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Airport Security

New EU Aviation Security Regulations for Passengers

The following information sets out the details of the new regulations, whether you are travelling for business or leisure purposes and what you need to bear in mind if you have children travelling with you or if you have special dietary or medical requirements.  In addition we have anticipated some questions that might arise from the introduction of the new regulations and have supplied clear answers to those questions.  For more information Click Here.

Security

Your safety and security is a priority for the Dublin Airport Authority.  Whenever you travel by plane you will be subjected to a number of strict security checks. These security checks are mainly related to what you are allowed to take with you on board the aircraft. Both your carry-on luggage and check-in baggage will be checked, either by hand and/or by means of detection equipment, to ensure that you are not carrying any potentially dangerous substances or items that could pose a risk to the passengers and crew or to the security and safety of the aircraft.

Passengers are advised to carry just ONE piece of hand luggage. Sharp objects should be removed from carry-on luggage and placed in checked-in luggage.

Before departing form the airport, please check your flight is on time and confirm what time your airline requires you to check in.  Dublin Airport recommends you arrive at the airport at least 90 minutes before your scheduled flight departs.  Please be patient if you have to queue at the check-in desks, security control, or at the boarding gate - the security checks we employ as you pass through the airport ensure the safety of all our passengers. A dedicated passenger security channel for domestic Irish flights operates at peak periods at the "A" Departure Gates area in the passenger terminal.

Packing tips

Help us reduce the queues at security control by ensuring that you do not pack prohibited items in your carry-on luggage. The list below details items that must not be packed in your carry-on luggage. They must be placed in your check-in baggage. If these items are discovered in your carry-on luggage you will be requested to surrender the items for disposal.

• Scissors (except where both blades are round-ended or less than three centimetres)
• Razor blades (razors that have the blade set into a plastic moulding are allowed, but razors that can be opened and the razor blade removed are prohibited)
• Knives with blades of any length
• Household cutlery (spoons are permitted)
• Hypodermic needles (unless required for medical reasons, in which case proof is required)
• Tools (including multi-tools and penknives)
• Catapults
• Corkscrews*
• Walking/hiking poles
• Toy/replica guns (metal or plastic)
• Sporting bats
• Tennis rackets
• Darts
• Billiard, snooker or pool cues

For safety reasons, there are a number of items that cannot be taken on any aircraft, so please do not pack them in any luggage (carry-on or check-in):

• Flammable liquids and solids
• Oxidisers, such as bleaching powders
• Organic peroxides
• Tear gas devices or any gas cylinders
• Infectious substances, such as live virus materials
• Wet-cell car batteries
• Magnetrons
• Instruments containing mercury
• Instruments containing magnets
• Fireworks
• Non-safety matches
• Fire lighters, lighter fuel, paints, thinners
• Poisons, arsenic, cyanide, weedkiller
• Radioactive materials, acids, corrosives, alkalis, caustic soda.
• Creosote, quicklime, oiled paper
• Vehicle fuel system components that have contained fuel

 Dublin Airport would like to thank all passengers for their cooperation with security procedures.