Sinn Fein alleges pre-Drumcree intimidation

Sinn Fein has accused the UDA of launching an onslaught against Catholics over the past two weeks in a bid to up the ante in the run-in to Drumcree.

The party's Gerry Kelly said the homes of nationalists have been attacked in Belfast, Larne and Ballymena, while the houses of SDLP councillors in Larne and Dungannon and crates of petrol bombs were uncovered in Portadown.