A 49-year-old man has been arrested following the discovery of explosive material in a flat on Dorset Street in Dublin.
RTÉ News has learned that the commercial explosive was illegally brought into the country as part of a security operation by another country.
It is understood the man and the explosives ended up in Ireland as part of a test exercise which appears to have gone wrong.
Gardaí received a phone call this morning from a security service abroad, telling them that a man was in a flat in Dorset St with around 100g of commercial explosive.
The adjoining homes and businesses were evacuated, roads were closed and the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit removed the explosive for further analysis.
The Departments of Justice and Foreign Affairs have been informed and the incident will be dealt with through diplomatic channels.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0105/dorset.html
no mention of the foreign security service angle from the irish times - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0105/breaking39.htm
So... Mossad?