Posted on May 21, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Regular readers will know I was up for a Best Business Blogger gong in the IIA Net Visionary Awards.  The awards took place last night in the swish surroundings of the Crowne Plaza in Dublin’s Santry.   Despite all your lovely votes, the Glove Box blog was pipped to the post by the [...]

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Remember what I said about “watching this space” for BA strikes? I can reveal that walk-outs by British Airways crew now look set to go ahead next week… How come, wasn’t it all sorted out? The u-turn comes in the wake of the court of appeal’s decision to support Unite cabin crew union against an injunction granted to [...]

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Lisbon car hire is all very well for taking you from the streets of the crowded city to the coast, but what happens when you want to discover what makes the heart of the city beat? In the Portuguese capital, where mountainous, cobbled hills make for hellish car parking and tired, blistered feet, the local [...]

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia New protocol to minimise disruption caused by volcanic ash from Iceland is due to come into force from midday today – hopefully with the effect of minimising summer flight cancellations… So what’s happening? Well, the Irish Aviation Authority and the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority have set up a new fly zone that [...]

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by Stuck in Customs via Flickr Thousands of tourists trapped at the mercy of a rumbling volcano in Iceland may sound like a pitch for a dodgy action movie, but sadly what we’re living through at the moment is no two-bit work of fiction. This is a highly frustrating time to travel in Europe.  [...]

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Whether you’re trundling downhill on a rickety tram, driving around the Rossio or wandering the polished streets of the Chiado, you’ll notice tiles flickering past you on buildings everywhere in Lisbon. In Bairro Alto and Alfama you can scarcely walk by a church, shop or townhouse without being dazzled by colourful glazed façades. I know [...]