:00:00. > :00:00.to the party chairman. What does he think is causing
:00:00. > :00:11.A second senior Orangeman has said the Order should consider lifting
:00:12. > :00:15.a ban on members attending services in a Catholic Church.
:00:16. > :00:18.Yesterday the Reverend Mervyn Gibson, who is a Grand Chaplain,
:00:19. > :00:21.said his personal view was that the rule should change.
:00:22. > :00:25.Today David McNarry, a past Assistant Grand Master, agreed.
:00:26. > :00:34.The Orange Order's rules go back centuries, but some believe it's now
:00:35. > :00:37.time for a rethink on the ban on members going to
:00:38. > :00:49.Grand Chaplain the Reverend Mervyn Gibson said it yesterday.
:00:50. > :00:52.It can be changed and it may be changed but that harks back to
:00:53. > :00:56.The opportunity is there for the institution itself
:00:57. > :00:58.Would you like to see that change personally?
:00:59. > :01:04.Mervin has generated a discussion that I think the
:01:05. > :01:12.I agree with what he said today individually.
:01:13. > :01:17.At the moment I don't detect there is a clamour,
:01:18. > :01:20.because there is no-one really being admonished if they
:01:21. > :01:26.This is entirely a matter for the Grand Lodge
:01:27. > :01:33.I have no doubt there will be strong opinions on both sides,
:01:34. > :01:38.but I think there are occasions when it is the right thing to do.
:01:39. > :01:41.It is what David Trimble did after the Omagh bomb.
:01:42. > :01:44.Even though he was an Orangemen, the then First Minister went
:01:45. > :01:53.to a Catholic Church for the funeral of three young victims.
:01:54. > :01:55.Mr Trimble, you are particularly welcome with your entourage.
:01:56. > :02:01.It was a talking point then and now it is again.
:02:02. > :02:03.The next meeting of the Orange Order's ruling Grand Lodge
:02:04. > :02:07.Will the matter be raised at that meeting?
:02:08. > :02:12.But whether it is raised or not, there
:02:13. > :02:18.And a former Presbyterian Church moderator believes
:02:19. > :02:26.If I was a betting man, and I have never placed
:02:27. > :02:29.a bet in my life, I would say the Order will change the rule.
:02:30. > :02:33.If not in this decade, certainly in the next decade.
:02:34. > :02:36.All sides of the argument agree on one thing -
:02:37. > :02:44.And there'll be more on this story directly after this
:02:45. > :02:49.Yes, Tara, I'll be asking three people who've played significant
:02:50. > :02:52.roles in the loyal orders when they think that
:02:53. > :02:55.And we'll also have a head-to-head on Brexit.
:02:56. > :02:59.I'll be joined in the studio by the former First Minister Lord
:03:00. > :03:02.Trimble and the Sinn Fein MLA John O'Dowd to discuss if
:03:03. > :03:04.a hard border with the Republic is an inevitable
:03:05. > :03:11.The Home Office says a consultation regarding plans to monitor how many
:03:12. > :03:14.foreign workers are employed by individual firms will
:03:15. > :03:16.cover Northern Ireland - as immigration is not
:03:17. > :03:22.Earlier I spoke to our political editor Mark Devenport
:03:23. > :03:29.about the plans, which have been controversial across the water.
:03:30. > :03:36.Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, said she thought some firms weren't
:03:37. > :03:41.training enough local workers and she could nudge them into better
:03:42. > :03:46.behaviour by getting them to register what percentage of their
:03:47. > :03:51.workforce was international. That has been criticised by some local
:03:52. > :03:56.politicians here, the SDLP call that xenophobic rhetoric and they were
:03:57. > :04:01.concerned about Irish workers in England, Sinn Fein concerned about
:04:02. > :04:06.cross-border workers. Because this idea seems to cover employment
:04:07. > :04:10.matters, which are devolved to Stormont, and immigration matters
:04:11. > :04:15.which are dealt with by the Home Office, I asked the Home Office
:04:16. > :04:20.today and they said it will apply to Northern Ireland. How they will
:04:21. > :04:24.define international workers, I think we will have to wait until
:04:25. > :04:25.they put that document out to see the detail.
:04:26. > :04:27.The agency investigating the sale of Nama's Northern Ireland property
:04:28. > :04:29.portfolio has broken its silence on the inquiry.
