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A police officer who discovered a bomb under his car initially thought the “crude” device put there was a “wind-up,” a court has heard. The viable device was discovered at Shandon Park Golf Club in east Belfast in June 2019. Read More …
It is plausible that there was a real prospect the 1998 Omagh bombing could have been prevented by the security services, a judge has ruled. Mr Justice Mark Horner also called for new investigations on both sides of the Irish Read More …
A CO Armagh woman faces the prospect of a jail sentence after she admitted in court to having an improvised but viable blast bomb. With Rebecca Gregory appearing at Newry Crown Court by videolink from her solicitor’s office, defence counsel Read More …
An explosive device has been made safe during a security alert in Portadown. Police say it was discovered yesterday afternoon in the Glanroy Avenue area of the town. The device was defused by army bomb disposal experts and taken for Read More …
Police received a report that a suspicious object had been discovered outside a property on Main Street in Glenavy shortly before 6pm on Saturday evening. Police and army bomb disposal experts atended the scene, closing Main Street and evacuating nearby Read More …
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The county joint policing committee has heard calls for anyone who may have information regarding the recent pipe bomb incident in Tuam to come forward in confidence to Gardaí. Local area councillor Colm Keaveney appealed Read More …
A man has been arrested after a bomb attack on an off-duty police officer in Northern Ireland six years ago. The 33-year-old man was detained by gardai on Tuesday morning on suspicion of attempting to murder a police officer and Read More …
A device has been discovered under the car of a serving PSNI officer near a property in Dungiven in County Londonderry. The First Minister Arlene Foster has condemned the “terrorists” who targetted the officer. “I have spoken to the police Read More …
Police officers were attacked with petrol bombs last night as violence erupted once again in Northern Ireland amid loyalist riots over the post-Brexit trading arrangements. A total of 30 bombs were hurled at police in Newtownabbey, on the outskirts of Read More …
An improvised explosive device, housed in a beer keg, has been discovered at Camlough Lake. The device, similar to one found in Keady earlier this month, was placed close to the water’s edge. SDLP MLA Justin McNulty said the “bomb” Read More …
