Jonathan Clynch this morning spoke to passengers at Dublin airport feeling the impact of the air traffic controllers' strike.
Passengers in Dublin airport have been expressing their anger at the disruption caused by a four-hour strike by air traffic controllers.
The stoppage is from 2pm to 6pm, but many flights this morning were cancelled.
Most of the check-in desks are now closed. The airport is largely empty, with the exception of queues of frustrated customers at airline desks, where they are trying to arrange alternative flights.
Many passengers expressed their anger at only finding out upon arriving at the airport that their morning flights had been cancelled.
'I thought I would be alright', said one New Zealand woman who is trying to get home to see her family, 'but it appears to have affected all the flights'.
A German man, who left Shannon this morning in the hope of flying home to Munich, said that he is now stranded overnight in Dublin.
'There are worse places to be stuck; but I want to go home', he said.
An Australian businessman told RTÉ News he had to pay an additional €250 to book a new flight to London after his original flight was cancelled.
Asked how he feels, he answered 'not happy. Not happy'.
A New Zealand couple said this had soured the end of their holiday here, the husband consoling his tearful wife.
One man who was on his way to a family funeral in England said air traffic controllers should consider themselves lucky to have a job.
Jonathan Clynch, RTÉ News, Dublin airport
