Just arrived back from Edinburgh last night at 10.00 pm. Ryanair ensured that the flight was about 10 minutes early and pretty much painless. We used the on-line check-in and everything worked like clockwork until we reached Dublin airport where hundreds of people were forced to queue for about an hour to have their passports checked.
I appreciate that passport control fulfils a necessary function, however, it must be possible to properly assign staff to passport control, to ensure that international travellers are not treated with total disregard.
We need to support the tourism industry here. We cannot compete on price, as we are now one of the more expensive travel destinations, however, there is no reason why extremely highly paid state employees cannot deliver a better service.
I appreciate that passport control fulfils a necessary function, however, it must be possible to properly assign staff to passport control, to ensure that international travellers are not treated with total disregard.
We need to support the tourism industry here. We cannot compete on price, as we are now one of the more expensive travel destinations, however, there is no reason why extremely highly paid state employees cannot deliver a better service.