Dublin
There is a crisis in DUB arising from huge delays to departing passengers, largely because of shortage of security staff, with queues of over 2 hours reported at times.
Some of this has been blamed on new EU-mandated security vetting for airside staff. I would like to know if other major airports in the EU have experienced similar problems, or if this a case of "blame the EU" if you have cocked-up yourself.
The increase in air travel seems to have taken the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) by surprise. In 2020 they offered voluntary redundancy to 1,000 staff, and now they are cought short. Did the DAA expect Covid travel restrictions to be permanent?
There appears to be gross incompetence either at the DAA, the Department of Transport, the Garda vetting unit, or maybe at all 3.