In accordance with international practice, foreign military aircraft landing in Ireland with the permission of the Government are not subject to searches or inspections. The principle of sovereign immunity applies automatically to such foreign State or military aircraft, in the same way that it applies to Irish State or military aircraft abroad.
Ireland accepts the generally recognised principles of international law as its rule of conduct in its relations with other States. Bilateral relations between friendly nations are founded on mutual trust; both parties have an interest in maintaining that trust and not undermining it. Details supplied to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by diplomatic missions in relation to foreign military aircraft are therefore accepted in good faith as being accurate.
Information provided to other States by Irish diplomatic missions seeking diplomatic clearance for flights undertaken by the Air Corps is similarly accepted by those countries to be accurate.