{"id":71980,"date":"2025-09-18T19:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/71980\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T19:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:17:07","slug":"dublin-airport-eases-liquids-and-gels-rules-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/71980\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin Airport eases liquids and gels rules \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passengers travelling from Dublin Airport<\/a> will from midnight be allowed up to two litres of liquids in their hand luggage and will no longer need to place liquids, gels or pastes in a clear plastic bag.<\/p>\n

The DAA<\/a> announced on Thursday that it is relaxing its security rules at both of its terminals in Dublin due to multi-million euro upgrades to scanners.<\/p>\n

Electronics will also no longer need to be taken out of hand luggage at security.<\/p>\n

Passengers have had to remove liquids from their baggage at Dublin Airport, even though the installation of new high-tech scanners was supposed to eliminate this need. This was because of a temporary European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) ruling last year.<\/p>\n

A decision reversing that ruling will permit travellers to keep liquids of up to two litres in their bags, speeding up their passage through security.<\/p>\n

The DAA said many airports in the UK and across Europe are not as advanced, so passengers should check rules on liquids for these locations regarding return trips.<\/p>\n

About 30 new \u201cC3\u201d scanners have been rolled out across Dublin Airport\u2019s two terminals. The machines use technology similar to CT scanners in hospitals, generating 3D images of bags, which makes it easier to detect the contents.<\/p>\n

Dublin Airport is one of the first European airports to fully switch over to C3.<\/p>\n

Shannon Airport has C3 scanners and says on its website that passengers do not need to put their 100ml liquids in plastic bags or remove them from their bags at security.<\/p>\n

DAA chief executive Kenny Jacobs said Cork Airport \u201cwon\u2019t be far behind\u201d, with work starting this month on the construction of a new mezzanine floor that will be equipped with C3 technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cA safe and smooth security experience is a cornerstone of any airport\u2019s passenger offering, and that\u2019s why we\u2019re working so hard to make it great at Cork and Dublin airports,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to DAA spokesman Graeme McQueen, there is no limit to the amount of containers that passengers will be able to take through security, as long as each measures two litres or less.<\/p>\n

The type of liquids allowed to pass through in hand luggage is not being restricted either. <\/p>\n

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\u201cGenerally all liquids are okay \u2026 The normal stuff like alcohol is fine, water is fine, coffee and tea,\u201d said Mr McQueen. The new rules also apply to gels and pastes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest limitation people should be aware of is that the rules might not be the same at the airport you\u2019re coming back from,\u201d he warns.<\/p>\n

Welcoming the changes, he said the 100ml rule has \u201cbeen a frustration of a lot of passengers for years\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a long time coming, so it is a good day for passengers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Passengers travelling from Dublin Airport will from midnight be allowed up to two litres of liquids in their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,38997,26,18,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-71980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-daa","10":"tag-dublin-airport","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}