Staff at various Irish media organisations were evacuated this morning after receiving hoax bomb threats.

The incident follows a coordinated series of threats on European airlines this week and cyberattacks that disabled supermarket fridges.

Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence Thomas Byrne joins The Last Word to discuss the risk of further threats as Ireland hosts dozens of world leaders for a major European summit next week.

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