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A CRUISE ship retracing Ti-

tanics ill-fated maiden voy-
age was forced to turn back
yesterday after a BBC cam-
eraman became unwell.
The MS Balmoral had been
around 120 miles west of Ire-
land when Tim Rex, 56, fell
ill.
An emergency call was re-
ceived by the Irish Coastguard
at around 3.20pm yesterday.
The ship was forced to turn
back and travel towards shore
to a point where it could be
reached by the Irish Coast-
guards helicopter and Mr
Rex was airlifted off the MS
Balmoral as a medical pre-
caution.
This is the second setback
for the cruise liner, which was
delayed on Monday due to
stormy weather.
It set off from Southamp-
ton on Sunday, calling at
Cherbourg and Cobh in the
Republic before setting out
for the wreck site which it is
scheduled to reach by the an-
niversary of the sinking on
April 14-15.
Titanic ship
is forced to
turn back
Anger at plan to
glorify IRA gang
SINN Fein has again been
accused of glorifying terrorism
after it emerged it is planning to
commemorate one of the IRAs
most notorious murder gangs.
The Irish republican party
has organised a 12-mile walk
through the Sperrin Mountains
to mark the 25th anniversary
of the deaths of eight IRA men
who were killed by security
forces as they attempted to bomb
Loughgall RUC station.
The men members of the so-
called east Tyrone brigade were
widely regarded as one of the
most active and lethal groups in
the IRA and were responsible for
countless murders.
Former UUP leader Tom Elliott
yesterday called on Sinn Fein to
cancel the event, which he says
will cause deep distress to those
who suffered at the hands of
republicans in the west of the
Province.
And DUP MP Jeffrey
Donaldson slammed Sinn Fein
for backing the event after having
opposed the wish of families of
the Kingsmills massacre to hold
a dignifed walk in memory of
their loved ones.
But Sinn Feins Barry McElduff
said the commemoration was a
dignifed event and accused
Mr Elliott of attempting to stir
up tensions.
BY MICHAEL McGLADE
and REBECCA BLACK
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SIGNIFICANT quantities of milk quota which was on offer from producers in Great Britain, have been purchased by local dairy farmers over the past number of weeks.
Quota broker Ian Potter has confrmed to Farming Life one million litres of quota can be bought for around 2,000 plus VAT at the present time with no buyers or purchasers fee. Dairy farmers from Northern Ireland were very active in the
market in the run up to the end of the 2011/12 quota year, Mr Potter confrmed. It must be pointed out, however, that nothing has changed, either in terms of decisions coming out of Brussels or the UKs future predisposition to a super levy, to make milk quota a more valuable commodity at the present time. These are purely speculative buying decisions on the part of those farmers involved. Mr Potter continued: Quotas will end on 31st March 2015. And it is highly unlikely there will be
any compensation made available to those farmers owning quota at that time. However, a dairy farmer from Co Armagh, who recently purchased additional quota, told Farming Life that he is fully aware of the current quota arrangements. The farmer explained: No one knows exactly how the proposed contract arrangements, which may come in after 2015, will operate. As far as I am concerned the decision to buy was taken as a form of insurance policy. Relatively speaking, it was small money
down. I insure every other aspect of the farm, so why not take the same approach where quotas are concerned. In any event, our plan is to increase cow numbers over the coming years. So having the bit of extra quota made sense from every point of view. According to the Ian Potter website, clean quota at 4.00% butterfat is currently available at 0.5 pence per litre however trading in April is almost non-existent and the real market is nearer 0.2ppl. Last week the equivalent fgure was 0.15 pence.
BY RICHARD HALLERON
All the latest
equestrian news
PAGES 9-14
News, pictures and
reports from YFC
PAGES 15-17
Local farmers take chance to speculate
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
PACKED AND READY FOR POLAND: YFCU European Rally Team members Trevor Wilson (Lisbellaw YFC), Roberta Simmons (Rathfriland YFC),
Elaine Sproule (Strabane YFC) and Derek Fenton (Kilrea YFC) pictured with passports, suitcases and travel guides at the ready assisted by John
Henning from Northern Bank, proud sponsor of the YFCU Rally team for many years. See pages 16 and 17 for full story and pictures.
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PICTURE: Arthur
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DJ Smyth, Carson Dunn,
Scott McCallister, Blake
Johnston and Alexander
Smyth are bubbling
over with enjoyment at
the Junior Loyal Orange
Associations annual
Easter Tuesday parade,
which took place in
Bangor yesterday
Funs the
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Junior
Orange
day out
See pages 6 & 7
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Afoa in danger of missing Heineken Cup semi-fnal SEE SPORT
Incredible 222lb
fsh caught off
Ulster coast P10
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