Terrorism: Northern Ireland
(asked on 23rd February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the level of the threat of terrorism in Northern Ireland.
This question was answered on 2nd March 2016
The threat level in Northern Ireland is SEVERE meaning an attack is highly likely. Threat levels are kept under constant review.
There were 16 national security attacks in 2015 and there has been one so far this year. Many more attacks and murders by violent dissident republicans have been foiled.