The cost of using the aircraft for the operation from Dublin Airport was €122,000, Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said. Photograph: Alan Currie/Getty ImagesA charter flight on Sunday removed 33 Polish and Lithuanian nationals from the State on grounds of criminality, the Minister for Justice and Migration has said. Jim O’Callaghan said the cost of using the aircraft for the operation was €122,000. He said 31 males and two females, ranging in age from 20s to 60s, were on the charter removal flight that left Dublin Airport at 12.30pm for Warsaw, Poland, before travelling on to Vilnius in Lithuania. In 2025 56 people were removed from Ireland under the directive, including 26 on commercial airlines and 23 on a charter operation to Romania.

Source: The Irish Times January 25, 2026 21:39 UTC