RTÉ campus evacuated after bomb threat received

RTÉ’s Donnybrook campus was evacuated on Friday morning after staff received a bomb threat via a generic email.

The evacuation began shortly after 9:00 am, with Gardaí and the armed response unit arriving on site to secure the area. Barry Whyte of Newstalk reported that RTÉ employees were instructed to leave the building and wait outside while the threat was assessed.

Following the alert, other media organisations, including Virgin Media, Bauer Media and Mediahuis, also carried out precautionary evacuations of their Dublin premises.

An Garda Síochána issued a statement confirming awareness of the threat directed at media organisations in Ireland and across Europe. The police force said it is liaising with the affected outlets and that the incident will be investigated.

There have been similar threats in recent weeks, affecting schools on both sides of the border and prompting multiple evacuations.

Source: Newstalk. Photo: Donovan Kelly / Pexels.