A security alert at the Four Courts in Dublin today following the discovery of a suspicious package is over.
The alarm was raised this morning when a member of staff discovered the suspicious package shortly after 8am this morning.
An Army bomb disposal team was dispatched to investigate the package and Gardaí closed-off nearby roads to traffic.
An Army spokesman said the package was a "cylindrical-shape device with wires and putty attatched". A controlled explosion was carried out in an operation, which took less than 30 minutes.
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A Garda spokeswoman said the all-clear was given shortly after 10am, and the northside quays have reopened to traffic.
