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‘I have learned with great regret that Adrian Ismay, an officer of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, who was the victim of a bomb attack last week has died today. This is a tragic time for his family and friends and, indeed, his colleagues in the Northern Ireland Prison Service. Our sympathy goes out to them at this sad loss.

I condemn in the strongest possible terms the people who carried out last week's cowardly bomb attack. They are evil people who reject the democratic will of the people across this island. An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland will continue to work closely together to counteract the persistent threat that these people represent.’