Family avoids injury after pipe bomb thrown at home fails to explode

A family escaped serious injury after a viable pipe bomb thrown at their home failed to explode.

A number of homes were evacuated in the Mayfield area on the northside of Cork city in the early hours of yesterday after the device was found outside a house in the Shannon Lawn estate.

Gardaí yesterday expressed concerns after the incident, describing the use of a pipe bomb-type device as a serious escalation of a dispute.