The Garda Commissioner says she 'refutes in the strongest terms' that she engaged in a smear campaign against a whistleblower.

The DUP says there will, after all, be an anti-Agreement candidate in the Fermanagh/South Tyrone parliamentary elections.

The Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has denied that his party was involved in any "dirty tricks" against an independent unionist candidate in the Fermanagh/South Tyrone constituency.

Last night's claim by the anti-Agreement unionist candidate for Fermanagh/South Tyrone that he is the target of a smear campaign is likely to dominate today's press conferences by the UUP and DUP.