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Irish media bomb threats bring Europol and Interpol into inquiry

Investigators are examining threatening emails as broadcasters resume work, while security analysis raises questions about wider European disruption.

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0:25Staff evacuate the Donnybrook campus while emergency arrangements keep broadcasting going.
2:37A Newstalk presenter confirms staff were allowed back after the warning was declared a hoax.
3:24Paul Reynolds says the Special Detective Unit is leading the inquiry and liaising with Europol and Interpol.
5:45The studio report links the sender's email address to a Lithuanian school, without establishing the sender's identity.
7:20Patrick Bury considers possible coordination and Russian-associated involvement; this remains analysis rather than confirmed investigative findings.

Irish detectives are liaising with Europol and Interpol after emailed bomb threats forced media organisations to evacuate Dublin offices on 6 November, Ireland's Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) News reports.

Crime correspondent Paul Reynolds says the Special Detective Unit is leading the investigation. The warning reached the national broadcaster and other media outlets across Ireland and Britain. Staff left the Donnybrook broadcasting campus for several hours while gardaí, the Irish police, searched the grounds. Mediahuis and Bauer Media also evacuated Dublin offices as a precaution.

The campus was subsequently declared safe. In footage from Newstalk, a presenter tells listeners: "We were advised that we could return to the building and that that warning was a hoax."

The report moves beyond the evacuations to examine the email's possible origins. A studio correspondent says it came from an address connected to a Lithuanian school. That connection does not establish who sent it or where they were operating.

The broadcast also reviews hoax bomb threats that disrupted European flights, including Ryanair services from Rome and Dublin. It asks whether the disruptions could be coordinated, rather than establishing that they share a perpetrator.

Dr Patrick Bury, a defence and security expert at the University of Bath, offers an assessment: "I would say the most likely explanation from what we know at the moment is some sort of Russian associated group." That is his interpretation, not a confirmed attribution by investigators. He argues that digital communications make threats easier to issue and their authors harder to identify.

Back at the broadcaster, deputy director general Adrian Lynch says staff safety drove the evacuation and continuity plans kept programmes going. David McCullagh is shown working from a mobile broadcast unit, while Oliver Callan broadcasts outdoors. Lynch says the organisation will review its protocols with police to prepare for future threats.

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