Sinn Feín's chief negotiator Mr Martin McGuinness today warned dissident republicans that they will not succeed in their attempt to destroy the Northern Ireland peace process.
Speaking on BBC radio, Mr McGuinness said he was concerned about the recent rise in activity by dissident republican groups.
This follows allegations of a Real IRA intelligence operation at a hospital in west Belfast.
Medical records at the Royal Victoria Hospital were being accessed to target police officers, politicians and members of the policing board and newly created district policing partnership boards, it is alleged.
Mr McGuinness the groups "harbour the notion that involvement in these type of activities can bring about a collapse of the peace process."
"And bring about a situation where the IRA will go back to war. I believe that their strategy will fail and will fail miserably," he said.
