Posted on April 22, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Yesssss. FINALLY. He got his comeuppance. Well, it had to happen sooner or later. It just so happens that Michael O’ Leary ended up with egg on his face during the one of the worst weeks in history for the European aviation industry. On a landmark day for fed up Ryanair passengers everywhere, the Ryanair [...]

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia British Airways is haemorrhaging £20m (€23m) a day, 150,000 British holidaymakers are stranded and most of Europe’s airports are lying empty, with the exception of the odd bit of tumbleweed.  So what’s all the fuss about – it’s only a bit of dust isn’t it? Well, no.  This isn’t any old dust, it’s volcanic [...]

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by Hello, I am Bruce via Flickr If you’re due to go on holidays in the next few days and you’ve booked a rental car, please be aware that ArgusCarHire.com has just announced that it is offering a full refund and free cancellation on all bookings that have been affected by Europe’s ongoing ash [...]

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

“Knock knock, open wide, see what’s on the other side, knock knock any more, come with me through the Magic Door”. embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Anyone who grew up in Ireland in the late ‘70s or ‘80s, knows what I’m talking about. Yep, it’s RTE’s Bosco, that screechy wool headed glove puppet and his [...]

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia A huge cloud of volcanic ash drifting from Iceland has forced all UK air space to the north of London to shutdown. The closure means hundreds of flights have been cancelled and the disruption is set to worsen later today. Air traffic controllers in Brussels issued warnings to pilots that all airspace [...]

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Some great news coming to you from Dublin…Not only has the weather been amazing all week, but The Glove Box blog (and I) have been nominated in the category of Best Business Blogger at this year’s Net Visionary awards, hosted by the Irish Internet Association. We’re up against formidable competition in the shape of: Amy [...]