“an attack on all of the positive steps forward..”

One bomb explodes near Newry and another device is dealt with by an Army bomb disposal unit, according to the reports the Belfast-Dublin rail link was closed for a time and traffic in the area disrupted. No injuries and little damage this time though. So, once more with feeling – “Would you ask members of the community who see anything suspicious to go to the police?” Adds The Belfast Telegraph report points out that the first explosion took place some time on Sunday.. the second device was discovered two days later – “Details of the incident were only made public last night when the security alert ended.”

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