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Friedhelm Rathjen has published a new book called
Irish Stew
Irland und Leute
212 pages 17×22 cm, hardback, with 252 colour photographs, a map of Ireland and a postcard from John Lennon,
ISBN 3-00-019304-9, 34,- Euro
Yes, the book is in German language, but the many pictures are accessable regardless of all language barriers. Some information on the book can be found on the internet at http://tinyurl.com/m7s6t ; if you want to know more or if you want to order your copy, please contact me by email (rejoyce@gmx.de).
Friedhelm Rathjen
Edition ReJoyce

Camogie in Brussels Invitation to play and support on 21 October

On behalf of the Brussels Hurling and Camogie Club, I am writing to invite you to participate in the first ever camogie match to be played in Brussels between the Brussels camogie team and a visiting team from Dublin (Ballyboden St. Endas) which will take place on Saturday 21st October 2006 at 2pm at the Elephant pitches in Tervuren, the same place where we held our European Tournament in June.

On the Saturday evening, we plan to have a food and drinks with our visitors probably in the Michael Collins pub (again same place as where we had the bbq in June) and then for those who want to, show the girls the hot spots of Brussels .

If you can manage to make it to Brussels that weekend, we would be more than happy to see you and welcome you into our team (maybe you can convince some of your lads to come too and support!) - it should be a good weekend and all of our girls are looking forward to the prospect of a real camogie match (for a lot of them it will the first one).

Margaret François

Secretary

Brussels Hurling and Camogie Club

Tel. +32/496135241

E-mail: margaret.francois@europarl.europa.eu
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 Gaelic Gear European League Gaelic Football Tournament WRC Den Haag NL

6th. European League Men’s Championship & Shield &
10^th. Annual Brendan Maloney Memorial GAELIC FOOTBALL Tournament

SATURDAY 7 October 2006

at

Westlands Rugby Club, Berensteinlaan, The Hague (Zuid), Netherlands

ROUND 3 – Gaelic Gear Men’s European League & Round 6 Ladies European League

We welcome the referees from Ireland the the teams from all over Europe.

Liam McDonagh (Ladies Referee)& Michael Meade ( Gent ’s Referee)

Championship Teams: Shield Teams:

Den Haag GAA Club “A” Amsterdam

GSC Luxembourg “A” Brussels EC

Madrid Harps GAC Copenhagen

Paris Gaels Den Haag GAA Club “B”

GSC Luxembourg “B”

Maastricht

Ladies Teams:

Holland Ladies

Luxembourg GSCL

Maastricht

Madrid Gaels

Paris Gaels

Den Haag “A” team and Holland Ladies are tops in their League…support them on the day.

They wish to thank the sponsor of their kit PJK and their other generous sponsors including Poteen Still, Herenstraat 15, Den Haag

Tournament commences at 10.00 am until 18.30 pm. We NEED volunteer linesmen/women and umpires and general helpers on the day as the players are there to play….it is good craic being part of an event like this….so come on – give us a hand or two for a few hours…

The full day: O’Brien’s Sandwich Bar lunch pack (SPONSORS of Spa Blue for all the teams for the day) + 3 course dinner + enjoy on big screen the European Soccer Qualifier 18.30 – 20.30 pm on RTE1 Sky TV Cyprus v Republic of Ireland in the Westlands Rugby clubhouse catch 14, 25 bus & 9 tram.

Dinner & Presentations at:

‘t Goude Hooft, Dagelijkse Groenmarkt 13, 2513 AL Den Haag

21.00 HOURS Dinner served at 21.15 SHARP

Dinner must be reserved in advance:

Any questions on the event: 06-20573678 or 06-44378925

www.irishclub.nl/gaa

Irish Boxing:
Earlier this month, (3-10 Sep), Katie Taylor won the Gold Medal in the European Womens Championships in Warsaw Poland,

A month beforehand in Hungary’s The Witch’s Cup, a Women’s boxing Tournament, Again
Katie Taylor won Gold for herself, St.Fergal’s Club Bray, and for Ireland.

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In August: EUROPEAN SCHOOLBOYS BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS held in Ukraine.

43KG ANTHONY UPTON,
54KG THOMAS KIELY and
56KG FERGAL McCRORY
all won Bronze European Championship medals.

