Last year's struggle for parking at Dublin Airport looks set to get worse this summer.
Passengers are warned spaces are being booked out faster than previous years.
Dublin Airport has around 23-thousand car parking spaces at its campus, but it's not enough to keep up with demand.
Spokesperson Graeme McQueen says slots for some days in June, July and August are already close to selling out:
"We're seeing big demand for for the peak weeks in summer and what will happen is that even if 1 or 2 days are sold out on those weeks that you want to book for you, won't be able to book for the 2 week period."
It comes after the airport was blocked from buying the nearby QuickPark facility by the competition authority.
Flying over the May Bank Holiday weekend?
Demand for parking at Dublin Airport is very high, with only limited spaces available. If you haven’t booked yet, we’d recommend doing so soon.
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Eoghan Corry, editor of Travel Extra, says the 6-thousand spaces should be allowed to open as a temporary fix:
"It's in terrific condition, you can see that as you take off from the cross runway, which a lot of flights have been doing in recent weeks."
"It could be up and running within a week with somebody using the buses, the app, everything."
Anyone heading away this bank holiday weekend is being told while parking options are still currently available, certain days are expected to sell out.
