Man who ran after plane back before the court

THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been granted more time to decide if extra charges should be brought against an Oulart man who was stopped running after a plane at Dublin Airport.

Patrick Kehoe (23) from Raheenaskeagh, Oulart, had apparently missed his flight to Amsterdam and managed to run through the boarding gate and a door leading to the tarmac, close to the Ryanair plane.

Gardaí were alerted to the incident at 7 a.m. that morning at Dublin airport. It is alleged that Kehoe and a female companion arrived at the boarding gate for their flight to Amsterdam after the flight had closed. While Kehoe initially engaged with Ryanair staff at the gate, it is alleged that he grew agitated and broke through a door at the boarding gate, making his way onto the apron where he apparently tried to flag the aircraft down.

He was restrained by Ryanair staff and airport police before being brought to Ballymun Garda Station where he was charged with criminal damage and later brought before Judge Owens at Dublin District Court.

Kehoe was charged with criminal damage to a magnetic door lock at Gate 106 at Dublin Airport.

Last week, Garda David Cahill said that the accused made no reply to the charge; it was possible that there would be “further charges”; and directions from the DPP needed to be obtained. Judge Dermot Simms ordered him to appear again in four weeks.

Mr Kehoe did not address the court and has not yet indicated how he will plead.