Peadar Heffron venne lasciato a lottare per la propria vita in seguito alla scoppio a Randalstown, Contea di Antrim, lo scorso mese.
Il trentatreenne aveva appena lasciato la sua abitazione per recarsi al lavoro a West Belfast, quando un ordigno è esploso sotto alla sua Alfa Romeo blu.
Dopo settimana in terapia intensiva presso il Royal Victoria Hospital di Belfast, il Belfast Health and Social Care Trust ha confermato che il poliziotto è stato trasferito per la prossima fase del ricovero.
Una portavoce della PSNI ha riferito che l’agente, recentemente sposato, resta in condizioni stabili ma ancora gravemente malato.
Heffron fu trasportato in ospedale per un ricovero d’urgenza dopo l’esplosione dell’8 gennaio e in seguito gli fu amputata la gamba destra, sempre al Royal Victoria Hospital.
Lo scorso anno l’agente, arruolato in polizia da 9 ani, fu tra i poliziotti partecipanti al primo incontro a Derry tra i funzionari del Policing Board ed la popolazione, interamente eseguito in gaelico.
Giocò anche per i Kickhams Creggan, un club GAA di Randalstown.
L’attacco avvenne a solo due miglia di distanza da Massereene Barracks, dove due soldati furono colpiti a morte dalla Real IRA, lo scorso marzo, la sera prima di partire per l’Afghanistan.
I genieri Mark Quinsey, 23 anni, e Patrick Azimkar, 21 anni, furono colpiti mentre ritiravano delle pizze davanti ai cancelli della caserma.
Injured Pc out of intensive care
Pc Peadar Heffron was left fighting for his life following the blast in Randalstown, Co Antrim last month.
The 33-year-old had just left home to start work in west Belfast when the device exploded under his blue Alfa Romeo car.
After weeks in intensive care at Belfast’s Royal Victoria hospital, the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust confirmed Pc Heffron had moved on to the next stage of his treatment.
A spokeswoman for the PSNI said the recently married officer was in a stable condition but remains seriously ill.
Pc Heffron was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment after the January 8 explosion and later had his right leg amputated at the Royal Victoria.
Last year the constable, who has served with the police for nine years, was among officers who attended the first meeting at which discussions in Londonderry between Policing Board officials and members of the public were conducted in the Irish language.
He also once played for Kickhams Creggan, a GAA club based in Randalstown.
The attack happened two miles from the Massereene Army barracks, where two soldiers just about to leave for Afghanistan were shot dead by the Real IRA last March.
Sappers Mark Quinsey, 23, and Patrick Azimkar, 21, were gunned down as they collected a pizza delivery outside the gates of the base.