:00:00. > :00:20.Our programme is dominated tonight by the funeral of Martin McGuinness.
:00:21. > :00:23.Huge crowds of mourners line the streets as his home city
:00:24. > :00:37.Arlene Foster gets an ovation from the congregation as she takes her
:00:38. > :00:39.seat in the church. Among the many political leaders
:00:40. > :00:41.attending the service, He urges politicians here to honour
:00:42. > :00:55.Martin McGuinness' memory Finish the work of pace so we can
:00:56. > :00:58.all have a future together. -- piece.
:00:59. > :00:59.The funeral cortege left Martin McGuinness' home
:01:00. > :01:02.in the Bogside behind me here, passing places and people deeply
:01:03. > :01:11.It's revealed that a man is seriously ill in a Northern Ireland
:01:12. > :01:14.hospital after getting an infection linked to medical equipment.
:01:15. > :01:25.Wintry tonight but feeling springlike tomorrow.
:01:26. > :01:28.The only way peace can endure is if those who have legitimate
:01:29. > :01:32.grief on both sides embrace the future together.
:01:33. > :01:36.The words of Bill Clinton at Martin McGuinness' funeral.
:01:37. > :01:40.The former American President told mourners if people had really come
:01:41. > :01:43.together to celebrate the life of Martin McGuinness then
:01:44. > :01:48.The city came to a standstill as thousands lined the route
:01:49. > :01:51.from his home in the Bogside to the church for this
:01:52. > :01:55.The DUP leader, Arlene Foster, was applauded as she arrived.
:01:56. > :02:00.The priest, Father Michael Canny, said the presence of former
:02:01. > :02:02.political rivals at the funeral would have been unthinkable
:02:03. > :02:12.Donna Traynor is in Derry for us this evening.
:02:13. > :02:19.It really has been a remarkable day and what we have seen and what we
:02:20. > :02:25.have heard in the Bogside below me and at the church. The funeral of
:02:26. > :02:30.the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, an IRA commander at
:02:31. > :02:35.times of murder and mayhem brought together a police chief Constable,
:02:36. > :02:38.presidents and unionist politicians. Those who came to pay their respects
:02:39. > :02:43.did so for their own particular reasons. But at the heart of the
:02:44. > :02:47.funeral service was a family mourning their loss. Keiron Tourish
:02:48. > :02:53.takes us through what happened this afternoon.
:02:54. > :02:56.He always said his heart lay in the Bogside.
:02:57. > :02:59.And today Martin McGuinness made a final poignant journey
:03:00. > :03:07.His wife, Bernie, led the mourners along with their four
:03:08. > :03:12.children, grandchildren and wider family circle.
:03:13. > :03:15.It was, for them, a painful path on familiar streets which held
:03:16. > :03:20.For those who stood in silence and respect,
:03:21. > :03:28.As the cortege set off on its journey, the huge crowds
:03:29. > :03:39.Past well known landmarks, the cortege edged slowly forward -
:03:40. > :03:50.While the cortege made its way through a thronged Bogside,
:03:51. > :03:58.Peter Robinson and his successor, Arlene Foster, were arriving at
:03:59. > :04:09.There, too, President Bill Clinton - who received a warm welcome.
:04:10. > :04:17.All shades of political opinion was represented -
:04:18. > :04:20.from across the island and across the world.
:04:21. > :04:27.A point acknowledged during Requiem Mass.
:04:28. > :04:34.There are people here this afternoon whose presence would have been
:04:35. > :04:41.unthinkable only a short generation ago. Many of you here have forged a
:04:42. > :04:46.working relationship with Martin McGuinness. The people here have
:04:47. > :04:52.built friendships with him. They have occupied Stormont benches
:04:53. > :05:02.alongside him. Some have even sat in government with him. And you are
:05:03. > :05:06.very welcome. And the presence of those political rivals and opponents
:05:07. > :05:11.argue who have come to pay their respects this afternoon, you coming
:05:12. > :05:17.is the most adequate testimony to the memory of Martin McGuinness.
:05:18. > :05:22.Then you seek a monument for the man who brings us here, look around you.
:05:23. > :05:25.By your presence, you are his monument.
