US military plane ‘did land at Shannon’

A US military plane which the Government denied on four occasions was at Shannon in September and October has been found to have visited the airport on those dates.

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Charlie Flanagan had told Dublin North United Left Deputy Clare Daly on four occasions, in reply to parliamentary questions, that a specific US Hercules C130 she had inquired about was not at Shannon when she claimed it had been.

The minister has now apologised to Ms Daly, while Shannon Airport has apologised to him, following what he has described as an “administrative error”.