30 families evacuated in Galway after WWII grenade found

More than 30 families were evacuated from their homes in Galway overnight after a viable World War II grenade was discovered in the garden of a house.

The device was found at around 10.30pm at a property in Currach Buí in Rahoon.

The army bomb disposal team was called to the scene and the area was made safe after 1.30am.