Full list of banned hand luggage items on Ryanair and Aer Lingus flights

• Published date: 25 May 2023

Due to the cost-of-living crisis, many travellers are opting to pack everything into their hand luggage to save money on checking in baggage. However, there is a list of banned items that cannot be taken onboard a plane or through security at Dublin Airport

Some airlines like Ryanair will allow passengers to take one piece of carry-on luggage onto the plane free of charge, which must fit under the seat in front of them. Meanwhile, Aer Lingus allows passengers to bring a larger 10kg bag onboard as well as a smaller personal item for free.

There is a long list of banned items that cannot be taken onboard or through security at Dublin Airport. Paint, lighters, Christmas crackers, energy-saving lightbulbs, ice picks, high-volume alcohol and razor blades are not allowed.

Liquids over 100ml can be confiscated too, as there are restrictions for security. Here's everything you need to know about what items are banned on Aer Lingus and Ryanair flights:

Aer Lingus

According to an Aer Lingus spokesperson, banned, restricted and dangerous goods are "articles or substances capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environment." They have provided the following list of prohibited items in both checked in and carry on bags.

Guns, firearms and other devices that discharge projectiles-devices capable, or appearing capable, of being used to cause serious injury by discharging a projectile, including:

*

firearms of all types, such as pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns

*

toy guns, replicas and imitation firearms capable of being mistaken for real weapons, component parts of firearms, excluding telescopic sights

*

compressed air and CO2 guns, such as pistols, pellet guns, rifles and ball bearing guns

*

signal flare pistols and starter pistols, - bows, cross bows and arrows

*

harpoon guns and spear guns

*

slingshots and catapults

Stunning devices - devices designed specifically to stun or immobilise, including:

*

devices for shocking, such as stun guns, tasers and stun batons

*

animal stunners and animal killers

*

disabling and incapacitating chemicals, gases and sprays, such as mace, pepper sprays, capsicum sprays, tear gas, acid sprays and animal repellent sprays

Objects with a sharp point or sharp edge -objects with a sharp point or sharp edge capable of being used to cause serious injury, including:

*

items designed for chopping, such as axes, hatchets and cleavers

*

ice axes and ice picks

*

razor blades

*

box cutters

*

knives with blades of more than...