:04:30. > :04:31.In an exclusive interview the director general
:04:32. > :04:33.of the National Crime Agency has revealed that six people regarded
:04:34. > :04:40.Lynne Owens said they are treating the case as a high priority.
:04:41. > :04:44.Our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:04:45. > :04:47.This is the headquarters of the organisation
:04:48. > :04:53.It's from here that the National Crime Agency's investigation
:04:54. > :04:57.into Nama's Northern Ireland property sale is being directed.
:04:58. > :05:00.It was here I met the agency's director general for
:05:01. > :05:04.the first interview she's given about the inquiry.
:05:05. > :05:06.Since the beginning of the enquiry, we have interviewed
:05:07. > :05:12.Six of the people remain under criminal investigation.
:05:13. > :05:15.We have interviewed over 40 witnesses.
:05:16. > :05:21.We have achieved a number of court orders,
:05:22. > :05:25.both for private properties and public locations,
:05:26. > :05:37.Did you question seven people under caution,
:05:38. > :05:51.They were interviewed under caution with agreement.
:05:52. > :05:53.Do you envisage further arrests at this stage?
:05:54. > :05:55.We definitely can't rule it out at this stage.
:05:56. > :05:58.The NCA says the possible crimes being investigated include bribery,
:05:59. > :06:01.The agency says it's impossible to say how long
:06:02. > :06:04.When asked if she was confident there would be criminal charges,
:06:05. > :06:08.That isn't a decision for me to make.
:06:09. > :06:11.a search for the truth, to compel the evidence
:06:12. > :06:14.and to put those files of evidence to a prosecutor's office. They will
:06:15. > :06:17.make a judgment whether there is a case to answer
:06:18. > :06:21.Our job is to make sure our investigation is
:06:22. > :06:26.The NCA has confirmed to the BBC that two men arrested
:06:27. > :06:29.as part of the investigation in May were released
:06:30. > :06:35.The fact that they were released from police bail so quickly suggests
:06:36. > :06:45.As you know there is a big debate about bail legislation.
:06:46. > :06:48.At the moment we should not hold people on bail
:06:49. > :06:50.longer than is necessary, but neither should people draw
:06:51. > :06:54.any conclusion about that release from bail.
:06:55. > :06:56.The agency's director general was in Belfast today, briefing
:06:57. > :07:00.members of the Policing Board about the investigation.
:07:01. > :07:02.She said the NCA is working with law enforcement agencies
:07:03. > :07:06.in other parts of the UK, the Republic of Ireland,
:07:07. > :07:15.Last night we heard from the 23-year-old man who blinded
:07:16. > :07:20.It's being investigated by the Justice Committee
:07:21. > :07:23.following a highly critical report which found prison officers stood
:07:24. > :07:26.and watched for over an hour without intervening.
:07:27. > :07:29.At a committee hearing today the Prison Ombudsman told MLAs
:07:30. > :07:32.the shocking incident was down to failures inside
:07:33. > :07:43.Sean Lynch was detained in a part of Maghaberry which,
:07:44. > :07:45.the Ombudsman found, was "unsuitable for managing
:07:46. > :07:51.The report also declared that Mr Lynch's "increasingly bizarre
:07:52. > :07:54.and violent" conduct was met by short-term responses
:07:55. > :07:58.On the night Sean Lynch blinded himself, two young
:07:59. > :08:12.I feel particularly, I have to say, for the two young inexperienced
:08:13. > :08:16.Quite simply on that night when he first
:08:17. > :08:18.raised the alarm, they were not sure what to do.
:08:19. > :08:20.They summoned help, which came sometime later.
:08:21. > :08:22.They were at the sharp end of a series of failings
:08:23. > :08:25.over the previous eight weeks or so and it wasn't down to
:08:26. > :08:29.Sean Lynch was remanded to Maghaberry after breaching bail
:08:30. > :08:32.conditions on charges of assault and criminal damage.
:08:33. > :08:38.During his detention, according to the Ombudsman,
:08:39. > :08:39.he was taken to outside hospitals twice.
:08:40. > :08:48.It is also important to realise that Mr Lynch had quite properly been
:08:49. > :08:50.taken to outside hospital on two previous occasions.
:08:51. > :09:01.But on both of those instances, two different hospitals
:09:02. > :09:02.because he was a prisoner, those hospitals
:09:03. > :09:04.failed in fulfilling the duty of care.
:09:05. > :09:06.Also before the committee today, Sue McAllister,
:09:07. > :09:07.director general of the Prison Service.
