Army to be put on standby for Dublin Airport security

15 comments
  1. “Eamon Ryan deploys army to Dublin airport”

    Way back in 2019 I’d have laughed at the possibly of that headline. Now in 2022 I had to have a look at the article to make sure we weren’t being invaded by Belgium or something.

  2. Finally the Irish army seeing some action. There’s going to be a few unfortunate lads with PTSD after it though.

    Post Travel Stress Disorder – they’ll be terrified whenever they see suitcases for the rest of their lives.

  3. A huge part of me laughs whenever I hear ‘deploy the army’: I remember when it suggested with the luas strike, heavy snow or flooding, hospital overcrowding. The government’s get out of jail free card.

  4. Seems like a good use of the army honestly. Put them to work helping out with something critical that isn’t being properly managed.

  5. In non public facing areas so assume baggage handles or logistics of getting people actually working on the security lines.

    The best bit in the queue last Sunday was the sign saying 40mins from here to pass security. What about the other 40mins it took to get to the sign. And the sign wasn’t wrong. Thankfully I had done the bag drop the night before as the queue for the bag drop was out to the exit door and they wouldn’t let us in to the terminal at 5am.

  6. Would the role the army does in the airport garner a higher wage than what they get paid as a member of the army? Plus who is paying the wages the DAA?

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