Dublin Airport has abandoned its annual Christmas tradition of allowing a Catholic priest to bless the planes after John Hamill, a secular campaigner, requested the right to hold a non-religious blessing.
The 75-year-long tradition, which sees a Catholic priest attend the airport on Christmas day, when no planes take off or land at the airport, to bless all planes, will not take place this year.
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