A month earlier in July, at the 36TH EUROPEAN SENIOR BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS in PLOVDIV, BULGARIA
At 81KG weight KENNY EGAN won a BRONZE MEDAL

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Back in June Ireland had anorther 4 European Medal Winners -

1st Junior European Championships ROME 5th-12th June 2006
54kg Ryan Lindberg Immaculata SILVER MEDAL
57kg John Murray Gorey BRONZE MEDAL
60kg John Joe Joyce St Michaels Athy BRONZE MEDAL

1st European Womens Championships 5th-12th June 2006 Sardinia
63KG Alanna Murphy Eastside BRONZE MEDAL

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This month ahead, Ireland host Poland in the National Stadium Dublin on the 13th and in Galway on the 15th Oct.

Irish Seniors have done well in Finland Tournaments int he past number of years. In Tampere the Tammer Tournament runs 18-23 Oct.

 more details

The Republic of Ireland Under-16s found an equaliser 20 minutes from time to earn a well-deserved 1-1 friendly draw against France on Tuesday evening in Guingamp.France led at half-time through Katuta’s 31st minute goal but the resilient Irish side made their second half pressure pay off through a strike from substitute Gearoid Morrissey.

The Ringmahon Rangers player had just entered the fray when, with his first touch of the ball, he struck a shot from the edge of the area that took a deflection off a French defender and hit the back of the net.

The two teams meet again on Thursday (tonight) in Saint Brieuc (Kick-off 6.30pm local time).

Republic of Ireland XI:
Harry Lee (Charlton Athletic)
Niall Byrne (Home Farm)
Mark Power (Aston Villa)
John Dunleavy (Ballybofey United)
Kallum Keane (Derby County)
David Cawley (Ballina Town)
Aaron Doran (Blackburn Rovers)
Richard Towell (Crumlin United)
Darragh Satelle (Celtic)
Ronan Murray (Erris United)
Greg Cunningham (Mervue United)

Substitutes:
Conor Hourihane (Douglas Hall) for Cawley (53 mins)
David O’Brien (Crumlin United) for Cunningham (50 mins)
Gearoid Morrissey (Ringmahon Rangers) for Power (69 mins)
Shane Howard (Crumlin United) for Satelle (73 mins)

http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/0926/under16.html

Ireland enjoy Azerbaijan victory

Ireland enjoy Azerbaijan victory
A goal in each half gave the Republic of Ireland a vital 2-0 win in their U-17 UEFA first phase qualifier against hosts Azerbaijan in Baku, on Monday.

Conor McCormack and Garreth Matthews provided the goals to assure victory and give Ireland a tremendous chance of reaching next year’s Elite stage of the competition.

The Irish drew 0-0 with Denmark in a tight group opener on Saturday.

Ireland go into Thursday’s (tonight’s) last group game against Latvia knowing that a draw will guarantee them one of the two qualifying slots on offer. A win would secure top spot in the group.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/0925/under17.html

What is Barcamp ?

Barcamp is a technology-focused, ad-hoc gathering of passionate folks who want to share, interact and spread the love around what they spend their days and nights toiling away on.
It is an informal gathering of people from technical and business backgrounds, where information and experiences are exchanged. The event is geared towards sharing knowledge and learning from others and there is a policy of encouraging active participation in all discussions.

How Much does it cost ?

Barcamp is free. However, if you plan to attend Barcamp you are strongly encouraged to sign up so we can gauge how many will attend.

How do I sign up ?

All attendees, whether you have signed up already or not, please send your contact email address to barcampireland at gmail dot com. Thanks.

Let us know what topics you are interested in hearing or talking about by emailing us.
Alternatively, if you are comfortable using Wiki software, you can sign up by editing this page.

When and Where is it on ?

Ireland’s first Barcamp will take place in Cork on Saturday September 30th in the Webworks building on Eglinton Street near Cork’s City Hall.
Registration starts at 9:15 am and the first talk kicks off at 10:00 am.
Damien Mulley, Conor O’Neill and Walter Higgins will look after the organising from the Cork side.
Bar Talk Ideas - What folks want to hear about or talk about.

Barcamp is a conference with a difference.
At Barcamp, anyone can present. In fact, if this is your first time at Barcamp, presenting is actively encouraged. Talks will typically be 15-20 minutes followed by 15 minutes Q&A/Discussion but talks can be as short or as long as you like. You can use Powerpoint slides, or forego slides altogether. Talks can be technical or non-technical.
The Barcamp ethos is about sharing information. There is no overriding theme to the conference. If you would like to talk at Barcamp you can either sign-up beforehand or sign-up on the day.
There will be a whiteboard and post-its. If you want to sign-up on the day, just post the title of your talk on an available time-slot on the whiteboard.

