A shooting threat at a Wicklow school sparked a huge Garda operation earlier today.
It is understood that some messages appeared on social media about someone having a gun and getting ready to carry out a shooting at the school in question, located in Arklow, Co. Wicklow. There were reports that a similar message was scrawled on a bathroom wall at the school.
Several Garda patrol cars were dispatched to the scene, but the incident was later deemed a ‘hoax.’
The actual name of the school was not disclosed.