No US planes inspected at Shannon, Government confirms

Some 115 exemptions under the official Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons, and Dangerous Goods) Orders have been given for flights into or out of Shannon so far this year.

The Department of Transport has confirmed that no US planes have been inspected this year while stopping off at Shannon Airport. 

Questions have been raised about whether any US military-contracted planes have carried cluster bombs through Ireland after US president Joe Biden agreed to supply them to Ukraine.