Army experts called in, as viable bomb found in Cork estate

A member of the public found the suspect device and called gardaí.

By Daragh Brophy Monday 31 Mar 2014, 10:09 PM

Mar 31st 2014, 10:09 PM 14,171 Views 21 Comments

https://jrnl.ie/1391433

AN ARMY BOMB disposal team has made safe an explosive device found at a Cork estate earlier this evening.

The bomb squad was deployed after a request from the gardaí. A suspect device had been found outside a home in the Churchfield area of Gurranabraher by a member of the public.

The team arrived on scene at 6.20pm and the bomb was made safe at the scene without the need for a controlled explosion.

Component parts from the device were then brought to a secure military location for further examination. They’ll eventually be handed over to investigating gardaí.

The scene was declared safe at 7.20 pm, according to a Defence Forces spokesperson.

Read: Army experts called in, as three explosive devices found in Tallaght

Read: Bomb squad deals with highly explosive chemical at Dublin school

#Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal

Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you

Support us now

Short URL

About the author:

About the author

Daragh Brophy

@DaraghBroph

daragh@thejournal.ie

See more articles by Daragh Brophy

Contribute to this story:

Send a Correction

COMMENTS (21)

∞

About Us

Corrections

Report Content

Policies

TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie

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.

Army experts called in, as viable bomb found in Cork estate

A member of the public found the suspect device and called gardaí.

Read: Army experts called in, as three explosive devices found in Tallaght