Alan Kelly describes person who sent suspect package as a ‘scumbag’

Environment Minister Alan Kelly has said the person who sent a suspect package with a death threat to his constituency office is a “scumbag” who should be tracked down by gardaí.

Last Friday, the army’s bomb disposal unit was rushed to the Labour deputy leader’s office in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, after an envelope containing white powder and specific threats about the minister and his family was found.

The threat was later declared a hoax and no harm has come to Mr Kelly, his relatives or the staff member who opened the item.