Hoax device left at city school

Army experts have declared the device as a hoax

A hoax bomb has disrupted classes at a school in Armagh.

About 300 pupils at Saint Brigid's High School were told to stay at home while Army technical officers examined a suspect package.

School principal Enda Cullen discovered the package, which consisted of two lengths of pipe with protruding wires, taped to his office window.

Mr Cullen said the hoax came at a time when the school was celebrating its best ever examination results.

"It's sad, it's tragic," he said.

"Our children want to learn. There are over 300 children and their parents who have been discommoded by today.

"It's their learning that suffers, it's the innocent, it's young children that are suffering from this."

Motorists were also advised to avoid the area at Windmill Hill which had been cordoned off for a time.