:05:26. > :05:27.Father Michael Canny also reflected on Martin McGuinness' violent past
:05:28. > :05:40.In the course of years I have had many conversations with Martin and
:05:41. > :05:45.he knew only too well how many people struggled with his IRA past.
:05:46. > :05:50.He was very aware of that. Republicans, we know, were not
:05:51. > :05:52.blameless and many people across this community find it difficult to
:05:53. > :05:55.forgive and impossible to forget. At the end of the service,
:05:56. > :06:11.President Bill Clinton I came to treasure every encounter,
:06:12. > :06:16.they asked me to speak for three minutes, he could do this in 30
:06:17. > :06:23.seconds! Here is my eulogy... I fought, I made peace, I made
:06:24. > :06:29.politics. I had a fabulous family that somehow stayed with me and
:06:30. > :06:36.enjoyed all of it. I had friends. I was married to Gerry almost as much
:06:37. > :06:45.as my wife! APPLAUSE
:06:46. > :06:50.It turned out I was pretty good at this and we got a lot done. But we
:06:51. > :06:57.did not finish and if you really wanted on my legacy, finish, finish
:06:58. > :06:57.the work of peace so we can all have a future together.
:06:58. > :07:03.APPLAUSE The outpouring of grief reflected
:07:04. > :07:07.the impact Martin McGuinness had made on many present here today
:07:08. > :07:10.but those who suffered grievously at the hands of the IRA
:07:11. > :07:20.say their pain endures. A short time ago the Sinn Fein
:07:21. > :07:22.president, Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness
:07:23. > :07:42.was not a terrorist. Martin McGuinness
:07:43. > :08:02.was a freedom fighter. He was also a political prisoner and
:08:03. > :08:09.a negotiator, a peacemaker and a healer. And returning to the
:08:10. > :08:16.Bogside, many of those who were at the cemetery. With me is Enda
:08:17. > :08:22.McClafferty. Father Canny spoke about the group of people who had
:08:23. > :08:27.gathered for the funeral, it really was quite an eclectic mix. And that
:08:28. > :08:29.would have brought a smile to the face of Martin McGuinness to see
:08:30. > :08:33.that collection of people to bid farewell to him. Inside the church
:08:34. > :08:40.we have former IRA men who were there to pay respects to the former
:08:41. > :08:45.leader, sitting alongside the Chief Constable, Arlene Foster, who
:08:46. > :08:48.suffered at the hands of the IRA, Peter Robinson, James Brokenshire
:08:49. > :08:54.and politicians from south of the border, the Irish President, Mary
:08:55. > :08:59.McAleese and President Clinton, who used his address at the end of the
:09:00. > :09:02.ceremony, using language that Martin McGuinness would have felt
:09:03. > :09:06.appropriate to remind politicians of what was at stake and how far we
:09:07. > :09:10.have travelled in Northern Ireland and using the power of a phrase
:09:11. > :09:17.about shrinking the definition of them and expanding the definition of
:09:18. > :09:21.us. Most notably was the presence of DUP politicians and Arlene Foster,
:09:22. > :09:25.who surprised many journalists by getting a round of applause on
:09:26. > :09:30.several occasions. If Arlene Foster was apprehensive about coming here,
:09:31. > :09:33.the minute she stepped inside the church and received a warm round of
:09:34. > :09:38.applause, many of her concerns were eased. Not once but twice but she
:09:39. > :09:44.got a round of applause when Bill Clinton thanked and you could see
:09:45. > :09:49.inside the body language, Michelle O'Neill shaking hands with her,
:09:50. > :09:53.Peter Robinson shaking hands with Gerry Adams and afterwards, whenever
:09:54. > :09:57.Arlene Foster became the centre of attention, people queueing up to
:09:58. > :10:02.thank her for coming and posing for selfies and she was very relaxed,
:10:03. > :10:05.taking time to speak to people, have very different Arlene Foster to what
:10:06. > :10:10.we have seen recently, and surrounded by so many republicans.
:10:11. > :10:15.It'll be interesting to see if this moment might not be any changer
:10:16. > :10:18.politically but it might well be a mood changer because whenever the
:10:19. > :10:20.party 's get-together at Stormont, the mood will be very different.
