Dublin Airport

Delays at Dublin Airport will only get worse leading up to Easter if additional staff are not hired “urgently” to meet demand, travel agents have said.

Every flight is more less full over the Easter period, so the numbers will be even bigger,” he said. And then you go into the summer season, when you have family holidays. “It is not as busy as it was last weekend every day or every even every hour of the day and we are trying to see if there are innovative solutions we can put in place quickly to get us back to where the public want us to be but it will take a number of weeks,” DAA spokesman Kevin Cullinane said.

'Two and a half hours waiting to get through security and a missed flight. Appalling' tweeted one customer.

We would also encourage all passengers to be at the airport a minimum of 2 hours before boarding a short-haul flight and 3 hours prior to boarding a long-haul flight.” To minimise the impact, we encourage all passengers to check in bags where they can and to carry the minimum amount with them when presenting at security. “If travelling on a short haul flight, our advice is to arrive at the airport no less than two hours prior to your boarding time. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Like other airports all over Europe, we are currently working extremely hard to ramp up our operation at Dublin Airport after the collapse of international travel over the past two years, including the hiring and training of staff. We apologise to passengers impacted.

TRANSPORT Minister Eamon Ryan should step in as a matter of urgency and help resolve security queues which are causing people to miss flights at Dublin ...

"We apologise in advance but queues for security are likely to be experienced at peak hours over the days and weeks ahead as we continue to bring trained staff on board. "The recruitment, training and background security checks for all staff working at an international airport takes a number of weeks. "We need to ensure the right levels of staffing are put in place as soon as possible. “It’s down to a shortage of staff. I’m calling on the minister to take immediate action,” Michael Kilcoyne, chairman of the CA said. The DAA, as I understand it, made a lot of people redundant over the last two years.