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This is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines

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Six years after Michaela McCreadie was murdered on honeymoon on

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Mauritius, John Mac review returns to the island to appeal for help to

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catch the killers. More detail on the European Union's

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post Brexit hopes for the border. One year on from smoking

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being banned in the grounds of all local hospitals -

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we find out if people Also on the programme:

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The new university building that Queen's hopes will make Belfast

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an international technology hotspot. On Irish cup semi-finals weekend can

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Coleraine defeat holders Glenavon to extend their unbeaten run

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to 15 games? And it looks like a

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weekend of two halves. Showers at first,

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then becoming drier. John McAreavey, whose wife Michaela

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was murdered on their honeymoon in Mauritius six years ago,

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is returning to the island to issue a fresh appeal

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for information about her killing. No-one has been convicted

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of the murder of the Tyrone woman - the daughter of the Gaelic football

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manager Mickey Harte. In an exclusive interview,

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John McAreavey has spoken to BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson

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who is in the Mauritian Most people here in Mauritius

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thought John McAreavey would never be back on the island but as we

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speak he is on his way. It is six years since his wife Michaela was

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murdered on honeymoon in a luxury hotel just because from here. Her

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killers have never been killed Tah court. John McAreavey has never been

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here back alone. His decision to return was not a sudden decision,

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the has been planning it for quite some time, and before he left I

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spoke to him, and I asked him what he hope to achieve by coming back

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here. What we are trying to achieve from this whole process is justice,

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and that is just as for Michaela, for our families. It is a hard

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process, and there is no doubt about that, but it has been hard evidence

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Michaela died. And I suppose this process isn't just picking up again

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from 2012. This has been an ongoing process for our families for the

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past six and a half years. The difference now is we are taking a

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bit more of a lead, because we are not content with how things have

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been happening over in Mauritius. The question many people are asking

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is why now. A lot of time has passed. John McAreavey recently

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remarried, and here in Mauritius there is absolutely no sign of a

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breakthrough in the police investigation but John 07 SCHOOL

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OMBUDSMAN- CIN CLIP My powers are wind ranging. I can recommend

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apology if I find failing. I can recommend a decision can be taken

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again. Importantly, under the new legislation, I can recommend

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payment. There is no limit to that payment. It can cover fees or loss

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or consulted payment by way of injury to feelings. Is adamant that

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his visit here could save things. We need to appeal to the people of

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Mauritius. We felt that the biggest way to achieve that was to get on a

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plane and get out there. Five years ago, two hotel workers were found

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guilty Tah not guilty of killing Michaela Tabb to macro. Will John

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McAreavey's presence here achieve anything? Nobody knows but he is

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prepared to give it a try. He arrives tomorrow.

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Over the past week there have been four attacks by dissident

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Republicans stretching from Strabane to Londonderry.

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The latest was in the Waterside area of the city today.

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A pipe bomb was made safe outside a family home.

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Here's our North-west reporter Keiron Tourish.

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A forensic team was carrying out detailed follow-up searches at this

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The army examined a suspicious object at Tamneymore Park and said

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It followed a paramilitary-style attack on

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Wednesday evening, when a man was shot in both legs.

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Two days earlier, a 23 year old man was shot in the leg

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after being forced to lie on the floor by two masked men.

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We have small groups of people who are

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It is up to us to drag them out of the past.

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There is no place for guns or bombs and

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Last week, the PSNI said there was an attempt

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road side bomb and that Townsend Street area.

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As I say, there was a clear message was sent at the recent election.

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They want politicians to deliver for them.

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They don't want faceless people doing things on their behalf.

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One DUP MLA has raised his security concerns with the PSNI.

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We are doing all we can to bring these people to justice and

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The police in the city have issued an appeal for information.

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They want to hear from anyone who saw suspicious

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The European Union's draft guidelines for Brexit negotiations

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say there's a need for flexible and imaginative solutions to avoid

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They also state that the EU should recognise existing agreements

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between the UK and the Irish Republic.

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Our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell is with me.

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So what has been happening today? On Wednesday we got Theresa May the

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Prime Minister formally studying the exit process with our Article 50

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letter. Today, we got the first defensive response from the EU and

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that was laying out how they think negotiations should to stop they did

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not want these to jeopardise peace in Ireland. That was something

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emphasised by Job said Muscutt, the Prime Minister of Malta, who

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currently hold the presidency of the European council. -- Joseph Muscat.

