Passenger numbers and turnover rise at Cork and Dublin airports

DAA CEO Kenny Jacobs is set to depart the organisation at the end of the year

Passenger numbers at Cork Airport rose 14% in the first half of the year.

Passenger volumes rose 4% to 18.6 million at Cork and Dublin airports in the first half of the year with turnover increasing to €536.1m, up 6%.

Publishing its annual results, DAA, the airports operator said it made further investments in people and technology in first half of this year H1 to raise standards and improve services.