Sudan: 163 Irish citizens and their dependents successfully evacuated, Tánaiste confirms

Passengers from Sudan seen here boarding an RAF aircraft in Khartoum for evacuation to Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus. Picture: Arron Hoare/PA Wire

Some 163 Irish citizens as well as their dependents have been successfully evacuated from Sudan, the Tánaiste confirmed on Friday morning. 

Speaking at University College Cork's campus on Lapp's Quay, Mr Martin said efforts to evacuate citizens and their dependents have been “going well.”