Details of Permits Granted for Military Flights by Department of Foreign Affairs
Earlier this month the Minister for Foreign Affairs provided Catherine Connolly TD with a breakdown of military flights that landed at Shannon or were granted permission to fly through Irish airspace for the years 2015 to 2019. Deputy Connolly requested the data for every year since 2002 but was told that because Department of Foreign Affairs staff are working from home and do not have access to physical files required to compile data for the years prior to 2015.
The following tables summariises the military landings at Shannon.
Military overflight numbers were even higher each year.