3 media organizations that received bomb attack threats in Ireland were evacuated

Bomb attack threats were sent via e-mail to four media companies in Ireland, including the public broadcaster RTE, and three of the institutions evacuated their buildings.

According to the news in RTE, a bomb attack threat was made to the public broadcaster via e-mail in the morning.

Following the threat, journalists and staff working in the institution's Donnybrook campus were evacuated.

While the personnel gathered at safe points, many police officers and police dogs were directed to the area.

Live broadcasts on RTE television and radio were interrupted, only RTE's Today program on RTE Radio 1 continued broadcasting.

The buildings of Mediahuis and Independent News Media companies were also evacuated following the email threat.

The management of both institutions instructed the staff in the evacuated buildings to work from home.

Virgin Media, one of the media organizations that received the threatening e-mail, did not evacuate its building and continued its live broadcasts without interruption.

Irish police launched an investigation into attack threats.

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin stated that it is too early at this stage to say whether the threat is a coordinated attempt.

Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris also said in his assessment of the issue: "We do not know who is responsible at this stage, but our police, security forces and cyber security experts are taking the developments very seriously."

Harris stated that they will observe the process together with European stakeholders.