08/11/2017 BBC Newsline

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The headlines this

Wednesday evening.

30 years on Enniskillen Remembrance

Day poppy the bomb. I live.

Somebody said that grief is the

price of love and I have ever

thought about it like that before,

but it truly is.

The RHI inquiry hears that civil

servants pushed ahead

with the flawed scheme

because minister Arlene Foster

did not want any delay.

A Belfast barman

alleges Kevin Spacey

sexually assaulted him

in a London venue.

The Paradise Papers

reveal one local companies' link

to a tax avoidance scheme.

We get reaction to Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar wearing

a new style shamrock poppy.

Keeping it in the family -

Can Jonny & Corey Evans become

the first brothers to play

for Northern Ireland

at the world cup finals?

And it's not going to be as cold

tonight, but will it be

a sunnier day tomorrow?

Find out later in the programme.

30 years ago today

an IRA bomb exploded

at the Remembrance Day Service

in Enniskillen.

Today a poignant memorial was held

in the town to remember the

12 people who died and the

many more who were injured.

Our South west reporter

Louise Cullen is there

for us this evening.

The 8th of November 19 87 is edged

in the minds of the stone. People

had gathered as they had done for

decades before to loom via the war

vets. -- they gathered to remember

the war then. Today they gathered

three decades on. So

Today they gathered

three decades on.

the sentence of the dead remembering

those lost. 11 were killed and a 12

by 13 years later more than 60

injured. Those left behind came here

to remember.

Who never forget that.

You don't think about it on a daily

basis but the pain and the hurt

always there. You learn to get

through it day by day or year by

year.

The loss is just so terrible

and someone just said to me last

year the grief is the price of love

and I never thought about it like

that until I heard that, and it

truly is.

A memorial to the 12 bid

was unveiled with each family facing

their own grief. The families then

went to a private memorial.

People

say time is a great healer but many

of you would say that is not true in

your experience. Over the passing of

the years you learn to live with

what happened but I do not think

time heals all wounds such as ours.

With like they were joined by

invited guests. It was very eerie

what a lot of silence and people

were reflecting and they are being

reflective now about the horror

nature of what happened.

Ten people

were arrested no one has ever been

charged.

My heart goes out to the

families and it is a future in the

one has ever been brought to justice

for the Enniskillen bombing but

these cases never close and if new

evidence comes to light the squad

will pursue it. We the memorial has

gone storage. There has yet to be

agreement on where it will be

permanently placed.

Later we will look at how time has

moved on since that day in 1987. --

how the town has moved on since that

day.

The public inquiry into the RHI

scheme has heard claims

that officials pushed ahead

with its introduction,

against expert advice,

because their then minister

Arlene Foster wanted it

to start without delay.

The experts were so concerned

they wanted a record

that their advice had

not been heeded.

The inquiry was told

the accuracy of the claim

would need to be scrutinised.

Conor Macauley reports.

The minister in charge of the

department with responsibility for

this Arlene Foster came under huge

pressure and today the enquiry heard

the claim officials pushed ahead

with the scheme against expert

advice because she wanted to get it

up and running. It was based on the

minute of the conference between her

officials in her department and the

regulator which was helping to

introduce the scheme. The regulator

told the enquiry it wanted her

officials to delay its low cost

controls being imposed in Britain

could be replicated in our

regulations.

Ofgem personnel advised them to wait

until the petition regulations have

been amended and that would make it

risks the draft Northern Ireland

regulations currently posed. They

recorded the minister's wish to

proceed with out these amendments.

He urged a note of caution and said

the first thing was to establish

whether the minute of the

teleconference was I to that of what

had been said and the next thing to

work out was where officials got the

idea Arlene Foster was adamant it

should go ahead and was that based

on conversations with the Minister

for her special adviser and were the

records of those conversations? She

said there was a lack of evidence at

the moment as to whether the

warnings from Ofgem had been

referred up the chain of command to

ministerial level.

The plan was to review the

regulations the summer after the

scheme started and update them with

the cost controls but that did not

happen. The opening of the enquiry

is long and detailed but every day

it is throwing up new information

about the reasons behind the biggest

financial mess we have ever had.

A man from Belfast claims

he was sexually assaulted

by the Holywood actor Kevin Spacey.

Kris Nixon was working in a bar

in London which he says Spacey went

to when he was Artistic Director

at the Old Vic theatre.

Just to warn you, this report

contains flash photography

and graphic content.

