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THERE WAS A security alert on Amiens Street in Dublin’s north inner city this morning.
Connolly Station was evacuated and the street cleared as gardai and the Army bomb disposal unit checked out a suspicious device. It turned out to be a non-viable device. An area nearby at Talbot Street was sealed off as the Army dealt with a suspicious device there on Sunday.
With a number of similar security alerts in and around the capital in the past few months, it’s worth knowing exactly what’s going on when you come across one.
Brian O’Leary of Photocall Ireland was on hand to chart the morning’s drama:
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