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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. Two schools in County Armagh have been closed due to a bomb alert.
A second alert that had closed Holywood Nursery School in County Down is over after a suspect object found on Church Road was declared an elaborate hoax.
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.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. All roads in the Church Road area in Holywood have been reopened and residents have been allowed to return to their homes.
Both objects are being examined by Army bomb disposal experts. Army bomb disposal experts are still examining the suspicious object in Lurgan.
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."