UPDATE: Kildare road reopens following controlled explosions
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Part of a Kildare road has reopened following an alert over a possible explosive threat.
Two controlled explosions were carried out at Brownstown near Kilcullen by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit.
The section of road between the Link Park in Kilcullen and the Stephenstown cross roads
had been closed this morning.
The location of the incident was just beyond the Melon Hill Road junction and near the derelict 18th century Brownstown House.
It's understood that the suspicious object was an old cannon ball. The alert was raised earlier today by two young men who came across a suspicious device and notified the gardaí.
The EOD team from the Army Ordnance Corps, who deal with all such issues in the state, were on site since mid-afternoon.
They assessed the situation as potentially dangerous, and the original Garda cordon was extended.
Several time-frames for the reopening of the road passed this evening before the road was reopened.
