Óglaigh na hÉireann claims it left bomb in Complex
Police said they searched Templemore sports complex last Thursday - when the centre was used for an election count - after a coded warning about a bomb.
But they said the original warning was misleading and the device hidden in the ceiling of toilets in the complex did not contain a detonator and could not have exploded.
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Hide AdThe device was discovered after a caller contacted a parochial house in Derry
Last Thursday, a pipebomb was left in a taxi outside the same building.
In a statement dissident republican group glaigh na hireann said the two devices were left on Thursday and that a warning had been given.