03/10/2016 BBC Newsline

The police say they have identified three teenagers

who recorded themselves racially abusing a woman in Antrim.

The incident happened when the victim,

was on her way to collect her son from school.

to our north-east reporter Sara Girvin.

This is the video which shows a Romanian woman being subjected

to racist abuse as she went to pick up her young son from school.

Widely circulated on social media, it shows three boys stopping her

The woman, who didn't want to appear on camera,

says she's been living in Antrim for three months.

She says she likes the town and won't be leaving.

Today in Antrim, people said the footage

People are absolutely appalled, shocked, sickened, but really

impressed with the dignified response by the lady in question.

We are so sad that our young people felt that this

I just can't believe this came from Antrim.

It gives us all a bad name, very much.

They think that we're all tarred with the one brush, and we're not.

Police have now identified the three boys involved and say

they are making plans to speak to them formally

They've also offered their support to the victim

as investigations continue. Sara Girvin, BBC Newsline in Antrim.

They've also offered their support to the victim

as investigations continue. Sara Girvin, BBC Newsline in Antrim.

The Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness,

says people here will be "collateral damage"

when the UK leaves the European union.

The Prime Minister has said no region will be able to opt out

of Brexit when it's triggered before the end of next March.

Our Political Correspondent Enda McClafferty reports.

Stormont, like the rest of the UK, has a new deadline,

a date on the calendar which will focus minds and debates

March next year is the date set by the Prime Minister bring the UK

March next year is the date set by the Prime Minister when the UK

And Theresa May had a very clear message for those

in Northern Ireland and Scotland who, like her, wanted to Remain.

We will negotiate as one United Kingdom and we will

Leave the European Union as one United Kingdom.

There's no opt out from Brexit and I will never allow divisive

nationalists to undermine the precious union between the

She may not have been thinking about this nationalist,

This is all about the internal machinations

And of course, it appears that we are going to be

the collateral damage in terms of politics and in terms

One of the big challenges for our politicians here

is to ensure there will be no return of a hard border with the Republic.

But the Irish government warned today that that now cannot

I don't want a wall built along the border

What we want to see is the maximum number of movement between ourselves

and the Republic of Ireland. We want a sensible way forward.

The biggest test for our politicians will be making

sure there are voices are heard when the Brexit negotiations begin.

Enda McClafferty, BBC Newsline, Stormont.

The were checkpoints along the border today

mounted by Gardai and immigration officers.

A vegetable grower in County Armagh has called for more clarity

about border controls after eight of his workers were stopped

at Dundalk. He spoke to

our Agriculture and Environment Correspondent Conor Macauley.

The immigration checkpoint was a big Gardai operation and it ran all day.

Southbound traffic driving from Northern Ireland

into the Irish Republic was filtered off the motorway at Dundalk.

There, a team of waiting officers checked all kinds of vehicles,

Among those caught up in the delays were these eight farm workers.

They had left their County Armagh base this morning to travel

to Dundalk, where their employer also has 80 acres of leaks.

They're all EU nationals and so entitled to free movement.

But because they couldn't produce identity documents,

they were detained and taken to Dundalk Police Station.

Well, they said first and foremost that they'd no documentation,

but we have been stopped at these checkpoints in the past and other

drivers would have phoned up and said that they were asked

for their documentation, but none of the rest

of the workers would have had, there was never

A Gardai spokesman said this morning's checkpoints were part

of an ongoing operation by the National Immigration Bureau.

He also said that, under the Immigration Act,

non-Irish nationals were required to carry identification papers.

Mr Finn said he'd lost a morning's work, with the associated cost.

He's worried about how future border checks will work and,

if the rules are going to be applied more vigorously than before,

how cross-border businesses like his will have to adapt.

A man accused of smuggling nearly ?1.4 million worth of cocaine

and heroin to Northern Ireland last September has been released on bail.

A defence lawyer told the High Court that 28 year old Neil Davidson,

who has a rental address in Portadown, was threatened

with a bullet in the head by a Dublin gangland criminal

BBC Newsline has learned that a drugs amnesty was called

in Maghaberry jail just over a week ago.

It was feared that pills linked to at least one death

Here's our south-east reporter Gordon Adair.

The amnesty, which was authorised by Maghaberry Governor Steve Davis,

took place over the last weekend in September.

The prison service has not said what prompted it,

but I understand it was concerned that the fake Valium pills,

were being circulated within the prison.

