Anti-terrorism unit helping gardaí find suspect behind bomb and shooting threats to Carlow schools

It is not clear if the person behind the emails, which threatened either bomb attacks or a mass shooting on the 20 primary schools, is based in Ireland or abroad. Picture: Larry Cummins

It is not clear if the person behind the emails, which threatened either bomb attacks or a mass shooting on the 20 primary schools, is based in Ireland or abroad. Picture: Larry Cummins

Gardaí are thought to be making some progress in their investigation into email threats sent to 20 primary schools in Carlow on Wednesday morning.

The focus of garda inquiries has been on trying to identify the suspect behind the emails, which threatened bomb attacks or mass shootings at the schools.

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