What a weather forecast for the 10 days of my summer holiday!
Ireland
Keem bay on St. Patrick’s Day 2014
Achill, Ireland, Photography, TravelBeached Whale
Achill, Ireland, PhotographyOne sad victim of the Christmas storms was this Fin Whale that was washed onto Keel beach. It remained there for a few days before it was buried on the sand.
Red Alert
Achill, IrelandIt’s been stormy the whole Christmas period from a very bumpy landing at Dublin airport to being without electricity most of Christmas Eve. Tonight looks like being the worst of it. Winds are blowing like hell at the moment and it’s much worse in other parts of Ireland.
Happy Christmas!
At times like this, one needs a great weather app. All of the obvious and most reviewed ones are pretty useless when it comes to showing the forecast for wind. So after trying all of the top ones, I downloaded yr.no. Quite brilliant for showing predicted wind speeds and directions. The only quibble is that the meteorological forecast is in Norwegian.
Tom Gilmartin
Ireland, Thought ProvokingRIP Tom Gilmartin.
Lovely piece in the Irish Times by Miriam Lord today
But when the final report was published, Tom Gilmartin’s story was the one the tribunal believed, because when he spoke of large sums of money going to named politicians, those same amounts surfaced in the myriad of accounts maintained by these paragons.
Helsinki to Dublin
Business, Dublin, Finland, Helsinki, Ireland, TravelJust boarded the flight from Helsinki to Dublin. It is absolutely packed out. A demonstration of how much demand is on this route. Congratulations Norwegian for giving consumers what they wanted!
Norwegian airlines now offers direct weekend flights between Helsinki and Dublin all year round. #aerlingus #norwegian #helsinki #dublin
Dublin, Finland, Helsinki, Ireland, TravelI was searching for a flight home yesterday and was surprised when hipmunk found a direct flight between Helsinki and Dublin. When I saw it was offered by Norwegian Airlines, I headed to kayak.com as they offer a tool for looking up direct flights from any airport. In addition to the usual Aer Lingus schedule (Saturday and Tuesday), I saw that Norwegian offer direct flights on Friday and Monday which is much more sensible for a weekend break. I personally prefer this schedule and have already booked an extra trip with Norwegian. I wonder why the schedule planning team in Aer Lingus couldn’t have offered what the city break consumer wanted on the Dublin- Helsinki route?
The Wild Atlantic Drive
Achill, Ireland, Locations, TravelNice idea to develop this route along the west coast of Ireland. The Irish Times is going to have someone travel the route and write about it every day.
Take the existing coastal road up and down the western seaboard between Derry and Cork, a route of some 1,400km, develop it, package it and market it to visitors – from abroad and other parts of Ireland. The trick is to do it by taking what is there already – remote and wild beauty, coupled with people who in the main are warm and friendly and have a vibrant culture and history – and draw people into it without compromising it.
Irish breakfast
Food, Ireland
First St. Patrick’s Guinness
Ireland, Nightlife, Travel
Having a mid-journey break in Longford. Taken in Valentines’s pub.