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22nd Oct 2014

Twenty Families Evacuated In Limerick After Bomb Found In Housing Estate

The incident occurred in Newcastle West.

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Twenty families were evacuated in Limerick tonight after a bomb was found a car in a housing estate.

According to The Mirror, the incident occurred at Knights Court in Cullenagh, an estate located on the Abbeyfeale Road in Newcastle West.

A woman raised the alarm with gardai at around 6.10pm after spotting a person placing the device on the car.

Gardaí are still waiting to see if the bomb was viable or a hoax but have confirmed that the man living at the house where the car was located is “known to Gardai”.

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