17/05/2017

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:00:00. > :00:14.A teenage girl has been taken to hospital after she was cut

:00:15. > :00:17.in an incident on her school bus on the outskirts of Belfast.

:00:18. > :00:20.It happened on a Lagan College bus - our reporter Ita Dungan sent this

:00:21. > :00:39.The College allows integrated secondary school on the skirt of

:00:40. > :00:43.East Belfast. It was on a school bus this afternoon that the incident

:00:44. > :00:46.took place. The first we heard of it was when the parent telephoned into

:00:47. > :00:51.the newsroom to save there had been a stabbing incident on a bus and the

:00:52. > :00:56.police were there. Shortly afterwards the school said parents a

:00:57. > :01:01.text message, confirming their had indeed been an incident on a bus and

:01:02. > :01:06.the child had been taken to A, they went on to say the child was

:01:07. > :01:12.not critically injured and senior management and the PSNI when dealing

:01:13. > :01:16.with issue. I tried to speak to the principle here, she was unavailable

:01:17. > :01:22.for comment. But the police have told us is that it was a young

:01:23. > :01:26.schoolgirl who was injured, she sustained arm injuries and was the

:01:27. > :01:31.taken task till, we are unsure whether she remained in hospital or

:01:32. > :01:33.whether she has been discharged but the police have said they are

:01:34. > :01:38.working hard to establish exactly what happened on that schoolbus.

:01:39. > :01:41.It's been confirmed that a judge had issued a restraining order

:01:42. > :01:44.against the man who murdered Connie Leonard in her

:01:45. > :01:49.Connie was well known as a traditional Irish musician.

:01:50. > :01:53.She was stabbed to death by Paddar Phair, who then took his own life.

:01:54. > :01:58.He also stabbed and injured her son Conor who has Downs Syndrome.

:01:59. > :02:00.Our south-west reporter, Julian Fowler reports from the scene

:02:01. > :02:05.A floral tribute outside the home where Connie Leonard

:02:06. > :02:10.Also outside the home, a police cordon observing

:02:11. > :02:17.Connie Leonard had ended her relationship with Paddar Phair

:02:18. > :02:25.and had put in place a non-molestation

:02:26. > :02:29.A court hearing was due to take place yesterday

:02:30. > :02:32.Instead Paddar Phair came to her home on Monday night

:02:33. > :02:35.and attacked her and her son before taking his own life.

:02:36. > :02:40.Those who work with victims of domestic violence say Connie had

:02:41. > :02:45.She has gone, she has got a non-molestation order,

:02:46. > :02:50.actively tried to keep herself safe but I think where the focus needs

:02:51. > :02:58.to be is the responsibility for this lies very firmly with the man

:02:59. > :03:02.who has committed this crime and not with Connie

:03:03. > :03:10.and not with the agencies or the community around her.

:03:11. > :03:12.Today the family released these photos of Connie,

:03:13. > :03:15.a talented traditional musician who played the piano accordion.

:03:16. > :03:17.She was involved with the Irish music organisation which put local

:03:18. > :03:29.children and prepared them for the Fermanagh Fleadh.

:03:30. > :03:39.The loss of a talented person like that, it's a big loss

:03:40. > :03:41.because she was very much involved, and she has been involved

:03:42. > :03:45.It is thought that her son Connor, who has Down's syndrome,

:03:46. > :03:52.He was found by the police with stab wounds to his stomach.

:03:53. > :03:55.Conor is now recovering from his stab injuries and is expected

:03:56. > :04:07.to attend his mother's funeral on Friday.

:04:08. > :04:15.Two men arrested by police in Omar 6Music have been released without

:04:16. > :04:19.charge. One of the men had been arrested in the town, the other was

:04:20. > :04:28.taken from prison to a police station in Belfast.

:04:29. > :04:31.An inquest into the IRA killing of ten Protestant workmen in county

:04:32. > :04:34.Armagh has been told that a key suspect has been linked

:04:35. > :04:38.No one has ever been convicted over the Kingsmills massacre in 1976.

:04:39. > :04:42.Kevin Sharkey reports from Belfast Coroners Court.

:04:43. > :04:44.The victims were travelling to their homes after work.

:04:45. > :04:47.A Catholic was allowed to leave, 11 Protestants were shot,

:04:48. > :04:55.More than four decades after the killings, relatives

:04:56. > :04:58.of the victims are coming to this inquest day after day.

