DAA was warned of ‘obvious gaps’ in cleaning standards weeks before May Bank Holiday chaos

The operator of Dublin Airport was warned in May of “obvious gaps” in its hygiene maintenance systems as a result of the outsourcing of cleaning services at terminal one.

The Business Post has learned that Siptu, the union, wrote to the airport in the weeks before the now-infamous May Bank Holiday weekend complaining that in-house cleaning staff were being told to take on jobs which had previously been contracted to third-party staff.

Cleanliness has since ...