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A man and a woman in their 50s have been shot in the Turf Lodge

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The couple who are believed to be married were both injured

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in the legs during the attack which happened this evening.

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Our reporter David Maxwell has been to the scene.

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It was just after 6:15pm this evening when shots were fired inside

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this house. It is understood to be the home of a married couple who

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were both injured in the legs. They were taken to hospital for

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treatment, but their injuries and thought to be life-threatening.

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There is still a very active police presence in this area this evening

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as people come to terms with this attack on a couple who are said to

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be well-known and in this community. The fact that they were unknown to

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me, there is no way this family is involved in commonality of any sort.

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Whatever the motivation was for the shooting, there is absolutely no

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justification for it whatsoever. The people in this street are now

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terrified as a result of this shooting. Kids are scared, women and

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other people in the street are terrified as a result of what has

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happened. Police have appealed for anyone with

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information about this attack to get in touch.

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A boy is in a critical condition in the Royal Victoria hospital

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after being knocked down in Magheralin in County Down.

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It happened at Malcolmson Park just before five o'clock this evening.

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Funding to an Irish Language scheme has been reinstated,

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The ?50,000 cut to the Liofa scheme caused anger,

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and supporters protested at the office of the Communities

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Our Education Correspondent Robbie Meredith reports.

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A protest which tended to bit of a party, due to an unexpected U-turn.

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The minister said he had found money for the Liofa scheme, which had been

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stopped on the last day before Christmas. The crowd behind me are

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salivating the return of the ton-macro funding. This is the

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latest occasion of rows over the Irish language and the prominence it

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has in our society, having made the headlines. Two years ago, the DUP's

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Gregory Campbell appeared to mark Irish to thank the speaker in the

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assembly. Last year, the DUP agriculture minister ordered that

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the Irish nameplate on a fisheries inspection boat be removed and

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replaced with a name in English. Although the boat's power supply

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today was still defying her decision. Irish language activists

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want much more than the Liofa scheme. They want laws which put

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Irish on a par with English as an official language.

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We have asked all the parties who have stood with us thus far to

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continue to stand with us, and not to agree to any agreement or

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executive, or any political agreements coming out of the current

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crisis, without an Irish language act for Irish speakers being a real

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issue. So what in practice with an Irish

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language act mean? Would guarantee a number of things, including the

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option for Irish to be used in court, in debates in the assembly,

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and its use by all state bodies, including the police. There would

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also be an Irish language commissioner to ensure that the

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language was being facilitated. So, was today's U-turn itself part of a

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deal between the DUP and Sinn Fein? The answer was unambiguous.

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It absolutely isn't, and it won't be either. The decision at round at

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removing Liofa was a disgraceful one. I am glad it is reversed. What

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we need coming out of an election, and that is the only way this will

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get sorted is an election, is an Irish language act and an Irish

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language strategy. And tonight, no soft words from Paul

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Givan. The Irish language has been doing

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very well through Stormont, and the Ulster Scots has been playing catch

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up for a long time in respect of that. But Sinn Fein wanted to use

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that decision in order to try and extract during the selection process

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damages, as they would see it, upon the DUP, and I was not prepared to

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allow them to do that. So even the dogs in the street don't

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know if today heralds any future agreement.

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So can the Liofa decision help prevent a political

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crisis at Stormont? It appears not.

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After a day of meetings, everyone is agreed an election

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Here's our political correspondent Gareth Gordon.

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Where the DUP seemingly in reverse, Sinn Fein signalled it was full team

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ahead. Destination: Election. Martin McGuinness laid out a

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delegation this morning, and we met with both the British and Irish

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Lions. We reminded them of their responsibilities as co-guarantors of

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the Good Friday Agreement in relation to the delivery of

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equality. We reminded them that the DUP cannot be allowed to continue to

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block equality and deliver for all of our citizens. Martin made his

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position very clear when he tendered his resignation in the assembly on

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Monday. We now need to move to an election.

