:00:00. > :00:20.This is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines this Thursday
:00:21. > :00:31.evening: A woman in her thirties dies after falling into Lough Erne.
:00:32. > :00:35.We believe that she went to check the securing of the ropes against
:00:36. > :00:37.the jetty before she bedded down for the night and at that time she
:00:38. > :00:39.slipped and fell into the water. comments about engaging with those
:00:40. > :00:43.who speak Irish. Good news for the construction
:00:44. > :00:45.industry as new figures show it's Former polio patients
:00:46. > :00:51.on the disease's lifelong impact and their memories of their time
:00:52. > :01:06.in hospital: I was put in a plaster cast from my
:01:07. > :01:13.Also on the programme: remember that.
:01:14. > :01:18.It has a top speed of just 20 mph, one of 100 vehicles on sale in
:01:19. > :01:20.County Tyrone. A bumper Easter weekend of sport
:01:21. > :01:22.kicks off with Derry City's first derby of the season away to Finn
:01:23. > :01:24.Harps. And it looks like a damp and dreary
:01:25. > :01:28.start to Good Friday but things should eventually improve
:01:29. > :01:34.for the afternoon. First to that family holiday
:01:35. > :01:39.which ended in tragedy. A woman from County Donegal,
:01:40. > :01:42.on an Easter break cruising She had been on the hired boat
:01:43. > :01:48.with her husband and two children. It's understood she had gone
:01:49. > :01:54.to check that it had been moored securely to a jetty
:01:55. > :02:14.on Devenish Island A scene of tranquillity but also of
:02:15. > :02:17.tragedy. The family had come on a holiday. They had hired a cruiser
:02:18. > :02:22.for the weekend. Last night, they moored at a jetty on Devenish
:02:23. > :02:24.Island. It was just after 1am and the children were asleep on board
:02:25. > :02:28.when there are 35-year-old mother fell into the water. Her husband
:02:29. > :02:34.tried desperately to save her, before he made a franking -- frantic
:02:35. > :02:37.call to the police for help. We believe that she went to check the
:02:38. > :02:40.securing of drugs against the jetty before she bedded down for the night
:02:41. > :02:43.and at that time she slipped and fell off the back of the boat into
:02:44. > :02:47.the water. Her husband then jumped in after two tried to retrieve her
:02:48. > :02:51.but unfortunately was not able to do so. The woman was found after about
:02:52. > :03:01.45 minutes in the water, despite attempts to resuscitate her, she was
:03:02. > :03:04.pronounced dead in hospital. We are here to save lives and it is very
:03:05. > :03:06.tragic when we are unable to do that. And certainly the crew are
:03:07. > :03:10.affected by that. Easter is the start of the boating season on Lough
:03:11. > :03:13.Erne. Local politicians have expressed their shock at what should
:03:14. > :03:18.have been a happy family holiday turned so quickly into tragedy. That
:03:19. > :03:26.shock is shared in Donegal by those who know the family. The deceased
:03:27. > :03:30.was originally from China and the husband was originally from
:03:31. > :03:35.Strabane. The kids would have been going to local schools here and the
:03:36. > :03:43.local businesses and shops, they would have known the family. And
:03:44. > :03:47.being with them. Just stunned by it. Just can't believe it. Both tourists
:03:48. > :03:52.and experienced bulk users are being urged to think about their safety
:03:53. > :03:55.while out on the water. Please do come and enjoy the beautiful lakes
:03:56. > :04:00.and waterways of Fermanagh, but at all times, obey the rules of the
:04:01. > :04:05.water and most importantly, always, always, always wear a life jacket.
:04:06. > :04:09.Do we know if she was wearing a life jacket? At the moment, we believe
:04:10. > :04:12.she was not wearing a life jacket. A tragic reminder that this area of
:04:13. > :04:13.natural beauty is not without its dangers.
:04:14. > :04:20.Sinn Fein have welcomed a move by the DUP leader
:04:21. > :04:22.to meet Irish speakers to, as she put it, better understand
:04:23. > :04:26.Arlene Foster said yesterday she wanted to engage with people
:04:27. > :04:28.who don't want to use Irish as a political weapon.
:04:29. > :04:36.This report from our political correspondent Gareth Gordon.
