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Case No. 6645Security alert (suspected hoax device) · Co. Dublin · 30 Jan 2024

Ronanstown Garda station evacuated in suspected hoax security alert

A man was seen placing a suspect device at the entrance of Ronanstown Garda Station in west Dublin on the morning of 30 January 2024, and gardaí evacuated the station and sealed off a wide area around it. The Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal team examined the device, which gardaí later said was declared a hoax. The man's age and nationality are not given in the sources, and no arrest or charge has been reported. The latest development is that an investigation is under way and officers are trying to establish a motive.

  1. Reported31 Jan
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  3. Charged
  4. In court
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • A man was seen placing a suspect device at the entrance of Ronanstown Garda Station.
  • Gardaí evacuated the station and sealed off a wide area around it.
Where
The station is in west Dublin (Dublin 22).
When
The incident happened on the morning of 30 January 2024.
Weapon
The suspect device was later declared a hoax.
Investigation
  • The Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was called in to examine the device.
  • An investigation into the incident is now under way.
Other details
  • Officers are trying to establish a motive for the incident.
  • The sources do not report any arrest or charge.
8 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA man was seen placing a suspect device at the station entrance. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatGardaí sealed off a wide area around the station. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereThe incident was at Ronanstown Garda Station in west Dublin. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenThe incident happened the morning before the article was published. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was called in to examine the device. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationGardaí later said the device was declared a hoax. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationAn investigation is now under way. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherOfficers are trying to establish a motive for the incident. (irishmirror.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 31 Jan2024
    Reportedirishmirror.ie, first report
    Investigation launched after Dublin garda station evacuated in security alert

    Reports the evacuation of Ronanstown Garda Station after a man was seen placing a suspect device, and that the device was declared a hoax. Adds that officers are trying to establish a motive.

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