Bomb threats evacuate RTÉ, Irish Independent and Newstalk offices in Ireland
Bomb threats targeting several Irish media organisations forced evacuations and disrupted broadcasts on Friday morning, November 6, 2026.
Staff at RTÉ, Newstalk and Mediahuis, publisher of the Irish Independent, received an email threat and evacuated their buildings. RTÉ’s Donnybrook campus was evacuated as a precaution, with a Garda presence on site. RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland dropped out, and Today with David McCullagh was replaced with music and a pre-recorded message before coverage resumed from an outside broadcast facility. Newstalk presenter Claire Byrne announced she would have to go off air during an interview.
An Garda Síochána confirmed it was aware of threats against media stations in Ireland and in Europe and said the threats will be investigated. Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said he had been briefed and that the threats are the subject of an active investigation.
"These threats are being taken extremely seriously and are now the subject of an active investigation by An Garda Síochána," O’Callaghan said.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said on RTÉ’s Late Late Show that threats to flights, media organisations and a cyberattack on supermarket refrigeration systems were "co-ordinated", but he could not definitively say who was behind the threats.
"We don’t know definitively," he said. "There’s a general view that all of the increases in hybrid attacks has a Russian connection to it. I just can’t say that specifically today in respect of what happened to RTÉ."
The Irish government said it is not known yet who is responsible, whether individuals or a coordinated effort, but that the threats appear to be part of a coordinated campaign of disruption. The incidents follow bomb threats to airlines across Europe on Thursday.
