Police in the North have arrested two men in connection with a series of bomb attacks on the homes and vehicles of Sinn Féin members in Ballymena, Co Antrim.

Former paramilitary member were today urged by the President Mary McAleese to do all they can to ensure that Northern Ireland has another quiet summer.

A Northern Ireland Office minister tonight condemned those who planted a pipe bomb under a Sinn Féin member’s van.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said that unionist leaders must speak out in condemnation after a pipe bomb was found outside the home of a party member in Ballymena, Co Antrim.

Loyalists were blamed after a pipe bomb was found today under a car belonging to a member of Sinn Féin.