Bomb alert disrupts Belfast Paddy’s Day gig
18/03/2004 - 07:41:49A St Patrick’s Day concert at a pub in south Belfast was disrupted yesterday by a bomb alert.
Scores of people were evacuated from the Menagerie Bar during the alert, which was sparked by the discovery of a suspicious device in a car just off University Street.
A number of nearby houses were also evacuated.
Former Pogues singer Shane McGowan had been due to perform in the bar at the time of the alert.
