Unlikely site for such an event

It was a sight reminiscent of 1970s Belfast rather than a quiet cul de sac on Cork’s northside.

Armed soldiers patrolled the streets yesterday morning as an explosion-damaged silver Toyota Avensis was towed away from the Mervue Lawn housing estate in Ballyvolane.

A quiet street with about 20 houses just around the corner from the community’s church, it is an unlikely site for such an event.