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The issue of Northern Ireland is being given special consideration by

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the 27. We know the sensitivities that exist on the Irish issue, and

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we are looking at innovative, creative and pragmatic solutions to

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see that the peace and stability on the Irish Isle are maintained. Said

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the draft guidelines talk about flexible and imaginative solutions,

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what they mean? Think it is all about customs. As part of Brexit,

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the UK will move out of the EU customs. Nobody wants to see a

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return to a hard border, a return to customs posts, but at the moment we

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don't know how exactly that will be achieved, so that is what the EU is

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talking about when they are saying these innovative solutions. One

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important caveat they say that one of the things they come up with, it

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must be meaningful in force in. What do we know about the practical

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arrangements for border checks, customs checks? HMRC are working on

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a new computer system called the customs declaration system. Towards

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the end of last year they said it was going swimmingly, not a problem

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with it, more recently they have said that project is in doubt, it

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faces major risks and requires urgent action. MPs are getting a bit

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concerned about that, and today the Treasury Select Committee said they

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would write to HMRC AA Gent to see what is happening with this customs

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declaration system. Will it even be ready in time for Brexit, which is

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in two years' time. The guidelines talk about existing arrangements

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between the public Ireland and the UK, what other talking about there?

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It allows British and Irish citizens to move freely between the two

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islands and to move north and south. Essentially the EU are saying they

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are happy that arrangement continues.

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The Secretary of State James Brokenshire has invited the Stormont

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parties to another round of talks starting on Monday next week.

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Some of the parties criticised the last talks process saying

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the discussions were not structured or focused.

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and Irish governments say they want fresh talks to have an agreed agenda

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In an interview for BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Politics programme,

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Mr Brokenshire said there's no plan to bring in an independent

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I think, at this stage, where we have a relatively defined group of

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issues, to bring someone new into the process, not familiar with the

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discussions that have taken place, not familiar with those key issues

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and what people have said I think would be very challenging and very

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difficult. And, as I have indicated, we have this short window of

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opportunity through until Easter, when I then have to start to make

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final and firm decisions as to what legislation may need to be post the

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Easter recess. You're watching BBC Newsline

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and still to come... 20 years on, Ulster's most

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successful Gaelic club celebrates its breakthrough

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All-Ireland title - A year ago, all of our local

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hospitals went 'smoke-free' - staff, patients and visitors

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were banned from lighting The Western Trust first

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adopted the policy in 2014. Linzi Lima has been finding out

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if people are adhering to the ban. National no smoking Day 2016. Health

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trusts here declared themselves smoke-free zones. Smoking is not

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allowed anywhere on hospital grounds. A year on, has the banned

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made any difference? It is a constant ongoing problem. The fact

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we went smoke-free last year 2016, it is a slow work improve gross but

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it is still improving, which is the main thing. There is a Lotta Lois --

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slow working process. Joe is the smoking warden. It is his job to

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enforce the ban. There was no smoking on the grounds, OK? Just

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over there where the bin is. You just have to be compassionate with

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them. Some people might have had a relative that just died. They might

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have been told they have a terminal bonus, so you have to be

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compassionate on your approach and have sympathy with them, do you know

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what I mean? The smoke-free policy is a ministerial directive, not law,

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meaning those lighting up on hospital grounds may be asked to put

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it out but won't face prosecution. We are certainly seeing an

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improvement on all of our sites. Although, I have to say, and be

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totally honest, that it is still a challenge, and particularly a

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challenge on our big sites such as the Royal and the City foster

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opinion on those sites is divided. Maybe not on their sides at the

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front of the hospital but there should be somewhere for long stay

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patients who do require the smoke. People who smoke and are in

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hospital, what do they do? It is very difficult. For visitors, yes,

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no problem. I think it is pretty good, like. Especially when I am on

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the cancer ward. I think they should have an allocated area for them,

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maybe not just at the front door because sometimes it is busy and you

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try to get by them. I don't smoke personally, so not favourable!

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Undoubtedly at entrances and grounds at some hospitals, people are still

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smoking. We have seen the evidence here. The trust still say their

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policy is working and those numbers are rejoicing. Through the use of a

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warden and education policy, they hope those numbers will reduce even

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further. Farmers near a County Armagh

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reservoir are being offered an alternative to spraying rushes

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on their land. The pilot project is run

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by Northern Ireland Water and the Ulster Farmers' Union,

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and it aims to stop herbicides It's a problem in several areas,

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and it means the water needs expensive treatment before it can be

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pumped to the public. Here's our Agriculture

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and Environment Correspondent Carl McCall kills rushes for two

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reasons, it improves his land and makes more of it eligible for

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subsidy payments. Farmers used to spray rushes with a herbicide. But

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in some places, high concentrations were turning up in our reservoirs,

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like here in County Armagh. So 120 farmers in this catchment are being

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offered an alternative. Instead of spraying, a different pesticide is

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put on with a roller, a much more targeted application. We think that

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this way we can do it more cost effectively, and probably help the

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environment along the way. Cost is a big consideration for Northern

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Ireland water too, they have had to put in special filters at more than

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half of their water treatment plants and they are not cheap, ?5 million

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in one facility alone last year. Each tank contains three metres of

