Two men have been arrested in connection with a bomb hoax at the house of journalist Paul Williams late last year.
The men were detained by gardai shortly after 7 a.m. today in the south Dublin area.
One of the men is in his fifties while the other is in his twenties.
They are being held in Crumlin Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
They can be held for up to 12 hours before being either charged or released.
In November Mr Williams, the Sunday World'scrime editor, and his family, along with about 140 other residents, had to be evacuated from their homes in Walkinstown, south Dublin, after a passing garda noticed a suspect device under his car at about 3 a.m
The device did not contain explosives but had been constructed in every other respect like a genuine car-bomb. It contained a battery, wires, putty and a circuit board.
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