'OFFENSIVE' TOURIST ON RYANAR FLIGHT 'STORMED' INTO LOO AND SET OFF SMOKE ALARM

AN INSURANCE broker triggered a smoke alarm on a London to Dublin flight after aggressively ignoring cabin crew and going to the toilet just before take-off on Sunday, a court has heard.

- TOM TUITE

Father of two William Horn, 29, of Stone Rings Lane, Harrowgate, England, pleaded guilty yesterday to charges under the Air Navigation and Transport Act following his arrest on Sunday at Terminal 1, Dublin Airport.

Airportbased Garda Sandip Shrestha told Dublin District Court he charged the accused with offensive behaviour on the Ryanair flight and setting off the smoke alarm, and the accused replied, "You are chatting s**t".

Judge John Brennan noted that Horn, who came to Ireland for a birthday party, was pleading guilty to the charges.