BarCampIreland

Netherlands,
Sundays Irish Club Cycling Club most Sundays
20-Oct Irish Club Netherlands, walking Club - Walk planned
31-Oct Irish Club Netherlands, Book Club

Turkey
Sundays The Irish Centre, Istanbul, Irish Dance Clases in ‘The Library’, 13:00 - 16:00.

Belgium
Thursdays The Irish Club of Belgium Events: Brussels Set Dancers Maison des Ailes, N° 1, Rue Montoyer, B-1000 7.30 pm to 10pm

Germany
3-Oct DIGRM - Rhein Main German Irish Assoc - Club Gaeilge Frankfurt 2006.
9-Oct DIG, German Irish Club, Dusseldorf, MEETING 2nd Monday ab 19.30 Uhr Stammtisch Mc Laughlin’s Irish PubKurze Straße 11, 40213 D’dorf-Altstadt
12-Oct DIGRM Rhein Main German Irish Assoc - - Events.: MONTHLY SOCIAL 20h00.; Mac Gowans Irish Pub, Zeil 10, 60313 Frankfurt am Main.
16-Oct DIG, German Irish Club, Hilden meeting 3rd Monday of the month Stammtisch in Sutton´s Irish Pub Mittelstraße 6 (Gabelung) 40721 Hilden
24-Oct Deutsch-Irischen Freundeskreis in Baden-Württemberg - Events.: Theaterhaus Irish Folk Festival 06:
Zoe Conway & John McIntryre, Cormac Breatnach & Martin Dunlea, Pauline Scanlon Band, Arcanadh

Luxembourg
3-Oct Irish Club Luxembourg, Cumann Gaelach na Lucsambuirge, monthly meeting in the Oscar Wilde Pub
19-Oct Irish Club Luxembourg, Table Quiz, Ireland Stand, International Bazaar

Switzerland
5-Oct Geneva Irish Association, Poker Classic, La Romana Italian Restaurant
7-Oct Geneva Irish Association, Golf Outing, St. Jean de Gonville Golf Club
31-Oct Geneva Irish Association, Halloween Fancy Dress Party, Paddy’s Irish Pub in Ferney

France
10-20 Oct Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris Theatre and Dance Production of Chantier Beckett Travail Littoral, including a residency with Theatre du Radeau, as part of the Paris Beckett Festival, October 2006.
20-Oct IASIL Irish Studies in Europe: Beckett and the Thirties Paris
28-Oct Assoc Irlandais: Irish & Multi-cultural Dancing Class ST ETIENNE (42) IRLANDE with Martial MAILLET, & lessons from Quebac and Sweden

Hungary
18-Oct Enterprise Ireland Events in Europe: Trade Dinner Budapest

Israel
20-24 Oct Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre Ltd Theatre and Dance performing the ‘Flowerbed’ Israel

Denmark
25-27 Oct IASIL Irish Studies in Europe: Global Beckett, Odense

Italy
Irish participation in the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale

Monaco
1-Oct Princess Grace Irish Library, PGIL Biennial Conference & Symposium Series: “Irish Poetry after Feminism” directed by Dr Justin Quinn (St Charles University, Prague)

http://www.europeanirish.com/Social/SocialEvents.htm

The Nordic Feis of Irish Dancing November 10-12, 2006 Feis registered with An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha At Dieselverkstaden, Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden

This year’s organisers have the great privilege of welcoming Workshop teacher Sarah Clark, TCRG,
Musician Willam Paterson, The adjudicator from CLRG, Feiswear vendors & All Dancers
to this 6th Nordic Feis!

This year’s feis contains:

* Competitions:
Solo, Céilí, Figure, Show and Dance Drama!
* Grade Exams
* Workshops
* The Show
See the best of Irish dancing the Nordic countries have to offer!
* Vendor
* Meetings

…and as always…
a wonderful atmosphere!

 http://www.feis.nsid.org

MILLIONAIRE businessman Jim Mansfield was caught up in a €10 million international drugs bust yesterday when it emerged his private jet was being used to fly 50 kilogrammes of heroin into Ireland.

It is understood that two men flew out in the small jet from Weston Aerodrome in Dublin early on Tuesday morning to Kortrijk-Wevelgem airport in southern Belgium, where they were to collect another man.

