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SECURITY:BORDER SECURITY has been increased following the attacks by dissident republicans of the past week in Antrim and Armagh which claimed the lives of two British soldiers and a PSNI officer.

Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy and senior Garda officers are meeting PSNI chief constable Sir Hugh Orde in Belfast today to discuss developments in the North since the weekend. The talks, which were scheduled to take place before the killings, will cover continued sharing of intelligence and co-ordination of anti-terrorist operations on both sides of the Border.