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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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| Two schools in County Armagh were closed because of a bomb alert. | |
| A second alert closed Holywood Nursery School in County Down. It ended after a suspect object found on Church Road was declared an elaborate hoax. | |
| Ceara Special School and Carrick Primary School in Lurgan were closed following the discovery of a suspicious object. | |
| A number of homes were also evacuated. Sloan Street has been reopened but the alert continues. | |
| All roads in the Church Road area in Holywood have been reopened and residents have been allowed to return to their homes. | All roads in the Church Road area in Holywood have been reopened and residents have been allowed to return to their homes. |
| Army bomb disposal experts are still examining the suspicious object in Lurgan. | 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." |