Once he boarded the plane, the three were arrested by Belgian police. Luggage containing 50kg of heroin was also seized. The Irish-registered jet was impounded.

The three — two Irishmen aged 32 and 38, and one Briton aged 53 — appeared before a Belgian magistrate yesterday. They will appear again tomorrow.

http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer

2 weeks after their historic 0-0 Draw against French giants Paris Saint Germain on 14th Sep in the Brandywell, Parc de Prince will tonight host the 2nd leg of this fascinating tie.

Already this season, PSG have recently defeated Champions League teams Lille and Monaco and drawn with Lyon.

Having a 5 match unbeaten run in Europe, including defeating Champions league regulars Gothenburg of Sweden, a draw against Shelbourne this past weekend, and winning their 7th seventh eircom League Cup title just 10 days ago also against Shels, Derry City are playing the best football seen in the club for years.

Will Tonight be another chapter in Derry City’s History, or a night of ‘what-might-have-been”. 21:00 Kickoff.

Listen Live here

http://www.europeanirish.com/Radio

For the Fans arriving in Paris, with 60+ Irish Pubs in the city you have plenty to choose from at:

http://www.europeanirish.com/PubsShops/FranceIrishPubs.htm

leave your comments below

Paul McGinley had putted the winning shot in the previous Ryder Cup. Irish Man Padraig Harrington, Tee’d up in the very first green for the very first shot of this Ryder Cup. Darren Clarke proved what a superb wildcard choice he was in a week of a million emotions for him.

Europe claimed their third consecutive Ryder Cup with an outstanding display of golf in an 18.5 to 9.5 victory at an emotionally charged K Club in Kildare this afternoon.

Leading the USA 10-6 overnight on Saturday, Ian Woosnam’s side easily collected the four-and-a-half points they needed to seal victory in front of an amazing 40,000 plus fans at the sun-drenched Straffan course.
Ireland’s Harrington, McGinley and Clarke celebrate winning the Ryder Cup.

‘This is as good as it gets,’ said Clarke, crying his eyes out as he savoured the victory. ‘The support I’ve had is something I will cherish forever. I’ve too many memories to list. It’s done a lot for me. A lot of people how showed how much they care for me and cared for Heather.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/0924/rydercup.html

Once again THE LUKE KELLY Irish owned pub welcomes THE GREEN ARMY to Ayia Napa for an Irish international. This year as usual the fabulous Gerry O’Donovan provides the live music each night from 10pm till late. We are organising 5aside soccer tournaments… Playstation soccer tournaments …Free BBQ on match day…..Drinking competitions plus many more surprises.

We can supply Match tickets @ 25 or 30 cyp each….
Coach to Match 10cyp return per person….
Airport Transfers and accommodation .
As we provide all these services free of charge all we ask is you buy some pints at the most popular and only Irish owned pub on the island.

For all travel arrangements contact gerry@gerrymcmahon.ie

Regards THE LUKE KELLY Team
http://www.thelukekelly.com

A Kenny Miller penalty gave Celtic their first Champions League points as they defeated Copenhagen 1-0 at Parkhead. Irish International Aiden McGeady, who impressed on the night, was causing plenty of problems for Copenhagen with his pace.

Ireland’s John O’Shea was in action in the middle of the park for Manchester United’s clash with Benfica in Lisbon. Louis Saha’s second-half strike gave Manchester United their first Champions League away win in three years, score 0-1.

 Steve Finnan proved playmaker for Liverpool’s second goal inside 15 minutes. On 52 minutes, When Crouch blasted a spectacular third, from another Finnan pass,  the night should have been a stroll.

But Galatasaray started to attack with a vengeance and substitute Umit Karan twice headed goals to give the Turks real hope of a miracle recovery.

Somehow Liverpool clung onto three precious Group C points.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/0927/liverpool.html

Mannheim area (Germany), you might be interested to hear about a Chris de Burgh
radio concert of SWR 1 that takes place on Monday, October the 9th
(20:00h) in Mannheim.

There are no tickets for sale, but the radio station (which is split
in two - SWR 1 BW and SWR 1 RP - will give away tickets in
competitions:
Next week from October 2 to 5, SWR 1 Rheinland-Pfalz will give away
5 x 2 tickets daily. You just have to call them, when they ask you for
it at 01805-797 111 (12 ct/min)! You can listen to SWR 1 RP online at
http://www.swr. de/mediaplayer/ index.html? swr1rp&44

Check his website for more details http://www.cdeb.com/

Dublin Labour MEP, Proinsias De Rossa, has today warned against driving Turkey away from the European Union and called on MEPs to amend the Report tabled to the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg .

