Dublin Airport greens-up for St Patrick’s Day celebrations

DUBLIN Airport will welcome more than 376,000 passengers arriving and departing in the coming days for the St Patrick’s Day celebrations.

A variety of musical entertainment is scheduled for passengers flying in for St Patrick’s Day, with singing from Portmarnock Community School students and Dublin Airport staff performing in Terminals 1 and 2 to raise funds for daa’s three charity partners – Merchant’s Quay Ireland, MS Ireland and My Canine Companion for Autism.

Both terminals feature festive decorations and  the ‘greening’ of prominent buildings, including Terminals 1, 2 and the original 1940s terminal building, all add to the Irish atmosphere around the airport this week.

“Once again, Dublin Airport is participating in the Global Greening,” said daa spokesperson Siobhán O’Donnell. “This is our fourth year to green the airport and we’re lighting up more locations around the airport campus to bring the St Patrick’s Day Festival to life.”

She added: “This is also a big sporting week and 15 flights have been added to the schedule for the thousands of punters travelling to and from the Cheltenham and we also look forward to welcoming rugby fans arriving for the Ireland-England Six Nations match on Saturday.”