Doherty describes drunken flight as a ‘storm in a teacup’

IRISH snooker star Ken Doherty has described media reports that he was thrown off a plane in Malta for being drunk as “absolutely ridiculous”.

Clearly irritated that the incident had cast a cloud over his first major tournament win in five years, Doherty yesterday claimed the whole controversy amounted to “a storm in a teacup”.

It was reported that the 36-year-old Dubliner had been ejected from an Air Malta aircraft on Monday for being drunk after an all-night boozing session.