‘Tailgating’ through car park exits was also rampant, with 351 penalties issued. 197 vehicles were towed due to illegal parking activity, the DAA said.
The authority’s newly-released 2025 figures also named the airport’s five most commonly discarded ‘lost property’ items. Top of the list was luggage, followed by sunglasses, mobile phones, sets of keys and laptops.
Otherwise, Dublin Airport said that it is on track to have welcomed more than 35 million passengers across roughly 240,000 flights in 2025.
Managing those volumes kept Dublin Airport Police busy, with officers responding to 15,500 incidents across the two terminals over the course of the year.
Lost property remained a frequent issue for travellers, with bags and luggage most commonly left behind, followed by sunglasses, mobile phones, sets of keys and laptops. Photo: Getty
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The airport also saw a number of new developments to improve passenger experience.
“This year also saw us complete the multi-million euro rollout of new cutting-edge C3 scanners in both terminals, which enabled us to remove the old 100ml liquid limit once and for all,” said Graeme McQueen, head of media relations at daa.
“This year has seen the introduction of new lounges, the extension of our Drop & Go parking product to Terminal 1 and the rollout of many new food and drink outlets in both terminals,” he said.
The airport’s bars and cafés were kept busy as more than 1.2 million pints of Guinness were sold, while passengers consumed almost three million cups of tea and coffee across the airport’s cafés.
Snack sales were also strong, Tayto emerged as the top-selling crisp, with more than 550,000 packets sold during the year.
Some names proved more common than others among travellers, with John and Mary topping the list of most popular passenger names.
In total, there were enough Johns travelling through the airport to fill 1,096 Boeing 737 aircraft, while Marys could have filled a further 603 planes, it said.
Baggage volumes also reached significant levels, with passengers checking in a total of nine million suitcases weighing more than 127,000 tonnes.
Duty-free sales rounded out the year, with more than 43 tonnes of Toblerone sold at Dublin Airport in 2025.
Spirit sales were also strong, with 409,000 litres of Irish whiskey and 133,000 litres of vodka purchased by passengers over the year.