Dublin Airport security waiting times

Tbh with the way Ryanair/airports call some airports as part of the capital (Beauvais, Reus etc are miles away for example), they could probably do the same in Ireland and people wouldn't know the difference.

can yizzer not drop off the bags the night before 😁

I think the problem at Dublin airport is these days, that even if you're prepared to queue for 2 hours or more, it sill doesn't guarantee you a check in and a boarding of the flight. It also wouldn't surprise me, if say, you arrive 4 hours ahead of your flight, some idiot would simply turn you away from queuing, only contributing to exacerbation of the problem.

Also the job seems totally underpaid and unattractive, - commitment to work for 40 hours a week, but at some times, only required and being paid for 20 hours, and that in Dublin's housing crisis, - it's in the end a financial impossibility for workers to manage. Also security clearance and training takes a bit more than a while.

I think the only solution to that problem in the short term, is if you begin your journey at a smaller airport in Ireland and then transfer at Dublin, - avoiding security and check queues. One just has to pay for an extra trip to say, Shannon or Belfast, or Cork, connect via Dublin to wherever one wants to go.

Flew out of Dub this morning. Was at the airport around 4.15am and if you had to check in luggage with Aer Lingus there was a massive queue for that but for other airlines you could just walk up to the desk. AL didnt open until 4.30am maybe

Security was roughly 40 mins but the usual idiots whipping out full bottles of aftershave etc causing delays at scanners and even seen one woman get a scissor taking off her 😏

not sure how official it is, and its aer lingus

I flew out yesterday. 18.45 flight. Arrived early for bag check in. Had a drink in the bar & went to check in at 15.15, 30 minutes before it opened.

Apparently they didn't have enough staff to unload the bags from the belts so stopped checking us in. The check in staff were also being trained and very slow. When passengers started shouting they eventually got trained staff down & opened more desks.

5.20 before we were checked in. They gave us fast track security & that took 10 minutes. Main security did look to be moving well. Could see people walking in but didn't spot where the actual que started.

Past security everything was mobbed. Big ques for food so all we could do was get sandwiches in boots. Bar & restaurant besidee our gates were closed.

Boarded 10 minutes late & sat on the runway for an hour. Eventually took off & were told they didn't have the full menu on board because they didn't want to delay us any further.

I guess its caused by non-existent public transport in Ireland, have been in a few 'remote' Ryanair airports and every single one had decent amount of public transport options

To me this is utter political failure by many governments.

By summer last year, mostly anybody who wanted to be vaccinated was vaccinated.

Thus it was very clear that travel would go back to normal as part of any economic recovery.

And rehiring staff and training could easily have happened by now, - excuses and arguments or not, it could have been done.

Looks like TUI. The other two flights at 18.45 were EI flights.

Tui. Wasn't tui staff doing check in though. My brother flew with ryain Air around the same time. He'd no issues with check in or security