A Frenchman accused of entering Gatwick Airport with an air rifle and a knife has been remanded in custody.

A man from France has been detained by police in England after a suspected firearm was discovered at Gatwick Airport.

A quiet afternoon of gardening ended with the bomb squad being called to a house in Cork City at the weekend.

Gardaí have sealed off a road on the northside of Cork city following the discovery of a suspect device.

Gardai have described a pipe bomb left on a footpath outside a house in Limerick City as been a "very serious danger to the public" and to the occupants of the house.

The army says a bomb discovered in a housing estate in Limerick overnight was viable.

Around 20 houses had to be evacuated tonight after the discovery of a bomb in Newcastle West, Co Limerick.

Bomb disposal experts have carried out a controlled explosion on a suspected mortar bomb discovered on a Norfolk beach.

A busy airport has been closed and is not accepting inbound flights after a suspicious package was discovered in the search area.

An explosive device was rendered safe in Raheny earlier this evening.

An explosive device has been discovered at a college campus in north Dublin.

An Army Bomb Disposal Team made safe a quantity of the unstable chemical Dinitrophenylhydrazine this evening in Douglas, Cork.

An Army Bomb Disposal Team made safe a quantity of unstable Dinitrophenylhydrazine at Scoil Caitriona, Mobhi Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 this morning.

Army bomb experts have defused an improvised explosive outside a private home in Dublin last night.

A British bomb disposal expert working on land mine clearance has died in an explosion, it was announced today.

IRISH soldiers have destroyed more than 150 unexploded rockets, grenades and army shells, potentially saving the lives of African villagers who would have come in contact with them.

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.

THE Garda Special Branch is investigating claims from the Continuity IRA that it will use “extreme” measures against drug dealers across Dublin and throughout the country.