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Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport (File photo) DAA

Passenger numbers at Dublin Airport up 4 per cent in first quarter of 2013

Just under 1.6 million passengers travelled through Dublin Airport last month according to figures published by DAA.

ALMOST 1.6 MILLION passengers travelled through Dublin Airport in March according to figures published by the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

That represents an eight per cent increase on the same period last year while overall passenger numbers at the airport are up four per cent in the first quarter of this year.

In total almost 3.9 million passengers travelled through the airport in the first three months of 2013.

Most passengers travelled to European destinations with passenger volumes to and from continental Europe increasing by 14 per cent with more than 780,000 passengers travelled to the continent.

There was also a significant increase in passengers flying to the Middle East and North Africa with 45,000 passengers travelled on these services, representing a 16 per cent increase.

This reflects the increasing popularity of Emirates and Etihad airlines which are now operating routes out of the capital’s airport.

The number of passengers on domestic routes also increased with a four per cent rise in March compared to last year. In total, almost 4,500 passengers travelled through Dublin Airport en route to other destinations around the country.

Travelling to and from the UK was level with last year with just under 600,000 passengers in March. Just under 120,000 passengers travelled on transatlantic routes to North American last month, representing an increase of 8 per cent.

One factor playing into the overall increase in passenger numbers is Easter falling in March this year and therefore coming into first quarter figures.

While tourism bosses might also like to point to The Gathering initiative which aims to attract the Irish disapora home throughout 2013.

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    Mute Henry chinaski
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    Feb 7th 2013, 9:34 PM

    Makes me wanna cry when I think what I paid for my house…..

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    Mute John Byrne
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    Feb 8th 2013, 12:18 AM

    The hotel in kilkee is only fit for knocking , my buddy worked on it he said that they had to rip all the footpaths out all around it cos it had sank 4 inches before the second fix . It’s built on a bog .

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    Feb 7th 2013, 8:19 PM

    Sad too see….great spot.

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    Feb 7th 2013, 8:26 PM

    The half acre in iniscarra?

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    Mute tony duggan
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    Feb 7th 2013, 8:39 PM

    No the kilkee bay hotel !!

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    Mute 'Bull' Mick Daly
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    Feb 7th 2013, 11:11 PM

    An appartment in leitrim haaaaa

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    Mute Conor Black
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    Feb 8th 2013, 4:35 AM

    It’s actually more like bundoran Tullaghan us like right beside just in the small strip of Leitrim that touches the sea

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    Mute Barty
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    Feb 8th 2013, 8:13 AM

    Thre Kilkee Bay never had enough Heineken on tap good riddance.

    One of the nicest sea side towns in the country cant wait to get back down.

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    Mute The Mule
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    Feb 7th 2013, 9:42 PM

    A load of tat again. Where are the aib repos?

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    Mute GatheringYourMoney
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    Feb 7th 2013, 10:51 PM

    You’re right (for a change) Mule.
    The majority of these properties are from Bank Of Scotland Ireland’s/Halifax’s loanbook.
    The likes of AIB and Co. are just waiting for all BOSI’s/Halifax’s Repos to be sold (whilst the same time bleeding their distressed customers dry), and then AIB and Co. turn into Cromwell.
    I suppose in a sick lot of ways the BOS/Halifax way is more swift and less painless, than the Irish Bank’s Water Torture.
    Disgusting.
    Truly Disgusting!!

    “Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him”.
    Shaw, George Bernard.

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    Feb 7th 2013, 8:40 PM

    What could you do with a third of an acre ( probably less when you include ditches and the road way ) of agricultural land in inniscarra , that would make it 24 thousand an acre…

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    Mute Mark Sparky O Shea
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    Feb 7th 2013, 8:47 PM

    yuuuuuuuuuuuuup for the hotel

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