Dublin Airport has seen a surge in forgotten items, with almost 19,000 being handed into lost and found in 2024. Luggage was the most common item left behind, followed by passports, mobile phones, and keys. Over 550 engagement rings and wedding bands were also found, with over 100 still unclaimed.
More than 1.5 million pints of Guinness and over 2.5 million cups of tea and coffee were served at Dublin Airport this year. Crisps and chocolate were also popular purchases in Ireland’s international airport over the past 12 months. Over 500,000 packets of Tayto were sold in both terminals and 72 tonnes of Toblerone chocolate, which is the equivalent of 72 family cars. While many passengers were busy making purchases, others were leaving their valuables behind.
Almost 19,000 items were handed in to the airport's lost and found department in 2024, with more than half of the items handed in (56%) returned to the owner. The item most commonly left in the terminals and surrounding campus was luggage with more than 2,300 bags handed in. Passports and national identity cards were the second most common items forgotten. This is followed by mobile phones, with over 1,000 handed into lost and found. Over 750 sets of keys were forgotten and 550 laptops. Other common items that were left by passengers include glasses, drivers licences and toys. A total of 550 engagement rings and wedding bands were also handed into the airport’s lost and found. Graeme McQueen, Media Relations Manager at daa added: 'More than 100 of those rings remain unclaimed, including many engagement rings. Did they ever get married? I guess we'll never know! “As always, the year saw some very random items being left behind and the award for most peculiar this year goes to the passenger who left a golf bag with a full set of clubs inside sitting on the Departures Road. “We thought they'd possibly just had a bad round and decided to ditch the game, but alas they swung back to the airport a few days later to collect them.
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