:09:08. > :09:10.She says she hopes to meet Sean Lynch's family this month and
:09:11. > :09:14.I am sorry for the life changing injuries
:09:15. > :09:16.that Mr Lynch sustained while in our care.
:09:17. > :09:18.Today's hearings here at Stormont are part of an ongoing debate
:09:19. > :09:21.about people with mental health issues who are going
:09:22. > :09:22.through the justice system, and in particular how
:09:23. > :09:31.The Republic of Ireland have beaten Georgia 1-0
:09:32. > :09:35.in the World Cup qualifier at the Aviva Stadium tonight.
:09:36. > :09:49.It wasn't a vintage performance from the home side at this victory leaves
:09:50. > :09:54.Martin O'Neill's team well placed in group D with four points from a
:09:55. > :10:01.possible six. Georgia looked more dangerous in the first 45 minutes,
:10:02. > :10:05.most notably when these two headers and quick succession struck the
:10:06. > :10:10.woodwork. Jonathan Wood Walters went closest for the Irish but it was
:10:11. > :10:15.only in the second half that they cause the Georgians problems. Then
:10:16. > :10:20.Seamus Coleman surged four from right back and his attempted cross
:10:21. > :10:25.deflected back into his path, and the captain fondled the ball over
:10:26. > :10:32.the line. James Maclean had the ball in the net shortly after the goal
:10:33. > :10:35.was ruled out for offside. There was concern around the stadium when
:10:36. > :10:40.Robbie Briggs clashed with the Georgian defender and appeared to
:10:41. > :10:44.suffer a serious injury. The game was delayed as he received
:10:45. > :10:50.treatment, later leading the pitch on a stretcher while taking oxygen.
:10:51. > :10:55.Maclean was unfortunate to see his header go off the crossbar in injury
:10:56. > :11:01.time. The Republic are back in action on Sunday against Moldova but
:11:02. > :11:03.they will be without Geoff Kendrick, who will be off through suspension.
:11:04. > :11:05.Are you or members of your family permanently
:11:06. > :11:08.Well, on BBC Newsline next week we'll have a special series
:11:09. > :11:12.looking at smartphones and digital technology.
:11:13. > :11:14.Four out of five adults now use a smartphone.
:11:15. > :11:16.And the latest research suggests more and more of us are
:11:17. > :11:21.So what impact is this having on our lives?
:11:22. > :11:26.What is it doing to our social lives?
:11:27. > :11:29.Good question, and how is it changing the way we work
:11:30. > :11:34.And what impact is it having on our health?
:11:35. > :11:38.On BBC Newsline next week we will be taking a close look.
:11:39. > :11:42.Oh, and I will be ditching my smartphone for seven days
:11:43. > :12:02.We have a few showers creeping into the forecast in the next two days
:12:03. > :12:07.but for tonight it is mainly dry, those winds easing down and with
:12:08. > :12:10.those clear spells lingering, temperatures in the countryside will
:12:11. > :12:15.get down to work seven or eight, but it starts to cloud over from the
:12:16. > :12:20.south-east later in the night and tomorrow will be cloudier. A few
:12:21. > :12:23.showers in the forecast and tomorrow morning the bulk of those will drift
:12:24. > :12:28.into eastern counties but they are alike and scattered so there will be
:12:29. > :12:34.places that don't see many and the West may start out on the bright
:12:35. > :12:39.side. Across the rest of Ireland and Britain, a mixture of bright spells,
:12:40. > :12:44.cloud, a few showers pushing in off Sea coast and parts of southern and
:12:45. > :12:49.can almost any personally cut the odd shower that the emphasis still
:12:50. > :12:54.on dry weather. Best sunshine reserved for the West, western
:12:55. > :12:59.Scotland, North West England and the West of Ireland but feeling cool in
:13:00. > :13:04.the breeze. To Northern Ireland in the afternoon, still one or two
:13:05. > :13:08.showers, most of those towards the north-east and the North Coast, not
:13:09. > :13:12.many in the West and this is the best place for brighter intervals
:13:13. > :13:18.and the showers will taper away in the East. I cruise feeling day, 13
:13:19. > :13:24.or 14 degrees, but the winds are alike and they continue that way
:13:25. > :13:26.into the weekend, the isobars opening, keeping those winds light,
:13:27. > :13:27.a few bright spells and mainly dry. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am
:13:28. > :13:33.during Breakfast here on BBC One.