McGuinness brands dissident republicans 'no-hopers'

Dissident republicans were today branded no-hopers by Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness after the North was put on high alert for a potential terrorist attack.

A day after the Police Service of Northern Ireland kept up checkpoints across the province, Mr McGuinness launched an angry broadside at hard-line republicans opposed to his party’s involvement in power sharing.