QuoteYes, well said DAA!Originally Posted by Dodge
Dunno bout that Pete, I fly to Leeds/Brad for work once a month or so and in 05 when I started with this job O Leary had four in and four flights out of there from Dublin. Today he has two a day and according to his statement this is one of the routes he is cutting back further on. Trust me West Yorks is not a holiday destinationI would guess Ryanair won't cut number son main routes but will be those out of the way places that rely on holiday traffic..
He is also looking at Manchester in terms of trimming back and the reason i mention this is becuase it is no coincidence these routes are being cut at a time when Irish expoters to the UK are suffering in trying to sell into a depressed UK market and a weak quid, these routes are obviously dependant on business trips for a fair portion of the seats.
Yes, well said DAA!
You can't spell failure without FAI
A bit out of the loop so forgive me if im not up to speed. Tourist tax of €10? How do they charge it? How do you have to pay it?
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
Just another charge on the ticket, collected through the airlines. Totally bull by Ryanair anyway, given their range of charges. How much is the unavoidable credit card charge they make you pay?
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
Its 5 euro per person per flight but is totally avoidable i use www.entropay.com when you set it up put your currency into sterling then when you use it to book your ryanair flights choose card type Visa Electron thats free. Saves a good bit if you have a few flights to book
Thats interesting Anto, can you tell us more about that. I would be interested in avoiding that charge.
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He just explained it Neil, all the info you need is in that post. Sign up, using STG, and use it to book with Ryanair.
Stuck it in here as to not clog up this thread with off topic stuff
http://foot.ie/showthread.php?p=1106304#post1106304
Intel to seek redundancies
Very little industries unaffected by recession.Staff at Intel’s manufacturing operation in Leixlip, Co Kildare have been told that the company expects to seek two to three hundred voluntary redundancies in April.
more jobs to go - this time clonmel by the looks of things - http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0219/bulmers.html - not suprised to be honest - i nearly fell off a bar stool in Dublin when the guy asked me for 6.20 not so long ago , the average you would pay for this stuff in london is £3.50/£4.00 (magners) and i have got it for as little as 2.70 in Edinburgh - does anyone know how this works - surely if it's exported it should cost more, i don't get it ? Anyone?
Huge tax on cider imposed by McCreevy a few years ago.
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Much as Bulmers may try they still a hige amount of their product in the summer. Apparently sales were down a lot last year in the UK.
I heard in the UK they now serve in a glass bigger than pint so that ice goes in first followed by a pint of cider - apparently the glass is marked to show you are getting a pint or something...
http://www.rte.ie/business/2009/0225/elan.html
Elan letting go 115, about 80 in Athlone and the rest in Dublin. The Government are going to have to rethink their jobs strategy becuase high end jobs are not required when there is no consupmtion in the World Economy. The Brits and our selves have been driving our low tech jobs to China and India in persuit of lower consumer prices and now all of our money is over there and is going to cost us big time to borrow it back to start again.
There is a thread somewhere that says a 10% fall in GDP is an indicator of a depression, I hear lots of antidotal evedence at work about businesses being 50 and 60% back on last year, we must be damn close to it.
Waterford Wedgewood sold
Some jobs is better than none. Would be surprised if they took on all the pension obligations. I suppose its a watch this space situation...The US company is said to be committed to maintaining some employment in Waterford, although it is not known how many of the 708 jobs that were there before manufacturing halted will ultimately be saved.
What is the job situation actually like in Ireland right now? All I read is gloom and doom. I'm heading home, possibly for good, after being away for many many years. Are there any jobs at all on the go, even low-paying ones? I'm a young guy, no wife or children, no expensive habits. Would I be able to get by fine living in Cork or Dublin? Cheers.
The job situation is poor and getting worse I'm afraid. Ireland Inc is shut in all sectors. If you read that it's doom and gloom, it's not fairy stories, it's because it is doom and gloom.
The latest unemployment figures are out this week, and will probably be about 10%, not seen since the early-nineties.
Impossible to comment unless know what type of job you looking at. That said seems most people just keeping their heads down hoping to keep their job so can ride it out...
There are jobs there, but all sectors are shedding jobs and slowing recruitment (including the public sector where contract staff and staff in their probationary periods are being let go, and positions aren't being filled). It'd depend on what jobs you're after and what skills you have.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
we have a hire freeze last few months. also had a few people I hadnt heard from in ages contact me looking for work so must be what the recruitment agencies are telling people to do. try any contact you have and just send them a mail or a text. ya never know. I didnt have anything cause of the pay freeze but did get a couple interviews elsewhere.
Individuals or Agencies contacting you?
I think Recruitment Agencies do the cold calling when they are not busy - had a few of them onto us just fishing for work in recent months...
I think the problem with moving job in this climate is that you don't know what financial situation they are in, at least with existing employer you should have better idea if business coming in.
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