05/09/2007

Suspicious Device Found In Dublin

An army technical team is examining a suspicious device that was found attached to a car in Dublin this morning.

The device was discovered outside a house in Grange Abbey Grove in Baldoyle at 8.00am.

Captain Fergal Purcell from the Irish Defence Forces said that the device had the appearance of being viable.

The area is cordoned off and a number of residents have been evacuated as a precaution.

(SB/SP)

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