Bomb find forces Holy Cross pupils back to counselling

CHILDREN attending a north Belfast school targeted by loyalists have been forced back into counselling following Monday’s discovery of a pipe bomb on the premises.

School governor of Holy Cross Girl's Primary School, Fr Aidan Troy, said the bomb find had revived memories of the terror pupils endured in 2001 when loyalists had picketed the school for three months.

During this time, girls as young as four were exposed to blast bomb attacks on their way to school, following a dispute between neighbouring Protestant and Catholic communities.