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.

Minister tells tourists flying to Dublin to consider using other airports - Shannon Airport is around 230 kilometres away from Dublin City centre

An Bord Pleanála has proposed lifting controversial restrictions on night-time flights at Dublin Airport which will extend its normal operating hours by two hours.

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.