Unstable chemicals made safe in Tipperary
The army made safe a quantity of unstable picric acid at a chemist in Tipperary today.
Shortly before midday, an Army Bomb Disposal Team was deployed to the scene at Main Square, Thurles, where the unstable chemical had been found during a routine audit of chemicals.
It was removed to waste ground by the team and a controlled explosion was carried out in order to make the chemical safe.
The scene was declared safe at 12.30pm.
