Ireland Case No. 7040Hoax bomb threat · Co. Cork · 24 Nov 2023
Cork courthouse and Mercy Hospital evacuated after bomb threats later deemed hoaxes
On 24 November 2023, a courthouse and a hospital in Cork city were evacuated after bomb threats were phoned in at about 11am. The courthouse is on Washington Street, where the surrounding area was taped off, and a second threat was made to Mercy Hospital the same day. Gardaí initially treated the calls as credible, and ordnance disposal experts attended the scene. Gardaí later said all the alerts were hoaxes, both areas were declared safe, and an investigation into both incidents is underway.
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- A courthouse and a hospital in Cork city were evacuated after bomb threats.
- Where
- The courthouse is on Washington Street, and the surrounding area was taped off during the Garda operation.
- A second threat was called in to Mercy Hospital on the same day.
- When
- The bomb threats were phoned in at about 11am on 24 November 2023, and both areas were evacuated immediately.
- Cause
- The threats were made by phone calls.
- Investigation
- Gardaí initially treated the calls as credible threats, and ordnance disposal experts attended the scene.
- Gardaí later said all the alerts were deemed hoaxes and both areas were declared safe.
- An investigation into both incidents is underway.
8 statements extracted from the articles
- whatA courthouse and a hospital in Cork city were evacuated after bomb threats. (corkbeo.ie)
- whereThe Washington Street courthouse area was taped off during the Garda operation. (corkbeo.ie)
- whereA second threat was called in to the Mercy Hospital. (corkbeo.ie)
- whenThe bomb threats were phoned in at about 11am. (corkbeo.ie)
- causeThe threats were made by phone calls. (corkbeo.ie)
- investigationGardaí initially treated the calls as credible threats. (corkbeo.ie)
- investigationGardaí later said all the alerts were deemed hoaxes and the areas declared safe. (corkbeo.ie)
- investigationAn investigation into both incidents is underway. (corkbeo.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 24 Nov2023Recap: Cork city courthouse and hospital evacuated due to suspected bomb threat
Live blog recap of the same day. It adds that Gardaí were treating the calls as credible at first, later deemed the alerts hoaxes, and that an investigation is underway.