Originally Posted by QWERTY9
The Irish regs relate to the owners/lessors of the aircraft being registered as Irish companies...
I had the pleasure (1997) of paxing in a new Aeroflot 767 ORD-SVO. Six days a week it flew direct, but on Wednesdays it stopped at Shannon. I can only surmise that since it was EI- registered, it was a way for the leasing company to do administrative or light maintenance checks.