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Something’s got to give in elite hurling.
The Irish Aviation Authority has told TheJournal.ie it is ‘closely monitoring’ the situation.
When commitment and sport combine, wood is liable to shatter.
The eruption yesterday spewed a plume 5,000 meters into the air.
The exhibition in the British Museum in central London seeks to shed light on the everyday lives of the people killed in Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79AD.
Raw footage from Italy’s most active volcano this week.
When commitment and sport combine, wood is liable to shatter.
The court ruling could have wide-ranging implications for air carriers and their passengers.
The ECJ’s advocate-general is likely to uphold a complaint from a Dubliner whose flight was cancelled during the 2010 disruption.
Sicilians woke up to see plumes of smoke from the active volcano this morning, though there has been no flight disruption.
Seriously? Seriously?! There’s been a new cluster of minor earthquakes underneath Katla, which is bigger than Eyjafjallajokull.
Flights in and out of Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra cancelled as the Chilean volcano strikes again.
The Puyehue volcano has been dormant for decades – and its latest eruption has forced 3,500 to evacuate their homes.
Passengers breathe a sigh of relief as the skies look clear for the next 36 hours at least. Ryanair, Aer Lingus and all the major carriers are operating normal schedules.
All the day’s news – as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed, including: destruction of smallpox virus stocks delayed; ash cloud woes ease; and two men injured in shooting at Dublin pub.
Air traffic has resumed over Germany after the threat from volcanic ash forced airlines to cancel flights earlier today. Meanwhile, the Irish Aviation Authority says there will be no impact on Irish airspace for at least the next 48 hours.
The volcano causing air travel difficulties across Europe stopped eruptions this morning, says Iceland’s Met Office.
The airline said that it safely flew a test plane through a ‘red zone’ for volcanic ash yesterday and incurred no damage – however experts have said the plane never entered a danger zone.
As Grimsvotn’s eruption begins to wane, airspace closures on continental Europe will still mean some cancelled flights.
Eurocontrol says that about 500 European flights were cancelled today as a result of the ash cloud, but disruptions to flights in UK air space are expected to have ended by tomorrow.
Spanish champions will now leave for London at 10pm this evening.
President Obama won’t be the only one inconvenienced by ash from the Grimsvotn volcano, however IAA says it still doesn’t expect any disruptions to air travel in Irish space in the next 24 hours.
Met Éireann says it is monitoring the situation, but the IAA is not expecting any disruptions to flights in Irish air space over the next 24 hours. The EU has confirmed that the ash looks likely to enter British and Irish airspace shortly.
Do you think last year’s lockdown in the skies was an overreaction? Or would you prefer to see airspace close again if the ash cloud returns?
The airline performs well on fuel bets and bounces back from airspace closures – but oil prices will mean a leaner 2011.
Keflavik airport is fully closed with no flights taking off or landing as the ash plume covers Iceland but officials insist its not Europe-bound.
The ash cloud from Iceland’s (still unpronounceable) Eyjafjallajökull volcano could have caused engines to fail and seriously scratched up windows.
The flag-carrying airline reports its first profit in several years, with pre-tax profits hitting €30.4m for 2010.
The volume of tourists coming to Ireland fell by a million in 2010, according to estimates by the travel industry.
Forget Eyjafjallajokull: despite having to cancel hundreds of flights, Ryanair’s profits increased by 17%.
Four TDs stranded abroad are given permission to declare themselves ‘present’ in Leinster House – and claim expenses.