Halting site sealed off after bomb thrown

A HALTING site close to Waterford’s city centre was sealed off for up to nine hours yesterday after a nail bomb was thrown on Sunday night as part of a continuing feud.

The army bomb disposal unit was called to investigate the device and it took some hours for the area to be declared safe.

Members of one of the Traveller families living on the Bilberry site, close to Rice Bridge, were targeted by the bomb, described as “crude” by the defence forces.