Videos checked after bomb hoax

Gardai are checking security videos at premises in Denmark Street, Limerick, following a bomb hoax on Monday night

Gardai are checking security videos at premises in Denmark Street, Limerick, following a bomb hoax on Monday night. The area was cordoned off after gardai got an anonymous phone call stating there was a bomb in a bag behind the shop at the corner of Denmark Street Chapel Street.

Army personnel conducted a controlled explosion.

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