Gardaí Investigate Widespread School Bomb Threats Across Ireland

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The threats appear to be part of a widespread campaign rather than attacks directed at individual schools.

In an email seen by Cork’s 96FM and C103 News, the sender claimed to represent a group called the “Red Owl Project” and alleged that a plastic bag containing a device had been left inside the affected buildings across Cork and other counties

Gardaí and the Department of Education are liaising closely with school authorities as the operational response continues. It remains unconfirmed whether any schools have been evacuated as a precaution.

The alerts follow a separate incident involving a threat made to a school in Cork on Monday, which investigators traced to a young teenager, according to The Irish Times.

Wednesday’s scare also coincided with a security threat involving a Ryanair flight travelling from Dublin to Bulgaria. The incidents follow a wave of false bomb threats targeting Irish media organisations and airlines last week, and come amid heightened national vigilance ahead of two major EU summits scheduled to take place in Dublin on Thursday and Friday.