Helen Jones reports.

It took just one allegation for more

to follow and now a man from Belfast

says he was sexually assaulted by

Kevin Spacey.

At the after party I

was sitting on a sofa with my then

girlfriend, she got up and Kevin

Spacey sat down next to me and asked

if that was my girlfriend and then

reached over and grabbed my Venus.

It is alleged he then made lewd

comments.

Kris Nixon says he got up and left.

He was working in a bar in the

Waterloo area of London that was

frequented by Kevin Spacey at that

time. A couple of weeks after the

party he was in the bar with staff

from the theatre, I went down to the

basement stockroom and heard

footsteps behind me and it was Kevin

Spacey, he reached forward and

grabbed my waistband and said

something to the effect of, let me

make it up to you. I pushed past him

and went upstairs. Chris said he

felt he could not make a scene.

I could not complain because he was

a customer and I did not want to

risk getting fired and he is a big

celebrities who would believe it

happened. Then he went to the bar to

order a drink and I told him in no

uncertain terms where he could go.

Then I went out I came back and I

never saw him again.

The first

allegation was made by an American

actor over a week ago and since then

Kevin Spacey's life, career and

conduct has come under intense

scrutiny.

At the time I did not believe anyone

would believe me but now it has

become clear this is a pattern of

behaviour and there is plenty of

other people who have experienced

this I feel I have a responsibility

to say what happened so other people

who do not feel in a position to

speak out feel the can do so.

Kevin

Spacey has not responded yet to any

of the allegations after previously

saying he was taking time to seek

treatment.

A number of business owners

in Northern Ireland have been

involved in off-shore tax avoidance

a BBC investigation has revealed.

The information is part of the mass

leak of documents known

as the Paradise Papers.

The leak has revealed

the off-shore schemes

used by sports stars,

political leaders

and global businesses.

But they have also been

used by local people.

We've been investigating one tax

avoidance scheme which involved

local business owners.

There's no suggestion that those

involved have acted illegally.

John Campbell reports.

With this is Sam McCrea speaking to

the BBC ten years ago. This is his

wife -- he owned a business with his

wife. They employ more than 150

people and turns over about £20

million a year. It has had help from

an investment company since 2008. In

2014 the company headquarters were

valued at £4 million. The following

year the property was sold for just

£1. The new owner was based here,

the Indian Ocean island of

Mauritius. It was described in the

accounts as an unconnected third

party. They agreed they would pay

this unconnected party...

The BBC has seen documents would

suggest the McCrea is actually

controlled that company in Mauritius

and they had given the valuable

property to themselves in all but

name. And that is not the end of the

potential advantages from their

offshore arrangements. Sam McCrea

transferred £200,000 into his

Northern Irish bank account by

borrowing money from the company in

Mauritius he apparently controlled

as a loan so it would not be of

liable for tax.

Their lawyers said...

Invest Ni is a shill for the -- is a

shareholder in Sam McCrea's company.

They said...

Tonight and later this week in the

Northern Show will have more on

these revelations from malicious. --

Nolan Show.

Leo Varadkar has become

the first Taoiseach to wear

an Irish-themed red poppy badge

in the Dail - in remembrance

of Irish soldiers who fought

and died in the First World War.

The shamrock poppy has been

commissioned by the Irish branch

of the Royal British Legion.

Rick Faragher reports.

This is the emblem worn by Leo

Varadkar yesterday, a poppy over a

shamrock. It was commissioned three

years ago to mark the outbreak of

the Great War. Between 1914 and

1918, 200,000 soldiers from Ireland

served in the British Army. 35,000

of them died. Red poppies like these

as part of this exhibition at the

Ulster Museum are used in the UK and

several other countries to remember

the dead from the Great War and

other service men and women who have

died since.

We allow the poppy to be

part of unionism and may allow the

Irish lily to be taken over by

militant nationalism but it know it

is time to try and take back those

symbols because we have a proud

history and -- taken over by Irish

nationalism.

The tradition of Irish people and

their sacrifice and contribution to

the first and Second World War. How

that is done is up to them, whether

it is a wide shamrock poppy, a red

poppy on the topic at all.

The spokesperson for the Taoiseach's

office said...

Today the Royal British Legion

clarified this and said...

Sinn Fein say the decision to wear

the poppy is Leo Varadkar was my

choice. Until yesterday the Shamrock

poppy was a little-known symbol.

Whether its popularity increases

will only be seen in the years

ahead.

