British intelligence has urged the Ulster Defence Association to regroup under one supreme commander, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams claimed today.

Sinn Fein MPs should go into the House of Commons chamber instead of just using offices they will be allocated after a controversial vote at Westminster this week, Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid said today.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today promised to help ‘‘in any way’’ with the investigation into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

Northern Ireland Assembly members have one last chance to show their dissatisfaction with Sinn Fein in government ahead of the likely suspension of the North’s political institutions, it was claimed today.

Senior Ulster Unionists have refused to go public on private admissions that the IRA’s decision to allow arms dumps to be examined was a powerful development, Sinn Fein’s chief negotiator Martin McGuinness claimed today.