Almost 3.5 million more passengers travelled through Dublin Airport this summer than in 2021.
And 5.2 million passengers left the country in total – 3.5 million more than the same period in 2021.
But the stats reveal there’s still a struggle in catching up to pre-pandemic levels. “Passengers travelling to and from Ireland were still down by 10 per cent compared with Q3 2019,” said a CSO spokeswoman.