Police in Northern Ireland do not have the numbers to protect a hard Irish border, a representative body has warned.

Sinn Féin has vehemently denied the IRA was involved in the Belfast murder last week of father-of-nine Kevin McGuigan.

Three men have been arrested in Co Donegal as part of a follow-up operation after a bomb was left under a PSNI officer's car in Derry.

Police have warned anti-terrorism resources should not be eroded by budget wrangling in the North.

The British government was given fresh warning today it could yet face the threat of industrial action by police officers in the North over pay.