A civil servant whose life was threatened by loyalist paramilitaries has resumed her work in Belfast.
Government sources confirmed that Áine de Baróid, a Department of Foreign Affairs official, had returned to duties in the North four months after facing the threat.
She was transferred to Dublin in August after the PSNI became aware that loyalist paramilitaries were targeting her.
Ms de Baróid had been involved in outreach work with both the loyalist and republican communities. It is thought the threat came from a breakaway faction of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA).
Father Aiden Troy, from North Belfast, had condemned the threat against Ms de Baróid, welcomed reports that she had returned to the city.
"It is good if she has been able to return to do the important work that she has been involved in," he said. "There can be no place for making threats or forcing people out of cities."
President Mary McAleese and her husband, Martin, have engaged with senior figures in the UDA.