'Hard border will incentivise dissident republicans'

Independent unionist MP Sylvia Hermon has warned about the prospect of greater dissident republican violence and the potential for a loyalist backlash in a no-deal Brexit.

Lady Hermon was speaking in the Commons on Thursday.

The North Down MP said that leaving the EU with no agreement would embolden Sinn Féin to campaign for a border poll.

She said this would threaten Northern Ireland's position in the UK.