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An Taoiseach Extends 'Deepest Sympathies' To Family Of Adrian Ismay
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny has extended his "deepest sympathies" following the death of Adrian Ismay, a Northern Ireland Prison Officer who died on Tuesday.
Mr Ismay was seriously injured when a bomb attached to his van detonated as he drove to work in Belfast earlier this month.
Speaking from Washington, the Taoiseach said: "My thoughts and prayers are first and foremost with Adrian Ismay's family for their loss and for their trauma in the wake of the bomb attack which caused Adrian such terrible injury.
"I have said repeatedly that such attacks can have no place in a civilised, inclusive society and we must continue to work at all levels to copperfasten a future for Northern Ireland that is committed to the democratic process and the rule of law and is free from violence and intimidation."
(MH/CD)
Mr Ismay was seriously injured when a bomb attached to his van detonated as he drove to work in Belfast earlier this month.
Speaking from Washington, the Taoiseach said: "My thoughts and prayers are first and foremost with Adrian Ismay's family for their loss and for their trauma in the wake of the bomb attack which caused Adrian such terrible injury.
"I have said repeatedly that such attacks can have no place in a civilised, inclusive society and we must continue to work at all levels to copperfasten a future for Northern Ireland that is committed to the democratic process and the rule of law and is free from violence and intimidation."
(MH/CD)
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