:10:21. > :10:29.Thank you. We have a little bit of what
:10:30. > :10:32.President Clinton had to say. Here is more of his speech.
:10:33. > :10:37.He decided to oppose it by whatever means
:10:38. > :10:43.available to the passionate young, including violence.
:10:44. > :10:46.Somewhere along the way, for whatever reason,
:10:47. > :10:57.Some of the reasons were principled, some were practical, but he decided.
:10:58. > :11:02.He was good about sticking with something he decided to do
:11:03. > :11:04.and he succeeded because his word was good, his listening
:11:05. > :11:13.He was not afraid to make a compromise and he was strong
:11:14. > :11:26.After all the time cursing the British, he shook hands with the
:11:27. > :11:33.Queen! APPLAUSE
:11:34. > :11:41.Somebody who spent sleepless nights in the beginning of the ceasefires
:11:42. > :11:44.and dealing with the aftermath and the Good Friday Agreement, I want to
:11:45. > :11:47.say a special word of appreciation to the First Minister, Arlene
:11:48. > :11:56.Foster, for being here... APPLAUSE
:11:57. > :12:02.I know and most people here know that your life has been marked in
:12:03. > :12:07.painful ways by the Troubles. Most of the publicity Martin got as a
:12:08. > :12:12.politician was the absurd notion that he got along with Ian Paisley.
:12:13. > :12:14.I thought it was great that he got a word in edge-wise.
:12:15. > :12:30.A faithful follower of the faith of his father and his mother.
:12:31. > :12:38.And a passionate believer in a safe and secure self-governing Ireland.
:12:39. > :12:41.The only thing was that he expanded the definition of "us" and shrunk
:12:42. > :12:58.They will talk more about President Clinton's contribution later in the
:12:59. > :13:01.programme. Martin McGuinness was described by many as an
:13:02. > :13:07.inspirational leader, so was a much younger man who was buried from the
:13:08. > :13:13.same church this morning. The captain of Derry City football club,
:13:14. > :13:16.Ryan McBride, whose sudden death at the weekend shocked the city and
:13:17. > :13:23.beyond. This report on his funeral from Kevin Sharkey. A football's
:13:24. > :13:32.family and his footballing family. Heartbroken. United in grief. Ryan
:13:33. > :13:37.McBride, 27 years old, on the terraces he was team captain and a
:13:38. > :13:45.hero of the fans. His home, a son, brother. The sudden and unexpected
:13:46. > :13:58.death of Ryan McBride last Sunday evening has devastated his father
:13:59. > :14:02.and his sisters, Colleen, Shaneen, his girlfriend, Maria Rud and his
:14:03. > :14:06.grandparents. In recent weeks he was scoring, cheered on by his
:14:07. > :14:11.team-mates and fans. Today, the players and fans saluted him again,
:14:12. > :14:17.this time in sorrow and grief. Lining up one last time alongside
:14:18. > :14:29.their footballing leader. You are our captain but that all the hype.
:14:30. > :14:33.The one and only. The untimely death of Ryan McBride has been felt far
:14:34. > :14:40.beyond the city, the odd football. Among the mourners, President
:14:41. > :14:44.Michael D Higgins. Also here, the President of the Football
:14:45. > :14:49.Association of Ireland. And from countless clubs and associations
:14:50. > :14:54.north and south of the border, players, officials, managers and
:14:55. > :14:57.fans. The final journey of a life and death of Ryan McBride passed
:14:58. > :15:01.through the Brandywell streets where he grew up, his family and
:15:02. > :15:07.team-mates along the funeral cortege of a young player who became a Derry
:15:08. > :15:15.City footballing legend. Perhaps it will still play again but in your
:15:16. > :15:20.absence, it will not be the same. -- we will.
:15:21. > :15:26.Mourning the loss of Ryan McBride at the age of 27. I will have more on
:15:27. > :15:28.the funeral of Martin McGuinness later in the programme. Back to the
:15:29. > :15:31.studio. Thank you. A service of prayer and reflection
:15:32. > :15:33.for victims has taken place Relatives of people killed
:15:34. > :15:37.by the IRA, including in the Enniskillen and Claudy bombs,
:15:38. > :15:40.took part in the service Here's our South West
:15:41. > :15:53.reporter, Julian Fowler. For those of us whose lives have
:15:54. > :15:55.been changed by violent acts of terrorism...
