Army bomb disposal experts have made safe an improvised explosive device (IED) discovered outside a house in Tipperary.
The device was found at a house in Grenane Drive, Tipperary Town, in the early hours of this morning.
Gardai called in the bomb disposal team at 5.45am. The device was found on a footpath in the housing estate.
The device was made safe at the scene and the scene was declared safe at 6.30am.
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The remains of the device have been handed over to gardai for further investigation.
This morning's request was the second time the unit was called in over recent days. The bomb squad was called in following the discovery of a mortar when gardaí stopped a car on the M1 motorway on Tuesday evening.
The device was made safe at the scene.