over here to northern ireland in the u.k. northern ireland voted against bracks it with 56 percent of the population in opposition alex now hopes that more people will follow her footsteps and make their voices heard. they want to know more about northern ireland i'm joined by quentin peel senior fellow at the think tank chatham house on european affairs thanks for coming quentin say no law and was a major roadblock for 2 reason may and how withdrawal agreement is it all solved now on the bus johnson no i don't think it is i don't think it solved it's been fun the big change is that boris johnson has agreed in effect to have some sort of border in the middle of the irish sea that infuriated the irish the northern irish unionists and really he lost their votes but he no longer needs votes and he's pushed it through the trouble is i think that it's not just the unionists in northern ireland who mistrust the whole deal it's also on the other side of the channel i was talking to somebody from paris yesterday and they were saying

over here to northern ireland in the u.k. northern ireland voted against brecht's it with 56 percent of the population in opposition alex now hopes that more people will follow her footsteps and make their voices heard. we want to know more about northern ireland i'm joined by quentin senior fellow at the think tank chatham house on european affairs thanks for coming quentin say no law and was a major roadblock for 2 reason may and how withdrawal agreement is it all solved now on the bus johnson no i don't think it is i don't think it solved the toll it's been fun the big changes that boris johnson has agreed in effect to have some sort of border in the middle of the irish sea that infuriated the irish the northern irish unionists and really he lost their votes but he no longer needs votes and he's pushed it through the trouble is i think that it's not just the unionists in northern ireland who mistrust the whole deal it's also on the other side of the channel i was talking to somebody from paris yesterday and they were sayin

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it is there, ireland have done it! we had to shoot out and we were a 3-1 we had to shoot out and we were a 3—1 down, we said, we've got this, and when we won it was just an eruption of tears and happiness and relief. at just relief. atjust 22, relief. at just 22, zoe relief. atjust 22, zoe wilson already has over 100 senior caps. for most athletes in the build—up to an olympic games training has to go alongside work, for a survey that means spending time at ballyclare high school, where she gained her own education in hockey. she is back training to be a teacher but when she walked these holes as a people the ireland team she looked up people the ireland team she looked up to was not reaching the heights they are now. something has changed within irish hockey but what is it? i suppose when i was younger i was being coached by a male hockey players and ex male hockey players which was brilliant and gave me good insight but as i got older more female role models came on board and i was coached by sherry mccabe. after

ireland and scotland and the north of england tomorrowi ireland and scotland and the north of england tomorrow. i suppose one saving grace, joe, was that today was a sunday and people were not travelling to work and there was not the sort of rush hour. they were not travelling to work because there was no rush, but they were travelling home ina no rush, but they were travelling home in a lot of cases, so that has a real problem for people travelling from paddington and houston and various other mainline stations. very few areas of the country have a skate that at all. they met and talked about 500,000 houses with power cut—off, lynn rightly says that this is not going away immediately. we have yellow snow earnings coming and various bits of disruption —— yellow snow warnings coming. once russia hits tomorrow morning, it will be interesting to see how people are able to respond. and probably to get to work. -- ones rush hour hits tomorrow morning. all sorts of things happening. if anyone has a trembling, please batten it down in your garden because they have been flying over onto

citizens living in scotland and northern ireland places where the majority voted to remain in the new black sea has generated renewed interest in independence from the u.k. as some citizens say that london no longer represents their interests with us to talk about this any longer now does he or senior correspondent. in cabin or scotland james kelly author of the pro independence blog scott goes pop and in brussels alexander phillips a former member of european parliament the break party i had to tell you as alex was watching that video there from the european palate your smile was so why you are enjoying every moment of that why alex what should be today how you feel about rex in the year good you know 13 years like campaign 2 it's worked for a lot of people actually it's a lot longer and the fact that we had a referendum and it took 3 years to actually implement the result it came as a huge relief but what was making me smile. that would mind if i prickly the e.u. are this is basically the european union of member states they can't that be idea. it's a really bizarre thing and you kn

sinn fein‘s ultimate goal is to create a united ireland, breaking northern ireland away from british rule. its historical links to the ira caused controversy during the campaign, but the party appealed to voters with radical left—wing policies on health, housing and pensions. the surge for sinn fein has changed the landscape of irish politics and it raises new questions for the uk about the likelihood of a border poll. but it's still unclear who will form the next government. leo varadkar‘s party, fine gael, and their opponents, fianna fail, had previously said they will not form an alliance with sinn fein. it seems that we have now a three party system, three parties all getting roughly the same number of votes, roughly the same number of seats, and that's going to make forming a government quite difficult. ireland's economy is the fastest growing in europe, but the high cost of living means many voters are not feeling the benefits. i think they're sick of the last couple of years and that things just haven't changed quick enough, hence the vote for sinn fein. a bit disappointin

