{"id":325027,"date":"2026-03-02T13:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/325027\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:50:11","slug":"flights-limited-from-abu-dhabi-as-ireland-monitors-middle-east-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/325027\/","title":{"rendered":"Flights Limited From Abu Dhabi As Ireland Monitors Middle East Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Monday, 2 March 2026 13:02\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5efb2c194f492.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            There are concerns following attacks across the Middle East over the weekend.\n        <\/p>\n<p>A limited number of commercial flights are scheduled to leave Abu Dhabi airport this afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee says she understands passengers stranded in transit are being prioritised and airlines are in direct contact with those eligible to travel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She has also condemned Israeli strikes on Lebanon this morning and says all Defence Forces personnel serving with UNIFIL are safe and accounted for.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Government Trade Forum is taking place this morning, to discuss the situation in the Middle East and other international developments.<\/p>\n<p>Former Defence Forces member, Portarlington&#8217;s Cathal Berry says there are worries regarding safety for Irish people living in the Middle East:<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, 2 March 2026 13:02 There are concerns following attacks across the Middle East over the weekend. A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3279,319,61,60,2673,8285,1529,8284,8282,8283,43,8286,700,59],"class_list":["post-325027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-broadcast","tag-broadcasting","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-news","tag-laois","tag-local-news","tag-local-radio","tag-midlands","tag-midlands-103","tag-news","tag-offaly","tag-radio","tag-westmeath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}