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:00:00. > :00:00.legendary performer and producer, Quincy Jones.

:00:00. > :00:09.The Finance Minister Mairtin O'Muilleoir has denied knowing

:00:10. > :00:12.about a secret channel of communication between a witness

:00:13. > :00:15.at a Stormont committee and the committee's

:00:16. > :00:21.Last week Mr McKay resigned as a Sinn Fein MLA after it was

:00:22. > :00:25.revealed that he had been in contact with loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson

:00:26. > :00:28.on Twitter ahead of his evidence to the finance

:00:29. > :00:36.Mairtin O'Muilleoir was a member of the committee at the time.

:00:37. > :00:40.Last week, we had an apology and resigning

:00:41. > :00:42.from this man after the

:00:43. > :00:46.revelation he advised Jamie Bryson on have presented evidence

:00:47. > :00:50.on the multi million pound deal of property.

:00:51. > :00:52.By contrast, Mairtin O Muilleoir is

:00:53. > :00:55.going nowhere even though he was one of three

:00:56. > :00:58.Sinn Fein supporters who

:00:59. > :01:10.There were said to be exchanges prior to the meeting.

:01:11. > :01:24.One of those was from a Sinn Fein activist.

:01:25. > :01:27.I was shocked when all these revelations were made

:01:28. > :01:31.public because that even when I have heard of them.

:01:32. > :01:35.No one had permission to use my name or involved in any

:01:36. > :01:39.No one told me at the time or since, or afterwards

:01:40. > :01:45.I had nothing at all to do with these.

:01:46. > :01:49.However, the Finance Minister's refusal to stand down has not gone

:01:50. > :02:06.I'm not accusing him of any wrongdoing.

:02:07. > :02:08.Martin had a strong choice between restoring public

:02:09. > :02:10.confidence in institutions and self-interest.

:02:11. > :02:13.The flustered because it and that was me, me, me.

:02:14. > :02:14.There's no clear indication yet of a

:02:15. > :02:17.timeline for the standards Commissioner's investigation into

:02:18. > :02:23.this matter what the MLA was that meeting will be tomorrow morning.

:02:24. > :02:25.To discuss the ramifications of Danny

:02:26. > :02:35.Passports belonging to three senior Olympic Council of Ireland officials

:02:36. > :02:39.have been seized in Brazil as part of the investigation into alleged

:02:40. > :02:45.The three include the OCI chief executive Stephen Martin

:02:46. > :02:50.from Bangor, who won a gold medal with the GB hockey team in 1988.

:02:51. > :02:53.The President of the OCI was arrested last week -

:02:54. > :02:56.Irish consultate staff in Rio were due to visit him

:02:57. > :03:03.Crisis talks were held last night in Dublin by members of the Olympic

:03:04. > :03:06.Council in Ireland as the controversy over alleged illegal

:03:07. > :03:09.selling of Olympic tickets continues.

:03:10. > :03:12.Among those attending were the acting president

:03:13. > :03:15.Willie O'Brien who had just returned from Rio.

:03:16. > :03:20.It had been reported that police were

:03:21. > :03:23.seeking their passports in an investigation into the alleged

:03:24. > :03:29.Meanwhile in Brazil, Northern Ireland's Stephen Martin

:03:30. > :03:32.was among three officials from the Council who had their passport,

:03:33. > :03:35.phones and laptops seized by the police

:03:36. > :03:40.Reports from Brazil's failure is nothing

:03:41. > :03:42.to suggest impropriety on

:03:43. > :03:47.The meeting from Dublin finished in the early

:03:48. > :03:50.was agreed to appoint the subcommittee

:03:51. > :03:51.the deal with regard to

:03:52. > :03:56.There will be an independent review of ticket

:03:57. > :04:01.The firm will be selected this week and they will

:04:02. > :04:10.The report will be prepared and presented to the judge

:04:11. > :04:17.surrounding the handling of ticketing at the Rio Olympics.

:04:18. > :04:19.The former president, who was arrested

:04:20. > :04:24.in his hotel last week, and ticketing agency director Kevin

:04:25. > :04:32.Mallon are still in prison with investigation into the controversy.

