Gardaí are investigating an incident in which a man died on board an Aer Lingus flight from Lisbon to Dublin this evening.

The flight was diverted to Cork Airport after a 24-year-old man became agitated about an hour into the two hour journey.

It is reported that he bit another passenger before being restrained.

He subsequently became unwell and then fell unconscious.

The captain of the flight declared a medical emergency and diverted the plane to Cork Airport, where it landed at around 5.40pm this evening.

It is not clear when the man died but he was pronounced dead on board the airplane and his body remains there.

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