The unlucky group had to reschedule their Cork flights to Dublin and arrived at the airport during a widespread power outage

Dublin Airport's Terminal 2 was without power for an hour this morning from around 8am due to an ESB outage in north Dublin.

In a draft decision issued on September 12, The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has proposed implementing a seating capacity of 25.2 million seats during the summer period at Dublin Airport, which runs from the end of March to October.

Dublin airport authority said passengers should continue to travel to the airport as normal but said that “some delays are likely” and urged passengers to contact airlines directly for information on

Tourists visiting Dublin should consider using other airports, Ireland’s international transport minister has said. James Lawless made the remarks amid a long-running dispute over a passenger cap at Dublin Airport.

There was chaos at Dublin Airport yesterday as backup generators failed to kick in during a local power outage, leaving passengers stranded outside Terminal 2 for around two hours and causing logjams throughout the airport and a series of flight delays when power was eventually restored.