25 people were deported from Ireland to Nigeria on Wednesday night after deportation orders were issued against them.
The group of 11 men, five women and nine children was deported at around 10pm.
The group, accompanied by a number of gardaí, was flown to Lagos aboard a charter flight via Madrid where other deportees from EU states boarded the plane.
The operation is co-ordinated in Ireland by the Garda National Immigration Bureau and the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in conjunction with Frontex.
The participating states are Ireland, the UK, Spain, Luxembourg Slovakia and Malta.
