Gardaí take part in EU-wide virtual terrorism exercise

Ireland took part in the virtual EU-wide police exercise held at the Europol headquarters in the Hague. Picture: file image

Ireland took part in a virtual EU-wide police exercise simulating online cross-border aspects of a terrorist attack.

The operation was the first one since the launch of the Christchurch Call to Action in May 2019 – which was set up two months after the right-wing massacre in New Zealand, which claimed the lives of 51 people at two mosques.