and northern ireland where they voted 56 percent stay in the e.u. the departure for you paying union has sparked great interest in leaving the u.k. it is a show we will discuss whether could break up the united kingdom we want to know what you think your thoughts with us and our live chat. going to wave. in the future. if you disobey the rules you get cut off could you please remove the flag. you know. i. am really lays it down resume your seat put your flags away you're leaving and take them with you if you are leaving. in this memory mcginest their vice president of the european parliament disciplining breck said party any peace on january the 29th and 2 days later the u.k. officially left the european union begin a transition period until the end of the year to negotiate a new relationship the historic end to 47 years an e.u. membership was met with a range of feelings celebration mourning and a sense of anxiety for many u.k. citizens living in scotland and northern ireland places where the majority voted to remain in the new black sea has genera

and northern ireland where they voted 56 percent stay in the e.u. the departure from the ukraine union has spotted great interest in leaving the u.k. it is a show we will discuss whether boxing could break up the united kingdom we want to know what you think share your thoughts with us and i live you can chant. we're going to wave. in the few. hours so everyone. if you disobey the rules you get cut off could you please remove the flags. you know. i. had. i really lays it down resume your seat put your flags away you're leaving and take them with you if you are leaving. in this memory mcginest their vice president of the european parliament disciplining breck said party any peace on january 29th and 2 days later the u.k. officially left the european union begin a transition period until the end of the year to negotiate a new relationship the historic end to 47 years of e.u. membership was met with a range of feelings celebration mourning and a sense of anxiety for many u.k. citizens living in scotland and northern ireland places where the majority vo

in the gift of the british secretary of state who may be reluctant to risk one within northern ireland so i would suggest a border poll is likely not perhaps within the next 5 years but certainly within the next decade and shin fein continues to make the advances that they're making then they might be able to or majorities north and south i stood still think they need to convert a number of voters in the north to get them over the line but people are talking seriously now not just about a voter poll but about a united ireland arising from that border poll and lastly professor will you be lecturing to your students on the university of liverpool over. the last few years did you ever think it likely that you'd be discussing with them that eminent possibility of shouldn't be in government in the public a violent and northern ireland civil to me it's like that when i started out in academia shin fame we're a pariah party they were polling less than 2 percent in the irish republic and they had a vote in the north but it was always a minority vote even amongst the national population things

representative of a left wing politic in ireland. united ireland is a goal, but it is a backseat goal compared to other issues. >> resulults are still being counted. who is likely to end up in government? 160 seats 84 of filled. we have a reasonable idea of what the makeup of the parliament will be when they convene later this month. -- fiannaent, saying fail is second despite coming --ond in the debt -- fianna fail should get 23 seats. slightly lower numbers for green. going from two to 11 seats from the last election. you need 84 a majority. fail and sinn fein could since coalition, boat -- then we have heard the fianna fail leader saying he will listen to and talk to anyone. gael could and fine go into government together, but they could risk getting into merger territory. there is talk potentially of a left coalition perhaps funeral fail could join the social democrats and be -- the owner fail could join the social perhaps fianna fail could join the social democrats. it was a record in 2016 how long it took them to form a governm

this man has taken charge of the northern ireland office. one of the many sensitive issues brandon lewis will face is how the question of how unsolved killings from the trouble should be investigated. let's get more from laura in westminster. a huge day at westminster. sajid javid's letter of resignation has just been released. that is right. number 10 just been released. that is right. number10 might just been released. that is right. number 10 might believe and hope it would be made easierfor them to keep the promises they have made to the country by having a tighter relationship with number 11, essentially then having more of the control, but the way this has unfolded mitosis to wrap some back blood on the back benches of the tory party where there will be new voices like the former chancellor and the former northern ireland secretary, and in that letter sajid javid makes an obvious jibe directly that i think the prime minister's top adviser dominic cummings urging the prime minister to remember to have advisors with character and integri

ireland north and south has the most proportional form of proportional representation in the world so that when you get somewhere around $25.00 or $23.00 or 24 percent you get the amount of seats since the end is the larger the largest number of. votes and it's probably going to sit in around the scene. but only slightly have seen a 14 a gale so it's the putting together of the pot and it basically shouldn't be in the got 25 percent i think for the $22.00 and then one or roughly one percent behind us here in galle but how that's working out and seats is pretty much the c.m. we've got 3 blocks the earl of close to each other do not want to go into government with each other and all go shouldn't been has the largest of those blocks still only represents 25 percent of the population it's very difficult we shouldn't be in to go into government aren't so busy with that it goes to parties because if you talk of the figures the best i can up with. looking out is 62 and they need to get to it in other words hostler hearts asa letter solicitor before they can form the next government there are

