Today is set to be the busiest day in the run up to Christmas at Dublin Airport with around 93,000 passengers due to travel through the terminals.
In total, the country’s biggest airport will welcome 1.4 million passengers this Christmas but numbers travelling through Dublin airport are down due to the passenger cap.
The cap limits the numbers of people who can use the facilities each year to 32 million.
Despite the fewer festive travellers, families are gathering to welcome home loved ones from abroad.
The airport operator Dublin Airport Authority is laying on a festive entertainment programme to accommodate travellers.
There will dozens of local choirs and musical acts lined up to perform across both terminals across the day.
Although today will be the busiest before Christmas Day, it will not be the busiest day this month.
27 December will be the busiest overall when around 97,000 passengers are set to arrive and depart from the airport’s terminals.
The airport will close on Christmas Day – the only day it closes all year – but there will be a skeleton team on duty including the Fire and Rescue and Airport Police.
