GARDAÍ sealed off a house in south Dublin yesterday after a viable pipe bomb device was thrown into the premises.


The explosive device was thrown through the window of the home in Whitechurch Place, Ballyboden at around 7.15am and exploded. Although the house is understood to have been occupied at the time of the attack, nobody was injured. The blast caused some damage to a room in the building.


Members of the Defence Forces arrived at the scene shortly afterwards and carried out an analysis in order to assist gardaí with their investigation into the incident.