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12th Sep 2015

Dublin Airport bomb alert declared to be a hoax

A note had been discovered on board a flight from Brussels

Alan Loughnane

A bomb alert at Dublin Airport this morning has been declared a hoax after a note was found on an inbound flight from Brussels.

**Updated: 14.28**

The note was found around 10:30 this morning on an Aer Lingus plane.

Gardaí have confirmed that they were called to the airport after the discovery, while all passengers disembarked from the plane.

An investigation is under way.

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