Dissident checkpoints condemned

The reappearance of paramilitary checkpoints on the streets of Northern Ireland was tonight branded sinister and unwelcome.

The reappearance of paramilitary checkpoints on the streets of the North was tonight branded sinister and unwelcome.

Masked and armed men illegally stopped cars last night in Meigh village in the once notorious south Armagh, which was known as 'bandit country' during the Troubles.