Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport queues causing ‘reputational damage’ to the country — Eamon Ryan

Daily meetings to be held between the government and DAA until issue of excessive wait times is resolved

More than 1,000 passengers at Dublin airport missed flights over the weekend as a result of excessive wait times. Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The government has warned that the excessively long queues at Dublin airport, which have led to mass disruption and to some passengers missing flights as a result of delays, is causing “reputational damage” to the country from a business, travel, connectivity and tourism point of view.

Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan and Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton met with Dalton Phillips, chief executive of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) and his management team this morning ...