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The Dublin media outlets bomb-threat evacuations

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    RTÉ cleared after bomb threat, but who disrupted Dublin’s newsrooms?

    A threatening email displaced staff and interrupted broadcasts across Dublin newsrooms. The immediate disruption ended, but the sender and any wider coordination remained unresolved.

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    • Sniffer dogs searched RTÉ’s buildings while Today with David McCullagh broadcast from a vehicle outside its usual studio. A bomb-threat email had forced staff off the broadcaster’s Donnybrook campus and turned its mobile “roadcaster” into a way to keep news on air.

Who reported

Who reported

34 outlets · 43 sources

28 of 34 had reported by this moment

Who's involved

Who's involved

People

  • Claire ByrneIrish journalist
  • Kevin BakhurstDirector General of RTÉ
  • Micheál MartinTaoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland (2020–2022, 2025–present)
  • Simon HarrisTánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) of Ireland (born 1986)

Organizations

  • Department of the TaoiseachIrish government department
  • Garda Síochánapolice service of Ireland
  • NewstalkIrish radio station

Places

  • Dublin
  • Marconi House
  • Talbot Street