Army disposal unit makes safe five pipe bombs found in field

Five pipe bombs found in a field in Co Clare have been made safe by the army bomb disposal unit.

The team, based at Collins Barracks in Cork, attended the scene near Tulla after gardaí discovered the viable improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

One local man said: “We’ve had awful problems with people dumping rubbish over the ditches down here. The council even put up a sign warning people not to dump. You’d never expect anyone to dump a bomb though.”