Passenger numbers at Irish airports drop by 5.5 million

Covid signage at Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport (Brian Lawless/PA)

More than 5.5 million fewer passengers used Irish airports in the first quarter of the year compared to last year, new figures show.

During January, February and March, almost 419,000 passengers passed through the five main Irish airports, a drop of 92.9% when compared with the same period last year.