03/10/2016

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:00:07. > :00:11.The police say they have identified three teenagers

:00:12. > :00:14.who recorded themselves racially abusing a woman in Antrim.

:00:15. > :00:16.The incident happened when the victim,

:00:17. > :00:21.was on her way to collect her son from school.

:00:22. > :00:26.to our north-east reporter Sara Girvin.

:00:27. > :00:30.This is the video which shows a Romanian woman being subjected

:00:31. > :00:34.to racist abuse as she went to pick up her young son from school.

:00:35. > :00:38.Widely circulated on social media, it shows three boys stopping her

:00:39. > :01:09.The woman, who didn't want to appear on camera,

:01:10. > :01:12.says she's been living in Antrim for three months.

:01:13. > :01:28.She says she likes the town and won't be leaving.

:01:29. > :01:30.Today in Antrim, people said the footage

:01:31. > :01:36.People are absolutely appalled, shocked, sickened, but really

:01:37. > :01:41.impressed with the dignified response by the lady in question.

:01:42. > :01:44.We are so sad that our young people felt that this

:01:45. > :01:47.I just can't believe this came from Antrim.

:01:48. > :01:49.It gives us all a bad name, very much.

:01:50. > :01:58.They think that we're all tarred with the one brush, and we're not.

:01:59. > :02:01.Police have now identified the three boys involved and say

:02:02. > :02:03.they are making plans to speak to them formally

:02:04. > :02:08.They've also offered their support to the victim

:02:09. > :02:15.as investigations continue. Sara Girvin, BBC Newsline in Antrim.

:02:16. > :02:17.They've also offered their support to the victim

:02:18. > :02:19.as investigations continue. Sara Girvin, BBC Newsline in Antrim.

:02:20. > :02:20.The Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness,

:02:21. > :02:22.says people here will be "collateral damage"

:02:23. > :02:24.when the UK leaves the European union.

:02:25. > :02:27.The Prime Minister has said no region will be able to opt out

:02:28. > :02:29.of Brexit when it's triggered before the end of next March.

:02:30. > :02:32.Our Political Correspondent Enda McClafferty reports.

:02:33. > :02:35.Stormont, like the rest of the UK, has a new deadline,

:02:36. > :02:38.a date on the calendar which will focus minds and debates

:02:39. > :02:46.March next year is the date set by the Prime Minister bring the UK

:02:47. > :02:49.March next year is the date set by the Prime Minister when the UK

:02:50. > :02:53.And Theresa May had a very clear message for those

:02:54. > :02:58.in Northern Ireland and Scotland who, like her, wanted to Remain.

:02:59. > :03:00.We will negotiate as one United Kingdom and we will

:03:01. > :03:05.Leave the European Union as one United Kingdom.

:03:06. > :03:08.There's no opt out from Brexit and I will never allow divisive

:03:09. > :03:10.nationalists to undermine the precious union between the

:03:11. > :03:18.She may not have been thinking about this nationalist,

:03:19. > :03:24.This is all about the internal machinations

:03:25. > :03:28.And of course, it appears that we are going to be

:03:29. > :03:31.the collateral damage in terms of politics and in terms

:03:32. > :03:37.One of the big challenges for our politicians here

:03:38. > :03:41.is to ensure there will be no return of a hard border with the Republic.

:03:42. > :03:43.But the Irish government warned today that that now cannot

:03:44. > :03:51.I don't want a wall built along the border

:03:52. > :03:55.What we want to see is the maximum number of movement between ourselves

:03:56. > :04:02.and the Republic of Ireland. We want a sensible way forward.

:04:03. > :04:04.The biggest test for our politicians will be making

:04:05. > :04:07.sure there are voices are heard when the Brexit negotiations begin.

:04:08. > :04:11.Enda McClafferty, BBC Newsline, Stormont.

:04:12. > :04:13.The were checkpoints along the border today

:04:14. > :04:15.mounted by Gardai and immigration officers.

:04:16. > :04:19.A vegetable grower in County Armagh has called for more clarity

:04:20. > :04:25.about border controls after eight of his workers were stopped

:04:26. > :04:27.at Dundalk. He spoke to

:04:28. > :04:29.our Agriculture and Environment Correspondent Conor Macauley.

:04:30. > :04:32.The immigration checkpoint was a big Gardai operation and it ran all day.

:04:33. > :04:34.Southbound traffic driving from Northern Ireland

:04:35. > :04:42.into the Irish Republic was filtered off the motorway at Dundalk.

:04:43. > :04:44.There, a team of waiting officers checked all kinds of vehicles,

:04:45. > :04:51.Among those caught up in the delays were these eight farm workers.

:04:52. > :04:54.They had left their County Armagh base this morning to travel

:04:55. > :04:57.to Dundalk, where their employer also has 80 acres of leaks.

