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Thursday 22 October 2020
The suspicious device was found in Drimnagh.
Gardaí and the Defence Forces responded to the scene.
The devices were removed to a military location for further examination.
An Army Bomb Disposal Team made the device safe.
Evidence from the scene has been handed over to gardaí.
An army bomb disposal team was called in to make the device safe.
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An army bomb disposal team safely detonated the explosives.
The explosive device was found in a private residence in the rural Fivealley area, near Birr.
Gardaí discovered the devices earlier this afternoon.
The device was from the early 20th century.
A bomb disposal team dismantled the device and confirmed it was viable.
The device was made safe by the Defence Forces late last night.
The item was made safe by the army bomb disposal squad.
The devices were found on a green field site beside a river this afternoon.
An Army bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion on the live grenade.
A controlled explosion was carried out on one of the devices at the scene, while the other was brought to a secure military location to be examined.
The viable devices were found in an overgrown area near a residential estate in Limerick city.
A number of residents in the Grange area of Roscrea were evacuated from their homes during the night as a bomb disposal team dealt with the device.
An Army bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion on the device which was found at a home in the Monksland area of Athlone this morning.
A member of the Army Bomb Disposal Team was slightly injured while attempting to render the object safe outside a private residence in the city last night.
The army bomb disposal squad was called to the scene this morning but have said that the suspicious object was “harmless”.
The grenade was found during excavation work at the farm in Emo.
The viable Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found in a home in Finglas in north Dublin this afternoon.
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The Defence Forces received its 236th call out for its bomb disposal team today – the highest seen since 1979. A viable device was made safe outside a home in Clondalkin this afternoon.
The Army Bomb Disposal Team says the viable IED was made safe early this morning.
The Army Bomb Disposal Team says it was called to Donomore Park overnight to deal with a viable device.
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