Ireland deports 42 South Africans found to be residing illegally in the country following an immigration enforcement operation. Multiple reports say the Irish authorities carried out the removal as a charter operation, flying the group from Dublin to Johannesburg. The deportees reportedly leave Ireland by air on Thursday and arrive in South Africa the next day. The South African outlet reports the state cost is R330,000 per person, totalling nearly R14 million for the 42 deportations. Another report places the overall cost at about €735,000, roughly $845,000, though it does not contradict the fact that a charter aircraft is used. The figures and timing are presented as part of Ireland’s ramped-up approach to enforcement against illegal residency. Across the accounts, the key shared details are that 42 South African nationals are deported, that a charter flight is used for the transfers, and that Irish authorities incur a substantial, separately reported total cost for the operation.