The actions of dissident republicans must not be allowed to block the transfer of policing and justice powers from Westminster to Stormont, Northern Ireland Assembly members were told today.

Northern police chief Hugh Orde will be in Leinster House today to discuss the bombing of Kay’s Tavern, Dundalk.

The British government is examining ways to keep the public fully informed about which paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland are breaching their ceasefires, Secretary of State John Reid confirmed today.