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The army bomb squad at the scene of the Sallynoggin alert. Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland
Security Alert

Army bomb disposal team called out to fourth alert today

Suspicious device discovered in Sallynoggin, Dublin.

THE ARMY BOMB DISPOSAL team has been called out to a fourth security alert in Dublin today when a suspicious device was discovered in a laneway in the Sallynoggin area.

The team examined the device at the scene and a number of homes in the area were evacuated as a precaution.

A controlled explosion was carried out on the device and it has since been declared a hoax by the Defence Forces team.

Earlier today, the team was called out to Tallaght twice to deal with reports of suspicious devices and to the Israeli embassy. The security alert at the embassy was later declared a false alarm.

Today’s alerts bring the total number of the Defence Forces team call-outs to 133 so far this year. The army bomb disposal squad has made 64 improvised explosive devices safe in 2012.

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