The Taoiseach has re-iterated Northern Secretary John Reid's assertion that there is no evidence the IRA is poised to resume its terror campaign.

There is no evidence that the IRA is poised to resume its terror campaign, Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid insisted today hours after it emerged that a republican hit list had been found.

The discovery of a republican hit list was described as a "very, very worrying development" by nationalist SDLP Assembly member Alban Maginness.

Names of British Conservative politicians have been discovered on a republican hit list in Belfast.

Police chiefs who warned up to 200 Special Branch officers of an increased terrorist threat following the raid on a Northern Ireland police station are ploughing massive resources into blaming the IRA, it was claimed today.

The personal security of some 200 of the North’s special branch officers is in danger.

Up to 200 Special Branch officers have been urged to increase personal security in the wake of a raid on a Northern Ireland police station, it emerged tonight.

Sinn Fein has revealed that it has lobbied the British government to stop the North’s police from arresting republicans in connection with the Castlereagh break-in.

Elements within the security forces are trying to undermine the peace process by alleging that republicans were behind last month’s break-in at a top security Belfast police station, it was claimed today.

Three people arrested in connection with the raid on a high security Northern Ireland police station have been released without charge.

Police in the North have arrested two more people in connection with the break-in at Castlereagh police station in east Belfast two weeks ago.

Detectives investigating the raid on Special Branch offices at Northern Ireland’s most secure police station have extended their inquiries to the United States, it was confirmed this evening.

A former catering worker at the top security Castlereagh base outside Belfast is being questioned in the US about files missing since last month's raid.