A bit early AM here so sorry if I am being thick but I'm not quite completely clear to me from the article where he was caught "outbound"..Reading between the lines - Manchester?
Found it, FWIW there is a slightly different account of what happened here:
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....orism-12598681
It isn't not clear from the MEN report (written the day before the Irish account) whether in reality he was allowed to travel or not...maybe all will become clear and we will find out more on/after March 13?