Cash-strapped Belgian teens bed down at airport

A GROUP of Belgian teenagers stranded at Dublin Airport have had to sleep at the airport after being priced out of rooms at a hostel.

The group of 11 have been fed and watered by shops owners as they wait for a flight back to Belgium, while yesterday Airport Police told them they could use their showering facilities.

The members of the Chiro Youth Movement came to Ireland last Monday to hike in the Wicklow Mountains, but like thousands of other passengers affected by the flight ban, their flight home scheduled for last Friday was cancelled.