Device made safe in Galway

Updated: 22:30, Friday, 27 February 2009

The army bomb disposal team have made safe a suspicious device at Mill Street Garda Station in Galway city.

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The remains of the device have been handed over to gardaí for forensic examination.

The device was found on the person of a man in his mid 20s who was arrested in Athlone this afternoon by gardaí in Galway following the recovery of a fireman.

A second man, also in his mid 20s, was arrested in Moate.

Both men were taken to Mill Garda Station for questioning.

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