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# Suspicious Device

Last year
2023
Number of homes evacuated as suspicious device found in Co Westmeath
Updated 4 Aug 2023
19.3k
27
All time
Army removes World War Two-era artillery shell found in north Dublin city centre
Updated 15 Jun 2021
44.3k
19
Gardaí call in bomb disposal team after suspicious device found in Dublin
1 May 2018
19.3k
7
Drimnagh Road bomb alert declared a hoax
21 Feb 2018
28.2k
29
Gardaí call in bomb disposal team after improvised explosive device found in Leixlip
16 Aug 2016
15.0k
12
Bomb squad deployed to Tallaght to make 'legacy device' safe
30 Dec 2015
19.5k
47
Elderly people evacuated in 'elaborate bomb hoax' in Tyrone
8 Sep 2014
4.0k
4
Five men arrested after discovery of suspicious device near border
25 May 2014
10.3k
38
Police think people may have driven over suspected explosive device
20 Mar 2014
7.3k
6
Updated: security alert in Antrim neighbourhood called off
27 Jul 2013
2.8k
1
An Post to work through the night after suspicious device found
20 Jun 2013
8.1k
13
Viable device discovered in Belfast neighbourhood
8 May 2013
2.2k
'Attempt to lure police' with suspicious object report in Armagh
5 Mar 2013
4.4k
5
Three men being questioned over Derry van bomb
4 Mar 2013
2.9k
2
Explosive device made safe in Dublin city centre
19 Feb 2013
11.4k
9
Police in Armagh issue warning after children found playing with stun gun
16 Feb 2013
8.2k
22
Updated: ‘Small viable explosive device’ found in South Belfast
12 Jan 2013
5.4k
7
Man arrested over suspicious device in Tallaght residential area
14 Oct 2012
4.3k
6
Security alert in Derry after discovery of suspicious device
8 Sep 2012
3.6k
28
Defence Forces team called to deal with hoax device in Finglas
1 Aug 2012
2.5k
Two viable explosive devices found in Sligo
24 Jul 2012
2.9k
15
Suspicious device found in vehicle in Ennis
3 Jul 2012
2.2k
8
Defence Forces investigates suspicious device at the Phoenix Park
1 May 2012
3.0k
13
Security alert continues in Belfast as bomb squad deals with ‘suspicious object’
31 Mar 2012
2.6k
3
Suspicious device discovered in north Dublin declared a hoax
21 Jul 2011
285
Man arrested and device recovered after stand-off with UK police at Watford bank
2 Jun 2011
290
Back to business at a Belfast shopping centre after a suspicious package was declared safe
17 May 2011
772
How to... dismantle a suspicious device
11 May 2011
2.0k
11
Connolly Station reopened after suspicious device found on Amiens Street
11 May 2011
2.2k
15
Suspect device found at Guinness Storehouse a 'false alarm'
4 May 2011
1.3k
Controlled explosion carried out on suspicious object in Swords
21 Apr 2011
2.9k
3
Take 5: Monday
18 Apr 2011
5.3k
DART line reopens after bomb disposal unit makes safe suspicious device
18 Apr 2011
4.0k