areas of western aleppo and limb but counting from saturday's general election in ireland is under way they result expected to cause a major political change exit polls for the republican party and fan level with the 2 center right parties that have dominated irish politics for decades but the ruling in a gale and rivals fianna fall are both ruling out a coalition with sion fame in the african union summit is underway any theo pm leaders from 55 african countries are holding 2 days of talks focusing on ways to and regional violence so the cotton can unlock its economic potential the conflict in libya is high on the agenda more news to come inside story is that next keep it or. a potential political shakeup in opinion polls say the irish a shifting away from the 2 main parties towards shin fein so how might this affect the next government and could it redefine islands politics this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan islands governments of long been dominated by 2 center right posses phin a gale that's the posse of current prime minister leo veronica and fe

over here to northern ireland in the u.k. northern ireland voted against bracks it with 56 percent of the population in opposition alex now hopes that more people will follow her footsteps and make their voices heard. they want to know more about northern ireland i'm joined by quentin senior fellow at the think tank chatham house on european affairs thanks for coming quentin say no law and was a major roadblock for 2 reason may and how withdrawal agreement is it all solved now on the bus johnson no i don't think it is i don't think it's over the toll it's been fun the big changes that boris johnson has agreed in effect to have some sort of border in the middle of the irish sea that infuriated the irish the northern irish unionists and really he lost their votes but he no longer needs votes and he's pushed it through the trouble is i think that it's not just the unionists in northern ireland who mistrust the whole deal it's also on the other side of the channel i was talking to somebody from paris yesterday and they were sayin

ireland, but de facto a second referendum on brexit... 0f ireland, but de facto a second referendum on brexit... of course, but is very different from the scottish, who will have to go through... joining the eu. that is interesting. everyone is nodding here, we have 30 seconds left, john? ifi here, we have 30 seconds left, john? if i can take license, given my scottish and irish heritage, there could be worse outcomes from ireland for the next year or so, like when you don't have a government and muddle through. it does strike me as somewhat odd that the tweedledum tweedledee parties in ireland are electing to sit down with sinn fein north of the border... that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. goodbye. very strong winds across parts of the uk, but also heavy rain. that is what the met office has issued, an amber warning for the potential of significant flooding in some parts of the country. this is the satellite picture from earlier on. this band of cloud working across the atlantic, this curl developing here and a rapidly developing are

should change plays in politics in northern ireland is nothing new but south of the border in the irish republic shin fein ties to sectarian violence well they have been harder to shake until now same thing leader mary lynn mcdonnell celebrated the result taking nearly 25 percent of the poll that put the party ahead the 2 center right parties which have dominated irish politics for a century the result leaves shin fein on the verge of government with the policy of a united ireland high on its agenda. the election has been described as seismic and game changing here's what people in dublin have to say. it helps to feign form some sort of agreement by lot of person saying because the policies and we need to be changed but i think it's best to be honest which i think we're going to be in situation again where we're not going to be able to form a stable government in this country. i really don't know what's going to happen but things bit of a backlash against you know people are really struggling to get to get hazing into your kind really high rents or see a mature solution pushed. more you

next up for england it's ireland. the grand slam remains a possibility for them as they beat the reigning champions wales by 2a points to 1a. it's a first defeat in nine six nations matches for wales — ending their hopes of back to back grand slams. with all the details from dublin here's austin halewood: what a statement of intent that was from ireland and a new head coach andy farrell, a resounding win over the defending champions wales here at the aviva stadium in dublin. last weekend against scotland, for ireland it was all about getting the first scotland —— victory but here it was a much more clinical performance, they were much better with ball in hand, taking a lot more chances, they looked stronger defensively as well so the grand slam are still very much alive for irish rugby fans. as for wales, it is their first defeat in the six nations since they lost here on this very page two years ago. today, it was the big first test for their new head coach but they weren't strong enough defensively this aftern

to say that we will have a united ireland they would be in favor of most of the other parties in the republican party and would be wary of that way of which achieving a united ireland and wants to bring in its parts communities along with them rather than just a problem or agree at that i suppose the issue is is the timing of a is there anything in fanfold manifesto about a on a referendum that would that would preclude doing any sort of deal with sinn fein on it. no and through a loss of thena faller support which kind of viscerally like this sort of which share a lot of shouldn't feigns position on the north the thing about it is that. fame can surely called for a border post but it's not in the gift of the irish government it is the u.k. secretary of state for northern ireland that can say when a border post happens and so it will it won't really affect us. who's in governments as such ok certainly should change if they were in government public environment could push a u.k. secretary of state towards this but they're not going to be moved so unless there's a real sense that this

