Dermot Kennedy ‘curses’ Dublin Airport after flight cancelled

Singer Dermot Kennedy revealed his annoyance after his flights got cancelled and delayed at Dublin Airport.

The Dublin legend shared a picture of overfilled bins and rubbish strewn on the floor at the airport on Monday with the caption: “First flight cancelled, second flight delayed by a long way so might miss the connection. Curse you, Dublin Airport.”

The Rathcoole singer-songwriter is set to support Shawn Mendes in a number of gigs across the US and Canada. Dermot later shared a picture of himself in-flight saying he was finally en-route to Portland “on a less cranky note”.

Read more:Dublin Airport passengers describe ‘terminals as being ‘littered with rubbish’

Over 400,000 passengers travelled through Dublin Airport over the past four days which made it the airport’s busiest weekend since 2019. A number of passengers described their “nightmare” after Aer Lingus cancelled over a dozen flights on Sunday.

The airline said Air Traffic Control strikes, a spike in Covid-19 cases among staff, and ongoing issues at airports caused the cancellations. They have since apologised to passengers and said they “sought to re-accommodate disrupted passengers on the next available alternative service”.

Last week we reported how Dublin Airport came under fire online once again after frustrated passengers slammed the conditions of the toilets and said the terminals were “littered with rubbish”. Hundreds of people have been posting their experiences on Twitter, and some have even shared pictures to back up their disgust with claims of everything from clogged toilets, to rubbish and bottles littering Terminal 1.

One passenger wrote: “@DublinAirport the experience is absolutely appalling! Yes, understandable that there’s a crowd but what is not understood is delayed flights and the general uncleanliness!”

“Why don’t you guys start hiring more staff if low staffing is the problem? How do you explain the delays?”

Another person said: “Jaysus ⁦@DublinAirport⁩ what’s going on with the toilets? Massive queues, loads of blocked cubicles, no toilet paper.”

daa spokesman Graeme McQueen said that cleanliness at the airport wasn’t “where we wanted it to be”.

Speaking on RTE Radio One yesterday, he said: “We have to hold our hands up as an airport, is cleanliness where we wanted to be it to be? It isn’t at the moment.

“That’s simply because we’ve had a number one focus in recent months of making sure that people make their flights. That’s required us to reposition staff from time to time.”

He said the cleaning companies hired by the airport are struggling to get staff in. He added: “We are noticing the difference in the last couple of weeks, those staff are coming on board. It is starting to get cleaner and hopefully, passengers will see that over the coming weeks.”

Read next:

• Aer Lingus cancels over a dozen flights to and from Dublin Airport on Sunday

• Dublin Airport passengers report missed flights and three-hour check-in delays

• Dublin Airport passengers ditching cars in local estates over parking issues

• Dublin Airport passengers describe ‘terminals as being ‘littered with rubbish’

• Dublin Airport Hopper service suspended until at least the end of 2022

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