Rail line reopened after bomb alert

A bomb alert that closed a section of the Belfast to Dublin railway line for six days has ended

A bomb alert that closed a section of the Belfast to Dublin railway line for six days has ended. The line was closed at Killeen bridge in south Armagh last Thursday following a number of telephone bomb warnings.

The Newry to Dundalk road was also closed for almost two days because of the alert.

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