Govt Taking Media Threat Seriously, Says Taoiseach
Police say the threats may be a coordinated campaign as gardaí, the Defence Forces and European counterparts investigate.
- On Friday, staff at RTE, Newstalk, Today FM, Virgin Media, and the Irish Independent were evacuated after a wave of emailed bomb threats targeted the five media organizations across Ireland.
- The evacuations follow a turbulent week of aviation hoax alerts across Europe, where at least 27 flights were affected on Thursday, including an Aer Lingus service from Dublin to Rome that was diverted to a French military air base.
- Broadcasts on RTE Radio 1 and Newstalk were interrupted before resuming, with Newstalk presenter Claire Byrne telling listeners, "We were advised to leave the building today on the basis of a message that we received."
- Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin and Irish Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris described the situation as a "serious and evolving" campaign, as Gardai and the Defence Forces launched investigations to identify those responsible.
- Dublin is scheduled to host the European Political Community summit next week, bringing 55 heads of state to Ireland and requiring "very significant security operations" amid the ongoing threat campaign.
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While flights are being diverted due to bomb threats, it is now also the case with the media: editorial offices had to be cleared in Ireland. There is supposed to be a connection. But who is behind it? That remains unclear.
Several Irish communications vehicles reported on Friday (6) that they had to withdraw their employees after receiving bomb threats in their editorials.The Irish authorities indicated that experts in security and cybersecurity and
Several Irish communications vehicles reported, on Friday (6), that they needed to remove their staff from their posts after receiving bomb threats. Also read: Flight to Lisbon is the target of a bomb threat in the midst of an alert wave in Europe this week Bomb threat: Europe records at least 22 commercial flights affected this week The Irish authorities indicated that security and cybersecurity experts were working to deal with the situation. …
Public and private chains were the target of an incident this Friday at a time of recent alerts in other parts of Europe
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