The law courts have been evacuated for the second time in as many hours this morning following bomb threats.

The first threat was made at about 9.30 a.m., bringing all sittings to a halt soon after they started.

Army bomb disposal experts were quickly on the scene and a search proved fruitless.

People had just started to return when a second bomb warning was phoned in at about 11.05. The building was evacuated once more.

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