A US-bound passenger plane was forced to dump over 20 tonnes of fuel to make an emergency landing in Shannon, after a Miami barman got into a drunken rage after drinking a huge quantity of vodka on board, a court has heard.

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Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan has been released without charge after she was arrested over an alleged assault on a transatlantic flight.

The former lead singer with rock group The Cranberries has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting an air hostess.

Singer Dolores O’Riordan has been arrested in Shannon after an alleged assault on board a flight from New York.

Gardaí are investigating after a man was stabbed to death in Ennis.

Gardaí are continuing to question two men after a weekend gun attack in Co. Clare.

Gardaí are continuing to search for two men who shot a man a number of times in Co Clare overnight, as their victim fights for his life in hospital.

Gardaí in Clare have arrested a man following an air rage incident in which passengers held a man on the floor of a plane until the flight landed.

A MAN is recovering in hospital after he was slashed across the neck with a broken bottle and was only saved by the quick actions of a local nurse.

Gardaí are questioning three people in connection with an assault in Co Clare that has left a man fighting for his life in hospital.

AN Aer Lingus flight was involved in a mid-Atlantic bomb scare yesterday.

A man was stabbed in the throat at a house in Shannon, Co Clare, gardaí said today.

The five anti-war protestors accused of criminally damaging a United States naval aeroplane will say they acted in defence of others, a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury has heard.

THREE armed criminals arrested near Newmarket on Fergus yesterday were on their way to carry out a major robbery in the Ennis area, gardaí believe.

A 35-YEAR-OLD woman was being treated in hospital last night after a horrific gang rape involving one man and four teenagers.

A 19-year-old German passenger was arrested by Gardaí today after a bomb alert caused an American airliner to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport.

Two men have been arrested at Shannon Airport on suspicion of criminal damage.