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granulated carbon, which strips out the pesticides as the water

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percolates through. The quality leaving the water works is great but

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the quality going in the treatment because of the high levels of it, so

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we're trying to reduce those levels to make the water better quality,

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more environmentally friendly and have lower cost at our water

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treatment production as well. Our rivers and lakes are not in a great

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shape when set against EU standards, and this pilot project does replace

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it with a herbicide that has been subject of much debate over its

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safety. We will continue to follow the scientists everywhere, they have

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already stated from the research work they have done that it is an

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absolutely safe chemical. Northern Ireland water says it breaks down

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much more clearly in water, a matter of days instead of blocks turn

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weeks. They have reassured the public that herbicides instead -- in

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raw water do not pose a threat because the treated water coming out

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of people's taps is they routinely high standard.

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The new Computer Science building at Queen's University

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It's taken three years and ?14 million to complete.

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The university says it'll make Belfast an international

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It is eye-catching and colourful on the outside, and on the inside it is

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about as far away as you can get from a draughty lecture hall.

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Students love the space, it feels like a natural space. They sit here,

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code, work on hardware assignments. But there is a purpose behind all

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the plants and games machines. The one unique thing that this building

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allows us to do is to work in an environment which is very similar to

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the environment they will find when they find a job outside University.

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So we mimic corporate environments in some sense. We have these

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creative spaces. Some employers are also based in the building, teaching

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over 1000 students about the world of work and talent spotting. We

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would take in place to 80 computer science and other graduates each

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year, in addition to 30 placement students, giving them, building upon

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the degree and the skill sets they have learned here at Queens

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University. Queens say they plan to invest ?200 million in new buildings

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like this over the next five years, but they have also recently lobbied

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for more public subsidy and higher tuition fees from students. Given

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they have all those millions, why? That is because we have actually

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used that public money very wisely. The level of investment in our

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universities in Northern Ireland is now some 25% lower than universities

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in England, Wales and Scotland, and we are falling further and further

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behind. We actually cannot become a prosperous society until we really

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address this issue. It is critical. There are local challenges but also

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global once right universities. Brexit is set to make it more

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difficult for them to bring in University International staff and

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students. Queens will hope that state-of-the-art facilities like

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this ensure they remain a attractive destination after the UK leaves the

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EU. In sport this weekend,

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we have some big games in Gaelic But Stephen Watson begins

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with local football. It's Irish cup semi-finals

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weekend in local football. Both games are tomorrow -

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the opener sees Linfield play Dungannon Swifts at three

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o'clock at Mourneview Park. That's followed by the meeting

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of Coleraine and holders Glenavon Oran Kearney's Coleraine are now

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unbeaten in their last 14 outings and have a old-boy back

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in the team with Cup pedigree. When the season started, Eoin

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Bradley would have fancied his chances of making an Irish cup

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final. He played in it last year. Watched this for a ball from Eoin

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Bradley. And his impressive form continued this is an for Glen Abbey,

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but now he is at Coleraine come for the second time, and tomorrow he

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will play against his team-mates from just three months ago. Looking

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forward to playing against them, I was up there for two and a half

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years. -- Glenavon. I am looking forward to getting one over on them.

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Throughout the six and a half years owing to any has been the manager at

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the club there has been the good and the bad. The clubs and the have

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stuck by their manager and today they are flying high, so much in

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fact that the league season started at the start of the year, Coleraine

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would be top but tomorrow they take on the recent cup specialists.

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Bradley again. They are very competitive and they have a really

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good manager. They have won it twice in the last three years, and there

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are lots of players who will have medals in their pockets who will

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come to play against us on Saturday. They have the big game experience

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and they have been there and got the T-shirt. We have a group of players

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hungry to do that so it is up to us to make sure that happens. A buzz

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about the place. Probably the biggest crowd we have had. A good

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buzz about the players, management, everybody. It will not be easy but

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we are all looking forward to it. For Glen Abbey, they are hoping for

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a third Irish cup in four years, a cup Coleraine have not won since

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2003. You can watch the game live on the

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BBC Sport Northern Ireland Facebook page tomorrow at 5:15pm. Plus

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highlights of the first semifinal. Both games are live

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on BBC Radio Ulster. Meanwhile, Brendan Rodgers and

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Celtic are on the cusp of another Celtic take on Hearts on Sunday,

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but if Aberdeen lose at Dundee tonight, they'll be crowned

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champions, with nine games to go. The Carnlough man's been reflecting

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on a remarkable season. It has been a great season so far.

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More importantly, I have really enjoyed my time here, myself and my

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staff. We came up here last season, we were really looking forward to

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the season ahead, many challenges, but it couldn't have gone much

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better for us. So no, everything has been great around the football club.

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There has been a real energy around it, which is fantastic, and outside

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of that it has been great to be up in Glasgow.

