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Picture: Dublin gets new 'airport' courtesy of iPhone's new map software

With Google Maps gone, the latest version of Apple’s iOS has designated Airfield Park in Dublin as an airport on its new mapping software.

APPLE’S NEW MOBILE operating system iOS6 has been launched this evening and is notable for the disappearance of Google Maps.

Instead the tech giant has put in its own maps system in place which has quite hilariously designated Airfield Park in Dublin as an airport.

The ‘new airport’ is located just off the Upper Kilmacud Road in south Dublin according to the plane symbol on this map and is sure to cause a bit of confusion for anyone unfamiliar with the city and searching for the airport on their iPhone and/or iPad.

The city’s only actual commercial airport is on the north of the city.

Hat tip to Aleesha Tully on Twitter who spotted this and noted “Not only did #Apple give us #iOS6… They also gave us a new airport off the Upper Kilmacud Road! Yay!”

Screengrab via Gavan Reilly.

Oh dear: Apple Maps has made some pretty bad mistakes in its Ireland maps >

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    Mute Dave Walsh
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    Sep 2nd 2018, 5:59 PM

    We dont recognize mandate.What country do they think we’re in South Korea.Its your right be a member of a union.Any one who goes past a picket is a S___.

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    Mute Hans Vos
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    Sep 2nd 2018, 6:31 PM

    @Dave Walsh: They have more then 800 staff so 30% is not happy and 70% agreed
    a deal. Yes it is everybody’s right to be a member of a union but it’s also our right not to agree with the picket.

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    Sep 2nd 2018, 6:32 PM

    @Dave Walsh: I always found it interesting that it’s a ‘right’ to be part of a union but you’ve no ‘right’ to pass a picket , you’ll be called every name under the sun. Find it pretty hypocritical to be honest.

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    Mute Lisa Byrne
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    Sep 2nd 2018, 6:40 PM

    @Bilbo Baggins: It is a right under the constitution that you can be a member of a union. You can pass a picket if you want but of course you will be called names and be scorned for passing a picket, not because you have the right to pass picket but because it is a not a nice thing to do.

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    Mute Dave Gibney
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    Sep 2nd 2018, 7:14 PM

    @Hans Vos: incorrect. Senior management and the Directors allowed themselves a vote on their own proposals, including 70 staff in Head Office who are not impacted by the deal at all. They gerrymandered the vote. They also didn’t allow an anonymous vote because you had to supply your name and staff number in order to vote. 96% of staff who voted in the only independent anonymous ballot rejected the deal – and that was a vote by people affected by the proposals. The company are the most profitable multinational pharma company in the world and they pay their irish workforce as low as €10 per hour. The CEO paid himself €15 million last year. These workers deserve better.

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    Mute Dave Walsh
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    Sep 3rd 2018, 3:11 PM

    @Bilbo Baggins: where you born that way?

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    Sep 2nd 2018, 5:47 PM

    Lloyd have mercy!

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    Sep 2nd 2018, 6:42 PM

    @Gerard O’Brien:

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    Sep 3rd 2018, 12:40 AM

    Well done to the Lloyds workers keep up the fight. Anybody who passes an official picket should be ashamed of themselves.

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    Mute Steven C. Schulz
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    Sep 2nd 2018, 10:44 PM

    They don’t deserve to serve in healtcare even tangentially.

    Fire them all.

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    Mute Steven C. Schulz
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    Sep 3rd 2018, 4:14 AM

    @Steven C. Schulz: This is a strike against the public safety and should be illegal.

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