Murray to face full rigours of law over JFK bomb remark

LEITRIM footballer Ciaran Murray has pledged to return to New York and face the full rigours of the law for the ‘silly’ bomb prank at JFK Airport which went disastrously wrong.

Murray, 27, issued a statement through his solicitor last night expressing his remorse at making a joke about a bomb in his travel bag when leaving from Kennedy Airport after Leitrim’s Connacht SFC victory last weekend.

Reports that his passport had been confiscated were dismissed by Leitrim County Board officials, but the player is due to appear in court in New York later this month.