Hundreds of students in Milford National School Limerick have been evacuated this morning after alerts of a bomb scare.
Reported by
The Limerick Post, the scare came after a text message was sent to the school shortly after 10.30am.
Three units of Limerick City Fire and Rescue were deployed to the scene along with Gardai and paramedics.
Upwards of 20 officials are searching the scene, which includes a thorough search of every child’s schoolbag.
The scare comes just hours after a number of schools in the UK were targeted in hoax attacks.
The Army Bomb Disposal Unit have also been notified.
Reports are now surfacing that multiple scares have occurred across the country. The Gardaí press office have confirmed that multiple incidences are being investigated.
