Private jet used in US deportations of Palestinians refuelled at Shannon Airport

Government says refuelling stop was legal as TDs call on Taoiseach to raise US deportations during Washington visit

According to flight tracking data, the flight flew through Shannon on both January 21 and February 1.

A private jet, which refuelled at Shannon Airport while reportedly deporting Palestinian men to the West Bank from the US, did not need Irish permission to land, the Department of Transport has confirmed.

It was reported this week by The Guardian that a private aircraft owned by a friend of US president Donald Trump, which has previously been used in deportation flights, stopped in Ireland on two occasions in recent weeks, having deported men from Arizona to Tel Aviv.