An Aer Lingus plane had to return to Dublin airport this morning because of a technical fault.

Flight EI 490 had taken off for Faro in Portugal at twenty past six, and landed again at 6 minutes past 7.

Emergency services were on the scene as a precaution, but all 181 passengers on board disembarked safely and are due to continue their journey later this morning.

It's the third time in a week that an Aer Lingus flight has had to return to the ground - a Shannon bound plane returned to JFK in New York last week, while another flight to Munich on Saturday also had to return to Dublin airport.