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THE use had been lit on a

dissident bomb which ailedto explode at the amily homeo a Catholic police ofcerin Londonderry, it has beenrevealed.

Dissident republican groupthe Real IRA is the chie suspect or planting theunder-car pipe bomb which was discovered in the earlyhours o yesterday morningin the Shantallow area.

The bomb was under a vehicle that belonged to thepolice ofcer’s parents.

Fuse waslit on bomb

Nicholson slams

‘faceless’ criticsULSTER Unionist MEP Jim Ni-cholson last night dramaticallyclaimed that the “gutless, ace-less” members o his party who

orced Tom Elliott out as leaderare now briefng against him.

In a ferce deence o his own

position, the party veteran warned unnamed senior fgures who he believes want him to bereplaced as UUP candidate thathe will “take them out”.

Mr Nicholson told the NewsLetter that an unnamed seniorUUP fgure who told a Sundaynewspaper that “the current

mood within the party [is] orchange” should come out andidentiy themselves and that i 

he does go down he will “go downfghting”.

“I am not prepared to put up with this. I’m not going to standor it and these people can eitherstand up, put up or shut up,” hesaid.

“I have stood or election aterelection since 1975 and i they

have the guts to stand there andput their name up against me, I’lltake them on and I’ll take them

out. It’s as simple as that.”Meanwhile, party leader Mike

Nesbitt has appointed ormerleader Lord Empey as partychairman ater initially oeringthe post to Enniskillen solicitorJames Cooper – who was partychairman under Lord Trimble.

Mr Cooper told the BBC that

he had turned down the oer be-cause he is too busy.

BY SAM McBRIDEPolitical Correspondent

sam.mcbride@newsletter.co.uk

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PICTURE:

Michael Cooper

Isabella enjoysa Titanic 100thbirthday SEE P6&7

Safety calls inwake of GrandNational SEE P3

The pride of Northern IrelandPrice: 75p (IR 1.05 EURO) Tuesday, April 17, 2012

First Minister PeterRobinson and DeputyFirst Minister Martin

McGuinness arrive in AbuDhabi for the rst leg oftheir visit to the MiddleEast and Asia. EnterpriseMinister Arlene Fosteris accompanying themon the ve-day trademission which aims togenerate export growthand promote NorthernIreland’s tourism potential

MiddleEast trademissionunder way

TRIBUTES have beenpaid to the founder of theCorrymeela community, RayDavey, who died yesterday.

He established theorganisation in 1965to promote Christianreconciliation and peace-building and led it until heretired in 1980.

Born in Dunmurry in 1915,

he played for the Ulster rugbyteam before the Second World War.

Corrymeelafounder dies

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