Army 'stretched to the limit' without having to cover 'failings' at Dublin Airport

Members of the Defence Forces are on standby to assist Dublin Airport security staff in the event of staff shortages due to Covid-19. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The army should not be used as cheap labour to cover failings at the country’s busiest airport, Defence Forces representative groups have warned.

RACO and PDForra both criticised the Government's decision to put military personnel on standby to help with aviation security at Dublin Airport just weeks after Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Defence Minister Simon Coveney said the airport crisis was a human resources issue for the Daa to solve.