# dublin-airport - Monday 20 May, 2013
A recent incident involving pigeons which forced an Aer Lingus plane to abandon its flight to London has highlighted the measures Dublin Airport takes to keep the skies around the runway bird-free.
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# dublin-airport - Saturday 11 May, 2013
The incident happened at the entrance to Terminal 1 this morning.
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# dublin-airport - Friday 10 May, 2013
Minister for Defence Alan Shatter said that the e-gates would provide a “more secure and efficient means for clearing passengers”.
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# dublin-airport - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Dublin Airport Authority has confirmed plans to ask managers to volunteer for customer service duties in the security screening area of the airport’s Terminal 1.
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# dublin-airport - Monday 29 April, 2013
A Wikileaks cable contains limited information about an apparent hijacking incident at Dublin Airport in December 1976 but there are few other details about the event.
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# dublin-airport - Thursday 18 April, 2013
The heavy winds made it impossible for some flights to land – meaning some aircraft are not present to take flights.
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# dublin-airport - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
Passengers have been advised to check the status of their flights with their airlines.
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# dublin-airport - Monday 8 April, 2013
Drugs
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In three separate seizures, large quantities of cocaine and Methamphetamine were seized and two people were arrested.
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# dublin-airport - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Just under 1.6 million passengers travelled through Dublin Airport last month according to figures published by DAA.
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# dublin-airport - Saturday 30 March, 2013
Fire
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The Dublin Airport Authority Fire Service use a simulator that can replicate numerous different fire situations on an aircraft.
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# dublin-airport - Friday 29 March, 2013
Fire
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Training, bird scaring and speeding across the runway for an emergency callout – there’s never a dull moment at the DAA fire station.
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# dublin-airport - Thursday 14 March, 2013
The DAA said an Aer Lingus flight from Gatwick, an Aer Lingus Flight from Brussels and a Ryanair flight from Las Palmas were all diverted to Shannon.
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# dublin-airport - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Dublin airport is fully operational this morning following one of the coldest nights of the year.
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# dublin-airport - Monday 11 March, 2013
From Business ETC DAA
The number of Northern Ireland-based passengers using Dublin Airport has almost doubled since 2010.
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Flight operations were briefly suspended to allow de-icing; passengers should expect delays in both arrival and departure.
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# dublin-airport - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Rodents were on the cargo flight from England which became stranded on the airport’s main runway this morning.
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The airport said there was minor impact to flight times following the collapse of a small aircraft’s nosewheel on its main runway this morning.
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# dublin-airport - Monday 4 March, 2013
Tell us your plans if you were to win a large chunk of cash. Go on.
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# dublin-airport - Thursday 28 February, 2013
The issue was discovered shortly after takeoff, and the plane had to return to Dublin to be serviced.
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A woman aged 50 from Trinidad and Tobago was searched and the drugs were found glued to the side walls of her two suitcases.
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# dublin-airport - Thursday 21 February, 2013
US Airways flight 799, from Amsterdam to Philadelphia, had only just cleared Ireland before deciding to turn back.
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# dublin-airport - Friday 8 February, 2013
# dublin-airport - Friday 25 January, 2013
When 85-year-old Jack Healy collapsed outside Terminal 2, an American nurse stepped in to administer CPR. Can you help trace her?
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Separately, two Latvian men have appeared in court
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# dublin-airport - Thursday 24 January, 2013
One 85-year-old man and his family return to thank crew for saving his life after a cardiac arrest last September.
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# dublin-airport - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
The flight turned back after people reported smelling smoke in the cabin.
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# dublin-airport - Thursday 10 January, 2013
An extra 360,000 passengers used Dublin Airport last year with an increase of 420,000 in international passengers.
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# dublin-airport - Monday 7 January, 2013
Kilkenny has been named Ireland’s most litter-free town by Irish Business Against Litter. Did your town feature highly?
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# dublin-airport - Friday 4 January, 2013
The man in his 60s passed away during a flight from the Portugese city of Faro to Dublin Airport earlier today.
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# dublin-airport - Thursday 3 January, 2013
With Christmas and New Year over many of those who came home for the festive season are now heading back.
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# dublin-airport - Thursday 27 December, 2012
But will their bags fit in the gauge?
# dublin-airport - Friday 21 December, 2012
There were a lot of smiles and happy tears at Dublin Airport today as people were greeted by their families and friends at arrivals.
We’ve got something in our eye…
# dublin-airport - Friday 14 December, 2012
The man was arrested on Wednesday in Dublin Airport and will appear in court this afternoon.
# dublin-airport - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Yesterday the man who was found dead in a Dublin apartment was identified as 31-year-old Kamal El Habsati.
So far, only one Dublin to London Aer Lingus flight has been affected.
# dublin-airport - Friday 30 November, 2012
The money was found during four different seizures on Irish men about to board two different flights to Amsterdam yesterday.
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# dublin-airport - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
Michael D Higgins will meet political leaders and deliver a speech in Liverpool later today.
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# dublin-airport - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
A Boeing 747 en route to Frankfurt made an emergency landing at Dublin Airport yesterday morning after one of the pilots became incapacitated with a migraine.
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# dublin-airport - Sunday 18 November, 2012
Dublin Airport hangs onto lost items for three months. So what happens if nobody comes forward to claim it?
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Clouds and sun
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Min: 4 °C
Some sun with a couple of showers; cool
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Partly sunny
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