St Comgall's Primary School and St Joseph's Primary School, Antrim

Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, has criticised those responsible for security alerts at St Comgall's Primary School and St Joseph's Primary School, Antrim.

The Minister said: "Whoever caused these alerts must be strongly condemned for putting lives at risk. At the start of a new school year, when some children are attending for the first time, this has caused unnecessary fear and disruption in settings which should give a sense of safety to the children and all school staff. I would ask anyone with information about these incidents to pass it on to the PSNI."

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