A pent up desire for travel has resulted in capacity shortfalls and increased prices charged to both the domestic tourist and international visitors

Daa plans to have 370 new workers by the end of June

The airport has come under pressure from the public and government over long queues last weekend which caused more than 1,000 passengers to miss their flights.

Tents have been erected outside Terminal 1 as part of contingency plans to manage the large numbers of people travelling

A lesson emerging from the Daa controversy is that even a great spokesperson may not be enough to solve all problems

In correspondence with the Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR), Daa said their emphasis had to remain on safety rather than waiting times

The Government has been accused of being "asleep at the wheel" at Dublin Airport, leading to a "national embarrassment".

A spokesperson for the Daa said passenger 'holding zones' would only be used if absolutely necessary

Europe’s largest airline released statistics for May 2022 today, showing that 15.4m passengers had flown with them in the four week period - up by 1.2m from April

Here is what you need to know if you are planning to fly out from Dublin Airport.

The Daa chief executive, who is under fire for the airport authority's poor management of Dublin Airport, has previously had his leadership skills called into question while head of British supermarket chain Morrisons

Daa CEO Dalton Phillips has apologised for the chaos seen at the airport on Sunday as it was revealed passengers who arrive at the airport too early will be put in designated holding areas 

The CEO of Daa used the airport’s private check-in service when flying to Saudi Arabia last weekend, but denied it was a move to avoid massive queues at Dublin Airport

Without major Government direction, the unspoken attitude of the airport authority, and indeed the flight operators, is that the consumer has to suck up the difficulties in the short term

SF: Passengers need 'absolute assurance' that the system will work ahead of the busy bank holiday weekend

Eamon Ryan said that there had been discussion about “how to manage lanes” within Dublin Airport, where the weekend saw over 1,000 people miss flights

Taking Leaders’ Questions on behalf of the Government, Mr McGrath said that the Daa must do all it can to ensure such scenes don’t happen again.

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan and junior minister Hildegarde Naughton to meet Daa for third day in a row about airport chaos

Ireland’s native honey bee was thought by many to be extinct and hopes that it might survive in the wild were dismissed.

It is difficult to conclude other than that the Daa's objective was to use the pandemic to cut numbers and rehire in a manner that would save the company money. As a result, we got the chaos at Dublin Airport last weekend, writes Mick Clifford