:04:58. > :05:00.They're all EU nationals and so entitled to free movement.

:05:01. > :05:02.But because they couldn't produce identity documents,

:05:03. > :05:08.they were detained and taken to Dundalk Police Station.

:05:09. > :05:12.Well, they said first and foremost that they'd no documentation,

:05:13. > :05:15.but we have been stopped at these checkpoints in the past and other

:05:16. > :05:19.drivers would have phoned up and said that they were asked

:05:20. > :05:21.for their documentation, but none of the rest

:05:22. > :05:23.of the workers would have had, there was never

:05:24. > :05:28.A Gardai spokesman said this morning's checkpoints were part

:05:29. > :05:30.of an ongoing operation by the National Immigration Bureau.

:05:31. > :05:32.He also said that, under the Immigration Act,

:05:33. > :05:38.non-Irish nationals were required to carry identification papers.

:05:39. > :05:41.Mr Finn said he'd lost a morning's work, with the associated cost.

:05:42. > :05:47.He's worried about how future border checks will work and,

:05:48. > :05:53.if the rules are going to be applied more vigorously than before,

:05:54. > :05:55.how cross-border businesses like his will have to adapt.

:05:56. > :06:04.A man accused of smuggling nearly ?1.4 million worth of cocaine

:06:05. > :06:16.and heroin to Northern Ireland last September has been released on bail.

:06:17. > :06:19.A defence lawyer told the High Court that 28 year old Neil Davidson,

:06:20. > :06:21.who has a rental address in Portadown, was threatened

:06:22. > :06:24.with a bullet in the head by a Dublin gangland criminal

:06:25. > :06:27.BBC Newsline has learned that a drugs amnesty was called

:06:28. > :06:29.in Maghaberry jail just over a week ago.

:06:30. > :06:32.It was feared that pills linked to at least one death

:06:33. > :06:34.Here's our south-east reporter Gordon Adair.

:06:35. > :06:38.The amnesty, which was authorised by Maghaberry Governor Steve Davis,

:06:39. > :06:41.took place over the last weekend in September.

:06:42. > :06:45.The prison service has not said what prompted it,

:06:46. > :06:48.but I understand it was concerned that the fake Valium pills,

:06:49. > :06:52.were being circulated within the prison.

:06:53. > :06:55.They have been blamed for hundreds of deaths right across Scotland

:06:56. > :06:59.and have been widely reported as having had a role

:07:00. > :07:02.in the death of Jonathan Adair, the son of former Loyalist

:07:03. > :07:07.paramilitary leader Johnny Adair. He died on September the 10th.

:07:08. > :07:16.faces an ongoing problem with illegal drugs.

:07:17. > :07:18.However, staff I've been speaking to see that here that problem

:07:19. > :07:22.is getting worse and worse and is indeed approaching crisis point.

:07:23. > :07:24.However, in the statement to me confirming that the amnesty took

:07:25. > :07:27.place, the prison service said the Governor would use all tools

:07:28. > :07:30.at his disposal to keep prisoners safe and they pointed

:07:31. > :07:32.to the fact that, since July, 11 people have been arrested

:07:33. > :07:39.here on suspicion of trying to traffic drugs into the jail.

:07:40. > :07:43.The prison service have not said how many people availed of the amnesty,

:07:44. > :07:46.but I understand it was a very small number, as few as five,

:07:47. > :07:48.despite the Governor's assurance that anyone who took part

:07:49. > :07:57.Gordon Adair, BBC Newsline, at Maghaberry Prison.

:07:58. > :08:01.Nationalist protestors have been condemned for shouting abuse

:08:02. > :08:06.for his backing of the Ardoyne parade deal.

:08:07. > :08:08.The agreement saw the previously banned Twelfth Parade

:08:09. > :08:12.complete its route in North Belfast on Saturday.

:08:13. > :08:15.The Orange Order and the nationalist residents' group CARA say the deal

:08:16. > :08:18.could mark the end of decades of parade disputes in the area.

:08:19. > :08:22.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

:08:23. > :08:31.Ardoyne priest Father Gary Donegan found himself in the eye of a storm.

:08:32. > :08:38.Confronted by a small but angry crowd of supporters

:08:39. > :08:40.of the nationalists residents group GARC, which opposed

:08:41. > :08:47.You have no BLEEP right! Come on!

:08:48. > :08:49.At one point, SDLP North Belfast MLA, Nicola Mallon,

:08:50. > :08:54.I couldn't believe what was happening.

:08:55. > :08:59.The situation was very aggressive and very hostile.

:09:00. > :09:02.I tried to intervene and he had said that he had never run away

:09:03. > :09:05.from anything, which is true, and he wasn't going to now.

:09:06. > :09:08.was among those who confronted the priest.

