A year ago today, Dublin Airport announced it was looking forward to its busiest Christmas on record. Twelve months and one pandemic later, staff are all too aware that this festive period will be the quietest in decades.
Surveying a bank of camera feeds from Terminal 1, Terminal Services Officer Mark James Ryan said: "We are devoid of passengers.
Today we will see around 4,000 people pass though the terminals. In comparison, 70-80,000 people flew on this day last year." Without doubt, the airport certainly looks and feels very different.
Access to the terminals is limited to passengers, crew and airport staff, in line with Government and European Union Aviation Safety Agency guidelines.