i'm not sure that politicians in northern ireland would think thejob politicians in northern ireland would think the job is done. politicians in northern ireland would think thejob is done. but politicians in northern ireland would think the job is done. but we will move on because there is a lot to talk about. we saw will move on because there is a lot to talk about. we sanulian smith's reaction. going back to women in the cavernous, this has been heavily briefed that the prime minister will be bringing in this new generation of talent. these are women who won't necessarily be occupying top positions but may be promoted next time there is a reshuffle? yes, there are two elements. obviously paving the way for future governments and bringing in more talented women. there are loads of women to choose from. to get more of them lined up. but also, there is them lined up. but also, there is the media element of it. pre—briefing it was a positive story about women, where as probably the numberof women in about women, where as probably the number of women in the cabinet won't be changing

no our border treat republic of ireland and not an armed there and as a thank you. thank you. that's over the show will be back up timetable casting globally at the same times but not to you kate on you trying to make 34 to 30 and 30 g.m.t. and you'll think you touch my social media don't forget to subscribe to your trip. as the election cycle rages on the media highlights or even invent what they deem to be important even radical what they don't tell you is how the political center is collapsing in today's campaign is what voters think about the status quo. i. it's 6 pm right now here in moscow and in the headlines from the one person reportedly killed earlier as a gunfight broke out between u.s. troops and locals near the syrian city of commissioning with a russian patrol arriving at the scene to me the able tell you more. had to reward patient the palestinian president rails against donald trump's middle east peace plan at the u.n. security council saying it rips palestine apart in favor of israel. this is the state that they will give us which is like swiss chee

defeat means wales's grand slam dreams are over, but not for ireland. maybe the winds of change are coming to dublin after all. michael redford. there really was a sense of excitement here in the stadium this afternoon as the match was going on. irish rugby fans feel like something special might be coming around the corner. as for wales, their hopes of back—to—back grand slams in the six nations are over this season. this was the first big test under head coach wayne pivac, it did not go to plan. he will have lots to ponder as the six nations take a break over the weekend before wales head back to cardiff to host france and ireland head across the water to twickenham where they take on england, and andy farrell will be plotting the downfall of his son owen. just two premier league games today as we enter the first winter break in top flight history. everton beat crystal palace 3—1 at goodison park to their resurgance under carlo ancelotti. since the italian took charge in december only liverpool have won more points in the league than everton, whi

to say that we will have a united ireland they would be in favor of most of the other parties in the republican party and would be wary of that way of which achieving a united ireland and wants to bring in its parts communities along with them rather than just a problem or agree but at that i suppose the issue is is the timing of a is there anything in fanfold manifesto about a on a referendum that would that would preclude doing any sort of deal with sinn fein on it no and through a loss of phoenix fallers what what kind of viscerally like this sort of which share a lot of shouldn't feigns position on the north the thing about it is that. fame can surely cold for a border post but it's not in the gift of the irish government it is the u.k. secretary of state for northern ireland that can say when a border post happens and so it will it won't really affect us. who's in governments as such ok certainly should change if they were in government public environment could push a u.k. secretary of state towards this but they're not going to be moved so unless there's a real sense that this

they played like ireland. not giving any room, making a really difficult situation, getting the ball, the irish were frustrated. we have the attacking edge and i would like to see that tomorrow if the weather stays half decent. it is about scotland being positive and i am excited to see quys positive and i am excited to see guys like blaircan, positive and i am excited to see guys like blair can, adam hastings at ten did a good job. i have known adam since he was knee—high to a grasshopper. he is a talented sportsman and he played really well last week. he will be targeted this week. on england's sweeping changes for england and eddiejones? week. on england's sweeping changes for england and eddie jones?m week. on england's sweeping changes for england and eddie jones? if luke cowan—dickie had been available, his partner went into labour yesterday, he is not playing. he could have made more than five changes. manner to allegri out injured. that is eddie jones acknowledging it wasn't good enough in paris. w

i don't think borisjohnson fully in northern ireland? i don't think boris johnson fully understands northern ireland. he has made a lot of very bold commitments in terms of keeping open borders down the irish sea in terms of brexit, which are at odds with virtually every independent analyst in terms of the impact of the brexit deal. there are major tensions coming down, in terms of legacy, while we have a long—standing commitment in northern ireland through a previous agreement from 44 team about how that will be addressed, but that is at odds with the promises made about the protection of veterans against so—called vexatious claims. not that anyone has ever spelt out any exa m ples of anyone has ever spelt out any examples of a vexatious claim. so there are issues around brexit and about legacy, and there have been differences between howjulian smith... sorry, we must leave it there. thank you for your team. a bit earlier, i spoke to stephen swinford, deputy political editor of the times. he was in corridors outside when sajid javid

