In 2024, Dublin Airport’s lost and found department received almost 19,000 items, with engagement rings and luggage being the most frequently misplaced.
A total of 550 wedding and engagement rings were handed in to the airport’s lost and found department this year. More than 100 of those rings remain unclaimed, including many engagement rings. Also handed in were:
- 2,300 bags
- 1,000 mobile phones
- 750 sets of keys.
- 550 laptops
- 56pc of the items handed in were returned to the owner.
The top-selling crisp sold in the airport this year was Tayto, with more than 500,000 packets sold over the past 12 months.
Cafes served up more than 2.5m cups of tea and coffee during 2024 to passengers – equating to a cup of tea or coffee being poured at the airport every 12 seconds.
bars in Dublin Airport sold more than 1.5m pints of Guinness this year to passengers.
Toblerone is the favourite chocolate choice of passengers, with a total of 72 tonnes of Toblerone sold this year – the equivalent of 72 family cars.
Passengers ate a full Irish breakfast every minute on average during the year daa.
