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15/03/2012
Two More Explosive Devices Found
A viable improvised explosive device (IED) was found shortly after midnight lastnight outside a house at Dunmore Park in Tallaght in Dublin.
The Army Bomb Disposal Team (ABDT) attended the scene and houses in the surrounding area were evacuated, the device was destroyed in a controlled explosion at about 3am.
Separately, a World War One era grenade was found in the garden of a private residence in Manorhamilton in Co Leitrim.
The ABDT removed the grenade to a secure military location and carried out a controlled explosion.
The Defence Forces have deployed Bomb Disposal Teams to seven incidents in the last four days, five in Dublin and one each in Cork and Leitrim.
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The Army Bomb Disposal Team (ABDT) attended the scene and houses in the surrounding area were evacuated, the device was destroyed in a controlled explosion at about 3am.
Separately, a World War One era grenade was found in the garden of a private residence in Manorhamilton in Co Leitrim.
The ABDT removed the grenade to a secure military location and carried out a controlled explosion.
The Defence Forces have deployed Bomb Disposal Teams to seven incidents in the last four days, five in Dublin and one each in Cork and Leitrim.
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