{"id":511488,"date":"2026-06-21T18:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/511488\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:53:09","slug":"gardai-examine-pipe-bomb-left-at-developers-home-in-search-for-suspects-identity-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/511488\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed examine pipe bomb left at developer\u2019s home in search for suspect\u2019s identity \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Garda\u00ed are hoping that a forensic examination of a pipe bomb left at the home of a developer in Co Cork will help them identify who was behind what they describe as \u201ca sinister move\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Investigators confirmed to The Irish Times that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/irish-army\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/irish-army\/\">Army<\/a> bomb-disposal experts from Collins Barracks in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cork\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cork\/\">Cork<\/a> were able to make safe the pipe bomb without having to carry out a controlled explosion on the viable device. Garda\u00ed now have component parts for forensic examination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThey have returned it to us and we have sent on the parts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/forensic-science-ireland\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/forensic-science-ireland\/\">Forensic Science Ireland<\/a>, so hopefully they will find something that will enable us [to discover] who was behind this,\u201d said a Garda source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Garda\u00ed were called to the home of the developer near Bandon in west Cork at about 6pm on Thursday when a local resident noticed a suspicious-looking device which had been left on the bonnet of a car belonging to a member of the developer\u2019s family, which was parked outside the house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Officers immediately identified the device as a pipe bomb and requested the services of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/defence-forces\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/defence-forces\/\">Defence Forces<\/a> explosives ordnance unit at Collins Barracks in Cork, members of which travelled Bandon. Using a bomb-disposal robot, they removed the device, which they said was viable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Residents of the house and some adjoining properties were evacuated and the area remained under lockdown for several hours before it was declared safe to return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Meanwhile, garda\u00ed have begun examining CCTV footage harvested from the developer\u2019s property and from surrounding houses on the quiet country lane in the hope of identifying any suspicious activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">They have also begun harvesting CCTV footage from commercial and residential properties on the main approach roads to Bandon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThis pipe bomb was just resting on the bonnet of the car \u2013 it wasn\u2019t detonated but it was clearly left as a threat. We are keeping an open mind at this stage but we will be exploring all avenues of inquiry to try and find out who is behind such a sinister move,\u201d said the Garda source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Garda\u00ed are appealing for witnesses, including those with mobile phone or dashcam footage, to come forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed are hoping that a forensic examination of a pipe bomb left at the home of a developer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,46,204660,61,60,93447,43],"class_list":["post-511488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-cork","tag-forensic-science-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-army","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}