:00:00. > :00:09.The convicted drugs smuggler Michaella McCollum has arrived
:00:10. > :00:11.back in Ireland after being released from prison
:00:12. > :00:17.The 23-year-old from Dungannon arrived in Dublin last night
:00:18. > :00:19.after leaving South America on Friday.
:00:20. > :00:27.23-year-old Michaella McCollum flew into Dublin from London
:00:28. > :00:30.after leaving South America on Friday night.
:00:31. > :00:37.She's spent almost three years in prison in Lima.
:00:38. > :00:44.What is your name? Michaella McCollum Connolly what is your
:00:45. > :00:48.nationality? Irish. She and Scottish woman
:00:49. > :00:53.Melissa Reid were arrested after trying to smuggle cocaine
:00:54. > :00:55.from Peru to Spain. 11 kilos of the drug
:00:56. > :00:57.were hidden in food packets. The quantity had a street value
:00:58. > :01:00.of around ?1.5 million. Both women initially
:01:01. > :01:01.claimed they'd been coerced into carrying the drugs,
:01:02. > :01:03.but they later pleaded Both received sentences of six years
:01:04. > :01:06.and eight months. A little over two years into her
:01:07. > :01:09.sentence, Michaella McCollum was released on parole and began
:01:10. > :01:11.voluntary work in Peru. While waiting for a judicial hearing
:01:12. > :01:14.to decide when she could return home she gave an interview to RTE
:01:15. > :01:17.in which she spoke of her regret In the time here I thought,
:01:18. > :01:25.if the drugs had got back, I probably would have had a lot
:01:26. > :01:28.of blood on my hands. Arriving at Dublin airport last
:01:29. > :01:30.night, Michaella McCollum A woman and three children have
:01:31. > :01:36.escaped injury in Police say that flammable liquid
:01:37. > :01:41.was poured through the letterbox of a house on the Ormeau Embankment
:01:42. > :01:45.and set alight. A motive hasn't yet
:01:46. > :01:50.been established. Police believe the attack may be
:01:51. > :01:53.linked with an incident in which a car was set on fire
:01:54. > :01:56.at nearby Park Parade. It's understood the Ford Focus
:01:57. > :01:59.was driven at the wall of the house on Ormeau Embankment
:02:00. > :02:02.before being destroyed. A man in his 30s is in
:02:03. > :02:05.a serious condition in hospital after he was assaulted
:02:06. > :02:07.outside a fast food outlet It happened in the early hours
:02:08. > :02:13.of this morning in Donegall Place when a fight broke out between two
:02:14. > :02:16.men inside the restaurant The man suffered a head
:02:17. > :02:20.injury in the attack. Police have appealed for any
:02:21. > :02:25.witnesses to contact them. A man in his 30s has been stabbed
:02:26. > :02:29.in the face in South Belfast. The attack took place
:02:30. > :02:32.on Alfred Street close to the junction of Sussex Place
:02:33. > :02:37.in the early hours of this morning. A body found off the Sligo coast
:02:38. > :02:41.at Strandhill yesterday is believed to be that of missing Londonderry
:02:42. > :02:44.musician Stephen Martin. The 29-year-old went
:02:45. > :02:48.missing three weeks ago. He performed under the stage
:02:49. > :02:51.name Rainy Boy Sleep. Searches began after his car
:02:52. > :02:55.was found parked at Fanad lighthouse Republicans have been commemorating
:02:56. > :03:01.the 1981 hunger strike with a march and rally
:03:02. > :03:05.in West Belfast this afternoon. Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams
:03:06. > :03:08.along with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness were among
:03:09. > :03:11.the several hundred people who took part in the march
:03:12. > :03:16.from Divis Tower to the Falls Park. At the Olympic Games,
:03:17. > :03:19.Belfast boxer Michael Conlan is one win away from a guaranteed medal
:03:20. > :03:22.after he won his bout in the bantamweight
:03:23. > :03:36.division this afternoon. An impressive start to the Olympics