that was the chief medical officer at night ireland. speaking there earlier. we will have more on the coronavirus outbreak during this hour. so stay with us for that, in the meantime you can keep up—to—date with the latest developments in the symptoms to watch out for and how to guard against the virus and what it means for you. submitted to bbc news app why the website. to address is here: here are our headlines now on bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: three more cases of coronavirus are confirmed in the uk — including the first in northern ireland. they are all receiving specialist care. the government's decision to build a third runway at heathrow airport is ruled unlawful by the court of appeal. the uk threatens to walk away from post brexit trade talks with the eu — if there's no progress byjune. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's: sarah has all the sports news for us. hello sarah. start with relatives because they are at the within the last 16 of the republic despite losing the second leg against nathaniel 3—2,

sinn fein's ultimate goal is to create a united ireland, breaking northern ireland away from british rule. its historical links to the ira caused controversy during the campaign, but the party appealed to voters with radical left—wing policies on health, housing and pensions. the surge for sinn fein has changed the landscape of irish politics and it raises new questions for the uk about the likelihood of a border poll. but it's still unclear who will form the next government. leo varadkar‘s party, fine gael, and their opponents, fianna fail, had previously said they will not form an alliance with sinn fein. it seems that we have now a three—party system, three parties all getting roughly the same number of votes, roughly the same number of seats, and that's going to make forming a government quite difficult. ireland's economy is the fastest growing in europe, but the high cost of living means many voters are not feeling the benefits. i think they're sick of the last couple of years and that things just haven't changed quick enough, hence the vote for sinn fein. a bit disappoint

sinn fein's ultimate goal is to create a united ireland, breaking northern ireland away from british rule. its historical links to the ira caused controversy during the campaign, but the party appealed to voters with radical left—wing policies on health, housing and pensions. the surge for sinn fein has changed the landscape of irish politics and it raises new questions for the uk about the likelihood of a border poll. but it's still unclear who will form the next government. leo varadkar‘s party, fine gael, and their opponents, fianna fail, had previously said they will not form an alliance with sinn fein. it seems that we have now a three party system, three parties all getting roughly the same number of votes, roughly the same number of seats, and that's going to make forming a government quite difficult. ireland's economy is the fastest growing in europe, but the high cost of living means many voters are not feeling the benefits. i think they're sick of the last couple of years and that things just haven't changed quick enough, hence the vote for sinn fein. a bit disappointin

no our border crete republic of ireland i'm not an ardent there and as a thank you. thank you. that's over the show will be back of the table gusting globally at the same times but a lot to you kate on new times of 83423830 g.m.t. until they get judged by such media don't forget to subscribe to your. we know in psychology that the more people are told that they can't or shouldn't do something whether it's sexual or otherwise the more it makes them want to do it so trying new things violating taboos are some of the most common and pervasive elements in our sexual fantasies. as the election cycle rages on the media highlights or even invents what they deem to be important even radical what they don't tell you is how the political center is collapsing in today's campaign is what voters think about the status quo. in this community there are people who believe. it's really hard there are no jobs and you see the kids. and as a pair. are gibsons and there's a lot of conflict within the game and between the teams most of the conflict i would say. is maybe. close one on each

sinn fein's ultimate goal is to create a united ireland, breaking northern ireland away from british rule. its historical links to the ira caused controversy during the campaign, but the party appealed to voters with radical left—wing policies on health, housing and pensions. the surge for sinn fein has changed thelandscape of irish politics and it raises new questions for the uk about the likelihood of a border poll. but it's still unclear who will form the next government. leo varadkar‘s party, fine gael, and their opponents, fianna fail, had previously said they will not form an alliance with sinn fein. it seems that we have now a three party system, three parties all getting roughly the same number of votes, roughly the same number of seats, and that's going to make forming a government quite difficult. ireland's economy is the fastest growing in europe, but the high cost of living means many voters are not feeling the benefits. i think they're sick of the last couple of years and that things just haven't changed quick enough, hence the vote for sinn fein. a bit disappointing

earlier, ireland beat wales. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewersjo phillips and nigel nelson. stay with us for that. the security forces in thailand are searching for a soldier who went on a shooting spree with an assault rifle, killing at least 20 people. special forces have stormed a shopping centre in the city of nakhon ratchasima, also known as korat, where the gunman is believed to be holed up. in the last few hours, two casualties have been brought out of the complex. it's still not clear how many people remain inside the shopping centre tonight. (live pix)this is the scene tonight — as you can see — it's still not clear how many people remain inside the shopping centre tonight. this is the scene tonight — as you can see — gun shots have been reported in the past few hours. lots of police remain outside the building as the operation to find the gunman continues. we will bring you the latest as it this story develops. jonathan head sent this report from bangkok. pa

