Two brothers from Co Donegal have been told they have 48 hours to leave the county by a group claiming to be dissident republicans.

Gardaí made the two men aware of the threats to shoot them last night.

An organisation calling themselves the IRA are behind the threat, accusing the two brothers of being drug dealers.

Sinn Féin TD for Donegal North-East, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, met with the family last night.

He told Highland Radio that the allegations are untrue.