Call for debate on devices

Meath county councillors will be asked to hold an emergency debate today on the second World War incendiary devices that were washed up along the east coast last week. Six were found on the beach at Laytown over the weekend, prompting concerns about public safety for the annual Laytown races, which start tomorrow. It is believed the devices were buried in the Beaufort Dyke munitions dump after the war. An independent councillor, Mr Tom Kelly, is to ask for standing orders to be suspended at today's monthly meeting of the council. He will ask fellow Meath councillors to back his call for the Departments of the Marine and Foreign Affairs to clarify what information is available from the British authorities on the devices.