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If you’re flying in to Dublin Airport, there’s a strong chance you’ll be doing so on an aircraft specially blessed by a resident priest. The Catholic ceremony, rare among international airports and carried out on the tarmac since 1947, is now set to be maintained and airport officials have rescinded a recent warning that the annual ritual would be halted by new aviation security rules introduced in January. The airport’s operator, daa, said in April that the “traditional Christmas blessing of the planes will continue to take place” and will be done by the airport’s Catholic chaplain, Father De…

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