Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee he was worried that the process of transition of paramilitary groups towards civilianisation had halted while concerns over post-Brexit trading arrangements remained.

‘Efficiency and effectiveness’ at risk as terror threat raised and crime becomes increasingly transnational.

New IRA says border infrastructure would be ‘legitimate target for attack’. In an interview with Channel 4 News, the group said it was committed to ‘armed actions’ against border infrastructure – and ‘the people who are manning them’.