156 passengers flown into Ireland on repatriation flight from Morocco

As well as Irish people, the passengers on board included citizens from the UK along with citizens from Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Romania, Latvia and Denmark. Picture: Department of Foreign Affairs

156 passengers were flown into Dublin Airport last night on a Government repatriation flight from Marrakesh in Morocco.

Flights to and from Morocco were suspended following concerns over the new Omicron variant of Covid-19, leaving people stranded there.