Hoax bomb found at Dublin hotel

The Army declared a suspicious device delivered to staff at north Dublin hotel this afternoon a hoax.

The device, which was made to look like a real bomb, was delivered to the Ardmore Hotel in Finglas.

An Army Explosive Ordinance Disposal team arrived at 11.20am and declared the device to be safe an hour later.

"The device was made up of a small gas cylinder, wires and a mobile phone. The hoax device contained no explosive content," an Army spokesman said.

It is the second time this year that a hoax device made to look viable was found at a hotel in the capital.

Nearly 2,000 people were evacuated when a device consisting of a timer connected by wires to two boxes of white powder was found at the Clifton Court Hotel on Eden Quay on January 20th.

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