Flight attendant to take Cranberries singer to court

2014 incident comes back to haunt Dolores O’Riordan

Dolores O’Riordan at Ennis courthouse in 2014 after being sentenced over an air rage incident Picture: Eamon Ward

Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan looks set for another court date after an alleged air rage incident aboard a transatlantic flight.

The multimillion-selling artist is being sued by flight attendant Carmel Coyne, who allegedly suffered an ankle injury trying to calm the star while flying from New York’s JFK to Shannon on November 10, 2014.

Airport police were notified and on landing, O’Riordan head-butted and spat in the face of a garda, shouting: “You ...