Chaos at Dublin Airport

This is Schiphol airport today, Dublin isn't alone Schiphol has cancelled 100's of flights today.

I'm trying to plan ahead now for my Thursday morning flight... Could anyone tell me how soon before an aer Lingus flight can I check in my bag?

Bringing in the army is embarrassing. The Taoiseach already addressed that and said they have their own work to do.

Clearing snow. Bus strike. Rubbish collection. The Defence Forces seem to the first solution. How demoralising must that be. Lackeys to get the government out of trouble.

This can be solved without them and a first step is offering competitive terms and conditions. 20 hours per week while being available for 40 hours is not that. You would get a better job in Tesco. Not knocking, I had a good job in McDonalds in the past. Regular hours and never messed up wages. 20 hours while being available for 40 hours is not a good offer

Why are the Airlines not moving flights to our other Airports ?

They did not sign up to bail out semi-states and let the government off the hook

What is your job? We can find an educated service member to do it for a lower rate

We're still in exceptional times. Many other airports globally are having the same issue. Bringing in the army to help in exceptional times is standard fare. They've been used in the past to drive busses during strikes, to organise vaccination centres, to collect bins. Is that embarrassing too?

Better craic for these lads than sitting in the barracks doing drills, and definitely better than patrolling some godforsaken hellhole with a gun in your hand.

Not excusing DAA making a balls and creating this issue in the first place, but this is a temporary and urgent situation. Exceptional solutions are required.

It's not a bad idea, but it also requires lots off add-on stuff. For every flight that comes in, you need enough busses to bring the passengers to Dublin. Of course, not everyone is going to Dublin, but lots of tourists will have hotels or other arrangements made in Dublin, returning travellers will have cars parked in Dublin, etc. Would you rather a few hours waiting in line in Dublin or a few hours driving back and forth between Dublin and Shannon.

A short term measure to alliviate the congestion why not move some flight departures , where possible, into the time period between midnight and 6.00 a.m.

Another thing which ads to the problem albeit in a small way is the fact that people travelling with Aer Lingus can't check in online if they have a passport card.,

Ryanair? No Problem.

Reading this yesterday I upgraded my card to a book just to try and save some time in the airport in 4 weeks time and then again in 6 weeks with the kids in tow.

Fingers crossed they get this mess cleared up soon.

i think a few hours drive is a lot less stressful than being stuck in the same spot for hours unend - at least you're going somewhere you have the sense of progression so to speak

The issue is at security, once you pass through you can't leave.