Links rise between paramilitaries and gangs

There have been 68 gangland murders since 2009, with "growing and inextricable links" between paramilitary groups and organised crime, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

She said 29 suspected gang members have been arrested under radical laws to tackle organised crime in Ireland.

Highlighting the continuing threat from republican splinter groups, she said there were 30 terrorist-related attacks in the North last year and five so far this year.