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Updated 5.51pm
A ‘LEGACY DEVICE’ spotted by a member of the public in a river in Tallaght has been made safe by an army bomb squad.
The suspect device was found in a river at Seskin View in the Dodder Valley area earlier this afternoon.
The bomb disposal team was deployed to the area at 3.05pm. They made the device, which was heavily corroded, safe at the scene.
According to a Defence Forces statement, the heavily weathered device was exposed to the elements for some time.
The area was declared safe at 4.20pm and material was handed over to gardaí to assist in their investigation.
This is the 142nd callout for the bomb squad this year.
The Defence Forces released its army operation statistics yesterday, outlining the work they do.
Bomb disposal comes under its remit for providing aid to civil powers.
Throughout 2015, army personnel undertook 130 prisoner escorts and 11 explosives escorts. Another 260 members were involved in the security operation for the visit of Prince Charles and Camilla in May.
First published 4.10pm
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Where in Tallaght? It’s a big place with over 100,000 people…
With over 100,000 knobs
Where are you from Rob?…G’wan. Tell us.
Probably the same neck of the woods as one of the bankers or politicians who sank the country.
Says knob Cahill
Tallifornia ring a bell?…yes…knobs!!!!
IIRC none of the original Tallafornia ‘stars’ were actually from Tallaght.
Very true ,FC
Where the Dodder runs throught Seskin View park.
Shinners out on “active service” again ?
How well thought out and original of you.
Seskin View Road. It’s closed off.
Thanks, John
And therefore in Old Bawn. Many residents there do not like being called part of Tallaght
Really Alan?
I don’t mind,neighbours don’t seem to mind,
My parents,cousins and friends don’t mind!
Your a inverted snob
@Alan, Old Bawn is a housing estate in Tallaght. Seskin View Road is not part of Old Bawn, sorry to burst your bubble.
Old Bawn is Tallaght.. It’s one of the oldest parts of Tallaght but it’s still Tallaght.. Plenty of people who lived there all their lives call it Tallaght, it’s the blow-ins who call it ‘Old Bawn’.. They think Tallaght starts after the Square..
I know people from Old Bawn – they think it is big enough and far enough from Tallaght centre to have an identity of its own
It’s a five min walk from the centre,
@Alan, I’d well believe that your friends don’t know where they come from.
It’s less than five mins walk from Tallaght Village.. The Old Bawn Road starts at the cross roads to Tallaght Village, so in theory Old Bawn is smack in the middle of Tallaght.. I think Alan would like to think Old Bawn is in Co Dublin or even Dublin 6W
Old Bawn also borders Killinarden which is also in Tallaght, just before Jobstown.
Ahh here leave it out will ya ….
I Think Alan, you’re getting confused with Firhouse on that one.. I’m from Old Bawn and Don’t know anyone that thinks or says Old Bawn is not in Tallaght.
Old Bawn couldn’t be more in Tallaght if it tried….
Robs from nobs ville
rob youre so brave.why not go to tallaght and make youre feelings known
Glad you agree with me paddy that those Tallaght folk are a rowdy bunch towards outsiders!!!!!
You don’t know me keep your opinion to yourself I’m good living person from tallaght
Mr Cahill is narrow minded and a fool,
I’m sure he likes to stereotype everyone just so is little brain has a better understanding of the world,,’
Ah bless,no stop licking the walls,it’s past your bed time
Could be Hoax it happened in my area about 4 times last year just kids or whatever putting wires in a Pringles can for the amusement
From the headline it sounds like someone wants to blow up Tallaght.
142nd time this year? Are there really people still making bombs in Ireland?
Most are hoaxes, but each have to be treated as the real McCoy at first.
I live in Tallaght, a couple of years ago the bomb squad were practically taking up base in my estate. There two groups of settled travelers having a “feud” and kept throwing pipe bombs at each others homes.
I got jumped by two plain clothed cops one night walking home who were convinced I had been up to something quite severe. After a minute they realised I wasn’t who they were looking for and sent me on my way. Heard later a pipe bomb had gone off down the road. There are mad eggs out there.
A very explosive situation.
child…
prodigy
fire starter.
Drew Barrymore
It is snobbery to say you do not live in Tallaght when you clearly do.
It’s beside the Tallaght Stadium…
In the late 70s we bought a house in Aylesbury Old Bawn Co Dublin a few years later post code changed to Dublin 24 Like wise Clondalkin changed to Dublin 22
What is a ‘legacy device’?
I been blown up, by a bomb, not an improvised explosive device but, again, what is a ‘legacy device’?
Oh, was it the big river?
That was me bleedin’ Sedgeway…
A terrible tragedy
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