MLAs Arlene Foster, David Simpson and Lord Morrow of Clogher Valley met with Paul Goggins at Stormont in the wake of recent attempted bomb attacks in the Fermanagh border area.

The latest device was found at Wattlebridge, near Newtownbutler, on Saturday after two separate telephoned warnings to police.

Following yesterday's meeting, the DUP called for full PSNI resources to be targeted on the dissident groups.

Mr Simpson said: "People want to see this threat nipped in the bud early before these groups have a chance to grow in strength and capacity to engage in criminality."

Lord Morrow of Clogher Valley said: "The level of threat which dissident republicans pose to the police and public has increased. They are actively recruiting and they are growing."

Mrs Foster said: "The dissident republicans are trying to prevent the normalisation of Northern Ireland society.

"What they want to see happen is soldiers back on Ulster's streets. We must not give in to their agenda."

Sinn Fein MP Michelle Gildernew said that those responsible for the bomb at Wattlebridge offered nothing positive.