the political landscape in ireland has been transformed by a surgeon ireland has been transformed by a surgeon support for the nationalist party sinn fein in the general election. initial results suggest that the pa rty‘s share of results suggest that the party's share of the vote matched that of its two centrist rivals, the honour foil and fine gael, who have dominated irish politics for decades. radio: storm ciara lashed the country over the past few hours. as ireland took a battering from the weather, the established parties were rocked by a new storm. this breakthrough for sinn fein is unprecedented in the irish republic. once a much smaller player, now on a par with the two main parties who've dominated irish politics for a century. we need change, we need a new government. the best outcome is a government without fine gael and fianna fail so that's the first thing that i want to test. sinn fein's ultimate goal is to create a united ireland, breaking northern ireland away from british rule. its historical links to the ira caused controversy during the campaign, but the party a

and northern ireland where they voted 56 percent stay in the e.u. the departure from the european union has sparked great interest in leaving the u.k. it is a show we will discuss whether could break up the united kingdom we want to know what you think your thoughts with us and our live chat. if you disobey the ruse you get cut off could you please remove the flag. you know. i. had. i really lays it down resume your seat put your flags away you're leaving and take them with you if you are leaving. in this memory mcginest their vice president of the european parliament disciplining breck said party any peace on january the 29th and 2 days later the u.k. officially left the european union begin a transition period until the end of the year to negotiate a new relationship the historic end to 47 years of e.u. membership was met with a range of feelings celebration mourning and a sense of anxiety for many u.k. citizens living in scotland and northern ireland places where the majority voted to remain in the new black sea has generated renewed interest in

ireland hadn't lost in dublin again scotla nd ireland hadn't lost in dublin again scotland 1a years. i think we expected them to win. but what a tale of two captains and what a mistake for stuart hogg. yes, the six nations is well and truly under way. a huge win for the reigning champions wales, while mistakes for scotland gave ireland the edge. andy swiss rounds up the action. please welcome scotland and ireland! two new old rivals with two new captains. they would have two very different days. ireland hadn't lost to scotland in the decade. confident? well, they were confident after this, skipperjohnny sexton putting the hosts ahead. but scotland stayed in touch and after the break, it was their captain's chance. surely stuart hogg had scored? but just watch this. replays showed he dropped it on the line and as the ball agonisingly slipped from his grasp, had his team's chances. sexton certainly didn't help, as he booted ireland's19—12 ahead, but still scotland weren't done. in the closing minutes, within inches of the line, but ireland's defence clung on to claim a hard—fought

backstop would kick in and northern ireland would kick in and northern ireland would find itself with a different relationship with the european union and the rest of britain. so there isn't much time to make this happen, we should see things start to move pretty quickly. david davis, one of the architects of brexit, said it would be a fair race to get it done. he acknowledges it will be a pretty tricky thing. there is notjust the future relationship between britain and the eu to be agreed, but trade deals around the world, including the much mooted trade deal with the united states. negotiations haven't been allowed to start until this morning. they are going to get negotiating on that pretty quickly. there is going to be a lot... you're going to hear a lot over the next few months about negotiations and some of it will sound tricky, we won't know how successful any of it has been until ministers and officials are signing on dotted lines. time, it is a long year ahead. —— tom, it is a long year ahead. and you can see much more on brexit on the bbc website, with lots on informatio

in northern ireland. how long the process is this going to be before we get a clear picture of who has actually won? it is going to be a long process, sean. the counting has been under way here in the main count centre in dublin and around the country for about six hours. we can expect it to continue well into tomorrow and perhaps beyond that. the picture that is becoming clear both he and all over the irish republic, even though we haven't got any official results yet, is that the sinn fein vote has surged. so far in the history of the eric fisher republic of the government has been dominated by two parties, fianna fail, led by the current prime minister leo varadkar —— fine gael and fianna fail, prime minister leo varadkar —— fine gaeland fianna fail, and prime minister leo varadkar —— fine gael and fianna fail, and both parties are in the political centre. but sinn fein has gradually increased its ratings in the opinion polls and according to the exit poll published at the close of polls is

our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports. lyra mckee's death has led to heightened tensions in derry. members of the group police say are the political voice of the new ira clashed with officers outside court. paul mcintyre, a 52—year—old man from the city, has been charged with murder, possession of a firearm and membership of the ira. it gets better for those of us who live long enough to see it get better. lyra mckee, a writer and gay rights activist, was stood next to a police land rover the night she was killed during rioting in the city in april last year. a gunman was seen on mobile phone footage, stepping out and firing towards police. the dissident republican group, known as the new ira, later claimed it was behind the shooting. the violence was widely condemned, bringing back memories of northern ireland's troubled past. today, the vast majority of those who live in derry do not support dissident republican groups. paul mcintyre, a man well—known locally, was greeted at court by a group of his supporters, who