:15:56. > :15:56.Prayers for those who have lost loved ones.
:15:57. > :15:59.The event was organised by the South East Fermanagh Foundation,
:16:00. > :16:01.which supports victims and survivors of terrorism.
:16:02. > :16:05.Debbie Carson's father was shot dead by the IRA in 1979 as he delivered
:16:06. > :16:10.fruit and vegetables to a primary school in Rosslea.
:16:11. > :16:12.She says the news of Martin McGuinness's death
:16:13. > :16:28.The coverage has been hard to watch. My father, he never got justice for
:16:29. > :16:32.my father. He never got to see his children growing up, I had a brother
:16:33. > :16:34.born two weeks after my father was shot.
:16:35. > :16:36.Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Methodist ministers took
:16:37. > :16:40.They said it was not insensitive to those mourning the death
:16:41. > :16:51.I do not think this is insensitive, I think we have used today for the
:16:52. > :16:55.innocent victims grieving. We're here to provide pastoral care for
:16:56. > :16:59.those people and living everyday for all of their lives with the hurt and
:17:00. > :17:01.pain of terrorism. David Temple's 16-year-old brother,
:17:02. > :17:03.William, was killed in the IRA He says Martin McGuinness' death
:17:04. > :17:17.means questions remain unanswered. He will go to his grave without
:17:18. > :17:28.telling these victims the truth, what happened. I also would like to
:17:29. > :17:30.send my condolences to his wife and family on behalf of the victims of
:17:31. > :17:31.the Claudy bomb. Those who seek truth and justice
:17:32. > :17:45.for the past say their fight We can reflect on to date with Mark
:17:46. > :17:51.Devenport. What did you make of the comments by Gerry Adams that Martin
:17:52. > :17:54.McGuinness was not a terrorist but a freedom fighter? That might have
:17:55. > :17:59.been difficult for some of those victims we heard from but anyway it
:18:00. > :18:04.was predictable. If this happened in a few years back, you might have
:18:05. > :18:10.thought there would be a full paramilitary funeral, you are not
:18:11. > :18:15.going to get Gerry Adams denying his past and he rejected that analysis
:18:16. > :18:19.that he said the media has been engaging in a good margin and a bad
:18:20. > :18:24.Martin with some sort of road to Damascus conversion. It makes the
:18:25. > :18:29.other elements of the speech, talking about reaching to unionists
:18:30. > :18:33.more difficult to achieve. The deadline for the talks at Stormont
:18:34. > :18:40.is getting close, well anything today have an impact on that? It is
:18:41. > :18:43.quite hard to assess, on the one hand, the negotiators have been
:18:44. > :18:47.taken away from the table to be involved in the events of the last
:18:48. > :18:50.few days and we had a clash between the DUP and Sinn Fein, Sinn Fein
:18:51. > :18:54.warning the British government should not think about extending the
:18:55. > :18:59.deadline on Monday afternoon and Jeffrey Donaldson saying it is not
:19:00. > :19:02.for Sinn Fein to lay down any ultimatum so it is clear there are
:19:03. > :19:07.really big gaps on this issue but you must think that these events
:19:08. > :19:12.have set thing in a broader context and that image we can see in the
:19:13. > :19:16.church with Michelle O'Neill reaching out to Arlene Foster gives
:19:17. > :19:20.a glimpse of what might be. What will negotiators make of the
:19:21. > :19:24.comments from Bill Clinton? They hit the mark. Then the old days, Bill
:19:25. > :19:27.Clinton would have been approached by the government is to get onto the
:19:28. > :19:31.phone and start talking to the negotiators to get them over any
:19:32. > :19:35.obstacle and heal longer plays that role. Whilst no one could have
:19:36. > :19:40.predicted the timing of events this week, in some ways it was fortuitous
:19:41. > :19:44.that he was there, centre stage at a moment of difficulty in the peace
:19:45. > :19:48.process, to do what he used to do, to urge all sides to make that extra
:19:49. > :19:55.effort and finish the job. What happens if the breakthrough? The
:19:56. > :20:00.government might try to stretch things, not direct rule or fresh
