A huge car bomb has exploded outside a courthouse in Northern Ireland - the first such attack in ten years.

It follows weeks of political discussions about whether to return control of policing from London to local authorities in Belfast.

The region is divided between Catholic Nationalists and Protestants who want to remain part of Britain.

But the explosion in the city of Newry has been condemned by all sides of the political divide in the British-run province - where it's being seen as an attempt to reignite violence in the region.

Rory Challands reports.