The BBC reports that there was an explosion alongside a road in Northern Ireland today. They are mum on most of the details while CNN reports that it destroyed a bridge and may have been designed to draw police into the area.
Meanwhile there were shots fired at police as they detained five people under suspicion of trafficking explosive across the border with the Republic. It is unclear whether these two incidents are related.
However, it certainly represents a significant escalation of violence in Northern Ireland since the Real IRA claimed responsibility for a March of 2009 killing of two British Soldiers outside their barracks before they were to go on tour in Afghanistan.
Most pundits I have read claim that the sectarian mood in Northern Ireland is the worst it has been in over a decade. Since I was giving a mini lesson in Gaeilge earlier today I couldn't help follow-up...
síochán = peace
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