Orde warns against republicans derailing policing handover

The actions of dissident republicans must not be allowed to block the transfer of policing and justice powers from Westminster to Stormont, Northern Ireland Assembly members were told today.

The actions of dissident republicans must not be allowed to block the transfer of policing and justice powers from Westminster to Stormont, Northern Assembly members were told today.

Hugh Orde, Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, told an Assembly committee he sensed the powers could be devolved by October instead of the British government's target date of May.