WATCH: Investigation as Apple staff evacuated amid bomb threat in Cork

Gardaí are investigating the origins of a suspected bomb threat to Apple’s European headquarters in Cork that saw thousands of staff evacuated from the firm’s three locations in the city yesterday.

Dogs at the Apple Offices at Lavitts Quay Cork during a bomb scare. Picture:Des Barry

Apple, which employs nearly 5,000 people across locations in Hollyhill, Model Farm Road, and Lavitt’s Quay, cleared all three sites yesterday morning after gardaí were alerted to a threatening email at approximately 8.30am.