AN ARMY BOMB disposal team was deployed to the Malahide Road at Dublin 17 earlier today after an unstable chemical was discovered at a laboratory.
The team arrived on the scene at Teagasc on the Malahide Road at about 4pm. The unstable chemical, called Picric Acid, had been found during a routine audit of the lab.
It was removed to waste ground and a controlled explosion was carried out to make the substance safe.

MARSHFIELD — A State Police bomb squad and a hazardous-materials response team on Monday removed explosive chemicals from two locations in town.

Chemicals were taken from the basement of a Church Street home and then from the high school’s chemistry lab.

The Marshfield Fire Department said all of the dangerous chemicals found at both locations were removed and disposed of. No injuries were reported.

As of Monday night, classes at the high school, at 167 Forest St., had not been suspended or canceled as a result of the chemical removal.

The chemical removed from the high school was potassium, a substance commonly used in fireworks and pyrotechnics, said John Hall, chairman of Marshfield’s board of selectmen. By 7:30 p.m., the potassium was transported to the town landfill off Clay Pit Road, where it was disposed of.

Earlier in the day, picric acid, an explosive agent once used by military forces, was removed from a Church Street home, Marshfield Fire Chief Kevin Robinson said.

Robinson said the chemical operation at the high school occurred Monday afternoon only because the hazardous-materials team was already in town for the Church Street incident.

An Army Bomb Disposal Team made safe a quantity of unstable Dinitrophenylhydrazine at Scoil Caitriona, Mobhi Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 this morning.

The Defence Forces deployed the team to the school, where the unstable chemical had been found during a routine audit of chemicals at the laboratory.

The team arrived on scene at 11am and removed the chemical from the building. The Bomb Disposal Team carried out a controlled explosion in order to make the chemical safe.

The scene was declared safe at 12.20pm.

Dinitrophenylhydrazine is a chemical re-agent and is routinely used in laboratories but can crystallise and become unstable and sensitive to heat or friction.

This is the 27th call-out for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams in 2012 and the first dealing with a hazardous material.

AN ARMY BOMB disposal team was called out to deal with an unstable chemical at a science facility in Dungarvan, Co Waterford this afternoon.
The unit were alerted after a quantity of picric acid was discovered during an audit at Lancaster Laboratories in the town. Arriving on scene at 3.45pm, they were able to remove the chemical to nearby waste ground.
Specialists then carried out a controlled explosion to make the chemical safe. The scene was declared safe at 4.20pm.

An unstable acid was made safe by the Defence Forces at a Waterford laboratory yesterday.

The bomb disposal team was called to Lancaster Laboratories in Dungarvan due to concerns over picric acid.

The team arrived at 3.30pm and removed the chemical to waste ground where they carried out a controlled explosion. The area was declared safe by 4.40pm. Picric acid is routinely used in labs but over time it can crystallise and become unstable.

ARMY BOMB DISPOSAL experts have made safe an unstable chemical after sealing off several streets near St Stephen’s Green in Dublin.
The military unit was called in to the Catholic University School on Lower Leeson Street, after a quantity of picric acid was found. The bomb disposal team removed the chemical to a nearby piece of open ground, then carried out a controlled explosion.
Traffic was stopped in the area as the unit arrived at 4.15pm. The scene was declared safe at 6.10pm.
According to the Defence Forces, the substance was discovered during a routine audit of chemicals held in the school’s science department. Picric acid is a reagent which is routinely used in laboratories, but over time it can crystallise and become unstable.
It has caused a number of alerts in recent weeks, including some at schools in Limerick and Celbridge, and the offices of the pharmaceutical regulator in Dublin. The Leeson Street incident is the 21st time this year that the unit has dealt with dangerous substances, and its 186th call-out since January.

THE IRISH DEFENCE Forces have carried out controlled explosions on dangerous chemicals discovered in two schools in Dublin and Cork today.
The Forces’ Army Bomb Disposal Team was called to Grange Community College in Donaghmede, Dublin just after 2pm this afternoon after a quantity of 2, 4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine was discovered.
2, 4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine is a chemical reagent which is found in laboratories.
It is relatively sensitive to shock and friction and can become unstable over time if it crystallises.
The quantity of the chemical was removed from the school to a safe location, where it was destroyed by means of a controlled explosion and the scene was declared safe at 3.30pm.
In a second incident, the Army Bomb Disposal Team was called to St Mary’s Secondary School in Macroom, Co Cork at around 3pm after another quantity of 2, 4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine was discovered.
Again, the chemical was removed to a safe located and destroyed by a controlled explosion.
Today’s call outs were the 185th and 186th this year, and the 20th and 21st involving what the Defence Forces call “substances of concern”.

An army bomb disposal team has carried out a controlled explosion on a chemical substance found in the science lab of a Co Limerick school.
The army was called to St Enda's Community School on the Kilmallock Road after a quantity of picric acid was found during a routine audit of chemicals in the school.
Picric Acid is routinely used in laboratories but can become unstable and sensitive to heat and shock over time.

An Army Bomb Disposal Team has made safe an unstable chemical found at a secondary school in Co Limerick.
Coláiste Iosaef in Kilmallock was evacuated at around 11.30am following the discovery of a hazardous substance in the science laboratory during a routine audit of chemicals.
The bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion on the unstable chemical, Dinitrophenylhydrazine.
Dinitrophenylhydrazine is a chemical re-agent and is routinely used in laboratories but can crystallise and become unstable over time.

An Army Bomb Disposal team made safe a quantity of unstable chemicals at the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory in Celbridge, Co. Kildare this evening.

The Defence Forces deployed the team to the laboratory where the chemical, picric acid, had been found during a routine audit of chemicals.

The team arrived on scene at 5pm and removed the chemical to nearby waste ground. The team carried out a controlled explosion in order to make the chemical safe.

Picric Acid is a chemical re-agent and is routinely used in laboratories but can crystallise and become unstable over time.

THE IRISH DEFENCE Forces had to carry out a controlled explosion today after an unstable chemical was found at the offices of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) in Dublin this morning.
An Army Bomb Disposal Team was called to the offices of the PSI, which regulates pharmacy services in Ireland, on Shrewsbury Road after the unstable chemical Picric Acid was found this morning.