:04:59. > :05:00.Some elderly, hurting and looking for answers.

:05:01. > :05:03.There were some answers today, when a suspect was described

:05:04. > :05:14.This family is headed by the PSNI review, conducted

:05:15. > :05:20.The review linked the suspect, whose name can't be made public to 46

:05:21. > :05:22.murders over a two-year period from 1974 to 1976.

:05:23. > :05:25.The inquest heard that these murders involved 22 civilians,

:05:26. > :05:29.including a seven-year-old boy, 21 soldiers, two police officers

:05:30. > :05:38.The issue of on the run letters was also raised.

:05:39. > :05:41.It's been claimed that a number of suspects in the Kingsmills

:05:42. > :05:53.massacre received on the run letters from the British government.

:05:54. > :05:55.A barrister asked if forensic evidence that

:05:56. > :06:02.The coroner said other witnesses might be required to answer that.

:06:03. > :06:05.The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has announced that he's stepping down

:06:06. > :06:08.He'll remain as Taoiseach until a successor is chosen

:06:09. > :06:10.by his party, and confirmed by the Dail.

:06:11. > :06:18.Our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison reports.

:06:19. > :06:29.And Kenny succeeded his father in the Mayo by-election. I intend to

:06:30. > :06:37.carry on the work of my father, to serve the greatest number of the

:06:38. > :06:42.greatest good. Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach, he took over country in

:06:43. > :06:47.crisis as a result of the property crash and banking collapse. On his

:06:48. > :06:54.watch the Republic reading economic sovereignty from the EU and IMF. His

:06:55. > :06:56.early years. It is from the Queen and president Obama as well as

:06:57. > :07:01.unprecedented attacks on the Catholic Church. The rape and

:07:02. > :07:08.torture of children were downplayed and managed to uphold the primacy of

:07:09. > :07:15.the institution, its power and standing and reputation. But

:07:16. > :07:21.austerity and water charges took their toll. In last year 's election

:07:22. > :07:25.Fine Gael fared badly and only remained in office because of a deal

:07:26. > :07:30.with its rival. His resignation was brought forward after he admitted a

:07:31. > :07:39.conversation he had with a colleague never happened. There were no

:07:40. > :07:51.lights, he has had huge trouble, friend in the media, and significant

:07:52. > :07:52.trouble with the power crisis. He leaves office as Fine Gael 's most

:07:53. > :08:05.accessible political leader. McCrory told colleagues that he will

:08:06. > :08:06.stay in the role is to retire public prosecutions until a successor is

:08:07. > :08:17.elected. Time for the weather. We do have few

:08:18. > :08:21.scattered showers at the moment but they will give way to drier

:08:22. > :08:27.conditions overnight, temperatures will dip, and thanks to the clearing

:08:28. > :08:31.skies we can expect a fine start day tomorrow with good amount of

:08:32. > :08:38.sunshine but through the day it's not going to stay completely dry. To

:08:39. > :08:41.begin with, plenty of dry weather, it won't be until mid-morning that

:08:42. > :08:47.we begin to seek medical missions coming in from the West, bringing in

:08:48. > :08:51.scattered showers. Tomorrow, a similar picture, could start but the

:08:52. > :08:57.showers begin to come in from the Atlantic, a fine start to the day,

:08:58. > :09:00.when the sunshine, but the odd scattered showers likely to pop up

:09:01. > :09:04.and also the day of scattered showers and some sunshine across

:09:05. > :09:07.Scotland. By the middle of the afternoon, those showers could

:09:08. > :09:15.affect almost anywhere so keep an eye out, one or two could be heavy.

:09:16. > :09:19.In between, good amounts of sunshine, temperatures have been

:09:20. > :09:24.down on today, just about normal for the time of year if not just a

:09:25. > :09:28.little bit below. Tomorrow evening, some sunshine and showers for

:09:29. > :09:35.nightfall and tomorrow night, plenty of clear skies. Friday gets off to a

:09:36. > :09:42.promising start but like tomorrow, scattered showers will return. The

:09:43. > :09:46.weekend, staying and settled with further scattered showers.

:09:47. > :09:48.Newsnight is broadcasting from Northern Ireland tonight -

:09:49. > :09:50.Kirsty Wark, is presenting the programme from the studio right

:09:51. > :09:55.They are discussing the general election and what it means