It's the end of the year already, wow. I just want to wish one and all the very best this Christmas and New Year's.
From Indo because I could not find it on the Aer Lingus site.
The new flight timetableMonday-Friday:
Heathrow-Shannon at 6.40 and 19.10.
Shannon-Heathrow at 8.45 and 21.10.
Saturday:
Heathrow-Shannon at 6.40. Shannon-Heathrow at 8.45.
Sunday:
Heathrow-Shannon at 19.10. Shannon-Heathrow at 21.10.
And 1-way ticket prices for EUR19.99.
That's what I heard from Newstalk this morning. I did a quick search, not many news sites picked up on it yet, as the official announcement won't be made till later today according to The Irish Examiner.
There will be 2 daily flights between Shannon and Heathrow. Great news for my family who lives quite near to the airport and use to fly to Heathrow for their connection flight to Hong Kong.
It'll be great news for businesses (who are left) in the mid-west who were badly hit with the cancellation of the service.
Update: Indo - London calling as Aer Lingus prepares for Shannon U-turn
Update: Indo breaking news - Aer Lingus to resume Shannon-Heathrow flights
This is a great idea, should have this in the Republic as well.
Here's the article:
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Sammy Wilson's pre Christmas initiative came as a result of the increasing number of foreign nationals living and working in Northern Ireland.
They cd is available in Polish, Lithuanian, Portuguese and Chinese. Not sure which Chinese though.
Two bottles of corrosive liquid were dropped from a building onto the busy streets of Mongkok, and many people (46 last count) were injured. That's very disquieting given that is one of the shopping places I would be at if I was in Hong Kong.
That's what the pilot told management who (with his co-pilot) tried to take off on the taxiway instead of the runway in Hong Kong International airport. Suffice to say, the two pilots are no longer employed.
HK$1 wonton noodles, that's how much the current crisis is affecting the catering sector in Hong Kong. Tasty Congee & Noodle Wantun Shop's dollar offer is pretty enticing and it's their three month promotion to claw back customers who are cooking at home more.
From Irish Times:
The programme, run by the Immigrant Council of Ireland, will pair newcomers with Irish citizens or long-term residents and aims to ease people's transition into Irish life.
This will benefit many who are alienated when they first arrive to Ireland. And it definitely helped this Chinese person, Junyu Wang:
"I have lived here for some time now, but I remember when I first arrived, I found it difficult to find information on health, employment, immigration rules, education and social welfare issues[...]
Just want to point out the website mentioned in the article: www.immigrantcouncil.ie