Irish suspicious parcel identical to letter bombs sent to buildings in London

A suspicious parcel discovered at a postal sorting office in the western Irish county of Limerick appears to be identical to letter bombs sent to buildings in London and the University of Glasgow this month, Irish police said on Friday. Ireland's justice minister Charlie Flanagan also said that a stamp on the package found in Limerick had a similar stamp to the letter bombs sent to the UK.

Staff at the depot near Limerick discovered the suspect item at around 6 AM on Friday. The army's bomb disposal team was on the scene.

A dissident Irish nationalist group calling itself the "IRA" claimed responsibility for the letter bombs sent to London and Glasgow. The small group is made up of militants opposed to Northern Ireland's 1998 peace deal.