Flights have resumed at Dublin Airport after an earlier drone sighting in the vicinity of the runway resulted in a temporary suspension of arrivals and departures.
Dublin Airport had notified passengers just after 6.30pm on Thursday that flights were grounded after "confirmed drone activity" in the area.
They have since confirmed that flights resumed a 6.59pm.
In a statement, they said: "Flight operations resumed at 18.59 after a confirmed drone sighting suspended operations at 18.27. Gardaí were immediately advised."
They continued to say "three flights were diverted discommoding passengers as a result of this reckless & illegal activity of flying a drone within 5km of Dublin Airport."
Authorities at the airport are increasingly frustrated after a number of similar incidents last month.
In response to one Twitter user who suggested they invest in better equipment to deal with such events, the airport said: "Dublin Airport has effective drone detection technology. However, the State should introduce technology to signal-jam or bring down drones safely and increase the maximum sentences for people who fly drones illegally within 5km of Irish airports."
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