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30/12/2016

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The leader of the Assembly's largest opposition party

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has repeated his call for the First Minister

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It follows the release of a letter she sent to banks,

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urging them to support businesses wanting to invest

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in the controversial Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.

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The overspend on the Renewable Heat Incentive is expected to run to

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It has now emerged in a letter she sent to banks in 2013,

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Arlene Foster encourage banks to look favourably on approaches from

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businesses seeking finance for renewable technologies.

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She also said the government would offer its support,

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was reliable, long-term and offered a good return on investment.

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Opposition parties say the letter proves Arlene Foster

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was across every important detail of this scheme.

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Mrs Foster has woven a web in which she is now entangled,

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telling the banks that this term will last for 20 years

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and that the subsidy is never going down,

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but telling the rest of us she is going to close the scheme and save

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The only honourable way out of this mess is for her to resign.

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Sinn Fein have repeatedly called for an independent investigation.

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The Department for Economy has issued a statement,

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defending the minister's letters in 2013.

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They say action to encourage uptake was being considered,

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It also said the flaws in the scheme had not been recognised at the time.

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And in a statement, the DUP's Simon Hamilton said the contents

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of the letter served to underline the misapprehension the Department

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was then working under, rather than expose knowledge

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He said his party supports an investigation which can be free

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It's that time of year again, when those who've achieved

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extraordinary things in public life are thanked and honoured

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And as our reporter, Ita Dungan, has been finding out,

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this year's New Year's Honours List celebrates some of the best

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One man honoured on this year's list already holds the honour of bringing

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Northern Ireland to its first ever European Championships.

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For Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill,

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royal recognition and an MBE for his services to

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football and community - something no football fan

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Another MBE for 20-year-old Paralympian sensation Bethany Firth.

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She brought home three gold medals and a silver from the Rio games,

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and clocked up two world and a Paralympic

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Not everyone on the list lives in the spotlight -

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For the last 45 years, Tom McKenna has dedicated his life

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to Crewe United football club - as a player, manager and chairperson

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but also a man dedicated to building bridges.

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After the Warrington born in we established contact with Warrington

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and Lisburn that has been sustained including us going there to play and

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then coming here. And all those sportsmen and women

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need sustenance - something Simon Dougan of the Yellow Door

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has been providing for With five establishments flourishing

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under his belt, Simon says it has Will have old Hall sorts of stuff

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going on. Prince Charles and Camilla were here in May. They had local

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cider and gin and tonic and were very pleased. It has been a

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memorable year. It was the gin and tonic that did the trick!

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The former Director General of the Northern Ireland Prison Service,

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Sue McAllister, received a Companion of the Order of the Bath.

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During her tenure, the prison service inspectors described

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Maghaberry as the most dangerous jail in the UK.

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And you can read a list of all of the honours' recipients

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Police say a viable explosive device has been found during a security

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The device, which was found close to a sports' pitch at Blythe Street

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in the Sandy Row area, has been taken away for further examination.

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State papers from the 1980s have revealed how much the British

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authorities discussed the public image of

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One document covers the period in 1989, after the Stevens Inquiry

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prompted the arrest of 28 serving UDR members.

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The papers, released today, cover several years up

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Fell over 20 years the UDR supported the RUC and the regular army, seen

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as either protectors or a sectarian force. The regiment was dogged by

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rumours of collusion and some members work convicted of murder and

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other serious crimes. The Stevens Enquiry was tasked to look into it

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and when 20 members were arrested in 1989 the papers now released show

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that Colonel tackled the Northern Ireland Secretary about it. They say

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first of all he thought that the raids on UDR heresies put his force

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on a par with terrorists. He said that. He believed it was too please

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Dublin. There had been covert political interference. Both of

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these were rejected by the secretary asked eight. But eventually they

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well come to the enquiry. In a quite different document just released by

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the public record office it has emerged that in 1989 the Northern

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Ireland Secretary was interested in having what was a quite new

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experience for him, attending a calix football match. The papers

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show that enthusiasm in 1989 turned on and I'm but colourful football

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match -- report. You'd been to the match earlier the same year. More

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papers are due to be released in the New Year.

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Now onto the weather forecast for the weekend, with Barra Best.

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We are all in for a very mild night. Temperatures settling at nine or 10

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degrees and no frost. Way above average for the time of year. I'll

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start on New Year's Eve but it will change. There will be rain followed

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by very cold air. To begin with a dry start, some spells sunshine

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coming and going, and if you are travelling first thing it is a

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similar picture across Ireland, England and Wales, but a wet start

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across much of Scotland as the rain starts to come in. The rain will

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sink South across Britain and Ireland that it will be a mild day

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for all of us. For us come into the afternoon the rain will push to was

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the east coast. Some heavy bursts. But Miles, ten or 11 degrees. Behind

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the rain, very cold air. If you are heading out on New Year's Eve bring

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a big coat. The rain will gradually clear away by eight or nine o'clock

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but behind it will be scattered showers and as temperatures fall to

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close to freezing we could get the odd wintry flurry over high ground.

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On Sunday it will be five or 6 degrees. Some sunshine out there

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towards the north coast. The link older as you factor in the chilly

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northerly winds. That's it from us until

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7:35 tomorrow evening. In the meantime you can keep updated

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with News Online and follow us From all of us here

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on the programme, goodnight.

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