Controlled explosion for suspicious object found on Clare beach

The army bomb squad has carried out a controlled explosion on a ‘suspicious’ object that was found washed up on a beach in Co Clare this afternoon.

The army bomb squad has carried out a controlled explosion on a ‘suspicious’ object that was found washed up on a beach in Co Clare this afternoon, writes Patrick Flynn.

The alarm was raised at around lunchtime when what appeared to be a canister or small tank was spotted on the shoreline at Barrtrá near Lahinch.