Social Democrats HQ evacuated after suspicious package addressed to Eoin Hayes arrived

Eoin Hayes was suspended from the Social Democrats earlier this week, arising from controversy to do with his former shareholding in US company Palantir. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

The head office of the Social Democrats has been evacuated after a suspicious package addressed to suspended TD Eoin Hayes arrived earlier today.

Party sources said that staff within the headquarters became suspicious of the package, with the office never having received a package addressed to Mr Hayes.