Rabitte: 'Paramilitaries ‘not about to abandon crime'

Paramilitary involvement in criminal activities is unlikely to dissolve soon, Labour leader Pat Rabbitte claimed today.

During the first joint visit to Belfast with Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny, Mr Rabbitte said their discussions with the Rev. Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionists had focused on the need for loyalist and republican involvement in crime to disappear.