Bomb threats force Irish broadcasters and newsrooms to evacuate

Ireland's national broadcaster RTÉ evacuated its Donnybrook headquarters in Dublin on Friday morning after receiving a bomb threat by email, according to reports from the Evening Standard and Daily Mirror. Other Irish media organisations received similar messages and some also evacuated their buildings.

RTÉ interrupted live radio programming around 09:00 local time and switched to recorded material while police searched the site. Staff, including presenters, were asked to leave; a childcare facility on the campus was also cleared, the Evening Standard reported.

The threats were not limited to RTÉ. Daily Mirror reported that media workers at Newstalk and Mediahuis also left their offices, and Sky News confirmed that it had received a threat. Newstalk resumed broadcasting after its alert was assessed as a hoax, according to the same report.

Irish police, An Garda Síochána, said they were aware of threats directed at media organisations in Ireland and elsewhere in Europe and were coordinating with affected organisations. Prime Minister Micheál Martin said investigators were sharing information with international partners, the Evening Standard reported.

RTÉ staff later returned to buildings, according to updated press reports. No casualties or explosions were reported in the material. Police continued investigating the emails and their possible connections to threats affecting airlines elsewhere in Europe.