ireland have a new coach too, they host scotland later who've had some disciplinary issues? that is the other big game in dublin, ireland very much a different feel about irish rugby from wales, the high day really poor 2019, a disappointing six nations, lefty one cup than they had hoped for so former coachjoe lefty one cup than they had hoped for so former coach joe schmidt left and that a bit of a cloud and andy farrell ta kes and that a bit of a cloud and andy farrell takes over, he has never been a coach before so it be interesting to see how he gets on. they take on scotland to have some selection issues of their own, their player, most creative, finra russell has not been picked for the squad because of disciplinary issues in the build—up to the game this week so it will be interesting to see how they get on without him, well they still have the same flair and sparky created particularly in a very tough opening first fixture away to ireland. (britain's jamie murray could be on his way to an eighth grand slam double's title after taking the first set in the mixed doub

rain and mounting snow across scotland, northern ireland. this is a slow—moving band, not only have we amber warnings but for some of the rivers in particular, in southern parts of scotland, there is concern we will see flash flooding because of the amounts of rainfall coming. it isa of the amounts of rainfall coming. it is a double—edged sword, we have all that slow—moving band of rain continuing through the night into tomorrow morning. it is mild except in the far north of scotland with some mountain snow but rain will spread to most parts by morning, and he winds just continue escalate. here is storm equity bearing down on us here is storm equity bearing down on us for sunday. it is likely to cause widespread disruption. we have already seen some cancellations to transport, there was severe nails forecast. causing damage, flying debris, there is even a risk to life. we were the potential power disruption, large waves coinciding with the springtime. those gusts of wind, even in land, unusual —— unusual,. we can see that escalatin

some parts of northern ireland, northern ireland and scotla nd ireland, northern ireland and scotland the accumulations will ta rted scotland the accumulations will tarted up. a good covering for many. for some of the highest ground we could be talking about 20 centimetres of snow. add on the wind that you have got blizzard conditions. finally, for a breather, a little one, a bump in the pressure on wednesday. a ridge of high pressure. we slacken off the winds for the middle part of the week. chile with sunshine. wintry showers to the north of the uk. 0ut there in the atlantic, the next area of low pressure heading our way for thursday. more heavy rain and strong winds. stay close for the remainder of the day. on into the new week, brace yourself for some rather cold prospects. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: storm ciara hits the uk, causing huge disruption across the country. it's brought gale force winds and torrential rain. travel has been badly affected, with cancelled flights and rail companies warning of disrupted services. a person's being treated a

ireland north and south has the most proportional form of proportional representation in the world so when you get somewhere around $25.00 or $23.00 or 24 percent you get the amount of seats since the end is the larger the largest number of. votes and it's probably going to sit in around the scene. but only slightly ahead of c. and 14 a gale so it's the putting together of the pot and it basically shouldn't be in a got 25 percent i think for the $22.00 and then one roughly one percent behind us feeling gail but how that's working our seats is pretty much the c.m. we've got 3 blocks the earl of close to each other do not want to go into government with each other and all go shouldn't been has the largest of those blocks it still only represents 25 percent of the population it's very difficult we shouldn't be in to go into government on its own because if you with that it goes to parties because if you talk up the figures the best i can up with. looking at it is 62 and they need to get to it in other words hostler hearts asa legislature before they can form the next government there are

to say that we will have a united ireland they would be in favor of most of the other parties in the republican party and would be wary of that way of achieving a united ireland and wants to bring in the sports communities along with them rather than just a problem or agree but i suppose the issue is is the timing of a is there anything in fanfold manifesto about it on a referendum that would that would preclude doing any sort of deal with sinn fein on it. no and through a loss of phoenix faller support which kind of viscerally like this sort of which share a lot of shouldn't feigns position on the north the thing about it is that. facing considerably cold for a border post but it's not in the gift of the irish government it is the u.k. secretary of state for northern ireland that can say when a voter poll happens and so it will it won't really affect. who's in government as such ok certainly should change if they were in government public environment could push a u.k. secretary of state towards this but they're not going to be moved so unless there's a real sense that this is a time

ultimately, sinn fein remains dedicated to achieving a united ireland, removing northern ireland from the uk. if anybody imagines that this issue can be wished away or that we can simply carry on regardless, they are very, very foolish. and in fact, i would go so far to say that it's irresponsible now at this stage not to plan for constitutional transition. but ireland has many voters uncomfortable with the idea of sinn fein in power. absolutely disgusted that they're getting in. it's their whole philosophy, the republicanism and the violence that went behind it. last night, triumphant sinn fein supporters caused controversy at a count centre, celebrating their electoral success with an old rebel song synonymous with the ira. # tell them how the ira made you run like hell away... nearly all the seats now declared, the current irish prime minister leo varadkar‘s party projected to have been pushed into third place, it's highly likely that ireland will have a new leader in future, but who it will be is unclear. after ireland's political storm, it may take weeks to settle on a way ahea

