Explosive device found in Ballymun

Updated: 22:34, Saturday, 4 July 2009

A viable explosive device was found in the front garden of a house in Cranog Close, Ballymun, having failed to detonate.

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Following a request from Gardaí an Army bomb disposal team arrived on the scene at 10.15am.

The device was made safe at the scene without the need for a controlled explosion. The scene was declared safe at 11.00am.

An examination later determined that the device was viable.

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