A suspicious package was found in the St Anthony's Road area of Rialto in Dublin.
The discovery was made at 3.30pm. A section of the road was sealed off.
Gardaí and the army bomb disposal team were at the scene.
Earlier, the army bomb disposal team made safe a crude viable improvised explosive device at the back of a private residence in the Ardmore Drive area of Tallaght in Dublin this morning.
