Body to tackle paramilitary activity ‘an option’

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is open-minded about setting up a “well-resourced” cross- border body alongside the British government to tackle paramilitary activity and linked crime in the area.

He hinted his support for such a move during a tense leaders’ questions debate in the Dáil, dominated by revelations of the Provisional IRA’s continuing existence in Northern Ireland.

The debate also focused on the Provos’ crime “legacy” in the Republic and claims of money finding its way into Sinn Féin’s accounts.