There was no delay in telling gardaí about new information about a suspect terrorist device planted in the Mansion House over 25 years ago, the Minister for Justice Michael McDowell insisted today.

Sinn Féin have responded to claims by the UVF that they left a bomb in the Mansion House during the party's 1981 Árd Fheis.

A security alert is underway at the Mansion House in Dublin this morning following warnings that an unexploded device planted by loyalists 25 years ago may still be in the building.

A security alert is underway at the Mansion House in Dublin this morning.