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Tue 07 Jul 2007Dublin airport traffic up 11%Some 10.8 million passengers passed through Dublin airport in the first six months of this year, an increase of 11 per cent on the same period last year, according to new figures.The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) said almost 1.1 million additional passengers were facilitated during the first six months of the year, or an average of 6,000 extra passengers every day.