Death threat issued to reporter

Reports that a Northern Ireland-based journalist has been subjected to a death threat from a loyalist paramilitary group has prompted condemnations across the political divide.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has reported the death threat against the Belfast-based journalist was made by loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA).

Seamus Dooley, the Irish secretary of the NUJ told the BBC the threat was credible.