The SDLP has condemned a loyalist sectarian attack in which two young children escaped injury in north Belfast.

Two young Catholic children escaped injury after a house came under attack by youths in north Belfast early today.

Renewed pressure was put on the IRA to disarm today as Sinn Fein leaders met in Dublin to discuss the faltering Northern Ireland peace process.

The RUC are investigating an explosion that occurred in the back garden of a house in north Belfast last night.