:00:08. > :00:10.The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, says the Irish Government will hold
:00:11. > :00:15.a referendum to allow Irish citizens living outside the state -
:00:16. > :00:17.including in Northern Ireland - the right to vote in Irish
:00:18. > :00:23.In a speech in Philadelphia, he said the decision,
:00:24. > :00:25.taken at a cabinet meeting last week, was a clear recognition
:00:26. > :00:28.of the importance that Ireland attached to her citizens
:00:29. > :00:38.The move was recommended by a Constitutional Convention in 2013.
:00:39. > :00:40.A man's been charged with manslaughter in connection
:00:41. > :00:43.with the death of a man in Lurgan last Thursday.
:00:44. > :00:46.29-year-old Paul Gerard Curran was found dead inside
:00:47. > :00:51.Another man and a woman who were arrested have been released.
:00:52. > :00:54.The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis,
:00:55. > :00:57.has promised that ensuring a frictionless Irish border is one
:00:58. > :01:02.of his top priorities in reaching a deal with the European Union.
:01:03. > :01:05.It's thought that Prime Minister Theresa May could trigger Article 50
:01:06. > :01:11.Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show on BBC One, David Davies said
:01:12. > :01:17.the Government was working to maintain an invisible border.
:01:18. > :01:19.We have talked to the Irish government about it.
:01:20. > :01:21.The first foreign trip I made was to Dublin.
:01:22. > :01:34.Indeed Michel Barnier had a part in the peace process.
:01:35. > :01:38.They are determined in their mind that this will not go wrong.
:01:39. > :01:43.That's the combination of determination that exists here.
:01:44. > :01:46.However, the Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams insists there will be
:01:47. > :01:48.a hard border without action by the Government.
:01:49. > :01:50.He said his party would continue to push for special status
:01:51. > :01:55.With Brexit we are going to see a hard economic border,
:01:56. > :01:59.the frontier between the European state and British state
:02:00. > :02:03.is going to be on the end of Ireland and that is why we have argued
:02:04. > :02:07.for a special designated status for the north that doesn't impinge
:02:08. > :02:10.upon the constitutional position but does guarantee we will not
:02:11. > :02:13.have the type of misery that's going to be inflicted
:02:14. > :02:16.on our farming, on our dairy farmers, on our agri-food industry
:02:17. > :02:23.Arlene Foster says she has never thought about resigning
:02:24. > :02:24.as DUP leader following the Assembly election.
:02:25. > :02:27.Since the election, Mrs Foster has declined to be
:02:28. > :02:30.interviewed by the BBC, and speaking to Sky News
:02:31. > :02:34.she insisted the result had not been disastrous for her party.
:02:35. > :02:37.She acknowledged it had been a wake up call for unionism but said that
:02:38. > :02:40.Sinn Fein can not dictate who the DUP should nominate
:02:41. > :02:58.into the territory where we are telling each other who to select,
:02:59. > :03:01.we want to of course say to Sinn Fein we think
:03:02. > :03:03.you should select X, Y and Z instead of A,
:03:04. > :03:11.They can't tell us who to select as our nominees and likewise
:03:12. > :03:15.The Secretary of State, James Brokenshire, has cancelled
:03:16. > :03:17.a trip to Washington for St Patrick's Day
:03:18. > :03:19.in order to concentrate on the talks at Stormont.
:03:20. > :03:21.Mr Brokenshire was due to fly out on Wednesday
:03:22. > :03:26.But there are now just two weeks to a deadline to get agreement
:03:27. > :03:32.A barman is in a serious condition in hospital after he was assaulted
:03:33. > :03:36.The man, who was working in the Royal Oak bar
:03:37. > :03:39.in Green Street, suffered serious head injuries after he was attacked
:03:40. > :03:46.by a number of people just after half past nine.
:03:47. > :03:49.Three men aged 36, 52 and 50 have been arrested.
:03:50. > :04:02.Police are appealing for information.
