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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Michelle Cullen

UVF believed to be behind bomb hoax suspected to be targeted at Simon Coveney

The UVF is suspected to be behind a hoax bomb that is believed to have been targeted at Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney.

Mr Coveney was giving a speech at a peace and reconciliation event in north Belfast when he was ushered from the room.

The event organised by John and Pat Hume ended with the Houben Centre on the Crumlin Road and a funeral service nearby being disrupted.

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