Emailed terrorist threat ‘not viable’

The Olympic Council of Ireland received an email containing terrorist threats ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics.

Federations from Britain, Italy, Germany, Hungary and Slovenia have confirmed they were in receipt of emails or letters with similar content, which were passed to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) security advisers.

However, Irish Olympic chiefs have received assurances from the IOC hierarchy and security experts that the “threat contained in the mail” was not considered as viable.