The Army bomb disposal team has made a quantity of unstable chemicals safe in Co Carlow.
The team were dispatched to the Teagasc facility in Oak Park, Carlow town in response to a request from the Gardaí.
A quantity of picric acid, which was deemed to be in an unstable condition, was removed to a safe location.
The acid was subsequently disposed of by way of a controlled explosion.
The area was declared safe at 2pm.