Rodgers. His great at Irish dancing as well is that for! She is

:25:33. > :25:38.a good Irish beaker and role model. It has all happened so quickly. It

:25:39. > :25:42.has been hard to take in. We haven't realised how big the success has

:25:43. > :25:47.been until we have finished playing. It is hard to try and take in at

:25:48. > :25:50.this moment in time. It is a fairy tale made real with just one final

:25:51. > :26:04.chapter yet to be written. All the action tomorrow on one of

:26:05. > :26:05.the busiest days of sport, St Patrick's Day.

:26:06. > :26:08.Now let's get the weather with Geoff.

:26:09. > :26:16.That is a fine looking frog you have for us there! I figured he could

:26:17. > :26:20.talk he would say rubbish! I'm afraid that our weather is going

:26:21. > :26:23.firmly downhill. That process started today. We had our warmest

:26:24. > :26:28.temperatures this morning, then the rain came through to introduce some

:26:29. > :26:33.cooler air so we ended the day in the mid single figures. With clear

:26:34. > :26:36.skies, the sun going down, the temperatures dropping away. Showers

:26:37. > :26:41.working their way in. Some of those could turn wintry over the hills,

:26:42. > :26:45.some sleet here or there. Maybe some patches of ice on untreated roads.

:26:46. > :26:49.St Patrick's Day is frankly going to be a bit rubbish. You will wake up

:26:50. > :26:55.tomorrow morning to rain working its way in from the west on a freshening

:26:56. > :27:01.westerly Ariz. Top temperatures ten or 11 Celsius. Not that you are

:27:02. > :27:05.going to feel that under the cloud and rain. The best chance for any

:27:06. > :27:08.breaks comes from the east half of Northern Ireland. The further west,

:27:09. > :27:13.the wet it gets. It is really not very nice day at all. As we go

:27:14. > :27:17.through the evening and overnight that rain is going to continue.

:27:18. > :27:21.Cloud cover at night means that the temperatures stay pretty mild. Very

:27:22. > :27:24.little difference between the daytime and night-time temperatures.

:27:25. > :27:29.Looking ahead to the weekend, more wet and windy weather on the way.

:27:30. > :27:34.Saturday starts off with rain working its way in from the west. It

:27:35. > :27:39.is still quite breezy. I don't think it will feel very nice at all. On

:27:40. > :27:43.Sunday, at least the hint of a slight improvement because while we

:27:44. > :27:47.start with the rain it is going to be writing up. I'm afraid I can't

:27:48. > :27:50.offer you anything better than that. The outlook for the next few days is

:27:51. > :27:53.really not very good. You can also keep in contact with us

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