Gardaí say a device which exploded outside a house in Dublin yesterday evening was elaborate and potentially lethal.
The pipe bomb exploded after falling from the boot of a car on Glin Road in Coolock.
It contained nails and explosives and was a timed device, according to officers at the scene. Gardaí say it could have killed and those who were nearby were lucky to escape injury.
The device is similar to others found recently in Limerick and Dublin.
Garda technical experts have been examining the scene outside the home of car dealer, John Ward.
At 4.45pm yesterday evening, when two men went to move the car the flask containing the bomb fell off the boot, broke apart and subsequently exploded.
However, the people who were at the scene had enough time to move away from the device before it exploded.
Army bomb disposal experts dealt with the pipe bomb device. Gardaí are still trying to establish a motive for the attack, and they are looking at the possibility that dissident republicans may have been involved.
