On the evening of September 27 at Dublin airport, Mr Patrick Kehoe, 23, agitated that he had narrowly missed his Ryanair flight to Amsterdam, broke past the boarding gate and "just ran from the building towards the plane with his suitcase under his arm", according to a ground crew member. The Irishman was apparently "quite determined" to make his flight.

But, within minutes, the airport police were there and had pinned him down. He was charged with causing grievous damage to a door lock and arrested. He did, though, manage to turn his back to the gathered crowd, lower his trousers and flash his buttocks at them. Poor Mr Kehoe. He should have checked with me first.