{"id":440174,"date":"2026-05-09T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/440174\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:44:10","slug":"hed-had-a-space-cake-then-airport-drinks-reader-stories-of-passengers-hammered-on-flights-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/440174\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;He&#039;d had a space cake then airport drinks&#039;: Reader stories of passengers &#039;hammered&#039; on flights &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPTGVJZXJaRGVRdC1VVVVYTXlBNUNYMmNUdUkzYXFoWUUyLThqU08wSFFtMUpiOTFURXV5Y0JiV2pPaDFkR2hid204SEVHMktxdkZ0cm9abTlDSndZNmtSX1N0Wlgtc0NIam0yWGhsWjFLVGRjQzRRV1ZvclE1NXdNUTg5clM4S1VzSGVGR3hUNjFNNTRwNFpPUXdFNW5kTlRveG91UA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;He&#8217;d had a space cake then airport drinks&#8217;: Reader stories of passengers &#8216;hammered&#8217; on flights<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxPNThPcWdQSS0tSkt5OTBFdV9ad1JLekEwMjRiQmpYUjNic1NMc2dSQ0FfN2V2WjR1Sm1pbHI0MmkzZ05qd2lWQ1NtMkpVdzRNUkRaYmVoS2cya1hCcUl5YWJrRk9XbXVQekMtVmRXbUhlX0Z0T0MtZmVJcm1pejFwblFRUW9QVGVBUEgxbzU4TXVRM2tTNHJtR3lLQ3o1U2hTU0c1Qkd2dUpTX3AyVXNEMU5ONlRRQ2tMU3F2aEFvTlYtOWZlQUs2RTgwZmRVT0RWbWdvamNn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pre-flight drinking at Dublin Airport: Reader was \u2018vomited on\u2019 by a \u2018drunk passenger\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOWF9Pc2RFTWRFUk9KWi00ZUllOUdQRTJScFlTdHRXNXhkNmJpYWgyckRqYzE3UzdtY2o3ZnFfd1dZdHdxZHZQMjQwRlZVOGQ5MHVuR2laZ3AwNlY2Qmk2Wl85T2lyS3VDZk4tOEF3OFM3cEJqejFqVHNMNlVrN3RudHJESFBTTzdDdzd3aGF5ZDNpaVhtZ3RKaXhkbnFod1hP?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ban the early morning pre-flight pint, Ryanair boss urges<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3wFBVV95cUxNa3pOei1TdVpfc0VxUV9tQnk1akNHZXVsVGllMWdib1A2NzRET1RBUUhxREhXWC1zLXJlOHJPQkJFSWpMc284cGFUVFZaSFo4TEt5SE9JSktRMkFHdWx1UW16MExrSHlFNFlDRlh3R0NpcEh1WkpEazBCaTBlYTF5S3lXX3pudGUtYTFPbk5icC1hY25CV0R6Xzh3UzRRQ21wT1JzNEtZNFp3bFZXSEx4WVFLZTRlVlNvYkVNdUQ1YVNVYVl0YzhNLXlsZWsyOXRDTmFIa3UyNDFrWWlsTTZz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Letters: Alcohol-free beer might be the answer for airlines to keep a leash on passengers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxPaVVhVFJJVFhFZ1NKM1VQYUlqaG9hN2JLM3lQelRzZHN5RjdZcEUxYjhYaXZoNmZOOUd0N2Z5cUM1SjM0RW5XX3hTMWhKaUtZcjVFWUVacm1hNnpFV21ReUNvbXFlbThIaUtXaW1peHNxTVRuSTRiSWdkamgyQXJRaVNiN1dRRk5EVVFNYkhMdU44OEh1aVdUaXdTbkhjY2pjY1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dawn airport drinkers call out Ryanair boss on proposal to ban \u2018holiday ritual\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;He&#8217;d had a space cake then airport drinks&#8217;: Reader stories of passengers &#8216;hammered&#8217; on flights&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalPre-flight drinking at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9673,191754,72,61,60,7574],"class_list":["post-440174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-airport","tag-airport-drinking","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-michael-o"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440174","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=440174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}