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20/06/2002
Bomb alert at Maghaberry prison over
Visits to a jail in Northern Ireland resumed this morning following a bomb alert earlier in the day.
Staff at Maghaberry prison, near Lisburn, County Antrim became concerned this morning after they received a suspect package.
A similar package was also delivered to the Young Offenders Centre in Hydebank Wood in south Belfast.
However Prison Service spokesman Mark McCaffrey said both packages, which contained radios, have been declared safe and that visits to Maghaberry would resume this afternoon.
Meanwhile a man has died after a multiple car accident in County Antrim. The victim was the driver of one of the cars involved in the smash on the Drones Road near Armoy.
One other person was injured and is being treated in hospital as a result of the road traffic accident which happened around 9.30pm last night.
(AMcE)
Staff at Maghaberry prison, near Lisburn, County Antrim became concerned this morning after they received a suspect package.
A similar package was also delivered to the Young Offenders Centre in Hydebank Wood in south Belfast.
However Prison Service spokesman Mark McCaffrey said both packages, which contained radios, have been declared safe and that visits to Maghaberry would resume this afternoon.
Meanwhile a man has died after a multiple car accident in County Antrim. The victim was the driver of one of the cars involved in the smash on the Drones Road near Armoy.
One other person was injured and is being treated in hospital as a result of the road traffic accident which happened around 9.30pm last night.
(AMcE)
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