11/05/2017 BBC Newsline

Good evening and welcome to the programme.

A 31-year-old woman has admitted killing a pensioner

67-year-old Eddie Girvan was found dead at his house on Station Road.

Our north-east reporter Sara Girvin was at Belfast Crown Court.

Just as her murder trial was about to start,

Margaret Henderson-McCarroll admitted killing Eddie Girvan.

The mother-of-two, described in court as fragile,

is a heroin addict with nearly 100 previous convictions.

Today she accepted that she'd unlawfully killed retired plumber

Henderson-McCarroll's solicitor stood with her in the dock

as she pleaded not guilty to Eddie Girvan's murder,

but she said she was guilty of his manslaughter on the grounds

She also pleaded guilty to eight other charges, including theft

These relate to the theft of cash, jewellery and Mr Girvan's car

Police discovered Mr Girvan's body by chance after his stolen car,

driven by his killer, was involved in

The vehicle was then found outside the Belfast hostel

No details of Mr Girvan's death were given today at court

but at a bail hearing last year it was heard that

he and Henderson-McCarroll had rowed over money for sex.

She said he'd come at her with a sword and she'd been

Mr Girvan was found at his Station Road home,

bound, gagged and with stab wounds to his chest.

Pre-sentence reports were ordered, and Henderson-McCarroll

The EU's chief Brexit negotiator has told a special sitting of the Dail

that he will work to avoid a hard border.

But Michel Barnier also emphasised that there will have to some form

of customs controls when the UK leaves the EU.

Our economics and business editor John Campbell reports from Dublin.

It was VIP treatment for Michel Barnier.

Addressing both houses of the Irish parliament is an honour

usually reserved for prime ministers and presidents.

He repeated his determination that Brexit negotiations should

do nothing to undermine peace in Ireland but warned that

Brexit will mean change, especially when it comes to customs.

The UK's departure from the EU will have consequences.

We have together the duty to speak the truth.

Customs controls are part of the EU border management.

They protect our food safety and other standards.

But as I already said many times, nothing in these negotiations

He gave no indication as to what those customs

The Taoiseach said it is an achievement to get Ireland to the

top of the EU agenda but acknowledged the major challenge to

come. We know how complex

and serious the issues Later Mr Kenny had his own

meeting with Mr Barnier. Tomorrow it will be

the turn of border business They will want to know more

about what might happen The sister of a County Cavan woman

whose husband killed her and their three children has been

speaking about her family's decision Alan Hawe had been buried

with his wife Clodagh and their three sons

after the apparent murder-suicide at their home near Ballyjamesduff

almost a year ago. Jacqueline Connolly spoke

to our reporter Kevin Magee. This is how the Hawe family grave

looked up until yesterday. And this is it today,

after Alan Hawe's body was exhumed. At the time of their deaths,

the five members of the family were buried side by side

in St Mary's churchyard Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster,

Clodagh's sister Jacqueline In my eyes she never

put a foot wrong. She described how she felt watching

Alan Hawe's body being removed I was there when it happened,

and as he left the cemetery, the sun broke through the clouds

and I cried with relief He may as well have killed

us as well, because Why did you decide at

the time that the family The funeral arrangements never

came into our heads. We just couldn't even think

about the fact that they were In a statement, the Hawe family said

that they had agreed to a request from Clodagh's side of the family

to have Alan Hawe's body exhumed. They referred to the devastating

losses that they too have suffered - losing a son, grandchildren

and daughter-in-law. They say the circumstances

surrounding the tragedy will be the subject of an inquest later this

year, and in light of that they Police have appealed for witnesses

to an attempted theft It happened near St Peter's

Cathedral, a popular One of the tourists

is pictured on the left, An eyewitness said a number

of people had intervened to help the tourists,

a man and a woman. Police are appealing for information

about the incident which happened around 1pm this afternoon

in Albert Street. Sinn Fein's leader at Stormont,

Michelle O'Neill, says she would welcome legal

protection for Ulster-Scots In a pre-election interview

for The View, Ms O'Neill said the vote in June

was about rights and respect. Ulster Scots belongs to everybody,

the Irish language belongs to everybody. Let's respect rights and

make sure they are enshrined in legislation so ministers cannot take

bigoted decisions against one sector or another. I am open to doing

something for Ulster Scots if there is demand for it, I have said that

from day one. You can see that interview

in full on The View Racing got under way

at the North West 200 tonight and it was a record-breaking evening

on the North Coast, Lap records tumbled at the famous

triangle circuit. Alastair Seeley was faster than anyone in the

Superstock class and had picked up his 18th win at the North West. The

feeling was as good as ever. I don't know what I'm doing right. I talked

about Lady luck and it still with me, so hopefully I can continue on

Saturday and the crowds are amazing around the circuit. The star turn on

the night was Englishman Martin Jessopp, who came into this year's

event without a win but took the top step of the podium in the Supersport

and Supertwin races. I think you have a call to take. Who was it?

It's my mum. Hello, ma'am, how's the dog? Love you too. So Martin Jessopp

can enjoy the moment before he bids to add to his tally of victories on

Saturday. Here's Barra Best with

the weather forecast. Ten dry days in a row comes to an

end to light as we have showers moving across all parts but we also

have mother air so it will be a mild night. Friday gets off to a more

unsettled start, some wet weather but not a complete wash-out and

eventually there will be some sunshine. Scattered showers are fact

almost everywhere at first but through the morning they will become

confined to Central and western areas as sunshine creates them. The

bulk of showers will set across Ireland and some could be heavily,

possibly thundery. The odd shower and cloud around parts of England

and Wales, the best weather for Northern England and Scotland. For

us by the middle of the afternoon there will be the odd shower, the

rumble of thunder but some sunshine with temperatures about 17 or 18 at

best. There will be a dry spell tomorrow evening and for a while

overnight but eventually we will see what conditions, maybe some misty

and murky conditions for coastal areas but another mild night

tomorrow night. Saturday will be a wet start, not a great start for the

North West 200 at improving with drier weather following, but keep an

eye out for the odd scattered shower, temperatures still reaching

the mid to high teens. We hold onto the mild are for Sunday and Monday

but there will be some scattered showers, back to normal.

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