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Dublin avoids prolonged disruption after U.S. flight halt, RTÉ reports

Aer Lingus expected normal operations, though hundreds of connecting passengers still needed assistance at Dublin Airport.

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0:46Sean Duffy says a replacement router flooded other routers; contractor error or faulty equipment remained possible causes.
1:59The studio reports that Aer Lingus expected normal operations on transatlantic services.
2:29daa's Graeme McQueen says around 400 passengers are airside at Dublin Airport awaiting onward connections.
2:49Arriving passengers describe limited delays, alongside worry caused by a lack of information.

Around 400 passengers were waiting airside at Dublin Airport to connect onto other flights, but Ireland had largely avoided the prolonged disruption unfolding across the United States, RTÉ News reports.

The Dublin coverage adds a transatlantic perspective to the nationwide U.S. ground stop: Aer Lingus expected normal operations, and arriving passengers described journeys ranging from worrying uncertainty to relatively modest delays.

"In the end, we were only delayed two hours, so really it was fine," one passenger tells RTÉ. Another recalls being worried by the lack of information about what was happening.

Eastern Correspondent Samantha Libreri reports from Dublin Airport, where daa's Graeme McQueen describes efforts to assist passengers awaiting connections. Her report closes with relief that Irish airport operations had not suffered lasting disruption.

The contrast with the American terminals is marked. RTÉ reports more than 4,000 U.S. flight cancellations and warnings that clearing the backlog could take days. Fiona Mitchell's report shows departures resuming in Miami, alongside passengers still struggling to understand the shutdown.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a router being replaced during a copper-to-fibre upgrade began flooding other routers. Whether contractor error or faulty equipment caused that failure remained unresolved in the report.