Gardaí, fire personnel and the Army Bomb Disposal Team have taken part in an operation in Shannon, Co Clare this morning which saw a quantity of chemicals destroyed.

The Army Bomb Disposal Unit is searching for more devices at the scene of a booby-trap car bombing in Co Donegal.

The Army Bomb Disposal Unit has been called to a house in Co. Clare tonight following the discovery of a suspicious device.

The Army Bomb Disposal Unit is dealing with reports that a suspect device has been found at Rathkeale in Co. Limerick.

Gardaí say a security alert in Dublin's Phoenix Park is now over.

A number of homes in Dublin were evacuated overnight after the discovery of a viable explosive device.

A young Dublin man who called in hoax bomb scares in Rathmines for “a laugh” has received a three-year sentence for these offences and a robbery.

The Army has confirmed that the device found in a garden in Farranree in Cork was viable.

THERE were chaotic scenes at the traditional Smithfield Horse Fair in Dublin yesterday after the sound of several gunshots triggered a stampede among horses and members of the public.

The brother of murdered prisoner Gary Douch has been jailed for seven years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possession of explosives.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the discovery in Limerick this morning of three suspicious devices believed to be pipe bombs.

Three suspicious devices - believed to be pipe bombs - have been found in Limerick.

Army bomb disposal experts have diffused a bomb this afternoon in Donegal.

A suspect device found at a flat complex in Dublin today has been declared a hoax.

The Army Bomb Disposal Unit have made safe a viable device in Dublin.

A viable bomb found in the garden of a house in Co. Offaly today has been made safe.

A MAJOR security alert at the Israeli embassy in Ballsbridge Dublin occurred yesterday following the discovery of suspect package containing a powder substance.

The Army Bomb Disposal Unit is attending the scene of another suspect device in Dublin.

The Army Bomb Disposal Unit is examining a suspect device found in Dublin.

The Defence Forces have confirmed that a pipe bomb left in Athlone Town last night was viable.

Gardaí are today investigating the discovery of a pipe bomb in Athlone town late last night.

Gardaí in Dublin launched an investigation today after an explosive device was handed into Finglas garda station by a member of the public.

Gardaí are investigating the discovery of a suspect device in Dublin last night.

Two suspect devices in Cork have been declared false alarms this afternoon.

Two suspect devices in Cork have been declared false alarms.

Shell to Sea campaigners have today distanced themselves from the placing of an explosive device outside Shell's headquarters in Dublin.

Shell Ireland is describing the discovery of an explosive device outside its offices in Dublin as a "sinister development".

A man was being questioned by gardaí this afternoon in connection with a suspicious device found in south Dublin.

Gardaí say a suspect device found in Dublin last night was a hoax.

Army Bomb Disposal experts have have found that a device left in Dublin city centre overnight was 'a viable explosive device'.

Gardaí are investigating a bomb hoax in Dublin city centre overnight.

The Army Bomb Disposal Unit has given the all-clear after carrying out a controlled explosion on an explosive device on Dublin's northside this morning.

The Defence Forces have described a bomb scare in a Dublin city centre hotel last night as an elaborate hoax.

A man has been arrested after he was found with a suspicious device in Dublin city centre.

Gardaí in Limerick are investigating a suspect device, discovered in Clonlara.

The defence forces say the device found strapped to a car in a North Dublin suburb this morning was an elaborate hoax.

A number of houses have been evacuated in North Dublin after a suspected explosive device was discovered attached to a car.

A device found at a house in Dublin has been made safe by the Army Bomb Disposal Unit.

THE dissident republican group, the Real IRA, is believed to have been behind the attempt to bomb property in Co Louth belonging to businessman and former Seanad member, Dr Edward Haughey.

Security remains tight at Dublin Airport following this morning's code red alert.