Cars lined up to board the Brittany Ferries Salamanca in advance of the Rosslare to Bilbao crossing. Salamanca has been on the route since Nov. Official launch and commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Brittany ferries took place in Bilbao this week.
#brittanyFerries
1/18
From a passenger FR5542: "Was grand, we knew it was a rough landing by the noise. Kept on aircraft for 70 mins while they attended it on the runway. No scandal really, apart from the lack of concern from staff."
#Ryanair
#DublinAirport
Next Liverpool arrival FR449 delayed by 2hrs
RTE News footage of Dublin airport 60 years ago December 30 1962, blizzard conditions commencing four months of ice and snow that played havoc with air traffic through northern Europe
Ryanair flash sale tomorrow & Sunday will include flights in 2024 high season for the first time. Book between midnight tonight Friday & midnight Sunday, travel throughout July and August
EU Digital COVID Certificate has gone live with seven countries one month ahead of deadline: Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Croatia & Poland.
This evening Ireland added countries responsible for 50pc of our exports to our mandatory hotel quarantine list, our first, third (nowadays second), eighth and ninth largest markets.
Congrats
@marktigheST
and
@paulrowantree
on 4,645 copies of Champagne Football sold in 3 days & to
@PenguinIEBooks
. What would have happened if John Delaney had won injunction or
@SunTimesIreland
had taken easy option and not defended, as happened so often in Irish journalism?
Sad to hear of death of Robert Fisk, single most important journalist in 3 decades of conflict in Middle East & major historian of post colonial Ireland, how we will miss his insights when they are needed more than ever
County Kildare's lost Irish language dialect, my article for the Journal of the
#Kildare
Archaeological Society 2024, methinks it is the first article in
#gaeilge
in the 132-year history of
@kildarearchsoc
(footnotes are in English to make it accessible for non gaeilgeoirs)
Huge move by
@AerLingus
to extend unlimited flight changes on bookings to 31st Dec. Changes can be as often as you like and up to 2 hours before travel. Other airlines only allow this facility on bookings until June 30.
#Aviation
From TODAY It is possible to enter Spain fm Ireland under Spanish law, with negative PCR test no more than 72h beforehand, negative EU approved rapid antigen test, a COMPLETE vaccination certificate no less than 14 days previously or declaration of having recovered from Covid-19.
After the industrial action:
#AerLingus
flash sale, book by midnight July 18
Travel from July 20th to September 30th, 2024
N America start from €199 each way
Europe from 25pc off
Limerick Greenway opened in 2021 and may have the best surface of Ireland’s 6 greenways. It currently runs from Rathkeale to Listowel with plans to expand to Limerick city. There is a spur at Barnagh which was the focus of my first visit.
@limerick_ie
@limerickgreenway
1/22
Cyprus decision to allow British tourists who have both vaccinations against Covid-19 (approved by the European Medicines Agency) from 1 May likely to be followed by others
Rapid antigen tests on arrival after travel can be just as effective as quarantining, Research by Oxera and Edge Health commissioned by airlines Aer Lingus-owner IAG, Virgin Atlantic & others
Michael O'Leary speaking
@Eurocontrol
in Brussels, future of aviation in Europe is 4 carriers
@lufthansa
,
@airfrance
, IAG &
#Ryanair
, while Norwegian and SAS "can kind of keep each other up like two drunks walking home from the pub"
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Spain are currently linked to the gateway for Travel using EU Covid Cert
Ryanair switch airports to Belfast City, 8 new routes for summer ’21 opening June 1, Alicante 3w, Barcelona 3w, Bergamo 2w, Faro 2w, Ibiza 2w, Malaga 3w, Palma 3w, Valencia 2w, some going daily July, (3 more Britain routes to follow)
Ryanair open letter to Minister Eamon Ryan: 'Please let me know if you would like a plan (since you don't have one) on how easily and quickly Irish aviation, tourism and jobs growth could be delivered at Dublin Airport'
The Presidents of the three EU institutions - the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission have signed the EU digital certificate into law
Ireland among EU countries with 14 day/100k below 500 permitted non-essential visits to Portugal from Mon. Irish advice is still against non essential travel & Irish people need negative PCR test 72h before flight both directions. Everything open in Portugal except night clubs
Henley passport index 2024, Ireland has visa free access to 191 countries and territories out of 227 worldwide, joint seventh most powerful passport in the world
A reminder: British passport holders will be denied boarding travelling to EU this summer if passport expires less than 3 months before return (or passport is 10 years old). Irish passport holders can travel within EU even if passport expiry is only one day after return.
