This article is from page 1 of the 2012-01-10 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 1 JPG
A CONTROLLED explosion was carried out on a suspicious device discovered on the strand at Lahinch Beach over the weekend. The Army Bomb Disposal Unit carried out the explosion on the four foot long metal canister, which was discover on the north end of the strand beside Lahinch Golf Course in the early hours of Sunday morning last.
The suspicious device was discovered by a walker on the beach just after 7pm on Saturday evening, January 7. The walker contacted Gardaí in Ennistymon who attended at the scene along with the Ennistymon Fire and Rescue Service and the Doolin Unit of the Irish Coastguard.
The Army Bomb Disposal Unit travelled to Lahinch from Cork to examine the cylinder and decided to carry out a controlled explosion at the site just after midnight on Sunday morning.