Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern today expressed his profound sorrow and concern at the blasts that have devastated public transport in London and resulted in the loss of life and serious injury.

The IRA must address directly claims that it carried out the £26.5m (€38m) raid on a Belfast bank, a prominent loyalist claimed today.

The British government was urged today to set up task forces to regenerate Protestant working-class communities in Northern Ireland.

Loyalist communities in Northern Ireland need to be given help to build on ground-breaking moves by the IRA over the next six months, a Northern Ireland Assembly member claimed today.

The British government seems to be in the dark about what exactly the IRA will do to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland, a senior Ulster Unionist claimed today.

Any move to axe the full-time police reserve in Northern Ireland could threaten next month’s crucial peace process negotiations, the British government was warned today.