A man in his 20s was shot dead at his home in Co Donegal.

A small bomb exploded today at a busy shopping area in the North in what is believed to be the latest in a series of attacks by dissident republicans opposed to the peace process.

There has been an explosion on a shopping street in Derry. No injuries are reported.

A tense armed forces homecoming parade passed off without incident in Belfast today where police mounted a huge security operation to keep apart thousands of loyalist supporters and republican protestors.