Sky receives security threat just hours after Irish national broadcaster evacuated

• Sky has confirmed that it received a security threat on Friday, forcing it to carry out a security assessment and report the matter to authorities to ensure staff safety.
• It comes hours after RTÉ headquarters in Dublin was evacuated on Friday morning following a bomb threat warning that an explosive would detonate within 45 minutes.
• RTÉ Radio One was temporarily pulled off air and replaced with pre-recorded music loops before resuming broadcasts from a mobile vehicle.
• Other media organisations are understood to have received similar threats.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that gardaí, the Defence Forces and cyber authorities are investigating whether the incident is linked to recent airline bomb threats.

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Ireland on alert as national broadcaster evacuated over bomb threat