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ARMY BOMB DISPOSAL experts have made safe an unstable chemical after sealing off several streets near St Stephen’s Green in Dublin.
The military unit was called in to the Catholic University School on Lower Leeson Street, after a quantity of picric acid was found. The bomb disposal team removed the chemical to a nearby piece of open ground, then carried out a controlled explosion.
Traffic was stopped in the area as the unit arrived at 4.15pm. The scene was declared safe at 6.10pm.
According to the Defence Forces, the substance was discovered during a routine audit of chemicals held in the school’s science department. Picric acid is a reagent which is routinely used in laboratories, but over time it can crystallise and become unstable.
It has caused a number of alerts in recent weeks, including some at schools in Limerick and Celbridge, and the offices of the pharmaceutical regulator in Dublin. The Leeson Street incident is the 21st time this year that the unit has dealt with dangerous substances, and its 186th call-out since January.
Give us the answer so we don’t have to watch the v clip
Can’t watch videos in work….c’mon Journal. Get with the programme.
He drives a four wheel drive VW transporter and an Audi A4. Sorry I watched the video now!
Cheers John
does he wear the jumpsuit everywhere he goes
Some say he knows two facts about ducks, and both of them are wrong.
Glad to see he had the last laugh over Clarkson who publicly derided him on a number of occasions for leaving the show.
How has he had the last laugh? Clarkson is worth millions.
I AM THE STIG!
Clarkson lost Top Gear and his ego will have taken a severe beating as a result..no money on the world can offer any comfort to that ego maniac..
Is this television or a a news website?
Ahh Jebus Paul do you really visit the journal.ie for news?
Some say that his buttocks are back to front and he wears aftershave that smells like 10w40 .
But we know him as “The Stig”
Couldn’t be the Stig! Must be the Stink!!
On fairness of you get to drive the best cars in the world why bother forking out shed loads of money on your own. A car which would satisfy his driving ability would be so expensive it wouldn’t be viable.
The owners of those cars usually buy them to show off and pose in
This guy doesn’t need to show off
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