:04:37. > :04:43.It is a long way from here... If you keep a crocodile, they are going to
:04:44. > :04:51.come back and look for more. To hear. I do intend to listen and to
:04:52. > :04:57.engage with those from the daily Irish background, those without
:04:58. > :05:05.party political baggage or indeed demands. It is not such a long way
:05:06. > :05:08.from Stormont to West Belfast. In areas like this, you could not avoid
:05:09. > :05:15.the Irish language, even if you tried. Which, politically speaking,
:05:16. > :05:21.may be just about where Arlene Foster and the DUP are right now.
:05:22. > :05:26.Irish language already seems to have the potential to change the
:05:27. > :05:29.political picture. Anything which encourages dialogue and
:05:30. > :05:34.conversation, which encourages increased understanding of our
:05:35. > :05:39.shared heritage has to be positive, so as we move into this time-out, we
:05:40. > :05:47.should take this from Arlene Foster positively. This language activist
:05:48. > :05:51.says he would like to do the same with the DUP. Hopefully it is a move
:05:52. > :05:56.towards the right direction, but what we would be asking are also to
:05:57. > :05:59.do would be to scratch below the surface, to meet with parents and
:06:00. > :06:02.schools and go out to see what the Irish language community is really
:06:03. > :06:05.about. There have been a number of invitations across the sector to
:06:06. > :06:10.Arlene Foster and I really hope she needs the right groups at the right
:06:11. > :06:15.time. The apparent change of June has also chimed with the groups to
:06:16. > :06:20.use the Irish language Centre in Derry. It has now issued an
:06:21. > :06:24.invitation to Arlene Foster. I thought by inviting her or a
:06:25. > :06:29.representative that we would be able to demonstrate that our work is
:06:30. > :06:35.positive. It is in no way political and it is in no way a threat. It is
:06:36. > :06:37.a message echoed by others. I think there needs to be a better
:06:38. > :06:43.understanding of the Irish community. And the people involved
:06:44. > :06:49.in it, that it is not all political. This man describes himself as an
:06:50. > :06:54.Ulster Scots man. He started to learn Irish after hearing it spoken
:06:55. > :06:58.during a hospital visit. If I were speaking to her, I would say why
:06:59. > :07:01.don't you join me and learn some lessons and find out for yourself
:07:02. > :07:05.because I think that she would be surprised that the reception that
:07:06. > :07:14.she would receive. So yes, hurry along. Things could be changing at
:07:15. > :07:18.Stormont, but maybe not that much. For retired police officers are
:07:19. > :07:19.considering legal action against the police ombudsman. Following a leak
:07:20. > :07:21.of their personal details. The leak came to light
:07:22. > :07:24.after the arrest of an former As we revealed on yesterday's BBC
:07:25. > :07:27.Newsline, he was detained over an alleged theft of sensitive
:07:28. > :07:29.security documents . Our reporter Mervyn Jess
:07:30. > :07:45.is at the Ombudsman's Office. As you say, yesterday we reported
:07:46. > :07:49.the arrest of the 69-year-old man at Dartford in Kent. The former
:07:50. > :07:54.ombudsman investigator was detained by officers from the PS and I's
:07:55. > :07:56.serious crime branch or carried out a joint search with police in the
:07:57. > :08:01.Dartford area in the south-east of England, but today a lawyer for
:08:02. > :08:05.former Thai police officers here said the police ombudsman had
:08:06. > :08:10.confirmed that their personal details were unlawfully disclosed.
:08:11. > :08:12.The PS and I has launched a criminal investigation but these are
:08:13. > :08:18.sensitive security documents and it is understand they contain
:08:19. > :08:21.information which the police and the security service MI5 believe may put
:08:22. > :08:24.individual's lives at risk and it is understood the information contained
:08:25. > :08:30.the names of former RUC special Branch and CID officers. The retired
:08:31. > :08:33.police officer's lawyer said his client's disputed claims that the
:08:34. > :08:37.leak was connected to an historic case and said that there was a link
:08:38. > :08:43.to an ongoing investigation by the basement here in Northern Ireland.
:08:44. > :08:44.-- by the ombudsman here in Northern Ireland.
:08:45. > :08:46.Official figures show activity in the local construction sector
:08:47. > :08:50.The sector was devastated by the property crash but has been
:08:51. > :08:51.gradually recovering over the last three years.
:08:52. > :08:57.Our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell is here.
