Security operation at Dublin’s Merrion Square due to suspicious package – The Irish Times

A security operation involving gardaí and the Army bomb squad was under way at Merrion Square in Dublin city centre on Tuesday afternoon.

Gardaí said they were alerted to a suspicious package at a premises on Merrion Square on Tuesday afternoon.

“A cordon has been put in place around the area and the services of the army Explosives Ordnance Disposal team requested,” gardaí said.

Traffic in the area, which is close to Leinster House, was disrupted as a result of the security operation.