Airport says sorry after baby changing area blasted as 'health hazard'
19.04.2022 - 08:43
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An airport has apologised after a baby changing room was dubbed a 'health hazard'. A mum was travelling with her 18-month-old son when she found the area piled high with dirty nappies.
A bin was overflowing at the facility at Dublin Airport with rubbish dumped on top and around it on the ground. Mum Katie Elliott, from Northumberland, was so disgusted she took photographs of the area at gate 110 in Terminal 1 at 8.30am.
But after they were then posted on Twitter by her mother-in-law the airport responded with a new picture of the area, now freshly cleaned. It also apologised, reports DublinLive.
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The airport responded after mother-in-law Veron Elliott posted the images online to notify the airport of the mess. She told them it was "unhygienic and a health and safety hazard".
It apologised and said it has asked its "cleaning partners" to keep a closer eye on all the toilet facilities to ensure it did not happen again. The airport spokesman Graeme McQueen told DublinLive that they "moved swiftly" to ensure the toilet was cleaned after seeing the images on social media.
He said: "We were disappointed to see the pictures posted on Twitter this morning. We moved swiftly to contact our cleaning operator and ensured that the toilet in question was cleaned as a matter of urgency.
"One side-effect of having passengers arrive earlier for flights currently is that they are spending longer in the terminal before flying, which in turn increases the amount of pressure on our facilities, including toilets. We continue to work closely with our cleaning partners to ensure that the required level of cleaning and
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