:08:58. > :09:03.So what are the stickers and what do they show us? Never mind the
:09:04. > :09:06.figures. If you just took a walk around Belfast city centre, you
:09:07. > :09:09.would see the construction recovery in full screen. There are more
:09:10. > :09:12.creams on the Belfast skyline then there have been in a decade but we
:09:13. > :09:22.will have a look at these figures. -- cranes. It was helped by a
:09:23. > :09:28.relatively strong last quarter of 2016. In 2015, it was ?2.4 billion.
:09:29. > :09:33.But just look at what the output was in the year 2000. It was more than
:09:34. > :09:36.?3 billion. So it shows just how much output has been lost in the
:09:37. > :09:39.local construction sector as a result of that crash and how much
:09:40. > :09:43.ground there is still to make up. Some of our local companies work
:09:44. > :09:53.elsewhere. Is that included in these figures? That is an important point
:09:54. > :09:55.because most of our biggest construction companies now do the
:09:56. > :09:58.bulk of their work in Scotland and England. They have had to be focused
:09:59. > :10:00.their businesses as a result of that crash. There is probably about ?1
:10:01. > :10:04.billion not picked up in these figures, so they do not give us the
:10:05. > :10:08.full picture of what is happening in the local construction sector. And
:10:09. > :10:12.you have other figures related to the economy today. More positive
:10:13. > :10:16.news. Yes, this is something called the Northern Ireland composite
:10:17. > :10:19.index. It is really just the closest thing we have two local GDP. And we
:10:20. > :10:23.can see what these figures have been like over the last decade, really.
:10:24. > :10:27.Anything that is below the line here tells us the economy has been
:10:28. > :10:39.shrinking. Anything above tells as the
:10:40. > :10:42.economy is growing so we see just how deep and long-lasting the
:10:43. > :10:45.recession has been and there has been weak growth over the last three
:10:46. > :10:48.years or so. Until we get to that last bar at the end, which shows
:10:49. > :10:51.that in the last quarter of 2016, growth was 2.9%, which is the best
:10:52. > :10:53.we have seen in a decade. Retailers had a very strong Christmas and that
:10:54. > :10:56.is showing up in those figures. There is also evidence that the
:10:57. > :10:59.momentum has carried on into the start of this year but something we
:11:00. > :11:01.have been talking about all week has been inflation and the big question
:11:02. > :11:05.is if inflation continues to rise and that puts a damper on consumer
:11:06. > :11:07.spending, will that affect this rise? Time will tell.
:11:08. > :11:10.Coming up later on this BBC Newsline: We've been finding out why
:11:11. > :11:18.the River Lagan in Belfast has been at a much lower level than usual.
:11:19. > :11:24.The migrants in northern France were in the news again this week
:11:25. > :11:26.when more than 1500 lost their temporary shelters
:11:27. > :11:29.when a fire burned down a camp near Dunkirk.
:11:30. > :11:32.Ten people were injured and many now have nowhere to go.
:11:33. > :11:38.Their plight is well-understood by members of a Dungannon Church
:11:39. > :11:40.who've been taking much-needed supplies to the camps
:11:41. > :11:52.An inferno. The last few minutes of the temporary camp for 1500 people
:11:53. > :11:57.at Dunkirk. In recent times, the authorities have been threatening to
:11:58. > :12:03.dismantle the camp because of unrest. A fight led to this fire.