:04:33. > :04:37.The governing body had this to say about the top Irish and

:04:38. > :04:45.With the situation with Mr Hickey, we will have

:04:46. > :04:52.his first hearing by a judge next Tuesday and that, of course,

:04:53. > :05:01.according to the Brazilian law and laws of national justice

:05:02. > :05:12.Other officials who had their passports seized have agreed to

:05:13. > :05:15.present themselves for questioning at a local police station in Rio

:05:16. > :05:19.Meanwhile, police have taken possession of a quantity of

:05:20. > :05:24.unused tickets in the offices in Brazil that the council said had

:05:25. > :05:31.been made available for the family and friends of the athletes.

:05:32. > :05:34.Abortion services at Marie Stopes International clinic

:05:35. > :05:38.in Belfast have been suspended for under 18s and what are described

:05:39. > :05:43.Last Friday restrictions were imposed on the organisation

:05:44. > :05:46.in England after health care inspectors raised concerns.

:05:47. > :05:49.Earlier I spoke to our Health Correspondent

:05:50. > :05:51.Marie-Louise Connolly and I asked her what's

:05:52. > :06:04.The clinic has voluntarily decided to stop some of its terminations in

:06:05. > :06:10.Belfast. In a statement it said it will suspend abortion services in

:06:11. > :06:13.Belfast for two groups, vulnerable women and for those under 18. They

:06:14. > :06:17.say they have taken this action because they want to work alongside

:06:18. > :06:21.the Care Quality Commission in England to resolve the areas of

:06:22. > :06:26.concern, around governance issues and training of medical staff. They

:06:27. > :06:30.also say their immediate concern is to try and redirect those women who

:06:31. > :06:34.may in Belfast have made a booking, that they want to try and help them

:06:35. > :06:41.dry and fine an alternative place in England. Many will be described --

:06:42. > :06:45.surprised that we are talking about abortion services in Northern

:06:46. > :06:49.Ireland. What services are available? Northern Ireland operates

:06:50. > :06:53.under a strict legal framework whenever it comes to abortion and

:06:54. > :06:59.one that is different to what is up and running in England. Terminations

:07:00. > :07:03.are only allowed in Northern Ireland under the law when a woman's life is

:07:04. > :07:10.at risk or if there is permanent risk to her mental health. Here in

:07:11. > :07:18.Belfast, while we don't have a surgical terminations, have

:07:19. > :07:21.terminations by medicine, or tablets which are given to women who are up

:07:22. > :07:27.to nine weeks pregnant and that would trigger a termination. As of

:07:28. > :07:30.today, it will not be providing that service of oral medication to women

:07:31. > :07:35.under 18 or two women who are seen to be vulnerable. Can we put a

:07:36. > :07:41.figure on this, the number of local women that may be affected by this?

:07:42. > :07:45.We understand 1,000 women every year from Northern Ireland travel to

:07:46. > :07:50.England to avail of the service of a clinic. We can imagine that someone

:07:51. > :07:54.in this week are bound to be affected. Larry Stopes say they have

:07:55. > :07:58.set up a confidential helpline and you can avail of that number on

:07:59. > :08:00.their website. They are encouraging women to make that call to seek help

:08:01. > :08:03.and they will try to redirect them. A man has been caught on CCTV

:08:04. > :08:06.smashing a defibrillator which was installed outside

:08:07. > :08:09.a shop in Londonderry. The footage shows the man throwing

:08:10. > :08:13.the life-saving equipment to the ground after taking it

:08:14. > :08:16.from its container outside the premises on Rossdowney Road

:08:17. > :08:18.during the early hours The defibrillator cost

:08:19. > :08:22.?1,500 and was bought by the local community

:08:23. > :08:26.after a fundraising campaign. Every single penny of it was donated

:08:27. > :08:30.and raised by people in our local Every penny went into the markets

