Bomb defused near primary school

Army bomb disposal experts today defused a small improvised bomb near a mainly-Protestant primary school in the heart of Ian Paisley’s constituency.

Army bomb disposal experts today defused a small improvised bomb near a mainly-Protestant primary school in the heart of Ian Paisley’s constituency.

The device was discovered by school maintenance staff in a hedge at Harryville Primary School in Ballymena, Co Antrim shortly after 9am.

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