Gardaí search for potentially live shell missing from Glen of Imaal firing range 'danger area'

Coolmooney Camp in Glen of Imaal, Co Wicklow includes a live firing range where members of Óglaigh na hÉireann and other Defence Forces personnel train with live rounds.

Gardaí have issued an appeal for information on a potential live ordnance round which was discovered by a member of the public in Co Wicklow but cannot now be located.

The ordnance, an 84mm illumination round which weighs 3.1kg and is approximately 12 inches long, was spotted by a member of the public in the vicinity of a public walking trail on Lugnaquilla in the Glen of Imaal.