:09:09. > :09:10.So see this entire area, the overwhelming majority,

:09:11. > :09:12.they're opposed to those parades, they're opposed to these people

:09:13. > :09:14.who facilitate them, and they're opposed

:09:15. > :09:18.And see you, you sided with all them people and you sided

:09:19. > :09:21.against the people of this area! APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

:09:22. > :09:23.Afterwards, Father Donegan, who's worked in the Ardoyne area

:09:24. > :09:31.I'm big and ugly enough to take any stick, so nobody has cowered me

:09:32. > :09:35.A few people shouting at you because they've got

:09:36. > :09:39.I mean, I stood on that road for 2.5 years.

:09:40. > :09:43.When I stood there every night actually trying to keep youngsters

:09:44. > :09:45.and people away from harm's way, where were they?

:09:46. > :09:49.You know, they were there this morning, cos there's cameras there.

:09:50. > :09:51.There weren't many cameras there during those cold nights

:09:52. > :09:55.Sinn Fein North Belfast MLA Gerry Kelly was also

:09:56. > :09:58.targeted by the crowd, future chased after him

:09:59. > :10:00.targeted by the crowd, who chased after him

:10:01. > :10:12.I turned round to see the crowd running towards me

:10:13. > :10:15.When I got close to them, I said, "What do you want?"

:10:16. > :10:18.They had stopped, they didn't say anything, so I walked off again.

:10:19. > :10:22.He also criticised those who confronted Father Gary Donegan.

:10:23. > :10:26.It's affecting this whole area, not just one road!

:10:27. > :10:32.It's not a genuine reflection of the community.

:10:33. > :10:35.The vast majority of the community, I believe, supported this agreement.

:10:36. > :10:38.I can certainly tell you the vast majority of people in the community

:10:39. > :10:41.The confrontation took place after the Orange Order completed

:10:42. > :10:44.the return leg of its North Belfast parade on Saturday morning.

:10:45. > :10:47.It had been banned from passing along this section of

:10:48. > :10:53.After a wait of almost 1200 days, that ban was lifted

:10:54. > :10:57.following an agreement between three local Orange lodges and another

:10:58. > :11:01.nationalist residents group in the Ardoyne area.

:11:02. > :11:16.Welcome home. CHEERING

:11:17. > :11:18.The Orange Order said that it hopes the agreement

:11:19. > :11:21.could mark the end of parade disputes in the area.

:11:22. > :11:24.I believe that we are at the start of a new beginning for parading

:11:25. > :11:26.in this area, I believe the agreement between the residents

:11:27. > :11:29.in the Ardoyne and the Orange institution augurs well for future

:11:30. > :11:33.A short time after the parade was completed, a loyalist protest

:11:34. > :11:34.camp at Twaddell Avenue was dismantled.

:11:35. > :11:36.Accommodation used by protesters since the parade was banned

:11:37. > :11:44.Talks aimed at reaching agreement about future parades in the area

:11:45. > :11:47.will now take place. Vincent Kearney, BBC Newsline.

:11:48. > :11:53.Angie Phillips has the weather details.

:11:54. > :12:02.Good evening, not a bad start to the week, despite a fair amount of cloud

:12:03. > :12:08.and a breeze, it has been mainly dry. A lot of dry weather in this

:12:09. > :12:12.coming week, some bright and sunny intervals at times, but a variable

:12:13. > :12:17.cloud, particularly later in the week and it will also be breezy too.

:12:18. > :12:23.We hold on to the breeze tonight, maybe some patchy rain in the far

:12:24. > :12:25.west, but generally most places dry with clear spells and

:12:26. > :12:32.low-temperature is not too bad. Not bad tomorrow, we should see some

:12:33. > :12:36.bright spells and a fair amount of that I weather. Some patchy rain

:12:37. > :12:42.perhaps in the West first thing but clearing away, breezy as well too

:12:43. > :12:47.but it will ease. It is breezy for Scotland, England and Wales compared

:12:48. > :12:53.to today, a lot of dry weather, decent sunshine in places, lifting

:12:54. > :12:57.temperatures in the South East into the high teens, but the increasing

:12:58. > :13:01.breeze making it feel pressure. Some rain lingering to the west of

:13:02. > :13:06.Ireland into north-west Scotland, pulling away further into the sea.

:13:07. > :13:10.In the afternoon for Northern Ireland, all parts dry and some

:13:11. > :13:15.bright spells, just a hint of light showers in the east, you would be

:13:16. > :13:20.lucky to catch one of those, generally fine afternoon. The breeze

:13:21. > :13:22.uses for the afternoon, picking up Wednesday onwards but a lot of dry

:13:23. > :13:26.weather in the forecast. Our next BBC Newsline

:13:27. > :13:29.is at 6.25 in the morning