:12:04. > :12:06.The was well-known to volunteers from the Vineyard Church in
:12:07. > :12:11.Dungannon. Some have visited several times to take aid and offer support
:12:12. > :12:15.you and previously to the huge Jungle dismantled six months ago
:12:16. > :12:18.near Calais. Now it has changed markedly from the first times. As
:12:19. > :12:23.you would know, the Jungle now demolished. People are of the
:12:24. > :12:26.opinion that the problem is gone and there is no problem any more in
:12:27. > :12:31.Calais. But in the surrounding area, that is not the case. Families are
:12:32. > :12:35.now in emergency accommodation. Others who fled the are sleeping
:12:36. > :12:41.rough. Some spend their days in a cafe run by the volunteers. We had
:12:42. > :12:45.time to sit and talk with people and we really made such a connection
:12:46. > :12:48.with them. I think they had the same sense of humour as we do from
:12:49. > :12:51.Northern Ireland and it was a lovely time, but the stories were
:12:52. > :12:57.harrowing. It was stories of relatives being slaughtered and
:12:58. > :13:03.things just that were terrible, children slaughtered. Having to run
:13:04. > :13:06.for their lives, really. Most of the male relatives had already been
:13:07. > :13:08.killed and if they did not go, they were next in line. That kind of
:13:09. > :13:15.thing. It was really quite harrowing. 122-year-old Pakistani
:13:16. > :13:18.migrant had seen friends killed whilst trying to get to England. Now
:13:19. > :13:22.he would rather go home. He does not want his face to be shown. I want to
:13:23. > :13:41.go back to Pakistan. The Dungannon volunteers say whilst
:13:42. > :13:42.people need help, they will keep making their journeys and bringing
:13:43. > :13:45.supplies. While it was once a serious viral
:13:46. > :13:48.infection Polio is rarely heard off But more than 50 years
:13:49. > :13:57.after the muscle wasting disease struck, some local people
:13:58. > :13:58.are still trying to Our health Correspondent
:13:59. > :14:12.Marie-Louise Connolly reports. As a young lad growing up in south
:14:13. > :14:17.Belfast in the 1950s, Bobby Docherty was struck with polio. Now 73, he is
:14:18. > :14:21.still coping with the illness as calipers remain part of his life.
:14:22. > :14:25.They are a nuisance but they are vital. They allow me to get about
:14:26. > :14:31.but they are heavy. But without them, I am lost. Eddie grew up in
:14:32. > :14:36.Belfast Short Strand. He was five when polio struck, triggering a long
:14:37. > :14:42.spell in Musgrove Park hospital. It was a very, very hot summer. I
:14:43. > :14:46.remember it distinctly. A wasp got into the ward and the other three
:14:47. > :14:49.were not as bad because they were not affected as I was and they pull
:14:50. > :14:55.the sheet above their heads and I had to lie there and I was
:14:56. > :14:58.petrified. At its peak in the 1940s and 1950s, polio would paralyse or
:14:59. > :15:04.kill over a million people worldwide every year. A virus that affects the
:15:05. > :15:09.muscles, you are in: in the 1970s, locals took part in vaccination
:15:10. > :15:16.programme. There were two reasons for these. There was the lady who
:15:17. > :15:21.was a contact and have the disease, although she did not show symptoms
:15:22. > :15:25.and there was also a child's from Belfast who was in one of the
:15:26. > :15:32.caravan sites last week and I think both of these cases frightened the
:15:33. > :15:37.local people. And more than half a century later, around 160 survivors
:15:38. > :15:42.meet up weekly to continue the support. Clearly, talking is
:15:43. > :15:48.therapy. In mass grave, I was put in a plaster cast from my ankles to the
:15:49. > :15:55.middle of my chest. You lay prone. I remember that. If I could comment on
:15:56. > :15:58.it, I think that was the exact opposite of what they should have
:15:59. > :16:02.done because once the fever stage was over they should have exercised
:16:03. > :16:05.me to get the muscle memory back. The weekly Belfast meeting its
:16:06. > :16:10.organised by the Northern Ireland polio Valley village -- Fellowship,
:16:11. > :16:18.established in 1939. Now, in 2017, they are dealing with polio symptoms
:16:19. > :16:22.still. I can say for pain, but aches in parts were I thought I didn't
:16:23. > :16:29.have polio. My left arm which was always very strong will get sore and
:16:30. > :16:34.things like that. And we are very sensitive to cold. From my knees
:16:35. > :16:37.down now it will be like blocks of ice at night. The syndrome was
:16:38. > :16:43.recognised by professionals in the 1980s, but at these disease has been
:16:44. > :16:47.eradicated in the West, it is not well known. The symptoms associated
:16:48. > :16:50.would be a general fatigue, some mental fatigue, and the physical
:16:51. > :16:57.fatigue and also fatigue associated with muscle wasting, weaknesses,
:16:58. > :17:02.muscle skeletal pain associated with it and in some people you will have
:17:03. > :17:06.respiratory problems and gastrointestinal problems as well.
