Reynolds was rewarded for his staunch loyalty by joining the cabinet of newly elected Taoiseach Charles Haughey , as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs . He was appointed Minister for Transport , making his brief one of the largest and most wide-ranging in the government . As Minister for Transport , Reynolds was involved in a bizarre incident , in which an Aer Lingus plane was hijacked by a disturbed former monk , with the hijacker 's chief demand for the safe return of the aircraft and its passengers being that he should be allowed to reveal a religious secret , the Third Secret of Fatima , which he claimed to have in his briefcase . The incident was resolved in Paris with no injuries
bizarre incident
Aer Lingus Flight 164
Albert Reynolds