Eight pipe bombs discovered in housing estate

Gardaí are investigating the discovery of eight pipe bombs in a housing estate in Limerick City yesterday afternoon.

Eight pipe bombs discovered in housing estate

The bombs were found at approximately 2pm in a shed on waste ground at the rear of a row of houses in Granville Park, located on the south of the city.

A number of security sources said they believed the bombs were made by a subversive group for a criminal gang operating in the Ballinacurra Weston area, the stronghold of the McCarthy-Dundon criminal gang.

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