:20:01. > :20:02.elections but try to play for time, use a previous court judgment that's
:20:03. > :20:06.it the Secretary of State has a reasonable period to decide his
:20:07. > :20:08.options to maybe try to keep things going at least over the course of
:20:09. > :20:12.the Easter. Thank you. The funeral of high profile loyalist
:20:13. > :20:17.George Gilmore has taken place in Carrickfergus amidst
:20:18. > :20:18.a heavy police presence. The 44-year-old was shot last week
:20:19. > :20:21.in an attack linked to an ongoing Two men have been
:20:22. > :20:26.charged with his murder. It's emerged that a man is seriously
:20:27. > :20:30.ill in hospital in Northern Ireland with a bacterial infection linked
:20:31. > :20:34.to medical equipment. The patient is one of 28
:20:35. > :20:38.known cases in the UK. On Monday the Belfast Health
:20:39. > :20:41.and Social Care Trust wrote to around 2000 patients who have had
:20:42. > :20:45.open heart surgery since 2013 Our health correspondent
:20:46. > :20:52.Marie-Louise Connolly reports. On Monday around 2000 people
:20:53. > :20:55.across Northern Ireland were sent letters by the Belfast Health
:20:56. > :20:57.and Social Care Trust alerting them to the potential risk
:20:58. > :21:01.of a bacterial infection linked They all had one thing in common -
:21:02. > :21:05.since 2013 they'd had In the letter, the Health Trust said
:21:06. > :21:11.it was writing to patients to inform them that they may have a very low
:21:12. > :21:15.risk of Mycobacterium chimaera infection, linked
:21:16. > :21:18.to heater and cooler devices using in regulating body temperature
:21:19. > :21:23.levels during cardiac operations. The letter stressed that the risk
:21:24. > :21:27.to patients is low. It's now emerged that a man
:21:28. > :21:31.is seriously ill in hospital in Northern Ireland as a result
:21:32. > :21:34.of the infection. His family has asked the BBC
:21:35. > :21:37.to protect their father's identity but say they're keen for the public
:21:38. > :21:40.to realise just how While he had open heart
:21:41. > :21:46.surgery in 2014, it wasn't until the start of this year,
:21:47. > :21:52.following months of being ill, that the man was diagnosed
:21:53. > :21:55.with Mycobacterium chimaera. In an email, the family told the BBC
:21:56. > :21:59.that around eight weeks ago doctors confirmed that their father had
:22:00. > :22:03.the bacterial infection and that he was the 27th case to be
:22:04. > :22:09.confirmed in the UK. However, the family said
:22:10. > :22:12.they were shocked when they read on the BBC News website that no one
:22:13. > :22:16.was affected in Northern Ireland. That report was based
:22:17. > :22:20.on a Health Trust briefing when the BBC was told
:22:21. > :22:22.that they weren't aware of any cases having presented
:22:23. > :22:35.in Northern Ireland. Anyone concerned should contact
:22:36. > :22:41.their GP as soon as possible. Still to come... A look ahead to the World
:22:42. > :22:45.Cup qualifiers facing Northern Ireland and the Republic.
:22:46. > :22:49.The EU's chief Brexit negotiator says he will do all he can to make
:22:50. > :22:57.Our Economics and Business and Editor John Campbell is here.
:22:58. > :23:04.So who are we talking about and why is this important? He is Michel
:23:05. > :23:08.Barnier and you'll hear a lot more of him over the next couple of years
:23:09. > :23:13.because he will be leading the EU side in the Brexit negotiations.
:23:14. > :23:16.Ultimately it will be sovereign governance of the EU states who make
:23:17. > :23:20.the decision on the deal with the UK. Michel Barnier will be leading
:23:21. > :23:22.these negotiations so when he has something to say it is worth
:23:23. > :23:26.listening. What were the circumstances that he made these
:23:27. > :23:29.comments? He was laying out three hurdles that have to be overcome
:23:30. > :23:37.before that can be a forward-looking trade deal. He says the money issue
:23:38. > :23:40.has to be sorted out with what the UK owes, EU citizens and their
:23:41. > :23:44.rights in the UK after Brexit but the third issue is the Irish border.
