Depaul supporting service users and staff affected by Dublin explosion

James Cox

Depaul is continuing to support its service users and staff who were affected by Thursday's explosion in Dublin city.

A man in his 30s died after a suspected pipe bomb detonated in his room at a homeless hostel off Capel Street.

A controlled explosion was later carried out at the scene and a Garda investigation is underway.

More than 70 residents from the building have been re-housed in alternative accommodation.

The Army bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion at the site on Friday.

A Depaul statement read: "DePaul can confirm that all service users in our Little Britain Street service have been evacuated from the building tonight and alternative placements have been found following the incident today.

"The building was evacuated in an exemplary manner, adhering to our safety protocol.

"Our heart goes out to the service user who lost their life, as well as their family and service users who were in the building at the time.

"This was an isolated incident, confined to one room and no other service users were physically harmed in this incident.

"We wish to thank the emergency services, DRHE (Dublin Region Homeless Executive), and our NGO partners for their assistance in the emergency response."