19/08/2016

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:00:07. > :00:11.The DUP has made a formal complaint to the Assembly Standards

:00:12. > :00:14.Commissioner about the conduct of Sinn Fein's Daithi McKay.

:00:15. > :00:18.He resigned as an MLA yesterday over advising a loyalist blogger,

:00:19. > :00:22.Jamie Bryson, before he gave evidence to a Stormont inquiry

:00:23. > :00:25.into the multimillion-pound NAMA property deal.

:00:26. > :00:28.Tonight, Mr Bryson denied he was the source of the leak

:00:29. > :00:33.Our North-East reporter Sara Girvin has been to Daithi McKay's former

:00:34. > :00:39.The shutters were down today at Daithi McKay's

:00:40. > :00:46.Yesterday the former finance committee chair and apologised

:00:47. > :00:49.for what he described as inappropriate and ill-advised

:00:50. > :00:52.private contacts with loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson.

:00:53. > :00:58.Last year Mr Bryson was a key witness in a hearing

:00:59. > :01:00.on the NAMA property scandal which Mr Mackay presided over.

:01:01. > :01:03.Sinn Fein says this man, Thomas O'Hara, has also been

:01:04. > :01:17.He sent Mr Bryson messages suggesting how to present

:01:18. > :01:20.Mr McGuinness wants the matter investigated.

:01:21. > :01:22.I want to see that complaint expedited swiftly.

:01:23. > :01:25.I do believe the outcome of that will vindicate everything I've said

:01:26. > :01:28.over the course of the last 24 hours about the noninvolvement

:01:29. > :01:31.of the Sinn Fein team at the Assembly.

:01:32. > :01:35.I have absolutely no concerns about that.

:01:36. > :01:37.Today, people seemed bemused about the resignation

:01:38. > :01:43.Obviously there's something behind it or he wouldn't have resigned.

:01:44. > :01:48.We really don't know what's happening or why this has happened.

:01:49. > :01:53.This is not the first time this has come up.

:01:54. > :01:55.It we won't have a choice, the party will appoint the next

:01:56. > :02:06.Just a lot of silly people doing stupid things.

:02:07. > :02:08.At the Ballymena Guardian, the editor has been

:02:09. > :02:13.of someone once regarded as a rising star of Sinn Fein.

:02:14. > :02:17.People can't get to grips with why he did this.

:02:18. > :02:20.He was one of the first MLAs to embrace social media

:02:21. > :02:24.so he will have been aware of its power.

:02:25. > :02:28.I don't think he would have been oblivious to the fact that if this

:02:29. > :02:31.came out it would be very, very dangerous for him.

:02:32. > :02:35.Whatever happens with the investigation, Sinn Fein has

:02:36. > :02:41.They have just seven days to put another politician in his place

:02:42. > :02:52.The former head of the Olympic Council of Ireland, Pat Hickey,

:02:53. > :02:57.is now in a maximum-security prison in Rio De Janeiro where he faces

:02:58. > :03:01.allegations linked to the illegal resale of Olympic games tickets.

:03:02. > :03:04.The Irish Minister for Sport today announced

:03:05. > :03:28.This is a maximum-security prison which houses some of Brazil's most

:03:29. > :03:31.dangerous inmates. It has accreditation for gang violence and

:03:32. > :03:37.several officials have been killed. The man who was Northern Ireland's

:03:38. > :03:46.top Olympic official is being held here. It is understand he --

:03:47. > :03:50.understood he is sharing a cell. He was arrested in his hotel room and

:03:51. > :03:57.it was alleged that some tickets were being sold at four times their

:03:58. > :04:02.face value. After a brief stay at in hospital for tests, he was arrested.

:04:03. > :04:09.He was tonight Bale and sent to the prison. He and another Irishman,

:04:10. > :04:14.also arrested as part of the police investigation, denies wrongdoing.

