Simon Coveney removed from Belfast peace event after security alert

Mar 25, 2022

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In the news today:

* Simon Coveney removed from Belfast peace event after security alert

* ‘Savage and unprovoked sectarian attack’ on 13-year-old boy condemned

* Premature to end NI involvement in bid for Euro 2028: Mike Nesbitt

* Class A drugs valued at £36,000 sniffed out by PSNI in probe into the UDA

Opinion:

* Morning view: It is wrong to put the Republic of Ireland’s founders on display at Stormont

* Henry McDonald: Frantic last day as Stormont closes ahead of election

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	Simon Coveney removed from Belfast peace event after security alert

	Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney has been removed from a peace-building event in north Belfast on Friday morning following a security alert, early reports suggest.

‘Savage and unprovoked sectarian attack’ on 13-year-old boy condemned

DUP Councillor Dale Pankhurst has condemned a “savage and unprovoked sectarian attack upon a 13-year-old boy by a gang of up to ten nationalist youths on the Oldpark Road in North Belfast”.