US apologises for troops breaching Irish Covid-19 regulations at Shannon

FILE PICTURE: A US Hercules Transporter is parked at the side of the airport at Shannon. Picture: AP Photo/John Cogill

Authorities in the US have apologised to the Government for an incident in which US military personnel breached Irish Covid-19 regulations.

The troops stayed overnight in a Limerick hotel after landing at Shannon Airport without the legally required evidence of negative PCR tests or passenger locator forms.