Taoiseach denies Eamon Ryan 'asleep at the wheel' over Dublin Airport 'chaos'  

Opposition criticises transport minister as 'lessons of the summer go unlearned'

Summer queues at Dublin Airport: Opposition say lessons should have been learned ahead of the busy Christmas season. Picture: Martha Brennan

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan “is fully awake” and not “asleep at the wheel” despite what the Opposition called the “chaos, distress, and delays” at Dublin Airport in recent days, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said Mr Ryan has failed to get to grips with the crisis.