Irish rugby officials

have complained

to the world rugby authorities

about the selection process

for the 2023 World Cup.

Ireland are hoping to host

the tournament for the first time

in Dublin and Belfast,

but were ranked last

in an evaluation of the three

host-bids last week.

BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson has seen

the letter of complaint.

It looks like Ireland's Rugby World

Cup bid has little chance of success

but they are not going down that the

fight. Last week South Africa were

recommended as the preferred hosts.

Ireland say the process was not

fair.

Rugby is tough on the pitch

but off the pitch that is normally

very friendly. Not when it comes to

the battle to host the 2023 World

Cup. Behind the scenes Ireland are

furious at how it has been handled

and they have listed their

complaints in a long letter to the

world rugby authorities. They have

nine different queries about the

selection process and say they want

answers and even directly criticise

the rival South African bid and talk

about the empty stay incentive that

look at some recent matches. I'll

believe stadiums at an Irish World

Cup would be fooled and overall they

say Ireland's bid has been assessed

on a reasonably -- -- date would be

fooled and overall they say

Ireland's bid has been assessed on a

reasonably -- -- the would-be fool

and they believe their bed has been

assessed and reasonably. Ireland

want to know whether the process of

recommending South Africa included

an independent security review of

the country. The letter and they

ask, if not, why? This may all be

far too late but Ireland is still

trying to fight this case. A final

vote on the World Cup bid will pick

place in London this day next week.

Now back to the 30th

anniversary of the Enniskillen

bombing and the special memorial

service held in the town today.

Louise Cullen is there for us.

Louise.

One of the victims...

One of the victims

of the bombing was

20-year-old nurse Marie Wilson -

her father Gordon was

injured in the attack.

His widow Joan Wilson has told

the BBC about the moment

she had to tell Gordon

of his beloved daughter's death.

It was my painful duty to go down

and tell him she had passed away and

on the way home from the hospital he

said to all us in the car, my son

driving, my daughter beside me,

"Let's try and be as dignified and

as as we can in the coming days."

You can see that interview in full

on BBC One on Sunday at 4:20pm.

The words of Joan's husband

Gordon reasonated around

the world after the bombing.

His wish was for the people

of Enniskillen and Northern

Ireland to come together.

Mervyn Jess has been looking at

how the town has moved on.

The poppy has a special place in

Enniskillen. On the face of it it is

a bustling town but this is a place

with a dark past. The IRA

Remembrance Sunday bombing 30 years

ago blew a large and gaping hole in

this community and in the aftermath

of the words and actions of local

people help keep a lid on a very

volatile situation.

I do not feel

bitterness. People are surprised

that they do not, but I do not. I

prayed for them aside. Sincerely.

Gordon Wilson saying he would pray

for the bombers who killed his

daughter and 11 others led to the

setting up

Enniskillen trust to foster

reconciliation.

We were trying to

encourage not just community

relations but an understanding of

the spectacle can have four people

bash at the Respect people can have

for people with a different faith

and culture. -- the Respect people

can have for people with a different

faith and culture and I believe

because of that we have better

community relations. Those

representing the Protestant and

Catholic faith in the town have

played their part.

Lots of families

have suffered as a result of the

troubles and we have got to

acknowledge that and try and not put

it in the past or forget it, but we

have got to try and learn from the

past and build together something

new or some hope for the future out

of hurt.

The amount of shame people felt, my

God, it was an awful shock. I think

the wake-up call, not only for this

part of the island, but the whole

island as well. I think the

narrative of separateness which had

developed, particularly since the

50th anniversary of the 1916 rising,

I think that narrative of

separateness seemed to reach its

absolute expression here, the logic

of it...

Five years ago the Queen

chose to make her own statement,

crossing the street from the Church

of Ireland Cathedral to St

Michael's, the first time she had

visited the Catholic Church on the

island. The former editor of the

impartial Reporter has his own

thoughts on how the people of the

area have dealt with what happened.

I think Enniskillen held its breath.

This is a town that had always good

community relations but in the event

everyone literally held their breath

to see what would happen. The

community moves on but there are

people still suffering physical pain

after 30 years. It is remarkable to

think people still have physical

pain and psychological issues over

30 years. So while the community has

moved on, as it should, there are

still people who are suffering.

