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19/10/2026 Seizure of Pipe Bombs and Arrests, Tallaght, Dublin 24, 19th October 2026

Issue Date: 19/10/2026

As part of an ongoing operation, Gardaí attached to the DMR South Serious Crime Unit and Drugs Unit and Community Policing Unit carried out a search of an apartment at Tallaght, Dublin 24, on Monday 19th October 2026.

During the course of the search, two viable pipe bombs were located.

The apartment complex was evacuated.

A cordon was established, and a Defence Forces EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team made the area safe, and removed the devices for further examination.

Four individuals (a male aged in his 20’s, and three females – one aged in her 30’s, and two aged in their 40’s) were arrested at the scene.

They are currently detained pursuant to Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 at a Garda Station in the Dublin area.

Investigations ongoing.