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Multiple pipe bombs found during search in Co. Antrim

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POLICE have found a number of viable pipe bomb-type devices during a security alert in Co. Antrim. The alarm was raised following a report of a suspicious object in the Upper Hightown Road area of Newtownabbey on Tuesday. The road was closed overnight with diversions in place, however, the PSNI revealed this evening that cordons had now been lifted after the devices made safe … [Read more...] about Multiple pipe bombs found during search in Co. Antrim

Man seriously injured in early-morning petrol bomb attack

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A MAN has been seriously injured following an early-morning petrol bomb attack on a house in Newry. The property in the Armagh Road area of the city was targeted at around 2.20am on Wednesday. The man, aged in his 50s, sustained a serious burn injury while others in the house, including a teenager, were treated for smoke inhalation. While the residents made it out of the … [Read more...] about Man seriously injured in early-morning petrol bomb attack

Tributes paid to Seán Ó Sé — a Cork voice that sang for a nation

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SEÁN Ó SÉ, who has died at the age of 89, is remembered as having “one of the most distinctive and cherished voices in Irish traditional song”, according to President Catherine Connolly. The president has led the tributes to the Cork singer, whose death has been widely mourned throughout the diaspora. Mr Ó Sé, who came to prominence in the 1960s with Seán Ó Riada’s group … [Read more...] about Tributes paid to Seán Ó Sé — a Cork voice that sang for a nation