Busy week for roads and airports

AS PASSENGERS get ready for one of the busiest travelling periods of the year, Dublin airport expects close to a million people…

AS PASSENGERS get ready for one of the busiest travelling periods of the year, Dublin airport expects close to a million people to pass through its doors.

A spokeswoman for the Dublin Airport Authority said some 830,000 passengers would arrive and depart this week. Saturday was the busiest day of this week, she said, with next Saturday the second busiest due to people leaving on winter holidays.

Conor Faughnan of AA Roadwatch said coming days would see "a mass exodus out of Dublin".