MARTIN MCGUINNESS said it is “bemusing” that he is constantly asked about his IRA past in the Republic since starting his presidential campaign.

Police in the North have released two men they were questioning in connection with the murder of a Sinn Féin councillor in Co Donegal 18 years ago.

The PSNI's Historical Enquiries Team has apologised to the family of three brothers killed by loyalist paramilitaries 30 years ago.