Bomb alert brings O’Connell Street to standstill

DUBLIN’S O’Connell Street was evacuated yesterday after the discovery of what was thought to be a pipe-bomb.

Last night, it emerged the incident may have been an accidental scare as some experts believed the device may have been a student’s engineering project.

The country’s busiest urban thoroughfare was brought to a midday standstill after the suspect device was discovered on the city to airport Aircoach service.