'Horrific' experience as musician stopped from boarding flights at Cork Airport

Professional travelling with two instruments had to reschedule via Dublin, costing him an extra €1,060

Pablo Zapico's instruments are replicas of baroque instruments.  Picture: Pedro Puente Hoyos

A professional musician was stopped from boarding two flights in Cork Airport with his musical instruments — forcing him to travel to Dublin Airport to leave the country.

Pablo Zapico had travelled to Cork to perform at classical music festival West Cork Music with Spanish conductor and violinist Daniel Pinteño’s Baroque ensemble Concerto 1700.