O’Connor: More checks on bags than children at airports

Sinéad O’Connor has hit out at poor security measures at ports and airports, saying that it is a “breeding ground” for traffickers with bags subjected to stricter scrutiny than children.

The outspoken singer made her comments after her male nanny transported her two sons unchallenged from Dublin to France to join her on tour.

“The bags are being checked better than the children in our airports and yet nobody in any government department knows whose remit this is,” said O’Connor, adding that there are a lack of legal safeguards to stop children being whisked out of the country by adults who are not their parents.