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| Schools in Lurgan and Holywood closed by bomb alerts | Schools in Lurgan and Holywood closed by bomb alerts |
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| Schools in counties Armagh and Down have been closed due to bomb alerts. | Schools in counties Armagh and Down have been closed due to bomb alerts. |
| Ceara Special School and Carrick Primary School in Lurgan have been closed following the discovery of a suspicious object. | Ceara Special School and Carrick Primary School in Lurgan have been closed following the discovery of a suspicious object. |
| A number of homes have also been evacuated. Sloan Street has been closed at the junction with Sloan Avenue. | |
| Holywood Nursery School in County Down is also closed after a suspect object was found in a hedge on Church Road. | Holywood Nursery School in County Down is also closed after a suspect object was found in a hedge on Church Road. |
| Both objects are being examined by Army bomb disposal experts. | Both objects are being examined by Army bomb disposal experts. |
| The principal of the special needs school in Lurgan, Dr Peter Cunningham, said the disruption had been "immense". | The principal of the special needs school in Lurgan, Dr Peter Cunningham, said the disruption had been "immense". |
| "We were able to prevent the children coming to school because we have a texting service, so we were able to do that very quickly when the PSNI told us to close the school," he said. | "We were able to prevent the children coming to school because we have a texting service, so we were able to do that very quickly when the PSNI told us to close the school," he said. |
| "But by that time our children had their uniforms on waiting in their houses all over the Lurgan, Craigavon and Portadown area. | "But by that time our children had their uniforms on waiting in their houses all over the Lurgan, Craigavon and Portadown area. |
| "Our children just don't understand - when they get their uniforms on, it's time to go to school. | "Our children just don't understand - when they get their uniforms on, it's time to go to school. |
| "When the bus doesn't come our children, especially those who work under a very strict routine become very anxious, so we have lots of anxious children and equally anxious families." | "When the bus doesn't come our children, especially those who work under a very strict routine become very anxious, so we have lots of anxious children and equally anxious families." |