Israeli embassy evacuated

An alert over a suspicious device at the Israeli embassy in Dublin has been declared a false alarm.

An alert over a suspicious device at the Israeli embassy in Dublin has been declared a false alarm.

The building at Pembroke Road in Dublin was evacuated this morning after a device was reported to gardaí.

The Army bomb disposal team attended the scene, but the alert proved to be a false alarm.

Israel's foreign ministry said work in the embassy had returned to normal.

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"A package attracted the attention of the staff and it was inspected but turned out that it was nothing out of the ordinary," a spokeswoman in Jerusalem said.