Ireland Armed gardaí cordon Midleton school after hoax threatening email
On Tuesday 7 November 2023, armed Gardaí from the Armed Support Unit and frontline units cordoned off St. Colmans Community College, a secondary school in Midleton, County Cork, after staff received a threatening email. A section of the school was evacuated, and students and teachers halted lessons while Gardaí searched the building. Gardaí confirmed the threat was a hoax, the premises was declared safe, and classes resumed. No arrests or charges have been reported, and the latest development is that Gardaí are still trying to identify the sender and investigations are ongoing.
- Reported7 Nov
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- Armed Gardaí cordoned off a secondary school in East Cork after staff received a threatening email.
- One report calls the message a threatening email and another calls it a threatening message regarding the safety of the premises.
- Where
- The school is St. Colmans Community College in Midleton, County Cork.
- When
- The threat was reported on the morning of Tuesday 7 November 2023.
- Cause
- The message concerned the safety of the premises, and its exact nature is unknown according to CorkBeo.
- Other details
- A section of the school was evacuated while emergency services cordoned off the surrounding area.
- Students and teachers halted lessons while Gardaí swept the building.
- Classes were allowed to resume after the search and the school continued for the rest of the day.
- Investigation
- Officers from the Armed Support Unit and frontline Gardaí attended the school and established a cordon.
- Gardaí searched the building and confirmed the threat was a hoax, and the premises was declared safe.
- Gardaí are trying to identify the sender of the threatening email and investigations are ongoing.
- Charges
- No arrests or charges are mentioned in the reports.
15 statements extracted from the articles
- whatA school in East Cork was cordoned off by armed Gardaí after staff received a threatening email. (corkbeo.ie)
- whatA section of the secondary school was evacuated. (corkbeo.ie)
- whatA threatening email was sent to staff at a secondary school in Cork. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe school is St. Colmans Community College in Midleton. (corkbeo.ie, irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe threat was reported on the morning of Tuesday 7 November 2023. (corkbeo.ie)
- whenGardaí received the report on Tuesday 7 November 2023. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationGardaí searched the building and confirmed the threat was a hoax. (corkbeo.ie)
- investigationGardaí are trying to identify the sender of the threatening email. (corkbeo.ie)
- investigationGardaí confirmed the threat was a hoax. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationGardaí are trying to identify the sender of the threatening email and investigations are ongoing. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherClasses were allowed to resume after the search. (corkbeo.ie)
- otherArmed Support Unit and frontline gardaí attended and established a cordon. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherA section of the school was evacuated. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherStudents and teachers halted lessons while gardaí swept the building. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe school continued for the rest of the day. (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 7 Nov2023Armed Gardai lockdown school after menacing email sent to teaching staff
New incident not in the existing cases. Adds that the threat was confirmed as a hoax, the school was declared safe, and gardaí are trying to identify the sender.
- 7 Nov2023Armed Gardaí lock down East Cork school due to online threat
Original report of a hoax threatening email to a school in Midleton; the school was evacuated in part and later declared safe. No arrests are mentioned.