Mr De Rossa said “the Report as it stands at the moment is “unbalanced”. He insisted that adoption of a series of amendments was crucial to Socialist Group support for the report.

“As it stands, the report will strengthen the hand of those who oppose reform in Turkey . It fails to reflect our commitment to positive but critical engagement with Turkey .

“The European Parliament should not frustrate the negotiation process. We must be alert to the danger of driving Turkey away from Europe on to another course.”

He added: ” Turkey ’s participation in UNIFIL is a clear example of Turkey ’s constructive role.”

Rejecting attempts to bring genocide accusations into membership talks and opposing the proposal of an EU-Turkey partnership to replace membership, Mr De Rossa said: “The EU should treat Turkey on the same basis as any other candidate country: by applying the Copenhagen criteria. We cannot add new preconditions along the way.

“The goal of the negotiations is membership, even though the outcome will depend on Turkey ’s commitment to the process. We reject alternative formulas.”

“Whilst the EU’s capacity to take Turkey on board is an issue that we will have to address in due course there is no reason for it to affect the negotiation process, which will not conclude for some time. As we have repeatedly pointed out, the Nice Treaty is an inadequate basis for further EU enlargements after Romania and Bulgaria . The EU will have to bring reforms into force within the framework of the constitutional process before it can enlarge further. There is no reason why that cannot be done before Turkey is ready to join”

MEP’ s representing Ireland - North and South

TUESDAY 26
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL

BENFICA V MAN UTD AT 8.45PM. CELTIC V COPENHAGEN AT 8.45PM.
WEDS 27
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL

LEVSKI SOFIA V CHELSEA AT 8.45PM. LIVERPOOL V GALATASARAY AT 8.45PM.
THURS 28
UEFA CUP

AUSTRIA VIENNA V LEGIA AT 8.30PM. NEWCASTLE V LEVADIA TALLINN AT 8.30PM. BLACKBURN V SALZBURG AT 8.45PM.
FRI 29

RUGBY LEAGUE 8.30PM. AUSTRALIA RULES FINAL LIVE 7AM.
SAT 30

LIVE MUSIC WITH GAME OVER AT 9PM. FOOTBALL BOLTON V LIVERPOOL AT 1.45PM. SHELFFIELD V MIDDLESBROUGH PP 6.15PM. MUNSTER V ULSTER AT 8.30PM.
SUN 1-10-06

FALKIRK V CELTIC AT 3PM. MAN UTD V NEWCASTLE AT 4PM ? SPURS V PORTSMOUTH AT 5PM. NFL AMERICAN FOOTBALL AT 7PM.

http://www.bradleys.pl

FREE IN!!!

PADDY SHERLOCK and the Swingin’ Lovers

Live!

Every Sunday.6.30pm at
The COOLIN.
15 Rue Clement
(in the marché st Germain)
Paris 6th Arrondisment
Metro Mabillon.
Paddy Sherlock starts back his sunday session at The Coolin bar in Paris.

“As the Guinness Flowed, the Crowd went Wild…”.

“These guys should be prescribed for all depressives! (but any timid folk should stay down in the back row…!)”   
That’s the comment from a critic in French magazine “Jazzhot” about top international performer Paddy Sherlock and his band The Swingin’ Lovers.

Take a bunch of guys. Good lookin’ guys. Well dressed and impressive. Experienced, brilliant musicians who have travelled the world. They are American, Canadian, French and Irish. Have them get together in that very special melting pot that is Paris and you get: “The Swingin’ Lovers”!

Think Frank Sinatra, think Fred Astaire - but then think of swing’s shadow world. A world inhabited by the hobo counter- culture that was the 1930’s. The music as it was away from the glitzy world of Hollywood. Now bring it up to date - to the 21st century. This is a band dancing to the joys of life somewhere between the Stray Cats and Louis Jordan, Nat King Cole and Dr. John. With the Lovers, anything goes! - from Bunk to Monk through skunk, junk, punk and funk…

“The Swingin’ Lovers” is the brainchild of Irish singer, trombonist and songwriter Paddy Sherlock. Paddy grew up in Dublin. When he first picked up his uncle’s trombone aged nine, he liked it so much his uncle never saw it again…!    Starting classically in Dublin at the Academy of Music and the Irish Youth Orchestra, before moving to Paris 20 years ago, he has since consistently worked with top French and international acts on award winning albums and shows. (Though he has been back in Ireland this year, playing with Irish star Jack Lukeman at the Olympia and his band recently performed at the ever so chic Farmleigh House in Dublin).

