Dissident republicans are living in a fool’s paradise if they think they can re-unite Ireland by violence, Martin McGuinness has insisted.

A couple will be sentenced today for supplying drugs to a “hit list” of celebrities including singer Amy Winehouse.

Amy Winehouse’s husband plotted a £200,000 (€252,000) pay off for a pub landlord he had beaten up to skip a key court date, it was claimed today.