This is the frightening moment that scared Dublin residents were forced to evacuate from their homes in the dead of night as Gardai dealt with a suspected pipe bomb.
Throngs of armed Gardai and patrol cars flooded Ballyfermot from the late hours of Monday night into the early hours of this morning.
The Thomond Road area was sealed off as the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit spent several hours on site trying to safely deal with the incident.
Footage obtained by Dublin Live shows flashing blue lights illuminating the west Dublin sky as the army carried out a controlled explosion of the device feared to be a pipe bomb.
The suspicious device was detonated successfully and after examination was deemed to be a hoax.
A spokesman for the Gardai told Dublin Live: "On Monday 20th April at approximately 11:30pm, Gardaí received a report of a suspicious device at Thomond Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10.
"The scene was cordoned off and the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit were called to the scene and carried out a small controlled explosion."
He added: "The device was examined and later discovered to be non-viable and investigations are ongoing."