:23:45. > :23:49.He said he was going to do all they could to make should there was no
:23:50. > :23:52.return to the hard order. He said he would be attentive to all the issues
:23:53. > :23:56.to do with Northern Ireland and the peace process and he says he
:23:57. > :24:00.realises how important this will be. But he did stop short of saying
:24:01. > :24:06.there won't be a hard border. He couldn't make that commitment. At
:24:07. > :24:10.the moment the Irish government, the UK Government and EU are all on the
:24:11. > :24:14.same page. None of them want a return to a hard border or customs
:24:15. > :24:18.post so the will is there for us to do some sort of deal but we don't
:24:19. > :24:22.really have any details at the moment about how to do that deal and
:24:23. > :24:26.how we will cope with being outside the customs union and not having
:24:27. > :24:30.customs posts but that will have to be pretty quickly, probably in the
:24:31. > :24:35.next year before we get into the bigger issues of a broader deal
:24:36. > :24:43.between the UK and EU. We will leave it there. The PSNI has revealed that
:24:44. > :24:50.more people are dying as a result of misuse of drugs on roads. There is
:24:51. > :24:56.street double-dealing of value of about ?300,000 in the last two
:24:57. > :25:00.weeks. This report... Hitting back at drug dealers. Heroin taken off
:25:01. > :25:05.the streets. This year in the first two weeks of the four-week campaign
:25:06. > :25:12.?309,000 worth of drugs has been uncovered. We see a very heavy
:25:13. > :25:17.dependency on prescription drugs, like diazepam. These are purchased
:25:18. > :25:20.illegally while they are prescription drugs. When they are
:25:21. > :25:25.taken without the supervision of a medical professional they are
:25:26. > :25:33.dangerous and many deaths are linked to do with multiple types of drugs
:25:34. > :25:39.or use of excess of prescription drugs. And that is a huge problem.
:25:40. > :25:44.More people in Northern Ireland are dying from opioid drugs compared to
:25:45. > :25:55.road deaths. There were 88 deaths due to drug debts, many more than on
:25:56. > :25:58.road. In both cases both of those statistics represent families who
:25:59. > :26:02.have lost loved ones. But we are saying today is the approach that we
:26:03. > :26:08.took in relation to road deaths and a wide number of partners focusing
:26:09. > :26:12.on education and preventable approach, that is critical when
:26:13. > :26:16.coming to terms with and reducing the numbers dying as a result of
:26:17. > :26:22.drugs. Northern Ireland has seen a 47% increase in the number of people
:26:23. > :26:23.misusing opiates. It is the second-highest in the UK behind
:26:24. > :26:37.England and that for police a worry. Let's go back to Donna on Derry's
:26:38. > :26:40.walls. At the end of the funeral service for Martin McGuinness here
:26:41. > :26:44.this afternoon many of the mourners as they left the church were talking
:26:45. > :26:49.about the speech that had been made by the former US president Bill
:26:50. > :26:53.Clinton. He spoke again outside the church and he was asked why it was
:26:54. > :26:57.so important for him to be heard to date at the funeral of the former
:26:58. > :27:01.Deputy First Minister. This is what he had to say. We spent a lot of
:27:02. > :27:11.time together when I was president. I wanted to honour him for what he
:27:12. > :27:20.did, for changing from war to peace and to emphasise that it is one
:27:21. > :27:23.thing to make peace, another thing to make it work and that is an
:27:24. > :27:29.endless process. You have to work and care for it all the time. I
:27:30. > :27:35.think all these people who justifiably respect the fact that he
:27:36. > :27:41.changed from war to peace need to recommit themselves to finish the
:27:42. > :27:43.work that needs to be done. My colleague Mark Carruthers asking the
:27:44. > :27:49.questions and there will be more from Mark on the view programme
:27:50. > :27:55.later on BBC One tonight. Enda McClafferty is still with me. Coming
:27:56. > :27:59.to the end of the programme, the end of a remarkable day here. What will
:28:00. > :28:04.people take as being the legacy of the former Deputy First Minister now
:28:05. > :28:08.that we have talked so much about it of the last couple of days? I think
:28:09. > :28:11.the McGuinness family will be pretty hot date not just by the mix of
:28:12. > :28:15.people who gathered in the church beside us but also in the thousands
:28:16. > :28:20.of people who turned out in such numbers to to bid farewell to Martin
