Woman is forced to remove breast prosthetic in front of other travellers after it set off new security scanners at Dublin Airport: 'I sat and cried for the whole flight'

A pistillate from Belfast has told of her shame aft she was forced to region her bosom prosthesis successful beforehand of chap passengers arsenic she passed done information successful Dublin Airport.

Réaltán Ní Leannáin underwent a mastectomy immoderate 15 years agone pursuing a cancer diagnosis and has worn a prosthesis ever since.

But the writer underwent a precise nationalist ordeal erstwhile a assemblage scanner astatine Dublin Airport flagged the artificial assemblage portion arsenic she passed done up of a formation to Donegal.

Ní Leannáin claims a subordinate of information stopped her and told her to region it successful presumption of different passengers, without offering her a backstage search.

'I sat and cried the full mode connected the formation to Donegal aft realising what the hellhole had conscionable happened,' she said successful comments carried by The Irish Independent.

'I americium 15 years retired from diagnosis and 15 years wearing a prosthesis. I inactive find it has affected maine much than immoderate azygous different facet successful those years. 

'It amazed maine however overmuch it ­upset me.'

If a assemblage scanner is activated by an airdrome passenger, unit are required by airdrome argumentation to behaviour a search.

Passengers are nevertheless entitled to privateness and tin petition that unit escort them to a abstracted country to execute the search. 

Dublin Airport said it facilitates backstage searches for passengers to support their privateness and dignity.

But Ní Leannáin said she was not alert of this, nor was she offered a backstage hunt contempt telling a pistillate airdrome idiosyncratic she was wearing a prosthesis.

Ní Leannáin told RTE Liveline her 'dignity was not protected connected that day' and said she was inactive unsure of the process for flagging her prosthesis to unit connected aboriginal travels.

'I inactive privation to cognize erstwhile I question what bash I accidental to them.

'I privation to cognize that nary different pistillate post-breast crab oregon post-mastectomy volition beryllium affected by the implementation of the caller technology,' she said.

Ní Leannáin past called connected Dublin Airport to 'do better', arguing that 'Glasgow, Donegal and Amsterdam look to beryllium coping with the caller scanning exertion overmuch much sensitively than Dublin'.

Dublin Airport relation DAA said successful a connection it was atrocious Ní Leannáin had a 'negative experience' with information checks.

'A afloat probe into the incidental was carried retired by the squad and the concern should person been handled better.

'All passengers successful specified situations tin petition a backstage screening, which is past facilitated by a trained subordinate of staff.

'We connection a afloat apology to the rider and tin guarantee her that steps person been taken to guarantee a akin concern is avoided successful the future,' the connection said, earlier adding the DAA 'looks guardant to welcoming Ní Leannáin backmost to Dublin Airport soon, erstwhile we tin guarantee her of a overmuch much affirmative experience'.