Four held after pipe bomb found in city apartment

A woman in her 40s and three others, a female and two males in their 20s, were being held by gardaí in Limerick last night after they raided a city centre apartment where they found a pipe bomb.

Gardaí under Supt Frank O’Brien, Henry Street, entered the apartment at Upper Cecil Street at around 8am as part of an ongoing investigation into serious drugs crime.

During the arrest operation, they found the pipe bomb and immediately evacuated the building.