Brawl breaks out at Dublin Airport

Explaining facts does not = Sweeping under the carpet. DAA airport police are responsible for policing the airport's terminals and wouldn't have gardai within them as a matter of course.

Reports of guns/explosives successfully getting through airside, reports of laptops going missing from luggage during security, reports of airport staff assaulting passengers, reports of passengers snaking around in queues for over an hour, reports of toilets overflowing and stinking, and now reports of minorities attempting murder airside in the terminal freely for minutes on end without a whiff of security or police intervention

I'm sure the DAA, Gardai and the Government will reassure the population they are doing a great job with Dublin Airport as the main gateway to our country and that they are totally prepared for a terrorist attack

Agree. Not blaming individual lads and lassies that work at it.

But if your role is to police the airport, and you're called airport police. And you have handcuffs, powers of arrest and the DAA website says your role is to make arrests, detect crime within the airport grounds and terminals....

Have it one or the other. Either have the Gardaí there 24/7 and disband the airport police, or keep the airport police.

But then when something like this happens, don't go quiet and let it become a garda issue. Of course, they responded and should too, and made an arrest.

But I'm a bit confused as to why the DAA/Airport police aren't being asked questions and the guards are.

Not that there's much to answer tbh, alot can happen in 3 mins. I get that if there was an airport police patrol there, it probably wouldn't have happened, it simply would've erupted on the next floor up or in a separate part of the building, again 3 or 4 mins away.

Crucially, we don't know the background. I've seen guards arrest someone at my business, then during chats you'd find they interviewed him etc. Not 60 seconds later you could have some scumbag committing a crime, but the guards have left with Mr Interview seconds prior. Not their fault. Scumbags the one to blame.

Anyway, either have an airport police or don't imo. Not some token lads who are in the airport police but everything shifts to the guards. Give them power if necessary or get rid. Not this grey accountability.

In fairness they probably haven't been asked to go in shows to discuss and knowing our media they wouldn't be asked anything about. Also in the reports I haven't heard that these people were part of the traveller community.

Lifetime ban from any Irish airport for the offenders, passports flagged to be refused entry ever again, and publicise the punishment so that this type of nonsense doesn't happen again.

And if any clown from Pavee Point moans about their rights tell them 99.9% of citizens have the right to travel through our airports without being subjected to this behaviour.

There is no punishment in this country. Look at your one Catriona Carey, caught driving twice with no valid licence and gets a suspended sentence. Our courts basically tell people there is no repercussions for any illegal behaviour in this country.

As you say, the Guardia Civil are protected. The Garda would be disciplined if they're even a little bit heavy handed.

Yes and they were nowhere to be seen. Presumably way too busy hassling drivers picking up relatives in the drop-off area.

I hope the airline that these thugs were due to fly on was notified and they were refused entry

Are the Gardai still refusing to go back to their pre COVID shift pattern? A shift pattern which suits them but takes no account of crime ‘peak times’.

I'm not even arsed at being outraged - what's the point? I'm just embarrassed to call this sh^th0le home.

Cops and security too terrified to show up. "People" in question won't see any sort of jail or punishment. Shur, it's their culture...

The circle of life continues...

Yep....

The more I read and think and observe and experience, the more sickening it is that I feel as regards this country and its response and attitude to scumbag behaviors.

I bet you those thugs went about their business completely unchallenged, free to do as they please, and if they feel like it, cause more trouble.

Edit: reports say some people refused permission to travel....so at least something happening

The sad thing is this is true. If you're a low to middle income earner who has fallen on hard times having previously never been in trouble of the law expect the book and the bookshelf to be thrown at you to take you down a peg of society and an easy prosecution.

The repeat trouble making dregs with a made up sob story make the money for the legal system, not poor auld first and likely last offender Billy.

The airport police are responsible for policing inside the airport and they have the required powers to do so. they say as much on their website. A couple of lads having a punch up is well within their remit.