From today ALL passengers arriving into Ireland regardless of their origin can end their movement restriction after five days if they receive a negative Covid-19 test
From
@Eurocontrol
#aviation
: Ireland is the most disconnected of 40 members states. Traffic levels per States recorded declines ranging from -85% (Ireland) to -42% (Armenia), compared to same day in 2019.
Lynn Embleton of
@AerLingus
to Oireachtas Transport Committee: “Ireland should look at the conclusions drawn by many other countries and adopt antigen testing. We have not got time. we need action.”
World Health Organisation: "24 countries have reported Omicron variants. Most cases are mild. Countries have tools at their disposal to curb its spread, including mask wearing, hand washing and social distancing. They should be aware that travel restrictions have consequences."
Expect the final act of lunacy in what was the
#greenlist
farce today, a green list with NO countries on it. There will be 15 countries next week when/if Ireland aligns with EU travel policy, but the capacity for farce may continue.
Government website updated this morning; from Monday, children arriving in Ireland under the age of 12 will NOT need a negative PCR test, bringing us into line with Spain and Portugal.
Aer Lingus to restart direct service from Dublin to Miami from Oct 21 (seats on sale from today), just three t-Atlantic services from Aer Lingus not resuming in 2022
From
@eurocontrol
#aviation
: A tale of two airlines,
@Ryanair
now busiest in Europe back to 64pc of 2019 levels,
@AerLingus
the most disconnected airline in Europe operating at 20pc of 2019 levels.
Daily
#AerLingus
service
#DublinAirport
to Hartford, Connecticut, to resume from 26 March next year, Aer Lingus back to 16 trans-Atlantic routes direct from ireland
Lynn Embleton of
@AerLingus
to Oireachtas Transport Committee: “I cannot over-estimate how important a timely and efficient introduction of green digital certificate will be.”
When Sean Penn dropped into Mulligan’s of Poolbeg St in the 1990s one of the regulars ambled over, shook his hands and said: “if you don’t mind me saying so, you should never have married
#Maradona
.”
#RIPMaradona
#eldiego
Digital covid certificate delivery is impressive, 984,000 emails and 350,000 letters. Of the emails sent, 7,500 have bounced, failure to send rate of 0.7%.
In beautiful Vermont for the eclipse, a big tourism event for
#visitnewengland
, 160k expected to come to Vermont for the viewing, 80k to Maine & 40k to New Hampshire
Another blow to
@ShannonAirport
as
@AerLingus
A321s NOT to be based there. Neither of our 2 major airlines is tied to Ireland so we could have tough time ahead thanks to our Government’s interventions to defy ECDC advice and curtail aviation.
Salamanca sails Wednesdays (0800) and Fridays (2300) from Rosslare. Wednesday crossing takes 27 hours languid 13.00 Thursdays. The late Friday crossing takes 32 hours, landing 8am Sunday. Prices from €417 each way for a car+2, including cabin to €111 for a foot passenger. 2/18
We buried my aunt Kathleen McMahon (1924-2022) this morning in beautiful
#WestClare
, a gentle wonderful and beautiful lady, in her final years she was the woman who forgot
From Joe Walsh Tours: "Travel protocols in Ireland are the most restrictive in Europe, putting Irish travel companies at a disadvantage. We were paying overheads, but were unable to trade and were also waiting on refunds from suppliers.
Sad to hear of the death of the great Eileen O'Mara Walsh, at the heart of everything that moved in Irish tourism for three decades: founder O'Mara travel, chair Great Southern Hotels, president of ITOA, founder of ITIC & Heritage Ireland, director of Aer Lingus. Ar dheis Dé.
Irish hauliers travelling on direct routes from Ireland to France will no longer require proof of a negative Covid-19 PCR test. Irish truck drivers reported just 0.23pc positive cases.
Aer Lingus has made available on-line the Sherpa web-site on Covid-19 entry restrictions by countries of travel and passport plus changes that are indicated as expected.
5 key points of action from
@itic
: rapid testing regime to replace quarantine, reduce VAT to 9pc, waive commercial rates to April 2021, bring EWSS in line with TWSS, continuity grants of €500m, double marketing funds and tourism budgets.