Monday 17 December, 2018
The scene in Whitehall was declared safe at about 1.20am this morning.
An army bomb disposal team was called in to make the device safe.
Some residents in the area had to leave their homes in the early hours of this morning while the device was blown up safely.
It is believed that one bomb was placed to lure police and army officers and the second, which had a time, was intended to hurt or kill those responding.
The device was taken to a safe military location for examination.
A number of houses in Drimnagh, where the viable device was found, were evacuated earlier this evening.
The device was discovered in a laneway near the school at 3pm yesterday evening.
The device was made safe without the need for a controlled explosion.
Improvised explosive devices were found in Bray, Co Wicklow and in Athy, Co Kildare.
The area was cordoned off and some local resident were evacuated until the device was made safe by the Army Bomb Disposal Team.
The badly corroded projectile was found during river drainage works and is thought to have been in the location for a considerable period of time.
The Army Bomb Disposal Unit was called to St Finbarr’s Seminary after unstable chemical was found in an old school lab.
No injuries were caused in the explosion. The bomb disposal team was also called to deal with explosive devices in Kildare.
A suspicious device was discovered this afternoon at an industrial unit in Co Offaly.
The Armby Bomb Disposal Team was called to Tulla this morning after the devices were discovered.
A security alert is in operation after the object was found in the Glen Road area this morning.
Gardaí say the arrests were made as part of investigations into organised crime.
The Defence Forces team carried out a controlled explosion on a quantity of unstable Picric Acid in Kilmallock this morning.
The device was found in the front garden of a house in the Clondalkin area of Dublin earlier this morning.
AN ARMY BOMB DISPOSAL unit has made a device safe in Mulhuddart, Co Dublin, today. The team arrived on the scene at Whitestown Drive at around 1.30am this morning and the area was declared safe an hour later, according to RTÉ. The improvised explosive device (IED) was removed for a technical examination and safe destruction.
Nicholas Fabian, 33, has been sentenced to life for attempting to murder his wife, who was seriously injured in an explosion outside their home.
The accused’s pregnant wife received serious leg injuries when the device exploded underneath her car in March 2010.
IT’S SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER 1918.
Irish men and women are turning out in droves across the country to vote in the General Election, many for the first time.
This is the first time that the franchise has been extended to women (over the age of 30) and all men over the age of 21, greatly boosting the Irish electorate.
Early indicators show a major upset for John Redmond’s Irish Parliamentary Party, with the revolutionary party Sinn Féin looking like they will sweep to power.
However, the Unionists of Edward Carson are showing strong gains in Ulster.
You can keep a track of who has been elected in your constituency here. But who will you be voting for?
Today we’re asking, Who are you voting for in the 1918 General Election?
Poll Results:
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