A British-Irish parliamentary body has warned that the strong relationship between Gardaí and the PSNI “could be undermined” if there was no Brexit agreement.

Gardaí are cautioning that it could take some time before the results of their forensic examination of the suspected torture site of company executive Kevin Lunney become known.

Garda commissioner Drew Harris has expressed fears that dissident republicans would use a hard border post-Brexit as a “rallying call” for terrorism.

The Environmental Protection Agency has vowed to crack down on illegal cross-border dumping.

The Irish and British governments were urged today to set up an all-Ireland agency to hit the pockets of criminal and paramilitary gangs on both sides of the border.