{"id":308013,"date":"2025-11-26T11:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T11:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/308013\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T11:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T11:35:12","slug":"female-mma-fighter-39-is-arrested-after-two-spanish-police-officers-were-attacked-following-disturbance-on-ryanair-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/308013\/","title":{"rendered":"Female MMA fighter, 39, ‘is arrested after two Spanish police officers were attacked following disturbance on Ryanair flight’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER<\/a> and GERARD COUZENS <\/p>\n

Published: 14:55 EST, 25 November 2025 | Updated: 05:58 EST, 26 November 2025 <\/p>\n

An Irish female MMA fighter has been arrested after allegedly attacking two Spanish police officers who boarded a Ryanair flight to deal with a disturbance.<\/p>\n

Sinead Kavanagh, 39, was detained on Monday evening after the incident on a\u00a0Gran Canaria to Dublin flight as it prepared for take-off around 7.30pm, according to local media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She spent the night in a police cell before appearing in court earlier on Tuesday, Spanish outlets say.<\/p>\n

Local media are reporting the two Civil Guard officers allegedly assaulted by Kavanagh are currently off sick because of the injuries they suffered.<\/p>\n

Kavanagh, a featherweight fighter and friend of Conor McGregor<\/a>, is said to have been released on bail pending an ongoing criminal investigation following a closed court hearing.<\/p>\n

One local newspaper, Atlantico Hoy, published footage of the incident in the plane aisle said to have involved Kavanagh.<\/p>\n

A woman could be heard shouting in English in the video as she grappled with two police officers struggling to control her.<\/p>\n

One of the uniformed Civil Guard officers appeared to be a woman.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Sinead Kavanagh, 39, pictured in 2023, is said to have been held on Monday evening and spent the night in a police cell before appearing in court earlier on Tuesday<\/p>\n

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An Irish female MMA fighter has been arrested after allegedly attacking two Spanish police officers who boarded a Ryanair flight to deal with a disturbance. One local newspaper, Atlantico Hoy, published footage of the incident in the plane aisle said to have involved Kavanagh<\/p>\n

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A woman could be heard shouting in English in the video as she grappled with two police officers struggling to control her<\/p>\n

Another newspaper, Canarias 7, said the pilot requested police presence after flight crew were unable to control Kavanagh’s ‘violent attitude.’<\/p>\n

It said: ‘When the officers arrived she resisted aggressively and hit the officers several times, leaving them with several injuries which led to them having to take time off work.’<\/p>\n

Kavanagh was reportedly taken to an airport cell after back-up was called and four police officers got into a patrol car with her.<\/p>\n

Spanish national media were last night beginning to pick up on the story as well as local media in Gran Canaria.<\/p>\n

There has not yet been any official comment from the courts or Civil Guard.<\/p>\n

Sinead Kavanagh, who hails from the Dublin suburb of Inchicore, became a five-time national boxing champion and competed alongside Katie Taylor on the Irish team that went to the World Championships in 2021.<\/p>\n

After losing multiple fights she quit the sport and became an MMA fighter.<\/p>\n

She was ranked 10 at Women’s Featherweight according to Fight Matrix from April 2021 to July 2021, and March 2022.<\/p>\n

This is a breaking news story, more to follow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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