WWII-era explosive device in Wexford defused by Defence Forces

Image: Shutterstock/ViewfinderIreland WEXFORD GARDAÍ AND the Army Bomb Disposal Team were called to a housing estate on the O’Leary Road in Wexford town yesterday afternoon when a suspicious item was found and a number of houses had to be evacuated.

“Unfortunately a fisherman had caught a device he pulled up in his nets and when he came home and he was fixing his gear he found this unexploded World War II device,” the inspector said.“We’re lucky that today is a Sunday, we’re right beside a primary school. That would have thrown up it’s own difficulties if we had found it this morning or during the week.”

Inspector Casey spoke to a South East Radio reporter in the housing estate yesterday evening as members of the Bomb Disposal team 200 yards away worked to defuse the round.

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