Queues at Dublin Airport

An hilarious video showing a cartoon Conor McGregor “sorting out the queues at Dublin Airport” has appeared on TikTok where it has been widely shared.

Mr Philips said the airport is now running smoothly, with 93 per cent of passengers over the month of June getting through security in under 45 minutes and 77 per cent getting through in less than 30 minutes. He said: "Covid and that fifth wave is out there, and we felt that it would be prudent to engage with the defence forces and say look in the unlikely event that we had a Covid outbreak in our security operations, and I'm talking about more than 20 per cent of people being impacted and affected by Covid we would like to be able to turn to the defence forces. On a more serious note, independent.ie reports that “in a significant move” the DAA has requested that the Irish Defence Forces be trained and put on standby to assist at the airport in the case of further disruption.