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Tuesday 22 September 2020
The suspicious device was found in Drimnagh.
Gardaí received reports of a suspect device located at a property near Harold’s Cross Road this afternoon.
Gardaí responded to a call this morning at around 9am at an address at Shanliss Walk, Santry.
The device has been seized for further examination.
Gardaí and a bomb disposal team attended the scene on Monday.
There are currently 650 members of the Defence Forces serving in 14 countries.
A bomb disposal team is on its way to the harbour.
An Army Bomb Disposal Team made the device safe.
The operation is ongoing.
The army bomb disposal unit was called to investigate the ancient naval artillery shell at 2.15pm this afternoon.
The Mills 36 hand grenade was made safe and disposed of by the Defence Forces.
Evidence from the scene has been handed over to gardaí.
The scene was declared safe at 5.20pm.
A cordon was set up in the Mayfield area of Cork this afternoon.
The army’s Bomb Disposal Unit was called to the scene in Rush, Co Dublin, at 9.40am this morning.
The Army bomb disposal team made the device safe at the scene.
The Army has now handed the bomb parts back to gardaí for their investigation.
The incident happened late last night.
The Defence Forces has released statistics for this year on its army operations.
Houses were evacuated and road closures put in place.
The suspect package was declared a hoax.
The building had to be sealed off for a number of hours while an army bomb disposal unit examined the substance in the package.
Gardaí are investigating.
The device was removed by army experts last night.
Thankfully, it was made safe by the Army Bomb Disposal Team.
Army experts were called to the Brownstown last night.
The device was made safe by army experts.
The device was made safe by the Defence Forces late last night.
The man is believed to have found the device near his home.
A cordon was placed around Edenmore Shopping Centre for a period this afternoon.
The area was cordoned off and nearby homes were evacuated while a bomb disposal team made the device safe this afternoon.
A “volatile” War of Independence grenade has already been found at the Dublin location and it is believed there may be a number of dangerous devices there.
The device was made safe by a bomb disposal team yesterday afternoon.
The device contained no explosive content, and was similar to the kind used in military drills.
The viable device was found in the Monksfield area overnight.
The claim was made to Northern Irish media at the weekend according to UK police.
The grenade underwent a controlled explosion this morning.
The device was found at a private residence in the Ballyogan area and was made safe by army experts.
The latest alert happened yesterday, at a house in Tallaght.
The chemical is quite common in school labs but can become unstable over time.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
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