Several Irish media organisations were evacuated on Friday after receiving an email containing a bomb threat, including Ireland’s national public broadcaster RTE.
The alarm was raised on Friday morning after RTE and numerous other media organisations across Ireland and Britain received the threatening message, the broadcaster said.
Presenters and staff were evacuated from RTE’s Donnybrook campus in Dublin as Irish police responded to the incident.
Officers searched the buildings with the assistance of sniffer dogs.
RTE switched to pre-recorded programming as a precaution, while its Today programme on Radio 1 continued broadcasting from the organisation’s outside broadcasting vehicle.
In a statement, RTE said the safety of its staff and personnel remained its top priority.
The broadcaster added that normal services would resume as soon as possible following consultations with police.
Intensifying security threats across Europe
The threat comes amid a wider wave of security incidents across Europe. On Thursday, hoax bomb threats disrupted nearly 30 passenger flights, forcing several aircraft to make unplanned landings and prompting fighter jets to escort or intercept others.
Flights from Dublin, Madrid, Copenhagen, London, Warsaw, Milan and Helsinki were among those affected.
Separately, suspected cyberattacks targeting supermarket refrigeration systems have affected retailers in several European countries, including Sweden, where the ICA and Coop chains reported disrupted cooling systems. The incidents on November 2 caused temperatures in some fridges and freezers to rise sharply, forcing stores to discard food.
Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Estonia, Finland, Italy and Portugal also reported disruptions.
No group has claimed responsibility and authorities have not identified those behind the threats or confirmed any link between the incidents.