They have been blamed for hundreds of deaths right across Scotland

and have been widely reported as having had a role

in the death of Jonathan Adair, the son of former Loyalist

paramilitary leader Johnny Adair. He died on September the 10th.

faces an ongoing problem with illegal drugs.

However, staff I've been speaking to see that here that problem

is getting worse and worse and is indeed approaching crisis point.

However, in the statement to me confirming that the amnesty took

place, the prison service said the Governor would use all tools

at his disposal to keep prisoners safe and they pointed

to the fact that, since July, 11 people have been arrested

here on suspicion of trying to traffic drugs into the jail.

The prison service have not said how many people availed of the amnesty,

but I understand it was a very small number, as few as five,

despite the Governor's assurance that anyone who took part

Gordon Adair, BBC Newsline, at Maghaberry Prison.

Nationalist protestors have been condemned for shouting abuse

for his backing of the Ardoyne parade deal.

The agreement saw the previously banned Twelfth Parade

complete its route in North Belfast on Saturday.

The Orange Order and the nationalist residents' group CARA say the deal

could mark the end of decades of parade disputes in the area.

Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

Ardoyne priest Father Gary Donegan found himself in the eye of a storm.

Confronted by a small but angry crowd of supporters

of the nationalists residents group GARC, which opposed

You have no BLEEP right! Come on!

At one point, SDLP North Belfast MLA, Nicola Mallon,

I couldn't believe what was happening.

The situation was very aggressive and very hostile.

I tried to intervene and he had said that he had never run away

from anything, which is true, and he wasn't going to now.

was among those who confronted the priest.

So see this entire area, the overwhelming majority,

they're opposed to those parades, they're opposed to these people

who facilitate them, and they're opposed

And see you, you sided with all them people and you sided

against the people of this area! APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Afterwards, Father Donegan, who's worked in the Ardoyne area

I'm big and ugly enough to take any stick, so nobody has cowered me

A few people shouting at you because they've got

I mean, I stood on that road for 2.5 years.

When I stood there every night actually trying to keep youngsters

and people away from harm's way, where were they?

You know, they were there this morning, cos there's cameras there.

There weren't many cameras there during those cold nights

Sinn Fein North Belfast MLA Gerry Kelly was also

targeted by the crowd, future chased after him

targeted by the crowd, who chased after him

I turned round to see the crowd running towards me

When I got close to them, I said, "What do you want?"

They had stopped, they didn't say anything, so I walked off again.

He also criticised those who confronted Father Gary Donegan.

It's affecting this whole area, not just one road!

It's not a genuine reflection of the community.

The vast majority of the community, I believe, supported this agreement.

I can certainly tell you the vast majority of people in the community

The confrontation took place after the Orange Order completed

the return leg of its North Belfast parade on Saturday morning.

It had been banned from passing along this section of

After a wait of almost 1200 days, that ban was lifted

following an agreement between three local Orange lodges and another

nationalist residents group in the Ardoyne area.

Welcome home. CHEERING

The Orange Order said that it hopes the agreement

could mark the end of parade disputes in the area.

I believe that we are at the start of a new beginning for parading

in this area, I believe the agreement between the residents

in the Ardoyne and the Orange institution augurs well for future

A short time after the parade was completed, a loyalist protest

camp at Twaddell Avenue was dismantled.

Accommodation used by protesters since the parade was banned

Talks aimed at reaching agreement about future parades in the area

will now take place. Vincent Kearney, BBC Newsline.

Angie Phillips has the weather details.

Good evening, not a bad start to the week, despite a fair amount of cloud

and a breeze, it has been mainly dry. A lot of dry weather in this

coming week, some bright and sunny intervals at times, but a variable

cloud, particularly later in the week and it will also be breezy too.

We hold on to the breeze tonight, maybe some patchy rain in the far

west, but generally most places dry with clear spells and

low-temperature is not too bad. Not bad tomorrow, we should see some

bright spells and a fair amount of that I weather. Some patchy rain

perhaps in the West first thing but clearing away, breezy as well too

but it will ease. It is breezy for Scotland, England and Wales compared

to today, a lot of dry weather, decent sunshine in places, lifting

temperatures in the South East into the high teens, but the increasing

breeze making it feel pressure. Some rain lingering to the west of

Ireland into north-west Scotland, pulling away further into the sea.

In the afternoon for Northern Ireland, all parts dry and some

bright spells, just a hint of light showers in the east, you would be

lucky to catch one of those, generally fine afternoon. The breeze

uses for the afternoon, picking up Wednesday onwards but a lot of dry

weather in the forecast. Our next BBC Newsline

is at 6.25 in the morning