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Thomas Telford

Dublin Airport advice that could help passengers avoid long queues

If you are planning to fly from Dublin Airport over Easter, this tip could save you a lot of time standing in a long queue.

Dublin Airport's official Twitter account has confirmed that passengers could potentially avoid the long security queues at Terminal 1, as long as certain requirements are met.

Answering questions on Twitter from concerned passengers, @DublinAirport confirmed that security queues in Terminal 1 can be avoided by going through Terminal 2 instead.

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One person asked: "Can you use T2 if T1 is busy?"

Dublin Airport responded and confirmed that: "you may process security screening in either terminal."

However there are certain requirements in place that passengers have to fulfil in order to join the shorter security queue at Terminal 2.

Passengers will need to have a valid boarding card and should not need to check in any baggage

If you do have a bag to check-in, you must first check it in with your chosen "airline in its respective terminal," Dublin Airport confirmed. So if you are flying from Terminal 1 and want to check in your bag, you need to go to T1.

Once your bag has been checked in you can proceed to security screening in T1 or T2.

The mayhem at Dublin Airport continued on Monday morning as passengers from across the country arrived at their terminals hours before departure.

Despite arriving well ahead of their scheduled take-off, hundreds of people were stuck in queues, with some reporting two-hour delays, with the knock-on effect then seen across duty-free.

The latest advice from the daa is to arrive no less than 3-and-a-half hours before your boarding time, and so queues are beginning to form before 3am for those headed out on early morning flights.

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