Cork Airport turns refuge for tired travellers

CORK airport has become an unlikely refuge for desperate travellers attempting to enter the country as passengers attempting to come to Ireland are faced with Dublin and Belfast cancellation nightmares.

In scenes a world apart from those in the Republic’s and Northern Ireland’s capital airports, whoops and yelps of excitement echoed around the Cork hub yesterday as tired emigrants returned for Christmas.

In Dublin, would-be passengers woke this morning to news that the facility — which was shut down entirely until 8am — is likely to face further chaos.