:17:07. > :17:11.Why there are no longer any new cases of polio in the UK, these
:17:12. > :17:12.people are a stark reminder that the disease is hardly gone and it is
:17:13. > :17:16.certainly not forgotten. The River Lagan in Belfast
:17:17. > :17:19.is a popular location for water activities with passers-by often
:17:20. > :17:21.stopping to watch rowers But if you've been in the area over
:17:22. > :17:28.the last few days you may have noticed the river is at a much lower
:17:29. > :17:30.level than usual. Our reporter Aileen Moynagh went
:17:31. > :17:46.down by the riverside The River Lagan is not often seen at
:17:47. > :17:49.this level. With its expose river banks and mudflats. Many have been
:17:50. > :17:54.commenting about the low level of the paper and asking what it is all
:17:55. > :17:59.about. Well, I am joined by the river manager, Peter Gallagher. Why
:18:00. > :18:04.is it so low? A lot of people your age would not remember but until the
:18:05. > :18:09.River Lagan wheel was constructed, it used to be title and the mudflats
:18:10. > :18:14.were exposed. On this occasion, we are only doing it for essential
:18:15. > :18:18.maintenance and it is only ever worked for maintenance. On this
:18:19. > :18:21.occasion, we are maintaining the river banks. There is a little bit
:18:22. > :18:29.of disruption, but what are the benefits? The banks are maintained
:18:30. > :18:35.in a stable state. We will not get bank slips. And the overlying roads,
:18:36. > :18:38.in the worst case, if it wasn't maintained, they could subside and
:18:39. > :18:42.slip into the river. So it is for a good reason and we try to keep
:18:43. > :18:46.disruption to a minimum. Work on the river itself has now been completed.
:18:47. > :18:51.And its level will return to normal today.
:18:52. > :18:55.Now what if I was to tell you that for twenty grand you could grab
:18:56. > :19:00.a high spec porsche with a top speed of 20 miles per hour?
:19:01. > :19:05.It's one of 100 vintage tractors on sale in a unique auction
:19:06. > :19:08.We sent our Agriculture and Environment correspondent
:19:09. > :19:14.Conor Macauley along to find the pick of the lots.
:19:15. > :19:21.It was a lifetime love affair with agricultural machinery that gave
:19:22. > :19:24.Donegal businessman the idea to build this collection of vintage
:19:25. > :19:27.tractors. The man who own these to get great deal of pride in his
:19:28. > :19:30.collection and in fact when it arrived, they were all covered in
:19:31. > :19:34.these better blankets to keep the dust off. These vintage vehicles got
:19:35. > :19:42.as much care, love and attention as any small child. Some unusual names
:19:43. > :19:48.are going under the hammer. But the standout plot is a modest looking
:19:49. > :19:54.little machine, once driven by its world-famous creator, Barry
:19:55. > :19:59.Ferguson. There is a man who might buy it for a customer in Cumbria.
:20:00. > :20:05.This little lady is the start of the show, because it is a rarity. There
:20:06. > :20:09.are only 1356 in the world. Most of the others were manufactured in
:20:10. > :20:15.their thousands. There has been huge interest in the auction from as far
:20:16. > :20:19.afield as the US and Germany, were these Porsche tractors will be
:20:20. > :20:23.sought after. But these were not built in Germany. Thousands were
:20:24. > :20:29.assembled in calculation in the 1950s by an Irish engineer who
:20:30. > :20:32.became a franchisee. There was probably 6-7000 dogs in Ireland but
:20:33. > :20:40.the majority would have been sold in Germany, France and some went to
:20:41. > :20:47.America as well. -- 7000 built in Ireland. These are a specialist
:20:48. > :20:52.machines for enthusiasts. The auction company says the huge
:20:53. > :20:57.interest is in parallel with people's nostalgia for the past.
:20:58. > :21:01.Fond memories of trying to learn to steer a tractor on my grandpa's lap.
:21:02. > :21:04.I am sure a lot of people will be holding on that little precious
:21:05. > :21:10.memory they have their childhood days. But black to the grey
:21:11. > :21:21.Ferguson. How much is David Marshall willing to part with two ticket
:21:22. > :21:25.from? -- to take it home? All I will say is it will go for infinitely
:21:26. > :21:27.more than the ?220 it was bought for.
:21:28. > :21:38.There's a bumper weekend of sport on the horizon -
:21:39. > :21:50.From a star of the tractor worlds to the star of Hollywood, Morgan
:21:51. > :21:55.Freeman. The star was spotted having a stroll in the city centre and
:21:56. > :21:58.filming in a local bar. He is more than welcome.
