23 ROMANIAN CRIMINALS ARE BOOTED OUT

A TOTAL of 23 convicted rapists, burglars and fraudsters from Romania were yesterday booted out of Ireland and banned from returning for up to 10 years, it was announced last night.

- BY NICOLA DONNELLY

The Garda National Immigration Bureau carried out the operation to remove the individuals on foot of EU Removal and Exclusion Orders.

The criminals, who were serving prison sentences for offences in Ireland including drugs, assaults, thefts, burglaries, fraud and sexual offences, were on a chartered flight which left Dublin yesterday for Romania. Four of the men were registered sex offenders.