The Taoiseach says a bomb threat at his home last night was “utterly unacceptable.”
Speaking on arrival at the European Council in Brussels this afternoon, Simon Harris said the threats on his home “cannot be allowed to continue”.
“I have young children; I have a wife, and this is an utterly unacceptable situation,” he said.
“I have young children; I have a wife … this situation can’t be allowed to continue.”
The Taoiseach says a bomb threat at his home last night was “utterly unacceptable.”
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The threat came after an unknown person rang the Samaritans helpline and said a bomb had been placed outside Mr Harris’ Wicklow home.
The caller provided a code word which led to Gardaí immediately carrying out searches at the property.
The searches uncovered no device and Gardaí are now treating the call as a hoax.
Mr Harris said hoax is not an appropriate word to describe the threat because he has “no doubt these things are done to intimidate and upset”.
'This can't be allowed to continue'
It is the third major incident at his home in recent weeks – after two incidents in which masked individuals gathered outside Mr Harris’ home protesting Ireland's immigration policies.
Mr Harris said the incidents should not be described as protests.
“If masked men tuned up outside your house, it wouldn’t be described as protest,” he said.
“It is not protest when it happens outside my house either.
“You know, this situation can’t be allowed to continue.”
The threat came a matter of months after a man was found guilty of calling in a bomb threat to the Justice Minister Helen McEntee’s home.
