The Irish prime minister says he will intervene to help a 28-year-old flight attendant detained in Dubai under 'the most appalling of circumstances'.
Irish national Tori Towey has been detained in the United Arab Emirates and charged with using alcohol and trying to take her own life.The Irish leader and multiple MPs have raised concerns about Ms Towey's case ahead of a scheduled court appearance on July 18.
Mary Lou McDonald, leader of the Irish opposition party Sinn Féin, raised the case of Tori Towey in the Irish parliament on Tuesday. Ms McDonald said Ms Towey had been charged with attempted suicide and using alcohol in Dubai. Consuming alcohol is still largely illegal outside of licensed premises such as hotels.
"Without diplomatic intervention from the Irish government, Tori faces months of hearings which could end with her lengthy and unfair detention," Ms Stirling said.Ms McDonald requested that the UAE ambassador be called to give an explanation for Ms Towey's detention, and that it be "made plain to the authorities in Dubai that no woman should be treated in this way and that an Irish citizen, an Irish woman, will not be treated in this way".
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