There has been a security alert in Newry during a Remembrance Day ceremony.
Police sealed off the area around the Cenotaph after a loud bang was heard as crowds were dispersing at the end of their act of remembrance.
Police say that following a search of the area the remains of a device were found.
It is believed a coffee jar containing a firework had been left in the barrel of a canon outside the old town hall, which is close to the cenotaph.
Police had checked the area at 10am when they received a report of a suspicious device and the Remebrance Day service went ahead as normal. But around 11.15am there was what was described as a loud bang.
No-one was injured. The area was sealed off and British Army bomb experts were called in.
Elsewhere, Remembrance Day services took place today across the country, to commemorate those who have died in wars.
President Mary McAleese attended an ecumenical service of remembrance and reconciliation at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin this afternoon.
The event, organised by the Royal British Legion, was attended by the ambassador of Norway, Minister Dick Roche, servicemen and their families.
The event was marked by a two-minute silence throughout Northern Ireland and Britain.
In Limerick, the Royal Munster Fusiliers remembered fallen comrades, laying a wreath of poppies in remembrance at the war memorial in Perry Square.
This year's Remembrance Day coincides with the exact anniversary of the end of World War I.
