Airport security screening - A delay too far?

Apart from television programmes about redesigning your home, suggesting you can turn a modest semi-D into something that might be seen in an architectural magazine’s centre-spread, few activities freely undertaken threaten the harmony of long-standing relationships.

The prospect of a few hours spent between an airport carpark and your seat on the plane — the one that promises to take you off on a longed-for, faraway holiday.

Airports have become a new hell and yesterday’s announcement from Aer Lingus that long-haul passengers travelling through Dublin Airport should arrive at the airport at least three hours before flight time will strengthen that impression.