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06/10/2008
Hoax Bomb Alert In Dublin, as North 'Device' Made Safe
Traffic was diverted and buildings in the Charlemont Street of Dublin were evacuated last night while gardaí and the army dealt with a suspect device.
It was later found to be a hoax after a bomb disposal unit was called into action.
The incident happened at around 8pm, when the package was found against a set of railings on the street.
The army examined the device with a remote control robot. The area was then declared safe and the remains of the package handed over for forensic examination.
"The incident was all over by 9.45pm," said a spokesperson.
In the North too, a 'viable device' found in south Belfast has been made safe by bomb disposals experts this afternoon.
The device was discovered in the back yard of a house in Malone Park Central earlier today.
Technical officers have removed the object for forensic examination.
The Dublin hoax is the latest such alert, with just last month, bomb disposal experts being called to a suspect explosive device at Lower Leeson Street in Dublin.
The device, which gardaí described as viable, was found at around 10pm near the entrance to Shell Ireland's headquarters at Corrib House.
The all clear was given at around midnight after the disposal squad had made the ordnance safe.
A second alert also took place at the junction of North Fredrick Street and Hardwicke Street in the city centre.
The army bomb disposal team arrived at the scene and carried out a controlled explosion to gain entry to a stolen car that was abandoned at the scene.
Gardaí had information that a suspect device was contained in the vehicle, but no device or explosive content was discovered, and the incident was declared a hoax.
A number of items were taken away for further examination.
Other bomb incidents included one busy day last November when two suspect devices - believed to be pipe bombs - were found in Fairview Park in Dublin at the same time as gardaí officers investigated a suspicious package at social welfare offices in the Ballyfermot area of Dublin.
See: South Belfast Bomb Made Safe
See: Two 'Devices' Made Safe In Dublin
See: Dublin Devices Probed As Belfast Alert Continues
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It was later found to be a hoax after a bomb disposal unit was called into action.
The incident happened at around 8pm, when the package was found against a set of railings on the street.
The army examined the device with a remote control robot. The area was then declared safe and the remains of the package handed over for forensic examination.
"The incident was all over by 9.45pm," said a spokesperson.
In the North too, a 'viable device' found in south Belfast has been made safe by bomb disposals experts this afternoon.
The device was discovered in the back yard of a house in Malone Park Central earlier today.
Technical officers have removed the object for forensic examination.
The Dublin hoax is the latest such alert, with just last month, bomb disposal experts being called to a suspect explosive device at Lower Leeson Street in Dublin.
The device, which gardaí described as viable, was found at around 10pm near the entrance to Shell Ireland's headquarters at Corrib House.
The all clear was given at around midnight after the disposal squad had made the ordnance safe.
A second alert also took place at the junction of North Fredrick Street and Hardwicke Street in the city centre.
The army bomb disposal team arrived at the scene and carried out a controlled explosion to gain entry to a stolen car that was abandoned at the scene.
Gardaí had information that a suspect device was contained in the vehicle, but no device or explosive content was discovered, and the incident was declared a hoax.
A number of items were taken away for further examination.
Other bomb incidents included one busy day last November when two suspect devices - believed to be pipe bombs - were found in Fairview Park in Dublin at the same time as gardaí officers investigated a suspicious package at social welfare offices in the Ballyfermot area of Dublin.
See: South Belfast Bomb Made Safe
See: Two 'Devices' Made Safe In Dublin
See: Dublin Devices Probed As Belfast Alert Continues
(BMcC)
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