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AN ARMY BOMB disposal team rendered safe a viable improvised device in the Bawnlee area of Tallaght, south Dublin, this afternoon.
The Defence Forces said a team was deployed in response to a request from gardaí after a suspect device was placed inside the porch of a private residence.
The team arrived on scene at 3.45pm and examined the device in situ. A cordon was put in place and gardaí evacuated some nearby houses for public safety. The team leader opted to remove the suspect device to a nearby green area where it was subsequently rendered safe by means of a controlled explosion.
On further examination, the device was declared a viable IED which the Defence Forces said means it “had all the component parts to initiate and cause serious injury or loss of life”. The scene was declared safe at 4.30pm and the team have now returned to base.
The remains of the device will now be handed over to gardaí to assist them with their investigation.
This is the 250th call out of 2013 and the 81st viable device dealt with by the Defence Forces this year. Teams will remain on standby throughout the Christmas period.
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Time for a united Ireland once and for all!
Exactly Sean until we realise we have to pay for it then see how many patriots we have then !
NI costs the UK €1 billion, every MONTH! How could we afford that – with our National Debt of €200+ billion?
@David Conroy,
Freedom isn’t free.
We are free m8…
@Eamon. Freedom from what ? Two certain things in life, Taxes and Death. No such thing as freedom.
a wee bit more will make no difference when you’re talking of stratospheric sums like that!!
except Anne – we don’t have the money…
Ha, you guys have it the wrong way around. Us Northerners have it easy, low income tax, free health service, benefits for whatever you can think off, no water charges, no random charges for whatever your local council can think off (fire engine callouts wtf!!). It’s all being paid for by the British and we’re loving it whoo hoo!
A united Ireland would mean Northerners would have to join the real world, grow up, and pay their own way; taxes, charges, fees, etc, like the rest of the people on this island.
It’s not just the money aspect, I think the economy would look after itself. It’s about overcoming centuries of hatred and bigotry. Learning to live together on this wonderful wee island.
@ Northern Craic. So you do not pay Rates ? Do you live in a tent or caravan by any chance ?
Hos is the weather in CORK, Northern Craic ?
the first time I ever crossed the border – Belfast to Dublin – north to south – - I was about 7 or 8, in a car driven by my dad.
My mum was worried about the impact of what we would see in Dublin – “what if the girls see beggars in the street?”
My younger sister and i were very excited about our 1st trip “abroad” – first time in a foreign country.
Imagine our disappointment when we crossed over after Newry -
I remember saying to my parents “But it’s just exactly the same. What’s the difference?”
Yes Anne – it’s all in people”s minds…
“It’s a priest-ridden backwater populated by Papist zombies. There be dragons. Now stop asking questions” replied Rev. Paisley.
O’Carrolls one threw me
Sneaky one, it caught me too. That and the one with the trees.
Got it purely because of the architecture , don’t see the likes of that down here
The one with Belfast City Hall? I thought that was the only obvious one.
Got 1 out of 10. Clearly no difference between the north and the south…
Yet according to the piece, you’d be in a different country if you travelled from say Dundalk to Newry. Sure Ireland is only a small island, it’s not like you’re travelling overseas to a foreign land.
We’d be in Ireland.
Yes we would.
Most of the north don’t want a united ireland ether
Used to be about 66%, now about 50%… Nobody’s looking though.
Good quiz but would be useful to know the location the scenery is from after we answer?
A united Ireland cannot happen over night. For this to work it would have to happen gradually over a number of years, starting with closer ties in both the private and public sectors.
Ken, there is actually no such thing as a united Ireland. Unless when we all shout for the rugby team?
Is Donegal south or north?
North West.
“Which country”? Ireland either way.
It’s just Hosford messing again.
8/10 Impressed with that
Yip the one with Carroll’s got me too, city hall looks like any other colonial building now that the union flag is gone.
The taking down of the union flag over Belfast city hall was highly symbolic. The so-called “UK” is crumbling. Irish are confident, full of beans, always have been. Scots are on their way. C’mon the Welsh, join with your cousins. Going forward we may also expand to accept scousers and maybe even geordies.
The same beautiful island either direction you go.
7 out of 10.
9/10
It was easier in earlier times to know which side you were on.
There were more electricity poles in ‘the south’
7/10
9/10 and I have never crossed into the north purrfect cleaver cat
9/10 not too bad considering I just randomly chose
Not so hard
10/10
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