Dissident threat to prison staff
PRISON officers have been warned to vary their routes to and from work because of the threat from dissident republicans.
A motive has been posted on staff boards in Maghaberry jail as fears grow of Real IRA and Continuity IRA attacks.
Finlay Spratt, chairman of the Prison Officers Association, said they had been asked to be "careful and vigilant" by management of the Prison Service.
"We have always been under threat from republicans and from the end of the campaign of the PIRA we have been under continued threat from dissident republicans," he said.
"Their threat was renewed again this week. It is a worrying time for prison officers who are easy targets - and it is a chaep publicity stunt for dissident republicans.
"we had hopes after the ceasefire that everyone had moved on but these dissidents are not able to move anywhere."
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