The rest of the band are all top quality performers. From Bronx-born guitarist “Bad Boy” Billy Collins to north of England’s hard slapping double-bassist Stephen Harrison, Mike O’Dougherty from Denver Colorado and Canadian drummer: Marty Vickers - the band simply rocks!  And most importantly and rarely in swing and jazz music, they play a full set of their own original songs in French and in English.

Of his own infamous Parisian gigs at the Coolin bar in the heart of the latin quarter… the list of people who have come to jam with Paddy reads like a who’s-who of music: David Gilmour, John Lord, Ian Paice, Sam Andrews, Barbero (from Cuban band “sierra maistra”), the whole of the Woody Allen New Orleans jazz band and at least half of the James Brown band, not forgetting his own favourite, Al Grey, trombonist from the Count Basie Band… to name but a few.

Further Details;
Website: WWW.PADDYSHERLOCK.COM
paddysherlock@gmail.com
 

We have just released our newest 12 Track Special  Online Compilation , “EuropeanIrish Music Marquee”
in conjunction with the opening of our New European Irish Village - an online forum for the Irish Community on Europe.

For this Collection, you need to use a new username and password, available here:
http://www.european irish.com/ village/index. php?c=8

01. Fiddle Player
Kasír
Denmark

02. Crazy Love
Barry McCabe
Ireland

03.  What’s the Matter Little One
Joe Giltrap
UK/Ireland

04. One Dream
The Bottlewash Band
Czech Republic

05. Kerry Polka
Galway
France

06. Drunken Lazy Bastards
The Mahones
Canada

07.Self Interrogation
Lomond Folkrock
Germany

08. Stand Look Around You
Danny Carthy
Ireland

09. Musical Priest
Branta
France

10. Four Gypsies
Tom Acton
Netherlands / Ireland

11. Put Your Glad Rags On
Martin O’Sullivan
Germany / Ireland

12. South Australia
Dublin City Workingman’s band
Ireland

Full Details of  your free online Collection,  are also available here.
http://www.european irish.com/ village/index. php?c=8

Simply login to the European Irish Village, and get your Collection, today.
You can also VOTE for your favoutrite track.

The Life and Interesting Times of Augusta Holmes

by

Dr Gerry Smyth

Ireland Fund of Monaco Academic-in-Residence at the Princess Grace Irish Library - Autumn 2006

Reader in Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University

on

Thursday 19 October 2006 at 20h00

The new Dublin routes are to Fueteventura in the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Alghero in Sardinia and Trapani in Sicily. The new Derry route is to Glasgow Prestwick.Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline today (Thursday, 21 st September 2006) announced five new routes for 2007, four from Dublin to Fuerteventura, Tenerife, Alghero and Trapani and one from Derry to Glasgow Prestwick.

RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 5 NEW ROUTES DUBLIN TO FUERTEVENTURA, TENERIFE, SARDINIA & SICILY & DERRY TO GLASGOW PRESTWICK
This brings to 18 the number of new routes that Ryanair will launch from Dublin by February 2007. In summer 2007, Ryanair will operate 19 aircraft and 69 routes from Dublin. These new routes strengthen Ryanair’s position as Ireland’s national airline. Ryanair now:

1. Carries 42M pax annually
2. Offers more routes from Dublin (69) than any other airline
3. Carries 50% more passengers to/from Ireland (12M) than any other airline
4. Has an average fare (€41) that is half the price of any other airline

Announcing these 5 new routes at Ryanair’s AGM, Michael O’Leary, CEO said:

“Our new routes from Dublin in 2007 will allow even more passengers to travel to/from Europe and the UK for less than half the fares charged by Aer Lingus. Where they have a choice, more passengers prefer Ryanair because we give them the lowest fares, the youngest aircraft, the best punctuality, and a guarantee of no fuel surcharges.

“More than twice as many passengers travelling between Ireland and the UK choose Ryanair over Aer Lingus and this latest expansion of our low fare routes from Dublin will ensure that this success is replicated between Ireland and Europe.

“Seats on all of these new routes are FREE* on www.ryanair.com until midnight tonight and we advise passengers to book immediately as free seats to ex Aer Lingus high fare destinations will cause a stampede”.