Dissident republican detonations up four-fold in six months

DISSIDENT republicans have detonated four times as many explosives in the last six months, compared to the previous six months.

The Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) said three times as many dissidents had been charged on either side of the border from January to October 2010 as had been charged for the whole of 2009.

In its latest report, the IMC said the various dissidents groups continued to pose a “substantial and potentially lethal threat”.