Device found near courthouse

HUNDREDS of people were evacuated from Waterford courthouse and surrounding buildings yesterday after a “viable, explosive device” was found in a car outside the fire station, a mere 10 metres from the court building.

Five men were last night being questioned in connection with the find.

Understood to have been acting on a tip-off, gardaí left the courthouse at 1.05pm and stopped and searched a 2001 silver Ford Focus estate vehicle.