:00:00. > :00:08.A man's been attacked with an iron bar during a break-in
:00:09. > :00:12.An armed gang targeted the victim's home in Glenarm last night,
:00:13. > :00:25.A lucky escape, these holes in the front door were caused by men
:00:26. > :00:30.wielding a sledgehammer. They were ransacking the house when they were
:00:31. > :00:35.disturbed by the homeowner as he arrived back at just after 11pm last
:00:36. > :00:38.night. Their victim did not want to appear on camera but he described
:00:39. > :00:43.how they told him to get back and hit him on the shoulder with a
:00:44. > :00:46.weapon. He feared they would hit him on the head and believes he is lucky
:00:47. > :00:53.not to have been more seriously injured. The men made off in a blue
:00:54. > :00:56.Volkswagen. It was stolen from a house in the Rectory Road area
:00:57. > :01:05.earlier and was found later burnt out. Police say it is linked to
:01:06. > :01:05.another attempted robbery and they have appealed for anyone with
:01:06. > :01:08.information to contact them. A number of people have been
:01:09. > :01:10.threatened by a gang armed with The men forced their way
:01:11. > :01:15.into a house in Burneys Mews before No-one was injured but the occupants
:01:16. > :01:21.of the house were left shaken. The police say nothing was stolen
:01:22. > :01:25.during the incident. The Archbishop of Dublin,
:01:26. > :01:28.Diarmuid Martin, has condemned those in the drugs trade and said that
:01:29. > :01:32.gangland violence must stop. During a World Day of Peace mass
:01:33. > :01:35.in Dublin, Archbishop Martin said there was a dangerous culture
:01:36. > :01:38.of violence in Ireland He said that the violence among drug
:01:39. > :01:44.barons in the city had There were sixteen gangland
:01:45. > :01:58.murders last year. The fundamental problem is this
:01:59. > :02:04.nasty, salt death, which is the drug' trade and people are feeling
:02:05. > :02:08.that to keep their business they have every right to kill and above
:02:09. > :02:10.all the real victims are those young people who go on drugs and
:02:11. > :02:11.particularly vulnerable young people.
:02:12. > :02:14.The mother of Pogues singer Shane MacGowan has died in a car
:02:15. > :02:18.Therese MacGowan, who was aged in her 80s, died after her vehicle
:02:19. > :02:26.hit a wall near Silvermines shortly before 3AM this afternoon.
:02:27. > :02:29.hit a wall near Silvermines shortly before 3pm this afternoon.
:02:30. > :02:32.Now, reading out loud is part and parcel of this job,
:02:33. > :02:33.but for some children, it's a terrifying prospect.
:02:34. > :02:36.One school in County Down has taken a novel approach
:02:37. > :02:43.Louise Cullen went along to find out more.
:02:44. > :02:52.These listeners have many attributes. Good girl. Pause,
:02:53. > :03:00.whiskers and a tail probably aren't the first that spring to mind. From
:03:01. > :03:04.when she was a young dog she had a placid nature and she loves being
:03:05. > :03:08.with people and especially children and I think she even picks up, you
:03:09. > :03:11.know, if you are feeling a bit down or things like that she will come
:03:12. > :03:16.over to you and I think she picks up on how the children are feeling as
:03:17. > :03:22.well, which is lovely. They stop and look at all... She might not look
:03:23. > :03:27.like she is working hard but the teachers believed she is. Re-search
:03:28. > :03:31.has shown that reading with dogs is a way to help children who might be
:03:32. > :03:34.reluctant and to give them a confidence of reading to the dog and
:03:35. > :03:39.dog obviously will not judge the child for any mistakes they make and
:03:40. > :03:43.it is also a novelty for the children as well pull stop a novelty
:03:44. > :03:48.it may be but they are already seeing results. Sometimes I feel
:03:49. > :03:56.scared reading out to people but I feel good reading to the dog. It
:03:57. > :04:03.gives me confidence. I don't get nervous with that dog. Why is that?
:04:04. > :04:07.Because she sits and listens. They seem just a bit more self-assured
:04:08. > :04:12.some of the children are nervous reading aloud but reading to the dog
:04:13. > :04:18.is very comforting and it is a lovely environment where they are
:04:19. > :04:21.not intimidated in anyway. And as all dog stories should, this one
:04:22. > :04:24.ends with a sleep. Hundreds of spectators lined
:04:25. > :04:27.the harbour at Carnlough today as hardy souls took a New Year's Day
:04:28. > :04:30.plunge to raise money for charity. The event was first held more
:04:31. > :04:34.than four decades ago. Today the water temperature
:04:35. > :04:51.was a not quite balmy 10 degrees. It has been a fine start for many of
:04:52. > :04:56.us to the New Year and it will be called the night. It could be icy in
:04:57. > :05:00.places. Especially in the north and west. A warning has been issued for
:05:01. > :05:04.icy roads and there will be a widespread frost. If you are still
:05:05. > :05:08.on your holiday this week, not a bad week at all. Dry and cold, Chile,
:05:09. > :05:13.but some frost and ice at night-time. It is not ready until
:05:14. > :05:17.the end of the week that things start to turn more unsettled.
:05:18. > :05:20.Tomorrow morning probably the fastest of the week. A widespread
:05:21. > :05:26.frost but lots of bright but whether in the day. You just need to wrap up
:05:27. > :05:30.warm. A risk of ice in places, just bear that in mind if you are on the
:05:31. > :05:36.road tomorrow morning. And icy start for much of northern Britain, part
:05:37. > :05:39.of the Republic, too, with some frost but lots of fine, crisp
:05:40. > :05:43.sunshine to come. Some wintry showers across the North West of
:05:44. > :05:46.Scotland but one or two of those will affect parts of the north coast
:05:47. > :05:50.as well and there will be that chilly breeze coming in off the sea.
:05:51. > :05:53.Temperature is not much higher than six or seven Celsius. It could be
:05:54. > :05:58.called again tomorrow night and some ice on Tuesday morning. Otherwise,
:05:59. > :06:02.not a bad day. It will be as funny, still lots of right weather, some
:06:03. > :06:07.patchy rain across heart of Scotland. A lot of dry weather on
:06:08. > :06:10.Wednesday, two, just the odd shower in the West. Later on Thursday
:06:11. > :06:15.things will start to deteriorate from the West and an Atlantic sister
:06:16. > :06:19.moved in, which will bring wet and windy weather but probably not until
:06:20. > :06:21.after dark. Between now and then, lots of dry weather ahead.
:06:22. > :06:23.Our next BBC Newsline bulletin is at 1.15pm tomorrow afternoon.
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