The placing of a suspect device at a section of Ranelagh Road in Dublin on Monday appears to have been an elaborate hoax.
The all-clear was given after an Army bomb disposal unit was dispatched to the southside Dublin area.
Gardaí confirmed the all-clear was given following the assessment by the Defence Forces’ bomb disposal experts.
Traffic restrictions have been removed and backed-up rush-hour traffic was starting to move through Ranelagh again.
Gardaí were alerted to the presence of a suspect device at mid-afternoon.
They confirmed they received notification about the object earlier on Monday.
A section of the road was closed to traffic as a result with diversions in place for almost two hours.
