UPDATE: Dublin Airport Authority, Siobhan O’Donnell has confirmed that the alarm was set off by someone smoking in the toilet.
“As normal procedure we had to evacuate the building to make sure there was nothing more sinister.”
“We had to take all the necessary precautions and go through all the security checks,” she said.
Dublin Airport Terminal 2 has resumed normal operations following a brief evacuation of the airport.
The airport was evacuated shortly before 9am.
An airport spokesperson has confirmed that the evacuation was due to a fire alarm going off.
Twitter users are suggesting the evacuation was the result of a passenger smoking in the toilet.
BREAKING NEWS – Suspected bomb scare at Dublin Airport earlier this morning is now thought to have been a smoke alarm.. neil@redfm.ie
— Neil Prendeville (@NeilRedFM) December 23, 2015
Morning Ireland says there’s a bomb scare at Dublin Airport. I rang their media people two minutes ago and they said it’s just a smoke alarm — Christine Bohan (@ChristineBohan) December 23, 2015
Normal operations have resumed in T2 @DublinAirport following a brief evacuation.
— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) December 23, 2015
This is a breaking news story, updates to follow.