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They only allowed two questions and they were off. Nothing else needed

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saying. The man whose job it is to try and save the day appeared

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resigned to failure. The reality remains, the

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hypermobility remains that we are heading towards an election.

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The Irish government met the parties, then set it to.

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I said on Monday in the aftermath of the publication of the letter of the

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then Deputy First Minister that I felt an election was likely. I say

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now as we move towards the end of the week that that scenario is even

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more likely. The DUP's critic in chief, Paul

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Givan's change of heart over Irish language bursaries, was a

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humiliation. They certainly acted at the demand

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of Sinn Fein, such as the desperation of the DUP to avoid an

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election. When it comes to politics here, you

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never quite rule anything in or out of right now, an election is as

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close to a certainty as you are going to get. Stormont's committees

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continue to meet, maybe for the final time.

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I will advise members that the next meeting of the committee is

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scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 19, 2025.

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The laughter, nervous, with good reason.

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The BBC understands that a radical plan to tackle hospital Waiting

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lists in Northern Ireland has had to be shelved due to the political

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Last November the Health Minister, Michelle O'Neill, said

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she would make a significant announcement in January

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about a detailed strategy to tackle the soaring lists

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The Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine,

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Sean McGovern has said he and his colleagues feel let down.

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Political wrangling over Stormont's plan to mitigate the impact

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of the so-called bedroom tax appears to be coming to an end.

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The Communities Minister Paul Givan said he will introduce legislation

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next week which will set up the mitigation scheme.

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The legislation should have been approved by the Executive

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but as it is no longer functioning Mr Givan said he will take

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the extraordinary step of bringing it direct to the Assembly.

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And The View will have the very latest on all those stories coming

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up in the next few minutes with Mark Carruthers.

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Yes, Tara - whether it's bedroom tax, Irish language funding

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or what looks like the inevitable election, we have the only guests

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you'd want on a day like this - the DUP's Paul Givan

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That's The View, here on BBC1 immediately after this bulletin.

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A Toomebridge man has been jailed for a year for selling fake fire

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safety glass to the construction industry which was installed

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at schools, shops and hospitals in Northern Ireland and England.

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58-year-old Seamus James Laverty, of Deer Park Road, pleaded guilty

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to 16 counts of fraud at Antrim Crown Court last month

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Police say that lives had been put in danger.

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get the forecast. Hello. We are all in very very chilly night

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as snow showers continued to come in. Warning is enforced through the

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day tomorrow. On top of that, as temperatures to nightfall to

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freezing and below, we have the added risk of ice. So through the

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night as snow showers continue to come and go, problems on the roads

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first thing. Showers will be hit and miss, not for everyone, so don't be

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disappointed if you wake up tomorrow morning to no snow, but some of us

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will, so you may need to clear the car windscreens of snow tomorrow,

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because it will be a frosty start. Through the day, we hold onto Arctic

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winds which continue to drive some scattered showers our way. Mainly

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for high ground areas, some lower-level areas will see a dusting

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of snow as well, so causing further problems on the roads.

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The snow showers will most likely be confined to northern areas of

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Ireland and parts of Scotland first thing. The much of Britain an island

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tomorrow, not a bad day in terms of dry weather. Plenty of sunshine too,

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but feeling bitterly cold when you factor in those winds. If you

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scattered showers will continue to the day across parts of Northern

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Ireland, here and there, but an awful lot of dry weather too and

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some crisp sunshine to go out and enjoy. Into tomorrow evening, we

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continue to see a flow of scattered showers. A bit of a mix of sleet and

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snow as temperatures rise a little bit, so tomorrow night, 2-3 degrees.

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For Saturday, temperatures continue to climb, so increasingly, showers

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fall as rain. We hold onto bitterly cold winds, however. Sunday,

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temperatures are back into double figures.

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Our next BBC Newsline is at six twenty five in the morning

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You can also keep updated with News Online.

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With visitors to Northern Ireland on the rise,

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The way the tours are run in Belfast at the moment, it's really a war.

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That's our eighth bus that went out now full. Bring it on.

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Because selling bums on seats is a serious business.

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