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 after the Irish government's and opposition politicians' focus on her case. Ms Towey arrived back in Ireland on Thursday and said she was relieved to be back on home soil.
Speaking on a live discussion on the social media site X, Ms Towey 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.
" READ MORE: Watch: Tears as emotional Tori Towey is reunited with family after 'nightmare' ordeal in Dubai READ MORE: Tori Towey: What we know about the case of the Irish air hostess detained in Dubai Ms Towey thanked Detained in Dubai founder Radha Stirling for her help with her case, as well as Sinn Fein TD for Roscommon-Galway Claire Kerrane, who raised the case with Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald. "Then Mary Lou within minutes was on the phone to me and so I told her my story and she said 'Look, I'm going to take it to the Dail (Irish parliament), I think, in one hour'," Ms Towey said. "So then we were .