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A NUMBER OF HOMES were evacuated as a viable homemade bomb was made safe by army experts near Carrickmines in Dublin last night.
The device was found at a private residence in the Ballyogan area and the army bomb disposal team were called to the house by gardaí.
The team arrived at the scene while a cordon and road closures were put in place and a number of nearby houses were evacuated.
The Defence Forces say that the device was made safe at the scene without the need for a controlled explosion.
It was then brought to a military location where it will be examined further before being handed over to gardaí.
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One of these bomb is going to go off one day and with the help of God it will only take out the Fu&kers who made,transported or planted it…
It will be interesting to hear who made this bomb and some others found recently.
They could be getting help from ex uvf members.
Carrick’mines’
at least it was on the South side, a better class of Bomb perhaps ?
Patricia that’s the stupidest comment so far in 2014, would you have tried to be as funny if it had have gone off
Two murders,two road traffic deaths,two house fire deaths and a pipe bomb. Slow start to the year not. The government need to get off their arse.
Let’s have a new crime debate and referendum before this place gets worse. Look at sentencing,look at prison places,early release. Garda equipment and manpower. Let’s look at the state of our roads, improve the ambulance service. Where we start, but for fxxx sake start now. I don’t think there is a TD with the you know what to stand up and demand that the dail looks at these matters and not just fob them off. If TD’s were being attacked there would be war.
We as a people just don’t seem important enough.So roll on more murders and serious assaults, I believe that the road deaths will increase again this year, and the government will spew out that everything is improving. Well I’m fed up with their line of bull. I’m just sick of below par work from all our dail TD’s.
Damo
You should really have bothered!
Who is making all these bombs and what are there intended use?
Darren, that is the real question. What is driving all this bomb making……politics, nationalism, crime, what ? Anyone know or have an educated guess ?
Drug debts. Small(ish) time drug dealers not paying their supplier Nd getting a little message to remind them.
So you think it’s a coincidence that they mostly never detonate? That is intentional, kill the person and you will never get your money.
More often than not these devices are left at the homes of parents of children who owe drug debts.
Don, thanks for that. Makes sense, if that’s the right word……..which it isn’t. Makes it understandable, perhaps.
No worries, it is a sad situation. Many of the people who find these devices at their doors have no involvement in criminality at all. It is a very nasty thing to have impact your life I am sure.
Ballyogan or Carrickmines?
It says Ballyogan near Carrickmines. They are very near.
Very near if you are looking from the perspective of Cork or Donegal.
Balyogan is carrickmines ..
Just blame Finglas. It’s easier that way
Van… You’ve already got that crown!
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