One mother told Newstalk that parents felt “very scared” when the schools emailed them.
This morning, a number of schools were shut across the county on the advice of Gardaí.AdvertisementThe Hard Shoulder“But the email purporting to come from a named individual said it would be one of the most ‘prolific attacks in Irish history’ - involving multiple firearms.Jamie said “understandably” there was a huge amount of concern and fear in schools across the country.
“While people’s first instinct might say, ‘Well, this will never happen’ and, ‘It has to be a hoax’, you couldn’t blame anyone for being worried,” he said.“There were lots of children walking around with their parents and they were probably delighted to have a day off.”This afternoon, Gardaí confirmed the email was not credible and should be treated as a hoax.
“They have confirmed that it was a hoax email and confirmed it was never a credible threat to any school in the region,” he said.It didn’t make any sense'“When I was on my way to work this morning, another one of the girls rang to see what the story was,” she recalled.“When I got to school, I got a message from my boy’s school to say they weren’t in school today.
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