Irish Independent May 14, 2004 Dublin bombs: Two further explosives failed to go off  Caroline Crawford THE devastation caused when three bombs exploded in Dublin 30 years ago  could have been much more severe, with countless extra deaths if two  further bombs, feared to be in the city, had exploded.  It emerged yesterday that two further bombs are believed to have been  planted in Dublin on the same day as three bombs ripped through the city  killing 27 people.  Bombs were later found in a busy city centre street and Bus Aras, the  main bus terminal in the country. Had they exploded they would have  resulted in massive loss of life.  Evidence from an expert bomb disposal officer with the Irish army told  how he was working on the scene of one explosion when he received  information that two other bombs were due to detonate at the same time.  Commandant Patrick Triers told the inquest into the Dublin/Monaghan  bombings that while at the scene of the South Leinster St bombing he  received word from his superiors that information had been given in a  phonecall about two more bombs which were due to explode in the city.  Despite searching the area, no further devices were found and no other  bombs exploded that evening in the city. However, two bombs similar to  those used in the earlier bombings were discovered months later in Amiens  St and in Bus Aras. They had failed to explode because the timing devices  in both had malfunctioned.  One of the bombs was found in a men's toilet in Amiens St while the other  was discovered in the left luggage area of Bus Aras.  Authorities were alerted to this device because as workers were moving  the luggage to a storage area the timer began to work once again and the  bomb became active.  Both devices were safely deactivated by Comdt Triers.  Commdt Triers also gave evidence that after the bombing he was told by  gardai in Dundalk that the bombers had been a mix of terrorists and  people involved in the security forces.  The court also heard evidence from a man who had called Gardai twice  before the blasts occurred to report a suspicious white van which had a  British or Northern Irish registration.  Roger Keane told the court that he noticed the van outside Aldborough  House on Portland Row at 1pm on the day of the bombing. He felt the van  to be suspicious and called gardai on 999 to report the van and  registration number.  He again called 999 at 5.10pm as the van was still on the road.  After the bombing occurred Mr Keane called gardai a further three times  to report the incident. At 6.30pm gardai arrived and Mr Keane accompanied  them to the Docks area in a bid to identify the van.  At the docks Mr Keane identified the van, which was booked to sail that  night. As the gardai searched the van they found a suitcase which  contained a British Army Officer's uniform. Mr Keane identified the man  who had been driving the van earlier.  The man in question told Gardai that he was a captain in the Territorial  Army.  When he went to Store St later in the week he was told gardai told him  they would contact him if they needed more information.