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A man who admitted hoarding the separated parts of a firework-based ‘improvised explosive device’ was freed yesterday after his 12 month jail sentence was suspended for two years. Robert Patrick Dodds (62) from Havana Gardens, north Belfast, admitted having the Read More …
Ammunition Technical Officers (ATO) based in the region can be requested to assist police where it is believed there may be explosives. Officers from explosive ordnance disposal and search regiments were called out 229 times between August 1 2018 and Read More …
A 33-year-old man appeared in court today charged in connection with a ‘spate’ of pipe bomb attacks in Derry. Noel Logan, from Nelson Drive, appeared at a special sitting of Derry Magistrates Court. He is charged with making explosive substances Read More …
A decommissioned Soviet mortar launcher seized at Dublin Port may have been destined for a collector in Northern Ireland. The port was sealed off for several hours yesterday morning over a major security alert after a woman attempted to bring Read More …
A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to a minimum of 22 years in prison with the rest of his life sentence served under licence, for the murder of Northern Ireland prison officer Adrian Ismay in 2016. Mr Justice Gerry McAlinden Read More …
A mother and her two young children have escaped injury after a pipe bomb was planted on their car at their home near Dervock in Co Antrim. The device was one of three found at the centre of security alerts Read More …
A man arrested in connection with the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings which killed 21 people is reported to be Michael Patrick Reilly. The blasts at the Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs on the night of 21 November Read More …
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has described how he helped foil an IRA bomb plot as he paid a Remembrance Day tribute to the fallen. He hailed the armed forces as “the backbone and safety net” of Britain – and recounted Read More …
Security sources in the UK have warned that the dissident republican grouping known as the New IRA is ‘still dangerous’ despite the efforts of a targeted MI5 operation. In August, eight men and two women were arrested as part of Read More …
Detectives are appealing for information after a pipe bomb “partially exploded” in a residential area of Derry on Monday. The PSNI said that the ‘crude device’ was located in the McGarvey Court area on September 28. A number of residents Read More …
