Friday 30 October 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Case No. 16324Threats to kill

Man arrested over suspected death threats against the Taoiseach and his family

Gardaí arrested a man over threats linked to the Taoiseach and his family. A report dated 10 August 2024 says a man arrested over a hoax bomb threat against the Taoiseach's home was released. A report dated 11 August 2024 says gardaí arrested a man suspected of making death threats against the Taoiseach and his family. The latest report, dated 11 August 2024, covers this arrest, and no charge or court proceedings are reported.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrested10 Aug
    2 reports
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • Gardaí arrested a man suspected of making threats against the Taoiseach and his family.
  • One source describes the threat as a hoax bomb threat, and another describes it as a death threat.
Where
The threat was reported as being directed at the Taoiseach's home.
When
  • A report dated 10 August 2024 says a man arrested over the hoax bomb threat was released.
  • A report dated 11 August 2024 says gardaí arrested a man suspected of making death threats.
Investigation
Gardaí carried out the arrest.
Charges
No charge is reported in the sources.
Other details
The sources give no age or nationality for the man, and no county or incident date.
2 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA man was arrested over a hoax bomb threat against the Taoiseach's home. (extra.ie)
  • whatGardaí arrested a man suspected of making death threats against the Taoiseach and his family. (extra.ie)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 11 Aug2024
    Arrestedextra.ie, first report
    Gardaí arrest man suspected of making death threats against the Taoiseach and his family

    Only the headline has content. The article text is template code with no body, so no date, location or further details could be taken from it.

    suspect, male
  2. 10 Aug2024
    Arrestedextra.ie, follow-up
    Man arrested over hoax bomb threat against Taoiseach's home released

    Only the headline describes the case. The body is unrendered search-widget template code, so no date, location, or other details are available.

    suspect, male