The Eiffel Tower was completely evacuated this afternoon following a bomb alert.
Police sent a bomb disposal unit to inspect the monument after an anonymous phone call triggered the alert around 2pm (1pm Irish time), but the team found nothing suspicious and the tower was reopened
Built in 1889 and one of the world's most recognisable monuments, the Eiffel Tower sees around seven million visitors each year and up to 30,000 a day in the peak summer season.
It is regularly subject to bomb scares but these threats are usually quickly found to be hoaxes and only cause full evacuations a couple of times a year.
