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Dublin Airport
In pictures: the building of Dublin's new €609m Terminal 2
Our gallery following the new, 15-million-passenger facility from the first building blocks to the official opening.
THE GOVERNMENT had probably hoped that when it came to opening Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport, it would be hailing a new beacon helping to further drive Ireland’s economic resuscitation.
Sadly for Ireland, as Taoiseach Brian Cowen opened the new €609m terminal today, all minds were instead on the country’s new visitors from the European Union and International Monetary Fund as the government began negotiations on seeking a bailout for the ailing banking system.
Still, a new building is a new building – so here, to mark the occasion, is TheJournal.ie’s gallery with some of the choice shots of the construction of Dublin’s newest transport facility.
All photos, except where indicated otherwise, are courtesy of the Dublin Airport Authority.
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