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Double world Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea's impressive start

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Ahead of this weekend's latest round of the Championship

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in Aragon in Spain, he set the fastest time

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Rea has won the opening four races this season

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The Kawasaki rider is trying to become the first ever person

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to win the world Superbike championship three times in a row.

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Fellow Northern Ireland rider Eugene Laverty was ninth.

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Final qualifying is tomorrow before the first race.

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In Gaelic Games, this weekend sees the final round of matches

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the Allianz National Football League - it also marks a significant

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milestone in the history of the most successful Ulster football club

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Let's join Mark Sidebottom live at the home of Crossmaglen Rangers.

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Thank you very much, Stephen, evening everyone. That milestone of

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course is 20 years since the mighty men of Crossmaglen made their all

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Ireland debut back in 1997. Two men who were integral to that, Joe, five

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or 600 expected this evening, can you quite believe it was 20 years,

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two decades ago? Certainly not. People ask if I had known then what

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I know what we have kept it going? No, it was unbelievable, a bunch of

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young lad started it off and it has been unbelievable. No one will ever

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forget that day. Not least the man on your left, you were just a pup.

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You scored one goal unsettled points in that final. We can take a look at

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of the highlights. You did great and bigger and better things. A

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remarkable day for the club. That day we really appreciated everything

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was coming at us. We had not won a county title in ten years. We ended

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up in an all Ireland final. We just weren't prepared to do whatever it

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took at that time to win an All-Ireland. The rest is history.

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The success that came off the back of that 97 victory has been truly

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believable. What a day not just the Crossmaglen, but the goalkeeper help

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you to a goal. And of course the goalkeeper. Arguably the best. It

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was great to have the three of us there, just a great day for the

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community and everyone involved. It was truly, it went on to inspire the

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next generation, which we look back on with obviously, it worked out

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really well for us at that time. Joe, for you, as a former player,

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then three, four sons going on to play for the club. You go on to win

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not just one but six All-Irelands. Four clubs watching and who have not

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had success, what is the sacred? Perseverance? Weak there is no

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secret, down to hard work and having players who are having the

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willingness to give everything. You put belief in the mid-, and then you

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have a team. Just a final question, concluding round of the National

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Football League this weekend, 20 years ago was all free-flowing

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football. What are you reckon now about the modern game as we look

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into this closing weekend? Both games are poles apart. I don't know

:24:50.:24:52.

if I would survive in modern-day football. Why don't know if a lot of

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players playing today would. It is different but still very watchable.

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Thank you very much. I'd awake all of the week and's National Football

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League you will get a grasp BBC Radio Ulster. Clear

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On what's Clear likely to be an emotional occasion Derry City

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host Bray Wanderers this evening in Buncrana - the match is live

:25:15.:25:17.

I will be at the Ballymena showgrounds tomorrow for the big

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Irish cup semifinal which I am looking forward to seeing live on

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Facebook as well. Tomorrow is the first of April -

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will the new month bring Angie Phillips has the weekend

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weather forecast. Yes, there are some showers in the

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forecast, so will not be good as last weekend but that is not to say

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there will lobbies in fine weather in the forecast, although tomorrow

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does bring us some showers, they will be dying away. It turns try and

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buy tip of the second half of the Wiccan but also cooler air coming in

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so we will have quite chilly night and daytime cabbage is not as mild

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as they have been. -- second half of the weekend. -- daytime temperatures

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not as mild. Recently, through the afternoon we have had those heavy

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showers, some mixed with thunderstorms ending in as well, but

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white gaps in between. This is a lovely scene, the clouds clearing,

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if you raise a sunshine coming in. Dabbling the surrounding fields.

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Still though showers this evening for a time, some heavy ones,

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eventually they clear away to the north. For most of us overnight able

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and a dryer, clear spells, and as a result even the night it is that bit

:26:38.:26:42.

cooler, temp just down to four or 5 degrees, particularly in the

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countryside. Some sunshine on offer, some bright spells, specially later

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on between that we have some showers or stop a bit of an April fool, the

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secretary try -- deceptively dry start. Showers will track their way

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inland towards the south and east as we head into the afternoon. Again,

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the odd heavy one, slight risk of thunder but they will be starting to

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Peter out as the day wears on. Particularly for the north and West,

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we have a north-westerly breeze tomorrow so the temperature is down

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on the day by a couple of degrees, 11 to 13 Celsius or stop tomorrow

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night, the winds ease, showers chosen away. Temperatures could get

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close to freezing in a few spots, a cold night with the potential for

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some ground frost in places. Then Sunday, despite some chill and early

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mist and fog it is a fine day, try, bright with Spurs and sunshine, 12,

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feeling fine in the sun. BBC Northern Ireland

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is keeping her country... ..from line-dancing champions

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to crooning kids. It's just me sort of like

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communicating with the crowd.

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