A 41-year-old man accused of causing a security alert by flying a drone into a "critical area" of Dublin Airport has been granted bail.
Gardaí arrested Ainis Guzauskus of Ridgewood Close, Swords, Dublin, this afternoon after receiving preliminary directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to charge him with an offence under Section 43 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1988.
He is accused of knowingly causing a false alarm by flying an unmanned aerial system (drone) into the critical area of Dublin Airport, which interfered with the operation of an aerodrome on 2 July, 2022.
He appeared before Judge John Hughes at a late sitting of Dublin District Court.
Mr Guzauskus was remanded on bail pending further directions from the DPP to appear again on 21 March and has been ordered to obey conditions, including a ban on flying drones and going within two kilometres of the airport.
Garda Paul Murphy told the court that the accused "made no reply to the charge after caution".
There was no objection to bail with conditions.
