Intoxicated man arrested for damaging Dublin Airport gate after missing flight

Airport police responded to an incident at Terminal 1 after a man missed his flight and caused damage to a gate.
Intoxicated man arrested for damaging Dublin Airport gate after missing flight

Tomas Doherty

A man has been arrested after an incident of criminal damage at Dublin Airport on St Patrick's Day.

Airport police responded to an incident at Terminal 1 after a man missed his flight and caused damage to a gate.

Electronic equipment was ripped from a desk used by airline staff while other mobile infrastructure at the desk was damaged.

The Irish Times reports that the man threw chairs around the departure gate in Terminal 1 and also took furniture from a nearby café during the incident at about 7am on St Patrick’s Day.

Damage was also caused to infrastructure for checking bag size at the departure gate.

Gardaí said a man in his 20s has been charged and will appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin.

Daa, which runs Dublin Airport, said: “Airport Police at Dublin Airport responded to an incident in Terminal 1 this morning which resulted in a male individual being arrested. The enger arrived at the airport intoxicated, missed his flight and proceeded to cause significant damage to our airport.

“The individual was quickly apprehended by Airport Police before being subsequently arrested by An Garda Síochana. We hope the justice system deals with him appropriately and also that we never see him at Dublin Airport again.”

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