RESIDENTS EVACUATED FROM BALLYBRIT HOMES DURING BOMB SQUAD EXAMINATION

Date Published: 24-Aug-2012

Residents at a housing estate on the outskirts of the city were evacuated from their homes for over an hour this morning following reports of a suspicious device in the area.

The army bomb disposal team unit attended a housing estate in Ballybrit after 10 this morning to examine the device which has now been declared a hoax.

At around 8 this morning Galway Gardaí were alerted to a suspicious device at Cluain Ard housing estate in Ballybane.

A preliminary investigation took place, and the army bomb disposal unit was called to the scene to ensure the device was not viable.

Up to 10 people from four homes in the area were evacuated while the investigations were carried out, and have now returned to their homes.