PSNI officers from the Tactical Support Group search outside the police station in Lurgan, Co Armagh, on Monday. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA WireTánaiste Simon Harris has described an attempt at a proxy bomb attack on a police station in Northern Ireland as “deeply chilling”. It has been roundly condemned by political leaders across Northern Ireland. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it was likely to have been a “sad and futile” bid by dissident republicans to “make themselves relevant” ahead of the anniversary of the Easter Rising. “What we have seen in Lurgan is deeply chilling and deeply concerning, and I take very seriously what the PSNI say,” he told reporters outside the Oireachtas in Dublin on Wednesday morning.

Source: The Irish Times April 01, 2026 18:32 UTC