Dublin bomb 'big enough to flatten a building'

Gardaí investigating the discovery of a massive bomb outside a hotel in Dublin are looking at the possibility that dissident republicans may be to blame.

Dublin bomb 'big enough to flatten a building'

Gardaí investigating the discovery of a massive bomb outside a hotel in Dublin are looking at the possibility that dissident republicans may be to blame.

Hundreds of wedding guests had to be evacuated from Finnstown Country House in Lucan on Saturday night while the army bomb disposal team made the device safe. The bomb was in a parked car. The operation concluded at about 3.45am.

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