Emergency Call Answering Service outage due to a technical issue – BT Ireland

An hour long emergency call service system outage was “not malicious”, BT Ireland has said. (PA)

An hour long Emergency Call Answering Service outage was due to a technical issue, BT Ireland has said.

The service, which handles 999 and 112 calls and texts connecting people with An Garda Siochana, and the fire, ambulance and coast guard services, went down between between 1am and 2.15am on Tuesday.