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Lower ferry fares for Dublin and Rosslare Irish Ferries
have heralded the arrival of autumn with an €89 lowest-ever one way-fare
to Britain for a car and driver operable for travel on their Rosslare-Pembroke
route from September 26 until next December.
It is supported by a lead-in fare of just €10 extra for travel between
August 27 and September 25 with a €10 supplement applicable in both periods
for travel on Ulysses, the Dublin-Holyhead cruise ferry.
According to Irish Ferries, airlines can no longer compete with the value
being offered by sea with the equivalent air fare for a family of four
between Ireland and Britain being 40 per cent higher in some cases.
Commenting, their head of passenger sales Declan Mescall said: “In
contrast with air travel, passengers are also attracted to the shorter
30 minutes check-in and the convenience of being able to bring as much
luggage as their car can carry.”
Gambling Ads Ban
The online gambling industry’s losing streak continued as the British
Government banned thousands of websites from advertising in Britain. Britain’s
Government announced that, beginning in September, gambling websites from
offshore countries which do not have stringent enough regulations will
be banned from advertising in Britain, despite the firms having been granted
licences to run internet poker and casino websites in Britain. Irish firms
can breathe easy however as Ireland, along with the rest of the EU and
European Economic Area (EEA) will not be affected by the law.
“It’s not going to have massive implications for the industry,”
said a spokesman for Paddy Power, speaking with ENN.
From September, any online firm based in gambling hotspots such as Costa
Rica, the Netherlands Antilles and Belize will not be able to market in
Britain, preventing high profile sites such as Betfred Casino and Littlewoodscasino.com
from advertising online, on TV and in the print media. Firms based in
British dependencies the Isle of Man and Alderney will be allowed to continue
advertising, while Gibraltar, which is in the EEA, is also not affected. |
