{"id":676838,"date":"2026-11-06T15:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T15:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/676838\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T15:12:10","slug":"virgin-media-kept-ireland-am-live-on-air-and-didnt-evacuate-studio-after-receiving-bomb-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/676838\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media kept Ireland AM live on air and didn&#8217;t evacuate studio after receiving bomb threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VIRGIN MEDIA TELEVISION\u2019S live recording of Ireland AM remained on air this morning and the broadcaster did not evacuate its south Dublin premises after receiving a bomb threat by email.<\/p>\n<p>The threat came as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/rte-bomb-threat-7217607-Nov2026\/?utm_source=thejournal&amp;utm_content=story-card-image\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">buildings used by RT\u00c9, Newstalk, Today FM and the Irish Independent were evacuated<\/a> following the receipt of a threatening email, with several radio stations temporarily interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to The Journal, Virgin Media Television said it had received \u201ca security threat email that was widely circulated to multiple European media platforms\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe followed our well established security protocols and continue to liaise with An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remained on air throughout and no evacuation took place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ireland AM aired until 10am this morning, meaning the threat arrived during the programme\u2019s live broadcast from Virgin Media\u2019s studio in Ballymount.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, RT\u00c9 Radio 1 temporarily replaced its regular programming with music following the evacuation of buildings at its Montrose campus in Donnybrook.<\/p>\n<p>David McCullagh subsequently resumed broadcasting from RT\u00c9\u2019s mobile Roadcaster studio on the broadcaster\u2019s Donnybrook headquarters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793977930_413_.jpeg\"  alt=\"IMG_4605\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n            RT\u00c9&#8217;s mobile roadcaster.                    The Journal<\/p>\n<p>    The Journal\n<\/p>\n<p>RT\u00c9\u2019s television news is expected to return later this afternoon, as garda\u00ed remain at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Newstalk\u2019s Claire Byrne Show also returned to air after staff were allowed back into Marconi House, which houses Newstalk and Today FM.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed said they were aware of threats against media organisations in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na has been liaising with the Irish media organisations and the threats will be investigated,\u201d a garda spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the government said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/taoiseach-micheal-martin-bomb-threats-media-rte-7217683-Nov2026\/?utm_source=thejournal&amp;utm_content=story-card-headline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it remained unknown who was responsible<\/a>, but that \u201cit seems likely that this is a coordinated campaign of disruption\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The incidents follow a series of hoax bomb threats against European airlines this week, including an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome that was diverted to a French military air base on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIRGIN MEDIA TELEVISION\u2019S live recording of Ireland AM remained on air this morning and the broadcaster did not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[215853,286695,93,55,61,60,68925,1634,45673,6085,286696,282,907],"class_list":["post-676838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bauer","tag-bomb-threat","tag-entertainment","tag-garda","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-ireland-am","tag-media","tag-mediahuis","tag-rte","tag-the-show-must-go-on","tag-tv","tag-virgin-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}