Teachers and clerics have been praised for remaining calm after a woman told a congregation at a Confirmation ceremony that she had a bomb strapped to her.
Hundreds of sixth-class children from four schools around Navan, Co. Meath, as well as their parents and sponsors, packed St Mary’s Church when the woman made her way onto the altar and told the crowd she had something to say.
After she said she had a bomb, teachers and a priest calmly escorted her off the altar and outside the church, which lies between the Fairgreen and Trimgate Street in the centre of the town.
The young students were preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation from the Bishop of Meath, Tom Deenihan, when…