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LAST UPDATE | 9 Dec 2022
OVER 140 FLIGHTS into and out of Dublin Airport have been cancelled today as a result of the cold weather.
Severe weather causing difficulties for airlines attempting to de-ice planes have caused 69 flights out of Dublin Airport to be cancelled today, with significant delays also being seen.
Alongside outbound cancellations, 74 flights into Dublin Airport today have been cancelled.
DAA confirmed the cancellations this evening.
The disruption comes as snow fell in some areas of the country overnight, particularly in the east, with temperatures dropping as low as almost -5° Celsius.
Temperatures hit as low as -2.2°C at Dublin Airport last night.
A Status Yellow low temperature and ice warning remains in place nationwide until midday, with Met Éireann warning of hazardous conditions and icy surfaces.
In a statement, DAA media relations manager Graeme McQueen said that “while the runways and taxiways at Dublin Airport have remained open and fully operational for the entire day, some airlines experienced delays to their flight schedules due to difficulties de-icing their aircraft.
“Passengers are advised to check with their airlines for the latest flight information,” McQueen added.
A spokesperson for Aer Lingus said:
“Our operation at Dublin Airport today has been significantly challenged due to circumstances outside of our control. Adverse weather conditions overnight have resulted in some delays and a small number of cancellations.
“While we still face challenges at Dublin Airport, our Ground Operations team continue to work hard to minimise any impact on customers. We advise customers to arrive to the airport and check in as normal.”
The Journal reporter Jamie McCarron, who is currently in Dublin Airport, says that his flight was initially due to take off at 2.05pm this afternoon but has since been delayed until 11.50pm tonight.
He said that the airport was facing “massive delays” with flights being both delayed and cancelled.
“We’re in limbo really because we don’t know if the flight is going to be cancelled,” McCarron said.
“There’s a real atmosphere of frustration here because a lot of people don’t know what’s going on. I still don’t know what’s going on.”
An example of a flight delay this morning was that of Aer Lingus flight EI562 from Dublin to Barcelona. This flight was due to depart at 7.15am and didn’t take off until 10.25am.
Live information for Dublin Airport departures can be found here.
Additional reporting by Tadgh McNally
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The kings of hindsight strike again
Are you serious? They must have been the last personal data controlling company on earth to implement two-step verification. Google, Microsoft Live, Facebook etc have had it for several years at this stage.
It’s a disgrace joe
I don’t use it. All these providers allow you to reset your password by text to phone which takes away the extra safety. Stick to secure passwords.
Apple have had two step identification available on its users’ accounts for at least 18 months – http://www.zdnet.com/why-you-need-to-enable-two-step-verification-on-your-apple-id-right-now-7000013370/
I think they are just reminding people it exists.
One of the uses is the “find my phone” function. Say my phone is stolen. How can I log in if the pass code is sent to my stolen phone? I am assuming they address that issue, just the article doesn’t say…
Find my iPhone doesn’t require it.
I am pretty sure 2 factor has been enabled for months on iCloud.. people did not have it enabled. Maybe they have made it more obvious now. Really it is a user issue.. poor passwords that are easy to attack.
Did I just hear the stable door shut?
Must have been an echo. It happened a few weeks ago.
I’m tired of apple, they are so arrogant,
I can’t use mail or anything iCloud on this iPhone, because when the iCloud,
Was turned on, I got a message 3-6 times an hour? I kept sighting in and entering the password , but they’d keep coming, I couldn’t use it to watch movies, or use gps and the overall using the phone was a pain in the arse,
I spent full days and hours every night sitting at their”stupid bar” “then I was onto their support via email? After 8 months of emails and having to re tell this story time after time, they “elevated”??? Me to one particular woman, “the guru”??? That was another episode of meaningless hours,
I gave up, turned off iCloud , now I can’t sign back in??
And apple won’t do anything about it,
I’m sick of that company,
Apple said you were sound ;)
Cool story bro.
True story
How come it only happened to you,ever thought that maybe you were doing something wrong?Usually apple will replace a faulty phone without question. Sounds fishy to me !!
I’m not an Apple user myself but I’ve heard about this one.
Aparently Bono and the edge broke into people’s iclouds and took all the nudie pics they could find and left songs instead.
Aparently though they left Sharon xfactor’s pics behind and she’s none too pleased with them for rejecting her.
As true as god.
Step one: Put your phone away
Step two: Put your clothes back on
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