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A man has been arrested after entering an unauthorised area of an airport in the Republic of Ireland and allegedly causing damage to a US military aircraft, police have said.<\/p>\n
The suspect, aged in his 40s, was arrested for alleged criminal damage and remains in custody over the incident on Saturday at Shannon airport in County Clare.<\/p>\n
Footage circulating on social media appears to show an individual climbing on to a US air force C-130 Hercules transport aircraft parked on a remote taxiway.<\/p>\n
A Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na spokesperson said in a statement: \u201cOn Saturday 11 April 2026 an adult male entered an unauthorised area of Shannon airport, Shannon, County Clare.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn adult male (aged in his 40s) was arrested for alleged criminal damage by garda\u00ed shortly before 11.00am and is currently detained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 in a garda station in the Clare\/Tipperary division.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigations are ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to gardai, airport police officers, Shannon airport\u2019s fire and rescue service and members of the defence forces on duty at the airport responded to the incident.<\/p>\n
Airport operations were temporarily suspended after the incident. Two departing flights were delayed while one arriving aircraft from Lourdes, France, was placed in a holding pattern.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the Shannon Airport Group said operations resumed shortly after the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe airport suspended operations at approximately 9.50am and resumed operations at 10.15am.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n