Terminally-ill woman dies at airport on way back from treatment

A terminally-ill woman who was returning to Ireland after undergoing treatment in the US died shortly after her flight landed at Shannon Airport yesterday.

Fri, 25 May, 2012 - 01:00
Pat Flynn

Orla Dee, 48, from Caherslee, Tralee, was only recently discharged from a hospital in New York where she had been under going treatment for cancer.

The woman was travelling from New York to Shannon on board Aer Lingus flight EI-110 which touched down at 6.35am.

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