:04:03. > :04:05.Must have been shocking and my thoughts are with the individual who
:04:06. > :04:10.was assaulted because police described it as Britain and there
:04:11. > :04:11.were serious head injuries and it is very telling from a member of staff
:04:12. > :04:13.and the family. Sport, and Jonathan Rea remains
:04:14. > :04:15.on course for a third World Superbike championship winning
:04:16. > :04:17.both races at the latest The Northern Ireland rider
:04:18. > :04:20.won the opening race And despite starting race two
:04:21. > :04:24.on the third row of the grid, Rea steered his Kawasaki
:04:25. > :04:27.through to take the chequered flag. He has now registered four
:04:28. > :04:30.consecutive wins in the first two rounds of the championship
:04:31. > :04:36.which he leads by 30 points. In gaelic football, Tyrone have
:04:37. > :04:39.beaten Cavan to go top of Division One in
:04:40. > :04:41.the Allianz League. The match ended Tyrone 19 points,
:04:42. > :04:46.Cavan a goal and 9 points. Rugby, and Ulster moved into fourth
:04:47. > :04:49.place and a play-off spot in the Pro12, after a 68 points
:04:50. > :04:52.to 21 win over bottom The home side notched up ten
:04:53. > :04:58.tries, two of them scored It was Ulster's biggest ever
:04:59. > :05:04.points total in a match, Now just time for a look
:05:05. > :05:24.at the weather prospects. Yesterday was the warmest day of the
:05:25. > :05:27.year so far, 16 degrees at the Giants Causeway and I know it wasn't
:05:28. > :05:32.like that every especially across Belfast but today has been recently
:05:33. > :05:36.mailed especially out of the breeze. It will stay fine and clear at this
:05:37. > :05:40.side of midnight but could get quite chilly over parts of County Durham
:05:41. > :05:44.temptress talking to two or three degrees and cloud increases to bring
:05:45. > :05:48.some drizzle from the west but a lot will have gone by the end of the
:05:49. > :05:51.night. Early Douglas tomorrow will disappear quite quickly, much of
:05:52. > :05:55.Monday will be dry and mild and you should get away without needing an
:05:56. > :05:59.umbrella because it will brighten up quite nicely through the morning
:06:00. > :06:03.with some sunshine at times is not as breezy as today. Quite queasy
:06:04. > :06:06.across the north of Scotland with some showers but otherwise many
:06:07. > :06:10.parts of the UK and Ireland will have a fine start to the working
:06:11. > :06:13.week and in the sun quite nice especially over southern Britain and
:06:14. > :06:16.the south of Ireland with temperatures in the mid-teens and we
:06:17. > :06:22.will see that in some parts of Northern Ireland as well and a
:06:23. > :06:27.couple of showers moving and later in the day especially across the
:06:28. > :06:33.west. Looking at the rest of the week it will be fairly mild with not
:06:34. > :06:35.too much rain to come especially on Tuesday and Wednesday but Thursday
:06:36. > :06:41.onwards we see a drop in temperature and towards the end of the week it
:06:42. > :06:45.looks like it could be quite unsettled by St Patrick's Day. We
:06:46. > :06:49.need to pen the detail down so stay tuned to the forecast on BBC
:06:50. > :06:53.newsline that this area of low pressure can bring wet and windy
:06:54. > :06:58.weather at least for a time on Friday suburbanites are nice for the
:06:59. > :07:02.bank holiday. If you showers and Tuesday, breezy and blustery but it
:07:03. > :07:07.would be too much rain and brightness at times and when today
:07:08. > :07:11.continues fairly mild, no breeze but nothing too chilly temperatures up
:07:12. > :07:14.to 12 or 13 degrees. Some rain at times on Thursday but a lot of dry
:07:15. > :07:16.weather although it will start to feel cooler.
:07:17. > :07:19.Our next BBC Newsline bulletin is at 10.15 this evening.
:07:20. > :07:24.Until then you can keep up to date with local news on BBC Radio Ulster
:07:25. > :07:31.From everyone on the BBC Newsline team, goodbye.