A number of media outlets in Ireland and the UK received bomb threats on Friday, Irish public broadcaster RTE reports. He said, to be safe, RTE switched to pre-recorded programmes, while some broadcasts continued live, but from mobile radio studios. A number of items were checked by police, who later declared them safe. In addition to RTE, the Irish offices of Mediahaus, Virgin Media Television and Independent News Media were affected by the alert. According to RTE, similar threats have also been received against a number of British media outlets, in particular the Sky News channel.