Ryanair said it has “been forced to cancel a small number of flights” due to the global IT outage.
In a post on social media platform X, the airline said that affected passengers have been notified and advised such individuals to check their Ryanair accounts “once systems are back online” to establish thir options.
“If your flight has been cancelled, we kindly request that you leave the airport as the IT outage means we cannot currently assist passengers at the airport,” the airline said.
Ryanair apologised to those affected, adding that a full list of cancellations are available on its official website.
A spokesperson for the operator of Dublin and Cork airports, daa, said its systems are working as normal.
However, the difficulties being experienced by some other airlines with their own systems are leading to some queues in their check-in areas, the spokesperson said.
daa, posted on X that its teams are on hand to assist Ryanair and passengers in the terminals and thanked everyone for their patience.
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A spokesperson for Aer Lingus said it is not currently impacted by the global IT outage.
“There may be some processing delays at airports so customers should allow extra time for check-in, security, immigration and boarding. Customers should check the Aer Lingus website and app for updates,” advised the spokesperson.
Belfast International Airport said that while the “global IT system outage is impacting the airport alongside many other businesses…flights remain operational”.
In a post on X, the airport advised that there are longer waiting times.
Road Safety Authority experiencing ‘significant disruption’ to services
The Road Safety Authority said it is experiencing “significant disruption” due to the global IT outage.
In a statement, the RSA said: “The National Car Test Service (NCTS) is experiencing disruption across a significant number of its test centres and, as a result, no tests are currently taking place in those centres.
“The following test centres are in operation: Athlone, Cork Little Island, Deansgrange, Fonthill, Greenhills and Limerick.”
Regarding applications for learner permits and driving licences, the RSA said applications “cannot currently be processed at NDLS centres”.
The RSA added that driving tests are currently taking place.
“Tests can be booked and customers are advised to arrive for their test as scheduled. All other RSA services are operating as normal.”
Dublin Bus and Iarnród Éireann services are currently operating as normal. However, a spokesperson for the National Transport Authority said that both the TFI Live and TFI Leap Top-Up apps are working but with reduced functionality.
The spokesperson said, at this stage, the outage is not impacting public transport services.
Part of RTÉ’s operation was affected by the issue with minimal impact to output.
The Health Service Executive said it has not yet seen any impact on its systems.
A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána said they are not experiencing any issues at present.
Overnight, Microsoft confirmed it was investigating an “issue” with its 365 apps and operating systems, and although it said it had recovered some services, warned that the issue was ongoing and users should expect “service degradation” according to a status page on its website.
A fix has been deployed for the bug that caused the global IT outage affecting airports, banks and media across the world, the CEO of CrowdStrike antivirus firm said.
“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts…the issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed,” CEO George Kurtz said in a message on social media platform X.