Designed, curated and painted by Ardú Street Art, the new mural takes inspiration from Cork Airport’s past, and captures the joy and wonder and awe of flight and travel.

Airport operator daa said the increase in passenger numbers was the result of strong incoming tourist numbers as well as high numbers of Irish residents heading off on summer holidays overseas.

Rory Gallagher grew up in Cork and rose to international fame as a masterful blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

Passenger numbers were up 4.5 per cent in Dublin Airport, with three 120,000 passenger days in May, while Cork Airport passenger numbers were up 17 per cent. 

With many Irish people hoping to take advantage of the long weekend by jetting away for some sun, the power outage which hit Spain, Portugal, and some of France on Monday has undoubtedly heightened anxiety.

Kenny Jacobs, chief executive of daa, the operator of Dublin and Cork airports, said that the opening months of 2025 “the impact of having an out-of-date passenger cap on Ireland's main gateway."

The number of passengers through Dublin’s terminals was -1 per cent lower than in January 2024 due to the impact of the 32 million passenger cap.

In December, over 5 million plastic bottle and can returns were recorded on numerous occasions

Cork Airport's runway has closed due to adverse weather and Dublin Airport is accepting diversions from there

Permission had been sought for the unauthorised conversion of the premises over 40 years ago from a residential dwelling.

On arrival, Dr Muhammad Asim was met by airport management and presented with a bottle of champagne and a luxury hamper from Cork Airport Duty Free.

Almost 2.3 million passengers passed through the terminals in Dublin, up three per cent on the same month last year.

This is an increase of two per cent on last year.

Dublin reported a five per cent rise in passenger traffic from January to June, while Cork experienced an 11 per cent growth, becoming the fastest growing airport in the country

The State received a €31 million dividend

Cork Airport's passenger traffic was up 14 per cent last month compared to January 2023

Shannon Airport Group says it remained fully operational throughout Sunday and overnight, running its normal schedule throughout.

Cork Airport is forecast to have its busiest year in its history in terms of international passengers this year with 2.75 million set to fly in and out in 2023

Daa's total turnover for the first six months of 2023 was €458.8 million