Northern Ireland’s politicians and community groups have condemned attempts to derail the peace process following days of street violence and an attack on the home of former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.

Explosive devices were thrown at the Belfast home of Mr Adams last on Friday night, causing damage to a car in his driveway, just feet from where his young grandchildren had been standing moments earlier.

At the same time another device was thrown at the home of prominent Sinn Fein leader Bobby Storey by suspected dissident republicans.

Mr Storey was involved in the Maze Prison escape in 1983, where 38 IRA prisoners escaped from the maximum security prison.