Device found in Dublin was explosive

Army Bomb Disposal experts have have found that a device left in Dublin city centre overnight was 'a viable explosive device'.

A number of houses were evacuated on Seville Place in the city centre just after midnight, after a suspicious device was put through a letter box of a house.

The Army Bomb Disposal Unit was called to the scene - the device was x-rayed and declared a hoax.

However, the package has since been found to be 'a viable explosive device' by Army Bomb Disposal experts.