:00:00. > :00:00.Emergency Services at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry may
:00:07. > :00:09.have to be suspended due to a shortage of permanent
:00:10. > :00:12.The BBC understands that the department
:00:13. > :00:22.Staff working in Daisy Hill's emergency department were only told
:00:23. > :00:25.A staff shortage could lead to services being
:00:26. > :00:35.Last year more than 53,000 people attended the emergency department.
:00:36. > :00:37.In a statement, the Trust said, the service currently remains
:00:38. > :00:53.vulnerable to the short notice withdrawal of senior medical staff.
:00:54. > :00:56.As of today, the department is working well, it is fully staffed
:00:57. > :01:04.But over the last few years we've been experiencing
:01:05. > :01:08.recruitment challenges, and as we enter the summer period it
:01:09. > :01:12.becomes more difficult to maintain and recruit staff to the level
:01:13. > :01:16.we need to maintain the department as a safe place to attend.
:01:17. > :01:19.What may happen is similar to what happened at Belfast's City
:01:20. > :01:23.It could also not staff its emergency department,
:01:24. > :01:35.Over the years, Daisy Hill has been gradually undermined,
:01:36. > :01:38.which may be a reason why many young doctors are not being posted
:01:39. > :01:41.there, because maybe some feel they could have more experience
:01:42. > :01:45.This is where patients will come if emergency services are suspended.
:01:46. > :02:03.Back in Newry, the mention of temporary closure has people
:02:04. > :02:12.I was here last week with my daughter, and if it wasn't for them,
:02:13. > :02:24.While the Trust is at pains to point out it is a last resort,
:02:25. > :02:27.it is cold comfort to those who may have to travel to Craigavon
:02:28. > :02:30.Meanwhile it's also emerged that a quarter of all radiologists' posts
:02:31. > :02:34.It's understood that's impacting on how quickly cancer patients
:02:35. > :02:40.New cancer waiting time figures show all targets have again been missed.
:02:41. > :02:44.Our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly has the story.
:02:45. > :02:48.Last December, Paul Hutchinson had surgery for brain cancer.
:02:49. > :02:51.But it took a further three weeks before he was called back
:02:52. > :02:54.for a scan, to reveal just how successful the surgery had been
:02:55. > :03:02.After surgery, you should know whether they've got it all.
:03:03. > :03:09.And the wait is really, really frustrating.
:03:10. > :03:13.It is a standard procedure, it is something that should be done,
:03:14. > :03:19.a couple of days' recovery and you are checked out.
:03:20. > :03:22.While cancer patients rely heavily on surgeons to remove the cancer,
:03:23. > :03:25.they depend on radiologists to detect it.
:03:26. > :03:27.At the moment though those specialists are in short supply
:03:28. > :03:32.In fact the BBC has learned that approximately 40
:03:33. > :03:35.posts remain unfilled across the five health trusts.
:03:36. > :03:39.According to the Health and Social Care board,
:03:40. > :04:07.this is despite multiple attempts to recruit doctors.
:04:08. > :04:09.Radiology is a very important area for the diagnosis
:04:10. > :04:20.And if there are delays in the radiologists' workload,
:04:21. > :04:27.then we are causing a backlog of patients to be treated.
:04:28. > :04:28.The latest cancer waiting times show some improvement,
:04:29. > :04:32.but the targets continue to be missed.
:04:33. > :04:35.And all of this is compounded by Northern Ireland,
:04:36. > :04:37.unlike the rest of the UK, failing to introduce
:04:38. > :04:49.Now here's Mark Carruthers with details of what's coming up
:04:50. > :04:54.As the process of leaving the EU gets under way
:04:55. > :04:56.we'll hear from the former First Minister of Scotland, Alex
:04:57. > :04:58.Salmond, who says we should be deeply worried about
:04:59. > :05:04.and Sinn Fein's John O Dowd make of that.
:05:05. > :05:08.window of opportunity to resolve the Stormont crisis, what next
:05:09. > :05:11.Join me straight after this bulletin here on BBC One.
