June Bank Holiday set to be Dublin Airport's busiest weekend this year

More than 355,000 passengers are due to travel through Dublin Airport over the June Bank Holiday weekend.

In excess of 2,500 flights will arrive and depart between now and Monday evening, making it the busiest weekend of the year so far.

The passenger figures are 10% higher than on the June weekend last year, according to the DAA.

Almost 7.8m passengers have used Dublin Airport in the first four months of the year, which is a 15% increase over last year.

The figures were boosted by an extra one million passengers during the first four months of the year.