An Orange parade in Maghera, Co Derry, was disrupted yesterday after army bomb disposal experts were called to examine three suspect devices, including one at the Orange hall. The devices were later declared "elaborate hoaxes".
A Catholic parochial house in Co Antrim was slightly damaged in an arson attack early yesterday. One window was broken when two petrol-bombs were thrown at the house attached to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ballyclare.