When Dublin Airport opened 85 years ago, the original terminal building was intended to cater for 100,000 passengers a year. Garda Peter Mullins and Garda Debbie Burnett on duty at Dublin Airport. “I loved the community policing work,” says Burnett, who was previously based at the Bridewell, then Store Street in Dublin city centre. Movement between the different areas of the airport and out around the planes comes with strict rules for the gardaí. In the airport, Burnett says, violent encounters are very rare, with drugs more commonly at the heart of the most serious crime.

Source: The Irish Times October 27, 2025 22:32 UTC