O'Connell St cordoned off in bomb scare

O'Connell Street in Dublin city centre has been cordoned off this morning in a bomb scare.

A bomb scare on O'Connell Street has caused major traffic disruption in Dublin city centre this lunchtime.

The street has been closed off to traffic after a suspicious package was found on an Air Coach bus outside O'Connell St garda station just before 11.30am.