Ireland Launches Biggest Security Operation Ever as 50 EU Leaders Descend on Dublin

Ireland is staging the biggest security operation it has ever mounted as roughly 50 European leaders arrive in Dublin this week. The buildup is driven by mounting alarm over hybrid attacks across the continent, according to France 24. Irish police reported new incidents on both Monday and Tuesday, on top of a run of hoax bomb threats already aimed at airlines and media organisations around Europe.

The threats haven't stayed in the air or online. Related scares have rippled through the continent's institutions, with schools evacuated across Italy after bomb threats. The pattern fits what security officials describe as hybrid warfare: cheap, disruptive strikes that spread fear without a shot fired.

France 24's Olivia Bizot reported from Dublin on the security clampdown. The gathering puts a long list of European heads of state and government in one place at one time, raising the stakes for Irish authorities coordinating the protection effort.

Irish police have not linked the recent hoax incidents to a specific actor, and the source report names none. What is clear is the timing: the threats landed in the same week Europe's leaders chose to meet in Ireland's capital.