School in Kildare evacuated after receiving threatening email
Similar threats have been made to other schools across Ireland
A secondary school in County Kildare has been evacuated after it received a threatening communication.
KFM reported this morning that St Patrick's National School in Celbridge received a ‘threatening spam email’.
As a result, the school decided to evacuate the premises.
It follows a number of reports of similar threatening messages which have been sent to schools across the country.
MESSAGE TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS
In a message circulated by the school to the parents and guardians of its students, which has been seen by the Leinster Leader, it revealed that it has notified both An Garda Síochána and the Department of Education and Youth about the threatening communication.
The school elaborated: “The Department has informed us that a very large number of schools throughout the country received the same email.
“An Garda Síochána has advised the Department, and is advising schools that based on their review of the threat, there is no need for schools to evacuate as these are generic email threats.”
The Leader has asked the principal of St Patrick’s National School for comment about this development.