Dublin explosive device made safe

An Army bomb disposal team has made safe a viable Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Clondalkin overnight.

The Defence Forces deployed the team to an address at Greenfort Park, Clondalkin in response to a request by the gardaí, a statement said.

The team arrived on scene at 0.25am and made the device safe by means of a controlled explosion. The remains of the device were handed over to the gardaí for their investigations, and the scene was declared safe at 3.15am.

The callout was the third for Defence Forces bomb disposal teams in the past 24 hours.