While Bertie’s jet waits at Shannon, disabled people go nowhere

I’M NOT sure what the second-hand value of a US Navy C-40A military aircraft is, but there’s one down at Shannon airport at the moment which the Government might be interested in acquiring.

Given that they're thinking of going upmarket for a new jet - at a cost of 50 million - it's something they might consider. Admittedly, it suffered a slight bit of damage because Mary Kelly, who does a bit of peacekeeping on the side, had an axe to grind.

Having evaded whatever security there is at Shannon airport she struck a few blows for peace - quite a few, actually. Armed with a non-nuclear hatchet, the 50-year-old mother of one inflicted damage to the nose, hydraulic lines and front wheel of the 737 aircraft before she was arrested at the scene.