:21:59. > :22:00.There's a bumper weekend of sport on the horizon -
:22:01. > :22:12.Hurling, hockey football all no the to do list Donna -
:22:13. > :22:15.The GAA, parents and custodians to the twin sports
:22:16. > :22:18.of hurling and football, but in Ulster one is in rude health
:22:19. > :22:21.- the other enfeebled to the point of being stick thin.
:22:22. > :22:23.The powers that be recognise that a radical rethink
:22:24. > :22:25.is required if the game here is to be rehabilitated.
:22:26. > :22:28.This weekends notional showcase is between Antrim Armagh
:22:29. > :22:40.Last year's Ulster football final. It attracted a crowd of more than
:22:41. > :22:50.30,000 people. The Ulster hurling final, with approximately 29,500
:22:51. > :22:57.fewer attended. These men have a love of the game. The truth is now
:22:58. > :23:01.it is not the biggest day of the year for any of the counties in
:23:02. > :23:08.Ulster. We are all more focused on our league performances and trying
:23:09. > :23:14.to win promotion there and also in the other cops. Ulster exists in
:23:15. > :23:18.name really only and it has definitely lost its appeal. Antrim
:23:19. > :23:24.have one of for 15 consecutive years. Armour are still chasing a
:23:25. > :23:28.first provisional title. At the competition this year, it has
:23:29. > :23:31.brought greater impetus to the players, the rescheduled. I think it
:23:32. > :23:34.has provided a realistic platform for the national conditions which
:23:35. > :23:39.take place in a number of weeks and just after the league so I think we
:23:40. > :23:45.have two praise them for rescheduling the competition and for
:23:46. > :23:49.them to have it this weekend youth team cultures along with their
:23:50. > :23:52.teams. I think that is a great initiative to attract young people
:23:53. > :23:57.to go and watch the game. But growing the game will take vision
:23:58. > :24:01.and investment. The places where tradition is so strong, it was
:24:02. > :24:06.revived and it will probably still prosper but outside of that, we have
:24:07. > :24:10.to have a rethink of things massively and the decline even in
:24:11. > :24:13.Belfast in general is extremely worrying. The challenge of the
:24:14. > :24:17.pictures to tackle and address those concerns.
:24:18. > :24:19.Sunday's match live on BBC radio ulster as is tomorrow evenings big
:24:20. > :24:23.northwest league of Ireland derby - Derry city who've lost back to back
:24:24. > :24:25.league games for the first time under Kenny Shiels on the road
:24:26. > :24:30.to Finn Harps - here's Keiron Tourish
:24:31. > :24:36.There have been plenty of twists and turns at Derry City this season.
:24:37. > :24:40.They have been off to a flying start, winning four before slumping
:24:41. > :24:47.to two consecutive defeats. Clarke, who have won the opening eight
:24:48. > :24:51.games, but three goals past them. It was good performance but it was also
:24:52. > :24:55.not good enough and they had to step up because the responsibility goes
:24:56. > :25:00.to the players now. This is their responsibility. We have to perform.
:25:01. > :25:06.And if they do that, we have got the ability. We can beat them, we can.
:25:07. > :25:11.One of the influential defenders say the team have settled in well to
:25:12. > :25:16.their temporary home and the support has been tremendous. The city do not
:25:17. > :25:21.underestimate their opposition in the local derby. It is a test of
:25:22. > :25:25.character now for the lads. As we have seen with some absences and 34
:25:26. > :25:28.main guys are out, it is up to the young guys now to show good
:25:29. > :25:33.character and whoever comes in and plays, they have to be a man because
:25:34. > :25:40.they will really bring it to us. It is up to us to perform. North-west
:25:41. > :25:45.derbies between Derry City and Finn Harps are always enthralling
:25:46. > :25:48.encounter is. This one promises to be no different.
:25:49. > :25:51.For the first time ever, two clubs from Northern Ireland
:25:52. > :25:53.are into the last sixteen of the EuroHockey League,
:25:54. > :25:55.the sport's equivalent of the Champions League,
:25:56. > :26:00.which features the best sides in Europe.
:26:01. > :26:03.Lisnagarvey and Banbridge play ties this Friday in Eindhoven, Holland.
