Explosives made safe in Cork

An Army Bomb Disposal Team has made safe a small quantity of explosives and detonators found in Bandon earlier today.

19/09/11 571 Views 1 Comment

File photo of an army bomb disposal unit.

Image: Brian O'Leary/Photocall Ireland

OLD COMMERCIAL EXPLOSIVES and detonators were made safe by an Army Bomb Disposal Team outside Bandon in County Cork this afternoon.

The Defence Forces deployed the team to a rural house in Gaggan, just off the N71, after a request by the Gardaí.

The team said it removed a small quantity of old commerical explosives and a number of detonators from an outhouse. They were taken to a different location and made safe by a controlled explosion.

The operation began at 1.15pm and the area was declared safe by 3pm.

Already a fan? Connect below...

Get breaking news from TheJournal.ie via Facebook.
Just click Like.

Short URL

About the author:

Sinead O'Carroll

@SineadOCarroll

sinead@thejournal.ie

See more articles by Sinead O'Carroll

Contribute to this story:

Comments (1 Comment)

Ordered By: Popularity

Popularity Date

Add New Comment

Log in to comment:

Share This Comment on Facebook or Twitter

Most Popular Today

1	Man sticks finger into table saw to prove his invention works 22,231 50

2	Here’s how ‘healthy’ foods could make you put on more weight 21,034 61

3	Poll: France has legalised gay marriage, would you welcome it in Ireland today? 17,151 347

1	Here are some things Microsoft needs to fix in Windows 8 10,134 24

2	Kids have serious ‘pester power’ on family food purchases 5,697 34

1	As it happened: Clermont Auvergne v Toulon, Heineken Cup final 25,450 35

2	13 reasons why we’ll miss Ronan O’Gara 16,068 65

3	Stiff-neck dressing room jigs and champagne showers for cup-winning Leinster 10,664 16

1	Eurovision 2013 as it happened: Gay marriage, hipsters, Denmark and nil points 39,448 260

2	18 events from 2003 to make you feel ancient 21,976 62

3	16 reasons why dogs should be held like babies 14,780 18

Trending Tags

LIVEBLOG

Eurovision 2013 as it happened: Gay marriage, hipsters, Denmark and nil points

As it happened: Clermont Auvergne v Toulon, Heineken Cup final

As they happened: Oireachtas hearings on planned abortion laws

PENALTY POINTS

Shatter called on to resign over Wallace penalty points row

The Evening Fix… now with added deer on a city bus

Wallace to lodge complaint against Shatter over penalty points allegation

NORTHERN IRELAND

Girl (14) punched, kicked and robbed by three male teens in Belfast

Lorry driver jailed for driving cannabis truck from Greece ‘destined for NI’

Grenade filled with nails would have caused ‘serious injury or death’

GARDAí

Man arrested in connection with Dublin gym shooting

About Us

Corrections

Report Content

Policies

Please note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy.

News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. Wire service provided by Associated Press.

Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites.

Switch to Mobile Site

Explosives made safe in Cork