How does Ireland’s bomb squad work?
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On Friday, the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit was called out to Ballymun to carry out a controlled explosion. But,how exactly does this unit operate, and what danger are these men and women putting themselves in? Joining Seán to discuss is Ray Lane, a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Ordnance Corps in the Irish Army and author of ‘Only a Soldier Knows’...
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