Ireland's public broadcaster RTÉ evacuated staff from its Donnybrook campus in Dublin on Friday after an email threat, with police searching the buildings, RTÉ News and BBC reported^1,3.

RTÉ said the message went to the national broadcaster that morning and to other media organisations in Ireland and Britain³. BBC reported that gardaí said they were aware of a threat against media organisations in Ireland and in Europe¹.

Gardaí were on site with sniffer dogs, RTÉ said, and the broadcaster moved some output to pre-recorded programmes while Radio 1's Today programme continued from a roadcaster³. RTÉ said staff safety was paramount and that normal services would resume after consultation with police³.

RTÉ said Mediahaus and Independent News Media also emptied offices on Talbot Street in Dublin, and that staff due in were told to work from home until the alert ended³. Virgin Media received the threat but did not evacuate and kept broadcasting, RTÉ reported³.

In a statement quoted by RTÉ, gardaí said they were "aware of a threat made against media organisations here and in Europe" and were liaising with Irish media organisations³.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said gardaí and the Defence Forces were investigating threats to RTÉ, Newstalk and other organisations, and that it was too early to say whether they came from an individual or were coordinated, according to RTɳ. Tánaiste Simon Harris, speaking to Cork's 96FM as quoted by RTÉ, called the situation serious and evolving³.

RTÉ said the threat purported to come from those behind a series of hoax bomb threats that affected flights across Europe the previous day, including some Aer Lingus and Ryanair services³. That link was not independently confirmed in the BBC account reviewed for this filing¹.

A Reuters page listed in desk coverage could not be read in full (HTTP 401)². Its headline referred to Irish media offices evacuated over bomb threats, with one deemed a hoax². No injuries or device finds were reported in the accounts that could be read^1,3.