“I suppose over the next few weeks I'm just going to rest and spend time with family and friends and then just go from there” ‘I’m so emotional’ – Tori Towey ‘so thankful’ to be home safe An Irish woman who had been under a travel ban in Dubai after being charged with attempted suicide has praised the Irish Government for its swift work on her case. The travel ban against Tori Towey, a 28-year-old flight attendant from Co Roscommon, was lifted and the charges dropped on Wednesday. It followed a strong focus on her case from Government and opposition politicians.
Ms Towey arrived home on Thursday and said she was relieved and delighted to be back home in Ireland. Speaking on a live discussion on the social media site X, she said she attended a dinner at her cousin's house after arriving back home. "There was a time where I didn't think it was even possible that I was going to be able to come back at all," she said.
"So I'm just relieved and I suppose over the next few weeks I'm just going to rest and spend time with family and friends and then just go from there." Tori Towey (centre) at Dublin Airport with her aunt Ann Flynn (left) and her mum Caroline. Photo: Collins Ms Towey thanked Detained in Dubai founder Radha Stirling for her help with her case, as well as Sinn Féin TD for Roscommon-Galway Claire Kerrane, who raised the case with her party leader, Mary Lou McDonald.
"Mary Lou, within minutes, was on the phone to me and so I told her my story. She said .