:08:31. > :08:37.we have in the store. From the customers we have spoken

:08:38. > :08:44.to in the pst few days, they are extremely

:08:45. > :08:47.angry that the effort they put in have been taken away in

:08:48. > :08:53.a moment of madness. A couple in their 80s have escaped

:08:54. > :08:56.serious injury after a fire Fire crews were called

:08:57. > :09:01.to the blaze at their bungalow With the end of the Olympic Games

:09:02. > :09:07.in Rio, it's time to look back at the success

:09:08. > :09:10.of our local competitors. Others had higher finishes

:09:11. > :09:15.that the London Games. But medal expectations, especially

:09:16. > :09:26.in the boxing, weren't realised. Pre-games, there was the fear of

:09:27. > :09:30.crime, traffic chaos, Zika and that the first Olympics in

:09:31. > :09:35.South America would not work. It worked perfect and

:09:36. > :09:39.the sport was outstanding. There were no Northern Irish

:09:40. > :09:41.medallists to cheer. For Alan Campbell, there was

:09:42. > :09:47.a record for the Olympic appearance for the rower that no Northern Irish

:09:48. > :09:53.athlete had achieved before. It is really tough but I have to say

:09:54. > :10:01.that I have been so, lucky I put it all out there

:10:02. > :10:05.and did what I had to do Team Ireland finished

:10:06. > :10:13.with just two medals. Gary and Paul O'Donovan,

:10:14. > :10:17.brothers from Ireland finishing with a silver.

:10:18. > :10:23.It's a pity we are missing the celebration in Ireland when we

:10:24. > :10:30.Yes, hopefully get a national holiday or something.

:10:31. > :10:34.There was also a silver medal but for the

:10:35. > :10:39.Irish boxing team, it was a games to forget.

:10:40. > :10:43.Welterweight Mike O'Reilly failed a drug test and

:10:44. > :10:47.Michael Conlon said his dreams were shattered

:10:48. > :10:54.And they have robbed me of my Olympic dream.

:10:55. > :10:59.I wanted to be in Olympic champion and that was robbed of me.

:11:00. > :11:08.I have always said I was going to be Olympic

:11:09. > :11:11.champion today and I feel it has been robbed of me.

:11:12. > :11:14.There was one Irish winner in the ring.

:11:15. > :11:16.For more performance director Billy Walsh.

:11:17. > :11:19.He was in the corner for his new

:11:20. > :11:27.The story of the Rio games for Ireland will not

:11:28. > :11:51.The weather is next. Not a bad start to the week. If it

:11:52. > :11:58.is here last week off for the summer, unfortunately tomorrow is

:11:59. > :12:03.not looking quite so good. You may need to plan some indoor activities.

:12:04. > :12:08.Wednesday onwards looks to be fairly dry and warm at times. Temperatures

:12:09. > :12:13.up to 20 degrees. That dry weather should hold on for at least part of

:12:14. > :12:16.the coming weekend. It is dry at the moment but the rain returns

:12:17. > :12:20.northwards during the early hours and it will become heavy in places

:12:21. > :12:26.by the end of the night. Warm with temperatures staying in the teens.

:12:27. > :12:35.Early tomorrow morning, expect some wet weather. The rain could be quite

:12:36. > :12:39.heavy for a while. It is a weather front and the heaviest of that being

:12:40. > :12:43.ripped northwards into many parts of Scotland but south of that, we have

:12:44. > :12:48.sunshine and we will also see some heat with temperatures getting close

:12:49. > :12:51.to 30 degrees in parts of London and the south-east. Behind the weather

:12:52. > :12:59.front, it dries up and brightens up in 12 places but it is a fair bit

:13:00. > :13:03.cooler. The rain clearing away from Northern Ireland tomorrow afternoon

:13:04. > :13:05.but there will always be drugs and grabs of dampness continuing in

:13:06. > :13:12.parts of the east until tomorrow evening. The sunshine will be back

:13:13. > :13:16.on Wednesday. A couple of showers mainly in the west but temperatures

:13:17. > :13:18.in the sunshine should get up to around 20 degrees. Not so good

:13:19. > :13:20.tomorrow but nicer on Wednesday. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25

:13:21. > :13:25.in the morning during Breakfast