Tunisia attack: Department had warned tourists of possible attack

The Department of Foreign Affairs had warned Irish tourists about the possibility of indiscriminate terrorist attacks in Tunisian cities, and on places visited by foreigners such as hotels and shopping centres.

In its latest travel advisory for Tunisia, the department said there had been an increase in terrorist activity in the country over the past two years.

A suicide bomb was detonated on the beach next to the Riadh Palm Hotel in Sousse — the scene of yesterday’s atrocity — on October 30, 2013.