something new has swept through ireland. voters flocking to sinn fein in greater numbers than anyone predicted. a party followed by the shadows of its past... now appealing to younger voters looking at their future. in mary lou mcdonald's dublin constituency — the leader of sinn fein — the cost of living is sky—high. it's impossible. like, i'm just over 30. out of my friend group, one person has a house. for daniel, who converted a garage to afford a place to live, the sinn fein breakthrough is a welcome change. in a city with a housing crisis, the party promised rent freezes and more homes. most people pay an exorbitant amount of rent. they've no prospect of living in the city or within an hour of the city, and i think that has been the real failure of politics in the last 20 years in ireland. do you think the image of sinn fein is changing? yeah, like, they don't shy away from the fact they were involved in the conflict in northern ireland. that now is in the distant past for most young people, you know? it's not som

colder in scotland and northern ireland. very, exceptionally mild night in the south of england and wales. wet in 20 start tomorrow, that tends to slip down towards the south—east, lots of showers packing in from the north—west again, wintry over the high ground in scotland. the winds are still going to be pretty strong tomorrow. maybe not quite as strong for england and wales but strengthening for scotland and northern ireland. 0nce strengthening for scotland and northern ireland. once that removes through we are introducing not to showers, but colder air, temperatures will be dropping through the day, 10 degrees in the south—east, six or seven for scotla nd south—east, six or seven for scotland and northern ireland. here, as the central storm dennis gets closer during the night, you may find the winds strengthening to 70 01’ find the winds strengthening to 70 or 80 mph. then the sun tends to move away during monday itself. so the wind is not quite as strong. still going to be a windy day, still going to have some

in heads up a hospice ireland. they just dedicated a $4 million facility to my deceased son who died of cancer. thank you for being here. [applause] vice president biden: the reason i bothered to tell you that is because gary is talking of families. it has always been about family. not a joke. it has always been about family. each of your families when they decided to get on a boat or a plane or however they got here and head of to the united states, they did not know what was going to happen. they were not at all certain things would be all right. but they had the courage and the tenacity and the resilience and the optimism to think they could make it, that they could do it. i was in southeast asia not long ago. actually, i was meeting with a group of leaders. i said to them, the reason why america is who we are is because we have been able to cherry pick the best -- and i mean this sincerely -- we are the most unique country in the world because we have been able to cherry pick the best from every continent and c

i went to ireland and i found out -- i had never met my family. she heads up hospice ireland. they just dedicated a $4 million facility to my deceased son who died of cancer. thank you for being here. [applause] vice president biden: the reason i bothered to tell you that is because gary is talking of families. it has always been about family. not a joke. it has always been about family. each of your families when they decided to get on a boat or a plane or however they got here and head of to the united states, they did not know what was going to happen. they were not at all certain things would be all right. but they had the courage and the tenacity and the resilience and the optimism to think they could make it, that they could do it. i met -- i was in southeast asia not long ago. actually, i was meeting with a group of leaders. i said to them, the reason why america is who we are because we have been able to cherry pick the best -- and i mean this sincerely -- we are the most unique country in the world because we have been able to cherry pick the best from every continent

violent has the selection result being this is a monumental shake up of politics in the republic of ireland for nearly a century the 2 big parties finn a foil and finn a gala dominated no one really thought that should fame would be on the brink of being in government in both parts of the on the violent she could be in government in the south they're already in government in the north and that fundamentally changes the outlook on irish politics both north and south of the border was seen in exchanges from the post-election debate on the dial the irish parliament doesn't seem to be any love lost between the 3 leaders of the no 3 main parties in the public yeah that's right i mean this huge antipathy from the i stopped parties ition fane like to call them towards shin fein finnick ale and finish for oil won't do business with sinn fein they say they won't form a coalition which in fame because of him fame is controversial past and its former associations with the ira should feigns messages respect our mandate and shin fein is looking now for a seat in government that will transform things on

she was integral to the excess of the love ireland reboot because she personified the charm. 0n ireland reboot because she personified the charm. on that programme is best days it is about glamour and programme is best days it is about glamourand fun and programme is best days it is about glamour and fun and romance and the promise of a glittering future and she seemed to personify all of that. seasoning to be very much on the side of the contestants, effortlessly both handle the show and the format of it and really make the contestants feel as though she was rooting for them and that is much, much harder than it looks. it takes huge professionalism and also a massive dose of authenticity because i think it would be very apparent if she had faked that. it wasn't a one—off, she had been on other shows, she won strictly come dancing in 2014, she was on the xtra factor, her career was still very much on the rise and obviously culminating now with totally, i think she can almost single—handedly ta ke think she can almost single—handedly take the credit for that reboot of love ireland.