:26:04. > :26:12.Lisnagarvey book their place by winning the Irish hockey league and
:26:13. > :26:18.play-off titles last season, beating Banbridge in the final. While they
:26:19. > :26:25.have not reach those heights in this campaign, they believe they can get
:26:26. > :26:30.past their opposition from Spain. On the success of last season, we look
:26:31. > :26:33.at some of the other teams that are they are and Banbridge idea as well
:26:34. > :26:40.and we would like to think that both teams can do very well and have a
:26:41. > :26:44.good showing. And the two teams are playing against two very experienced
:26:45. > :26:48.teams in Europe and we are looking forward to it. Banbridge already
:26:49. > :26:50.have the Irish senior cup in the trophy cabinet this season and are
:26:51. > :26:54.in pole position to add the league title. They had to come through the
:26:55. > :27:00.qualifying round to make the last 16 of the competition and will now face
:27:01. > :27:07.a team from France. I think we have an extra edge because we could have
:27:08. > :27:10.got one of the Dutch or German sides and we would have found it difficult
:27:11. > :27:16.but I think we could possibly win this one. We have to produce a top
:27:17. > :27:23.performance. But that is what France will be thinking as well. It is
:27:24. > :27:27.fantastic for Irish hockey. The club is buzzing at the minute. No Irish
:27:28. > :27:33.side has ever reached the quarterfinals, but hopes are high.
:27:34. > :27:35.Perhaps one if not both could make it this weekend. He is hoping.
:27:36. > :27:44.Ulster have just three games left, against the top three
:27:45. > :27:48.This weekend Les Kiss' side travel to Thomond Park for the derby
:27:49. > :27:54.At this level, you might only get one or two opportunities and you
:27:55. > :27:58.have to take them. If you do not, you will be second best. You have to
:27:59. > :28:01.be clinical. We have not been as mentally strong as we should have
:28:02. > :28:06.been. But we are trying to look at all these things and maybe at times
:28:07. > :28:11.we are trying too hard. But we have to get to that level. There is
:28:12. > :28:17.nothing else we can do. We have been banging on the door a few years now.
:28:18. > :28:18.Potentially if we get there I am hoping when we get there then it
:28:19. > :28:23.will make it all worthwhile. Bank holiday weather forecast -
:28:24. > :28:36.heat wave Angie? Well, it is a holiday weekends and
:28:37. > :28:39.it will get messy. Some rain and also some dry spells. The other
:28:40. > :28:43.element to the equation is cloud and that will be coming and going,
:28:44. > :28:47.certainly moving in through the course of the day. But we had a
:28:48. > :28:51.lovely start this morning. Just look at the hazy sunshine in this
:28:52. > :28:55.picture. Hopefully we will see some of that returning later on tomorrow.
:28:56. > :28:58.This evening, one or two bright intervals but the cloud continues to
:28:59. > :29:05.roll in. Initially, we have a scattering of showers. Through the
:29:06. > :29:09.night, the cloud will close in so we will see more in the way of drizzly
:29:10. > :29:13.showery rain. Still some dry slots. Temperature is settling between
:29:14. > :29:16.5-7 C. Tomorrow, eventually we should see something a little bit
:29:17. > :29:21.cheery coming in but not a great start. Quite wet. That is because we
:29:22. > :29:25.have a weather system edging its way slowly across as. Further spells of
:29:26. > :29:31.rain to come through the course of two morning. Eventually it will
:29:32. > :29:34.slide away. It could be early afternoon before it moves away but
:29:35. > :29:39.we will be seeing brighter skies moving in from the north-west during
:29:40. > :29:42.the course of the afternoon. Again, some showers scattered around but
:29:43. > :29:47.good dry gaps in between and some sunshine. Temperature is no great
:29:48. > :29:52.shakes. 10-11 C. Not too bad if you are the shelter. The breeze picks up
:29:53. > :29:55.through tomorrow night. It will eventually push the showers out of
:29:56. > :29:59.the way and we have clearing skies. A cold night tomorrow. By Saturday
:30:00. > :30:09.morning, we can badgers rules to freezing. -- temperatures close to
:30:10. > :30:15.freezing. Some showers on Saturday but also bright spells as well. Some
:30:16. > :30:18.sunshine. Again, it will be cool in places in that north-westerly
:30:19. > :30:21.breeze. Into eastern Sunday, some cloud coming in and also some patchy
:30:22. > :30:22.rain. Eastern Monday, hopefully better.
:30:23. > :30:24.Our late summary is at half past ten.
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:30:40. > :30:43.When I'm out on the bike, nothing's in my head - only that road.
:30:44. > :30:47.But crossing the finish line requires a family effort.