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Woman arrested over online threats against Harris
A woman in her 30s was detained in connection with recent online threats against Tanaiste Simon Harris' children, with investigations involving national cyber and detective units.
- On Tuesday 2 September 2025, Gardaí arrested a woman in her 30s in west Dublin over threats to Tanaiste Simon Harris' children.
- The arrest followed investigations into recent online threats made over the weekend targeting Harris and his family, with involvement of the Cyber Crime Bureau and Special Detective Unit.
- The woman is being held at a Garda station within the Dublin Metropolitan area under the authority of Section 4 of the 1984 Criminal Justice Act, with support for the investigation provided by local officers and the counter-extremism unit.
- Harris condemned the threats against him and his family as an act of cowardice and emphasized that making such threats is illegal, while Taoiseach Micheál Martin expressed strong denunciation of these unacceptable and abhorrent actions.
- The arrest illustrates law enforcement's response to protecting public figures and highlights widespread condemnation of threats as fundamental dangers to democracy.
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Woman arrested in probe into online threats against Irish politician
It comes after Tanaiste Simon Harris revealed he had received direct threats targeting his family.
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