:04:15. > :04:18.The Irish sports minister has announced that a retired judge will

:04:19. > :04:23.be appointed to lead an inquiry into the controversy.

:04:24. > :04:26.We have agreed to establish a non-statutory enquiry to be

:04:27. > :04:29.We believe it is the most appropriate mechanism

:04:30. > :04:33.We intend to appoint a judge next week and the terms of reference

:04:34. > :04:40.for the enquiry will be finalised shortly thereafter.

:04:41. > :04:48.The Olympic Council of Ireland said in a statement that they will comply

:04:49. > :04:54.with the inquiry. But its board said it regretted that recent events in

:04:55. > :04:55.Brazil had overshadowed the achievements of team Ireland at the

:04:56. > :04:59.Olympic Games. A contentious parade in North Antrim

:05:00. > :05:02.this evening passed off The Parades Commission had put

:05:03. > :05:05.restrictions on the annual Ballymaconnelly Flute Band

:05:06. > :05:06.event in Rasharkin. Around 75 protesters

:05:07. > :05:08.gathered in the village, some chanting, "End sectarian

:05:09. > :05:11.marches," as bands passed Prosecutors are to consider the case

:05:12. > :05:20.against former soldiers in relation to Bloody Sunday as detectives have

:05:21. > :05:25.now finished interviewing them. The deaths of 14 civil rights

:05:26. > :05:30.demonstrators in Londonderry in 1972 are being re-investigated

:05:31. > :05:34.by the police after a public inquiry There has been some frustration

:05:35. > :05:40.amongst some family members over the length of time

:05:41. > :05:42.the investigation has taken. The Public Prosecution Service

:05:43. > :05:44.will now look at the final report from police investigators and make

:05:45. > :06:01.a recommendation as to What we want is the PSA may now to

:06:02. > :06:06.do their job, compile a file as quickly as possible. We don't want

:06:07. > :06:11.any more delays. They have been so many hurdles we have had to go over.

:06:12. > :06:14.So many barriers put in our way. And I think, let's go ahead with this.

:06:15. > :06:18.A family from Lisburn have returned home from holiday to find their home

:06:19. > :06:20.vandalised and a death threat daubed on the wall.

:06:21. > :06:22.A baby's cot was also damaged during the burglary at the property

:06:23. > :06:27.Police said the back door was broken open and the house wrecked.

:06:28. > :06:30.They've appealed for information about the incident.

:06:31. > :06:33.Football - and Derry City are through to the quarterfinals

:06:34. > :06:38.of the FAI cup after beating Bohemians 2-0 tonight in Dublin.

:06:39. > :06:46.Now the weekend weather forecast, Cecilia Daly.

:06:47. > :06:54.Low pressure is very much in charge of our weather this weekend. We can

:06:55. > :06:57.expect some heavy downpours on Saturday but dry and brighter is

:06:58. > :07:04.expected on Sunday. Chavez will develop more widely as the night

:07:05. > :07:09.goes on, moving northwards. -- showers. Another mild night to come

:07:10. > :07:14.but if you get some wet weather -- dry weather tomorrow it will not be

:07:15. > :07:19.long before showers come along. Some with thunder and lightning, and

:07:20. > :07:23.slow-moving. Possibly leading to some short lived flooding. Strong

:07:24. > :07:28.winds will affect Wales and Central and southern counties of England as

:07:29. > :07:32.well as the South of Ireland. The wind also a feature tomorrow. The

:07:33. > :07:39.north of Scotland and the far north of England having heavy downpours.

:07:40. > :07:45.The worst of the showers were clear way from Northern Ireland tomorrow.

:07:46. > :07:46.Drying up tomorrow evening. A drier, brighter day to come everywhere on

:07:47. > :07:48.Sunday with warmth on Monday. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am

:07:49. > :08:01.during Breakfast here on BBC One. -- 6-run defies PM -- 6:25pm

:08:02. > :08:02.tomorrow.