Parts of Waterford city were closed down this afternoon after a bomb scare was reported to gardaí.

The Mall in Waterford city centre was closed to traffic and buildings in the area were evacuated.

WLRFM is reporting that a person rang Gardai to inform them a bomb had been left on the premises of the Cafe Royal in the Theatre Royal.

Armed gardai were seen in the area.

#themall in waterford closed due to bomb scare. Gardai searching buildings surrounding theatre Royal pic.twitter.com/IEKPgKnrpg — julie smyth (@jooliek) August 4, 2016

The Mall area was closed while the Theatre Royal and City Hall were searched.

A garda spokesman confirmed that the incident has now been cleared and no suspect device has been discovered.

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