A member of An Garda Síochána has been hospitalised following a security incident at Shannon Airport on Saturday afternoon.
Three women were arrested after they allegedly gained access to the airside area of the airport and caused criminal damage to an aircraft.
It is the second security incident at Shannon this month.
The incident is believed to have occurred at around 4:30pm. The last aircraft to land before the incident touched down at around 4:25pm.
Once the security breach was detected, operations were brought to a standstill forcing three arriving aircraft into holding patterns. Flight crews were advised by air traffic controllers that there had been an ‘incident’ at…