Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2 has reopened after being evacuated due to a security alert triggered by an item of luggage raising concerns.<\/p>\n
The airport confirmed that the terminal received the “all clear” and that passengers are now allowed to re-enter the terminal.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed said members responded to a report of an item of airline luggage of concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a precaution, Terminal 2 Dublin Airport was evacuated and traffic entering Dublin Airport was restricted,\u201d the force said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na requested the assistance of the Defence Forces\u2019 explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team.<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing a preliminary examination on scene, the piece of luggage was contained and deemed safe for removal from T2 to an alternate location which would not impact on airport operations.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Garda spokesperson said the luggage at the centre of the situation was subject to further examination by the EOD team and declared safe.<\/p>\n
They said inquiries were continuing and added: \u201cBased on the information available to An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na and other relevant stakeholders, this was an appropriate and responsible approach to the situation which was presented.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement at 1.30pm, airport operator DAA said that flight operations were expected to resume within the next 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
“Earlier, Terminal 2 was evacuated as a precaution. The safety and security of passengers and staff remain our top priority,” it said.<\/p>\n
DAA advised that temporary disruption to flights may occur, so passengers have been advised to check with their airline for the latest updates.<\/p>\n
The evacuation is not thought to be connected to a separate software issue affecting some airlines’ check-in systems. However, the suspected cyberattack is having a minor impact in Dublin and Cork.<\/p>\n
Some airlines have implemented manual processes there.<\/p>\n
An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na has advised that traffic remains heavy on routes approaching Dublin Airport.<\/p>\n
In an earlier statement, DAA confirmed the terminal had been “evacuated as a precautionary measure”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2 has reopened after being evacuated due to a security alert triggered by an item…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-32991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}