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2019 Aer Lingus Apologizes After Boarding New Report Says Almost
40% Of Third Level
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From Severe Anxiety
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from an Aer Lingus agent
apologized
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Another wrote: “I’d say
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website and app left
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passengers unable to
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venience.”
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It comes a day after
Grahame Curtis
one w this problem.”
their boarding passes.
apologize after it emerged
The airline’s website
While customers were
IRISH able to check in, an error advises: “If you choose not that some passengers were Marc-Yves Tumin
to check in online or on
wrongly told their flight
message told them “all
News Editor
David Carter
your mobile, please allow
would be cancelled fol-
attempted boarding pass
retrievals failed”. enough time for airport lowing the announcement Almost 40% of college students Arts & Entertainment Editor
The airline said passen- queues.” of pilot strikes next suffer from severe levels of anxiety Brad Balfour
gers will have to be issued Responding to cus- month. while 30% experience severe Sales Director
with their pass at the air- tomer queries to its offi- The airline was urged depression. John O’Rourke
port, which left some peo- cial Twitter account on to “sort out this mess” A new report into the mental
ple pointing out that such Sunday evening, the air- after the email error health of third level students by Classified Advertising
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circumstances could lead line said it was “currently which saw people advised the Union of Students in Ireland
to queues. experiencing problems to rebook their flight, only (USI) found one fifth feel they have Art Director
One tweeted: “the issuing boarding cards on to be told later that their no one to talk to about their per- Heidi Gross Kelley
thoughts of the extra our website and App”. original flight was going sonal difficulties. Contributors
queue tomorrow if we Advising people to col- ahead as planned. C Joe Murphy, Joe Kavanagh, C.S.
It also found many students are O’Brien, Mike Fitzpatrick, Seamus
Kelleher, Bert Randolph Sugar, John
having to rely on both on and off- Mooney, Neil McDaid, Aine Fox, Sean
campus services to support their McCarthy, Mike Bowen, Marc-Yves
mental health. Tumin, Jack McGrath, Charley Brady,
Patrick Hurley, Catherine Wylie, Alicia
The ‘National Report on Colon, Jason Gallagher, Jackie Cahill, Bill
Student Mental Health in Third Daly, Jim McKeon
Level’ was launched by the Union Contributing Photographers
of Students in Ireland at Trinity Leo Doyle, Danny McCabe, Roger
College on Tuesday. Wong
It marks the first time that the Circulation
USI has commissioned a survey on John Philip, Manager
the mental health of third-level North East - Paul Hamrock
students. West Coast - Jim Clement
The report, funded by the HSE, Historian
O’Dwyer & Bernstien, LLP surveyed 3,000 third level stu- Events Consultant
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dents.
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