:28:21. > :28:22.McGuinness. There was a very strong political undercurrent to the
:28:23. > :28:27.celebration today of his life as you would expect for someone like Martin
:28:28. > :28:32.McGuinness and you could sense the warming relations today between Sinn
:28:33. > :28:39.Fein and the DUP. The chill factor wasn't there today. How ironic would
:28:40. > :28:43.it be that in his death he was able to play his last political hand and
:28:44. > :28:46.change the dynamic in the talks at Stormont which we know are bogged
:28:47. > :28:51.down right now and there is little time to find an agreement. How
:28:52. > :28:56.ironic would it be if things change slightly to make negotiations
:28:57. > :29:00.easier? The mood, it was quite palpable how different it was from
:29:01. > :29:05.other Republican funerals in the past but also a sense of welcoming
:29:06. > :29:09.here in the city for so many people. Very noticeable both inside and
:29:10. > :29:13.outside the church. There was a feeling outside that people were
:29:14. > :29:17.full appreciation for those who had made the effort to come to the city
:29:18. > :29:22.today like Bill Clinton, those who had travelled from the south and
:29:23. > :29:27.Arlene Foster and Peter Robinson, it was a big effort for them to come
:29:28. > :29:31.today and they were left in no doubt for the appreciation of people
:29:32. > :29:36.outside and posing with photographers. For now, thank you.
:29:37. > :29:39.Back to you in the studio. Now time for sport -
:29:40. > :29:42.and more on the Derry City football Earlier in the programme we saw
:29:43. > :29:47.how thousands of people paid their respects to Ryan McBride
:29:48. > :29:50.at his funeral in Derry today. This weekend the Northern Ireland
:29:51. > :29:53.football team and fans will pay their own tribute
:29:54. > :29:56.with a minute's applause. It will take place before
:29:57. > :30:09.the World Cup qualifier To wake up the news like that is
:30:10. > :30:14.heartbreaking. Our thoughts go out to Ryan's family and friends and
:30:15. > :30:17.everybody associated with Derry City. It is only right that the
:30:18. > :30:18.football family comes together and shows respect for him.
:30:19. > :30:21.Northern Ireland are currently second in the group behind Germany
:30:22. > :30:23.as they bid for a place in the World Cup.
:30:24. > :30:26.One key player who missed Euro 2016 in France is determined to keep
:30:27. > :30:28.on course for the possibility of another major
:30:29. > :30:38.The lads are pretty much the same as they were in the qualifying
:30:39. > :30:44.campaign. Everybody got a taste of it and did really well for it and it
:30:45. > :30:48.has bred a bit of confidence in the squad. Not just those who played in
:30:49. > :30:53.the majority of the game but those coming off the bench and around the
:30:54. > :30:57.squad, that is a good balance and a bit of youth and experience in
:30:58. > :31:00.there. People picking up all the time a bit more experience of
:31:01. > :31:02.international football which has benefited us over the last 18 months
:31:03. > :31:03.especially. The Republic of Ireland are top
:31:04. > :31:06.of their World Cup qualifying group. They take on Wales
:31:07. > :31:08.tomorrow night in Dublin. Manager Martin O'Neill will have
:31:09. > :31:23.injury doubt James McCarthy He might be missing a number of
:31:24. > :31:28.regulars, but James McCarthy has boosted his manager's options. He is
:31:29. > :31:33.improving, improving very quickly which is good news. He has done some
:31:34. > :31:37.work today as well and we will see how he is this afternoon and see how
:31:38. > :31:42.he has recovered from that, but he is feeling much better. As the
:31:43. > :31:47.injury situation almost helped create a siege mentality in this
:31:48. > :31:50.got? I think we have to prove ourselves anyway. Every single game
:31:51. > :31:53.that you play you have to go and prove yourself. You have got some
:31:54. > :31:58.results before that which would count for anything at all. Some
:31:59. > :32:02.points on the board which is great. We are on show tomorrow night and we
:32:03. > :32:07.have to go and prove ourselves again. Tomorrow's match will mark
:32:08. > :32:10.the midpoint in the qualifying campaign and so far things could
:32:11. > :32:14.hardly have gone better for Martin O'Neill's side but if his depleted
:32:15. > :32:18.squad can manage a positive result against the Welsh it will be a huge
:32:19. > :32:20.step in the race to the World Cup in Russia.