:03:37. > :03:42.for Michael Conlan with a unanimous decision. Give us your thoughts on
:03:43. > :03:46.what was a comprehensive display. I didn't think it was one of my best
:03:47. > :03:51.performances, probably one of my worst in recent times but it's the
:03:52. > :03:57.first fight of the tournament and I've been out here since 19th of
:03:58. > :04:04.July, waiting, and it was tough, it was a tough contest. My legs didn't
:04:05. > :04:08.do what I wanted them to do today, they wanted to go to war when I
:04:09. > :04:13.wanted to box so I got dragged into a war, I got the win and progressed
:04:14. > :04:20.to the next round and I will get out. How much pressure do you feel
:04:21. > :04:25.being the only male team member of the Northern Ireland left? I thrive
:04:26. > :04:31.on that stuff. I love pressure and what it brings. Sometimes, it could
:04:32. > :04:36.have been because I was waiting so long but I wouldn't say it was the
:04:37. > :04:41.pressure, but because I was waiting to get into it, my legs disowned me
:04:42. > :04:47.today, but I love this pressure cooker, it makes me perform a lot
:04:48. > :04:51.that and I was last man standing at the World Championships and I will
:04:52. > :04:55.be last man standing here. Hope confident are you that you will
:04:56. > :05:01.leave you with gold with your friends and family to what you? Gold
:05:02. > :05:07.is my only option, anything else would be a let down to me. I said I
:05:08. > :05:13.will do it for so long so I've got to come away with it. Well done,
:05:14. > :05:15.Michael, and Michael is back in action on Tuesday morning.
:05:16. > :05:17.A pipe band from Lisburn has won another world title.
:05:18. > :05:20.The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band were crowned world champions
:05:21. > :05:28.for a record 11th time in Glasgow last night.
:05:29. > :05:43.Winning the RSPB Jubilee Trophy and under, and world champions for 2016,
:05:44. > :05:48.Field Marshal Montgomery! I think the margins are so small as the
:05:49. > :05:53.minute, the top bands are all very good and very slight things make a
:05:54. > :05:54.lot of difference, so we did all we could today and over the moon with
:05:55. > :05:55.the results. Now with the weather
:05:56. > :06:05.forecast, here's Barra Best. It's not too bad an end to the day.
:06:06. > :06:10.We have one or two sunny gaps before nightfall. Overnight it will stay
:06:11. > :06:17.dry and not too cold, temperatures sticking at 12 or 13. There is some
:06:18. > :06:21.good news at least for the first two days this week, it will be warmer
:06:22. > :06:27.and more settled but more unsettled weather from midweek. Tomorrow there
:06:28. > :06:30.will be closed to begin with, it will break through the day and we
:06:31. > :06:36.should all get some sunshine with a light south easterly breeze. If you
:06:37. > :06:41.are travelling tour, across Britain and Ireland it's a good picture, the
:06:42. > :06:46.odd bit of clothes but in the sunshine it will be warm with some
:06:47. > :06:52.places reaching mid 20s. There will be good amount of sun through the
:06:53. > :06:56.day and temperatures at best around 21 degrees so feeling pleasant into
:06:57. > :07:03.tomorrow evening. Tuesday will be fine for most of the day, some good
:07:04. > :07:07.amounts of sun, temperatures up to 23 degrees with a south-easterly
:07:08. > :07:11.winds by Tuesday evening we will see Claire from the Atlantic and with
:07:12. > :07:16.that some rain. More unsettled conditions for Wednesday, quite a
:07:17. > :07:17.wet day with more rain expected at times on Thursday.
:07:18. > :07:19.Our next BBC Newsline bulletin is at 10:20pm.
:07:20. > :07:25.Until then you can keep up to date with local news on BBC Radio Ulster
:07:26. > :07:29.From everyone on the BBC Newsline team, goodbye.