Republican dissidents ‘still a threat to peace’

Republican dissidents in the North remain a serious threat to peace, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has warned.

Speaking at a special session of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly in the Seanad, Mr Kenny said it would be wrong to play down the potential of dissidents to launch attacks.

The gathering saw unionist members of the Belfast Assembly from the UUP and DUP speak in the Seanad chamber for the first time.