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Dolores O'Riordan: Cranberries singer arrested over flight assaults allegations | |
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The lead singer of Irish band The Cranberries is under arrest in hospital following an alleged attack on an air hostess and a policeman on a US flight. | |
Dolores O'Riordan was detained after an air hostess was reportedly attacked on an Aer Lingus flight from New York to Shannon, County Clare, on Monday. | Dolores O'Riordan was detained after an air hostess was reportedly attacked on an Aer Lingus flight from New York to Shannon, County Clare, on Monday. |
Police boarded the aircraft at Shannon and during the course of the arrest, a policeman was also assaulted. | |
Ms O'Riordan has been taken to hospital in Limerick but remains under arrest. | |
The flight, from JFK airport, landed at Shannon at about 05:30 GMT. | |
The injured Aer Lingus air hostess was brought to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick shortly after the landing. | |
The police officer was not seriously hurt. | |
A police spokesman said a woman in her early 40s was initially taken to Shannon garda (police) station for questioning. | |
Later on Monday morning, Ms O'Riordan was taken to hospital, but she remains in police custody. |