:32:21. > :32:22.In women's football the new Danske Bank Premiership
:32:23. > :32:26.Newry Ladies defeated Crusaders Strikers 4-2.
:32:27. > :32:29.This excellent long range effort was one of two
:32:30. > :32:40.Linfield Ladies the reigning champions beat Sion Swifts Ladies.
:32:41. > :32:45.Kirsty McGuinness on target here with Linfield's first.
:32:46. > :32:47.Kendra McMullen equalised scoring this fine effort for the Swifts,
:32:48. > :32:49.but they eventually lost comfortably 5-2.
:32:50. > :32:52.And there was a hat-trick for Celine Curtis as Cliftonville
:32:53. > :33:03.Ulster Rugby confirmed today that star player Marcel Coatzee will miss
:33:04. > :33:05.the rest of the season with a significant cartilege tear.
:33:06. > :33:08.But the injury is not as bad as first feared and he will be
:33:09. > :33:11.return to fitness for the start of next season Luke Marshall
:33:12. > :33:14.will win his 100th cap tomorrow night against the Dragons.
:33:15. > :33:17.Ulster have won their last five games in a row,
:33:18. > :33:20.and have just five games left to try and qualify for the top
:33:21. > :33:25.At the Winter Special Olympics today in Austria, Team Ireland's skiers
:33:26. > :33:32.Including two gold for Sean McCartan and Lorraine Whelan,
:33:33. > :33:36.a bronze for Caolan McConville, and a silver for Cyril Walker,
:33:37. > :33:40.who was presented his medal by movie star Arnie Schwarzenegger.
:33:41. > :33:45.So far Team Ireland will return with eight medals and they can now
:33:46. > :33:51.bring home a memorable selfie as well.
:33:52. > :33:53.Rory McIlroy lost his first match in the World Golf
:33:54. > :34:01.He has just won his second game without hitting a shot. His opponent
:34:02. > :34:12.Gary Woodland has withdrawn. He might not know this but today is
:34:13. > :34:16.world meteorological day and the theme this year is cloud. And a few
:34:17. > :34:20.new cards had been named. None of them over Northern Ireland today but
:34:21. > :34:26.if you're casting your ice to the sky would be the usual crowds
:34:27. > :34:30.looking quite grey. The cloud has been quite stubborn in a few places.
:34:31. > :34:34.Drifting in from the north-east. Through the latter part of the
:34:35. > :34:38.afternoon it has thinned out and it will continue this evening. Clear
:34:39. > :34:42.spells developing and they will be lingering through the night. It will
:34:43. > :34:48.be cold. Temperatures falling down to freezing. A couple of degrees
:34:49. > :34:52.below in some places. Widespread frost and patches of mist and fog.
:34:53. > :34:57.In the tomorrow not a bad day. More sunshine around but it is a cold
:34:58. > :35:01.start. Frosty. You might have the scrape the windscreen. Patches of
:35:02. > :35:04.freezing fog and maybe the odd icy patch. They will go quite quickly as
:35:05. > :35:09.the sun comes up, temperatures will lift. By the afternoon it will feel
:35:10. > :35:13.more springlike in the sunshine. Maybe just in single figures right
:35:14. > :35:17.on the east coast inland we should be seen temperatures getting up to
:35:18. > :35:22.12 or 13. We do it all again tomorrow night with frost setting
:35:23. > :35:26.in, clear spells, temperatures getting down to freezing. Then on
:35:27. > :35:31.Saturday a fine day. We could see the ice of 13 or 14. Similar on
:35:32. > :35:34.Sunday. That is it from us. Bye-bye.