:05:12. > :05:14.A Londonderry aerospace firm is to close with the loss of 40 jobs.
:05:15. > :05:21.to find a buyer for Schivo NI, which supplies parts for aircraft
:05:22. > :05:24.The business, formerly known as Maydown Precision Engineering,
:05:25. > :05:31.The funeral has taken place of the Donegal woman
:05:32. > :05:37.A priest told mourners that Danielle McLaughlin
:05:38. > :05:38.was a remarkable, loyal and thoughtful girl
:05:39. > :05:46.Here's our North-West reporter, Keiron Tourish.
:05:47. > :05:49.Hundreds of mourners joined the cortege of
:05:50. > :05:53.Danielle McLaughlin as it made its way from her family home.
:05:54. > :05:56.Many had travelled from across the world, the UK,
:05:57. > :06:01.Australia and New Zealand, to pay their respects.
:06:02. > :06:03.Children from a local school where her young sisters attend
:06:04. > :06:13.She was found dead in a field near a tourist resort in Goa
:06:14. > :06:21.The parish priest said Danielle McLaughlin,
:06:22. > :06:28.the eldest of five daughters, made a huge impression on everyone.
:06:29. > :06:30.Today has been about looking back through that mist of sadness
:06:31. > :06:33.and desperation that people have felt, that
:06:34. > :06:40.Reaching back beyond that, to the reality of Danielle's life
:06:41. > :06:48.The gifts that she enjoyed, the blessings that she brought,
:06:49. > :07:00.Mourners were told the vast array of tender messages
:07:01. > :07:05.for her mother and family showed the esteem in which she was held.
:07:06. > :07:06.After Requiem Mass, Danielle McLaughlin was buried
:07:07. > :07:18.Ulster rugby star Ruan Pienaar says he wants to return to the club
:07:19. > :07:27.who was honoured by Ulster at the Kingspan stadium tonight -
:07:28. > :07:30.is leaving to join a new club in France this summer but wants
:07:31. > :07:46.Know that I have got to sort things out for the kids and the family with
:07:47. > :07:55.the move, only a few games left, it is sad. I would have liked to finish
:07:56. > :08:00.my career with Ulster. Hopefully my next move, I might come back here, I
:08:01. > :08:03.would love to come back in some way possible.
:08:04. > :08:10.Now, with the weather forecast, here's Angie Phillips.
:08:11. > :08:17.Still quite mild at the moment. Some parts of the north and West saw 16
:08:18. > :08:22.degrees. That sparked off showers in places. They will fade away for a
:08:23. > :08:26.time but it is still unsettled tonight with another batch of rain
:08:27. > :08:30.moving in later tonight across parts of the South and East. With the
:08:31. > :08:38.cloud cover mild temperatures generally. Tomorrow something
:08:39. > :08:43.brighter. Not a great start however. Grey, lots of cloud. Pretty wet in
:08:44. > :08:48.places particularly for Central and Eastern areas. The persistence of
:08:49. > :08:53.that rain is likely to read to surface water and spray that things
:08:54. > :08:58.will lighten up, late morning into early afternoon. In the meantime
:08:59. > :09:02.that rain moves off to affect Scotland. For England and Wales it
:09:03. > :09:10.is a show at the picture. Cloudy to begin with. That's quite beating up
:09:11. > :09:14.to give spills of sunshine. Towards the West and other batch of cloud
:09:15. > :09:18.and rain moving in across the Republic of Ireland. After a drier
:09:19. > :09:22.and brighter start it will be a cloudier and wetter end to the day.
:09:23. > :09:27.This time the West sees the bulk of that rain moving in. A wet end to
:09:28. > :09:32.the day in the West after a wet start to the day in the East. Still
:09:33. > :09:36.miles. Surely conditions carry on through tomorrow night until the
:09:37. > :09:38.start of Saturday at least. Becomes cooler on Saturday night. Not
:09:39. > :09:39.looking too bad on Sunday. Our next BBC Newsline
:09:40. > :09:43.is at 6.25 in the morning You can also keep updated
:09:44. > :09:48.with News Online.