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.

The army bomb disposal unit has been dispatched to the scene and traffic diversions are in place.