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British newsreel footage of the new airport at Collinstown, Co Dublin under construction in 1939. With its tiered form, the award-winning terminal, which was designed by Desmond FitzGerald, echoes the look of an ocean liner. Dublin Airport officially opened on January 19, 1940. But due to World War 2, known as The Emergency in the Republic of Ireland which was neutral, the airport was effectively mothballed for five years
Via Dublin Airport
Spotted on a wall in Dublin airport. A ‘Face of Ireland’ apparently. @broadsheet_ie twitter.com/IanMcArdle1/st…
— Ian McArdle (@IanMcArdle1) June 11, 2012
Mick Wallace Request To Address Dáil On Tax Affairs Is Declined (RTE)
Very zloppy.
Dublin Airport “sold out” of Polish currency. More arriving tomorrow apparently #bewarned #schoolboyerror #coybig #Euro2012
— Philip Bromwell (@philipbromwell) June 6, 2012
Taken within the last 20 minutes.
Gavin Cooney writes:
One of those creepy X-Ray machines that takes ‘naked pictures’ of you. Interesting to note that in the US, the TSA allow you to politely opt out and go for a pat down. In the UK if you get selected for it, you must go through or not travel. I wonder if Leo and co will go for the UK option?
Soldiers from the 105th Battalion of the Irish Army returning to Dublin Airport this afternoon after a 6-month tour of duty in the Lebanon.
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
PASSENGERS FLYING from Dublin Airport will face additional security measures for a number of months after an EU audit identified two deficiencies in security. The European Commission has taken formal proceedings to get Dublin Airport to address the problems, and it will temporarily impose additional restrictions on flights out of the airport.
Oh. Right, well let’s all stay calm and not make an already embarrassing situation worse, shall we?
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said it was “unacceptable” that there had not been an “open, transparent and honest answer” about the security issues from either the Department of Transport or the Dublin Airport Authority.
He said it had been confirmed that the authority knew of the security failure for more than a month, and it was “so serious that Dublin-originating aircraft will now be treated as the same security risk as flights originating from Afghanistan and Somalia”.
*sigh*
Extra security measures for Dublin Airport as audit reveals shortfalls (Irish Times)
American tech guy at #dublinairport just got officially served by Irish Immigration. Here’s the pic #innovationisland twitter.com/paddycosgrave/…
— Paddy Cosgrave (@paddycosgrave) March 3, 2012
@JohnGilroyTeam @brianmlucey @faduda @lisa_pereira Brian Flanagan is his name, he is in a locked holding room in Dublin Airport @flngn
— Paddy Cosgrave (@paddycosgrave) March 3, 2012
Wi-Fi will be free at Dublin Airport from tomorrow until the end of March.
— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) February 16, 2012
The end of March, eh?
They’re spoiling us again.
The horribly-carpeted Boeing 787 Dreamliner currently parked in a hanger at Dublin Airport (that’s Today FM reporter Fergal O’Brien third pic down goofing about in the ‘hold’).
The Dreamliner is “the first mid-size airplane capable of flying long-range routes”. And premier class (top pic) allows you to fashion your seat into a weight-lifting bench. We think.
