Flights out of Dublin climbing steadily

Air travel in and out of Ireland increased significantly last year, with Dublin Airport reporting a growth higher than the European average.

More than 24.5m passengers flew out of Ireland in 2013, up 4.3% on 2012.

Almost 3.5m of these departed for non-EU destinations, while more than 21m flew within Europe. Approximately 57,000 flew from one Irish airport to another.