:00:00. > :00:07.We are back with the late news at 10pm.
:00:08. > :00:14.Two men have appeared in court charged with the murder
:00:15. > :00:19.of a high-profile loyalist in Carrickfergus.
:00:20. > :00:22.George Gilmore died after being shot in his car on Monday afternoon.
:00:23. > :00:27.There was a heavy police presence at Laganside Courts for the brief
:00:28. > :00:35.35-year-old Brian Roy McLean, of The Birches in Carrickfergus,
:00:36. > :00:38.and 28-year-old Samuel David McMaw, of Starbog Road, Kilwaughter,
:00:39. > :00:41.spoke only to confirm their names and that they understood
:00:42. > :00:50.They are jointly accused with murdering Mr Gilmore last
:00:51. > :00:53.Monday, the attempted murders of two other people on the same day
:00:54. > :00:55.and possessing a firearm and ammunition with intent
:00:56. > :00:58.George Gilmore died after he was shot in the neck
:00:59. > :01:03.The police described it as "a ruthless attack
:01:04. > :01:09.There has been a long-running feud between loyalist factions
:01:10. > :01:11.in the area and the PSNI said it was working to avoid
:01:12. > :01:17.Today in court, there was no application for bail and both
:01:18. > :01:19.were remanded in custody, to appear again by
:01:20. > :01:28.Supporters who'd packed the courtroom got to their feet,
:01:29. > :01:32.clapping and cheering as the two men were taken out of the dock.
:01:33. > :01:34.Two men from Newtownabbey have been in court charged with trying
:01:35. > :01:42.44-year-old David John Gibson, from Milewater Drive,
:01:43. > :01:44.and 34-year-old David Rush, from Ballyvesey Green,
:01:45. > :01:52.Darren Moore was attacked by a gang in a bar in Doagh earlier this week.
:01:53. > :01:56.The ten men were armed with baseball bats, hammers and pickaxe handles.
:01:57. > :01:57.A 27-year-old man appeared in court yesterday in
:01:58. > :02:04.The funeral has taken place of the pilot of an Irish coastguard
:02:05. > :02:07.who died when her helicopter crashed off the coast of county
:02:08. > :02:11.Captain Dara Fitzpatrick was rescued from the sea
:02:12. > :02:17.Her three crew mates are still missing.
:02:18. > :02:20.The Irish President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny
:02:21. > :02:23.were among the hundreds of mourners joining her family at
:02:24. > :02:30.A man in his twenties is in a critical condition after a crash
:02:31. > :02:39.Police say they made 15 arrests in Belfast connected
:02:40. > :02:46.The arrests in the city centre and in the Holyland area
:02:47. > :02:52.were for disorderly behaviour, resisting arrest and minor assaults.
:02:53. > :02:54.Belfast boxer Michael Conlan's professional debut got off
:02:55. > :02:57.to an impressive start on St Patrick's Day in New York
:02:58. > :03:01.More than 5,000 Irish fans were there to cheer him on.
:03:02. > :03:09.Thomas Kane sent this report from New York.
:03:10. > :03:19.There have been few more eagerly anticipated professional debuts than
:03:20. > :03:24.this one. In front of a sell-out cloud, he was walked into the ring
:03:25. > :03:28.by Darren McGregor. The Belfast boxer did not seem overwrought.
:03:29. > :03:41.Stopping his opponent in the third round. Unbelievable. I soaked it all
:03:42. > :03:45.up. I enjoyed every second. Hearing the fans going crazy, it was
:03:46. > :03:53.unbelievable. Something I will never forget. With then three years I want
:03:54. > :04:02.to be world champion. It is very quick. Yes, but I am in the best
:04:03. > :04:09.hands. We are looking for me to wealth for the next one. A fighter
:04:10. > :04:14.in his professional debut is not launched this week, the main event,
:04:15. > :04:20.but he deserves that. He is going to change the face of boxing. He is
:04:21. > :04:24.going to be a worldwide star. No Irish boxer has ever experienced the
:04:25. > :04:28.height or level of expectation surrounding Michael Conlan so early
:04:29. > :04:32.in his career. It might only be the beginning of the signs are that he
:04:33. > :04:36.has the potential to make it to the very top of the sport.
:04:37. > :04:39.Rugby now and Ireland are winning their Six Nations match
:04:40. > :04:48.And in hockey, Ireland's men have beaten Wales
:04:49. > :04:51.in their World League 2 semi-final, guaranteeing themselves a spot
:04:52. > :04:53.at the final World Cup qualifying tournament this summer.
:04:54. > :05:05.We have had a few hours of dry weather this afternoon but this
:05:06. > :05:10.evening and overnight the rain becomes more firmly established. The
:05:11. > :05:14.rain continuing on and off as we go overnight keeping temperatures very
:05:15. > :05:18.mild. Most places being in double figures overnight. Sunday gets off
:05:19. > :05:23.on a similar footing, grey and dull to begin with, but some good news,
:05:24. > :05:28.as we go through the day the rain is going to clear out of the way, skies
:05:29. > :05:32.will start to Brighton and we will see some sunnier spells between the
:05:33. > :05:40.showers. The badgers holding up well on Sunday, highs of 1213 --
:05:41. > :05:43.temperatures. The warmest temperatures across the south-east
:05:44. > :05:50.of England then the weather front which has brought us so much rain as
:05:51. > :05:53.clear stuff ahead of it. This has been the picture over the last
:05:54. > :05:59.couple of days, grey dull skies. That is going to change as we head
:06:00. > :06:03.into next week. The temperatures are going to drop. There's more mass of
:06:04. > :06:07.air that is giving us double figures will pull away. It will be replaced
:06:08. > :06:14.with something cooler and more showery and that is going to be the
:06:15. > :06:19.case on Monday. Temperatures during the day eight or 9 degrees. Next
:06:20. > :06:22.week pretty unsettled. It is not until the back half of the week that
:06:23. > :06:27.the high pressure starts to build and settled down. Before then, still
:06:28. > :06:30.some pretty unsettled weather and the mix of sunshine and showers.
:06:31. > :06:34.BBC Newsline will be back tomorrow at 5:50pm.
:06:35. > :06:38.From everyone on the BBC Newsline team, goodbye.