"We are ever grateful for widespread support of the public, the media and the Irish government," she wrote on X, external, formerly Twitter. "We hope her transit at the airport will go smoothly and that no further attempts will be made to keep her in the country." Earlier, Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Simon Harris said a travel ban preventing Ms Towey from leaving the UAE had been lifted. “The embassy will take Tori to the airport as soon as she is ready to go,” he told the Dáil (lower house of Irish parliament). "The embassy will of course continue to follow up on the case which is still active as of now... and to thank our embassy for the work in relation to that".
