Garda probe after bomb threat made to McEntee's home

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee. Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said Ms McEntee will not have to resign in order to take maternity leave.

Gardaí rushed to the home of justice minister Helen McEntee on Sunday night after a phone call to the Samaritans charity claimed there was a bomb present.

The charity alerted officers when it was deemed there was a “serious threat to life”.