The Ulster Defence Association was today given 60 days to disarm and protect £1.2m (€1.77m) earmarked for the redevelopment of their neighbourhoods.

Two women aged 19 and 44 are due in court in the North today in connection with the discovery of an alleged bomb-making factory in a housing estate in Co Antrim on Friday.

Two women were tonight charged with firearms and explosives offences following the discovery of a major bomb-making factory in the middle of a loyalist housing estate in Co Antrim.