No

one is suggesting Enniskillen has a

monopoly on the pain inflicted by

the troubles, but for a time the

eyes of the world fell upon this

place and even today people still

look to it for directions toward a

sheer and peaceful future. -- Shaer

and the peaceful future. You can see

the memorial has been removed and

that is because there is continuing

controversy over its final location,

with consultation is continuing. But

that is for the future and today was

about remember that a tragedy and

the turning point of 12 I've lost.

-- 12 lives lost.

Michael & Martin O'Neill

have the World Cup

play offs on their minds -

Stephen Watson is here.

Northern Ireland and

the Republic of Ireland

are two games away from

the World Cup in Russia next summer.

Northern Ireland are first

into action tomorrow

in the first leg of their play

off against Switzerland.

Manager Michael O'Neill is trying

to guide his team to back

to back major finals.

The tie with the Swiss

will be tough but o'Neill

says his players are ready.

Overtime this team has evolved and

come through bad times, it has

learned from those bad times and

when you get through those times as

a player or a coach and you have

what we have now with the experience

of the past few years you want it to

last. We have to play with an

intensity, rather than a physicality

and we want it to be an end to end

the game with lots of running and

power. The crowd will certainly play

a big part, they will energise the

team.

Should Michael O'Neill's men make it

to Russia, then history beckons

for these two Rathcoole brothers.

Jonny & Corry Evans are on the brink

of becoming the first siblings

from here to represent

Northern Ireland at

a World Cup tournament.

Joel Taggart reports.

Delivering the football dream. A

journey that started with two

brothers imitating former World Cup

winners during school holidays could

be about to take them to the finals

next summer.

The first house we lived in we used

to call outs and there was the roads

but he was always Brazil, I was

utterly. I was Maldini he was

Carlos.

-- I was Italy. Playing together on

the pitch and ready made and remit

of it.

You had your own room for a while

and when I came in the squad...

Yeah, when he came in the squad I

requested... When we were both there

we always shared together and it has

been all right. We just spent half

the time trying to scare each other

when one goes out of the room the

other one is hiding behind the door.

But things are about to get serious

as the phase two of the biggest

games of their international

careers.

It is like two cup finals. We will

approach the two games differently

but for the prize that is at stake,

we are within touching distance of

that dream of playing in the World

Cup. It is how you prepare now.

It is a situation we have never been

in before and we have got to embrace

it and give it everything. The fact

we are at home first gives us the

opportunity to put a marker down

early on in the time and hopefully

that can play into our hands.

As long as we are competitors and

apply ourselves in the right way we

will go close.

Close to the childhood dream of

playing in the World Cup. This time

though, the Evans brothers would be

on the same side.

Tomorrow evening's game is live

on BBC Radio Ulster.

Meanwhile, Martin O'Neill's Republic

of Ireland are also in first leg

play off action in Copenhagen

on Saturday & the squad travels

to Demark in confident mood.

One thing I have always thought

about this group is the will to win

has been unbelievable. Our team

spirit is probably different to what

the lads have had their clothes but

I think the Wales game for us, the

way we into that game, it's the same

kind of pressure situation as this

and if we have the same sort of

mindset as we did against Wales we

can achieve what they want.

That is it for now. What's more

built up tomorrow. I will be live at

Windsor Park for the first leg of

that tie between Northern Ireland

and Switzerland.

Now let's check on the weather. The

clear skies yesterday gave us some

cracking views

clear skies yesterday gave us some

cracking views of the Northern

lights. Thank you for your

photographs and please keep them

coming in. Tonight we have quite a

lot of cloud and some patchy rain

and drizzle but not as cold-mac. He

drives that for most tomorrow apart

from the odd isolated shower and

plenty of sunshine through the day.

The north-westerly wind making it

feel slightly more fresher but

generally speaking tomorrow is not a

bad picture with plenty of dry and

sunny weather. Some cloud later on

from the West but eventually staying

dry for most of the day. Similar

route across the island was plenty

of dry and sunny weather but the

clothes are coming in from the West,

gradually pushing eastwards.

Reaching western counties later in

the day. We eventually seek the rain

coming in tomorrow night, moving

eastwards and heavy in some places.

Most of it clears through the night

into Friday morning. Turning cold

it. -- behind it. A chill in the air

first thing on Friday but he drives

start with plenty of bright weather

but that will be short-lived. The

next band of rain comes in with more

cloudy conditions and the breeze

from West. As for the weekend, we

begin -- dragging in cold beer from

the Arctic, a scattering of showers

on cloud from the Arctic. -- cold

air.