A Cuban aircraft has departed from Shannon Airport after being delayed for several hours.

It's understood passengers of the Cubana jet were stuck on the tarmac last evening after a technical difficult emerged during refueling.

The plane was en route to Havana from Madrid and had stopped at Shannon for planned refueling.

However the approximately 300 passengers then spent last night in the airport after an issue emerged with one of the plane's tyres.

It departed with all passengers on board at twenty to five this afternoon.