Posted on March 23, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Passengers travelling to Cork, Shannon and Dublin Airports should prepare themselves for flight disruption next week.  Airport workers’ trade union, SIPTU has just announced that its members are due to stage an eight-hour work stoppage on March 30th. SIPTU represents workers in the airport’s fire, police and security services. The airport strikes are due to [...]

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Every rapper worth their salt boasts about having a ‘crew’ all of their own, but you’ll find that this act rolls with a very different crew.  A cabin crew.  Southwest flight attendant David Holmes (40)  is currently doing the rounds of social networking sites and in-boxes everywhere. Based in Las Vegas, the former personal trainer has become something of a YouTube sensation by entertaining [...]

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

**Drum roll please** the results of last Monday’s ‘glove box essentials’ poll are in: We asked you what you considered to be must haves on your road trip. We gave you five options- map, torch/flashlight, mobile, water and snacks. It’s reassuring to know that the majority of you would prefer to know where you’re going (map [...]

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

  More good news from the world of travel – the price of parking your rental car in London may be about to drop. Mayor of London, Boris Johnsson is considering varying the price that drivers have to pay for congestion charges, depending on the time of day that they park.  The idea is based [...]

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

  No more sad farewells to precious perfumes and expensive aftershaves at airport security gates- the arrival of new technology means we may soon be waving goodbye to the annoying 100ml liquid limit for hand luggage. It is being reported that trials of a new generation of scanners will take place at a number of airports [...]