Dublin Airport Will Maintain Liquid Restrictions Until October 2025

Flyers traveling through Ireland’s Dublin Airport will have to have their liquids in separate bags for a little while longer.

Officials for the Dublin Airport Authority (daa), which governs Ireland’s busiest hub, confirmed today that the current airport rules will remain in place through at least the end of the summer.

The airport is currently in the process of upgrading security scanners that will allow passengers to not only skip separating liquids but also travel without liquid size restrictions. The scanners have already been installed in other Irish airports including Shannon and Kerry.

While some were hoping to have the new scanners in place in Dublin for the summer travel rush, that won’t fully happen until October 2025, officials said.

About one-third of the airport’s scanners have already been replaced, and the daa expects all of Terminal 2 to have the new scanners by October 2024. Terminal 1, however, will take a little while longer and all work will pause in June through August as traffic at Dublin Airport will pick up.

While some passengers will use scanners when going through security, the daa is telling all passengers to prepare to go through security screening as normal.

“Once all scanners have been replaced, passengers will no longer have to remove liquids or electronics from hand luggage when going through security screening,” Gary McLean, the managing director of Dublin Airport said in a statement.

“For the moment, there’s no guarantee that you will be selected for a screening lane that has a new C3 scanner, so passengers should continue to prepare as normal or security, ensuring all liquids are under 100ml, with any laptops and tablets ready to be removed,” he added.