TODAY’s headlines on TRAVEL Extra, Ireland’s leading source of travel Information
European Union postpones ETIAS launch indefinitely Scotland’s Loganair restores island routes after emergency funding approved The July brand to open…
Ryanair signs five-year artificial intelligence partnership with Google Cloud
Ryanair has partnered with Google Cloud in a five-year deal to deploy AI and cloud services to 35,000 employees. The…
Recent stories
RED horizons & BLACK hours: Solar eclipse in our history & culture
When Belinda Crawford of Kilkerrin, County Galway, Ireland, died in 1812 at the age of…
LISTEN: Dublin airport passenger numbers Eoghan Corry & Senator Dee Ryan
https://youtu.be/wdUaDv998dI
ANALYSIS: Eclipse fever grips Spain,but what about ICELAND?
The first flights of absence-of-sun worshippers departed Dublin and other European cities yesterday evening, bound…
Spain’s solar BOUNTY: eclipse today to generate €347.6m boost for Spanish tourism
Spain expects 446,000 extra tourists for the 12 August total solar eclipse The economic contribution…
€879 a night: Eclipse tourism drive sup hotel prices in rural Spain to record levels
Hotel prices in Soria have reached a median of €879 for eclipse night Some rooms…
Iberia operates special flight IB1473 solar eclipse to observe phenomenon from the air
Iberia is scheduled to operate a special eclipse flight coded IB1473 The Airbus A321XLR flew…
DESBORDAR: Small Spanish towns prepare to be overwhelmed by eclipse visitor influx
Arcos de las Salinas expects 2,000 to 30,000 visitors despite 86 permanent residents Accommodation searches…
ECLIPSE – Things to remember as wee prepare to view one of nature’s greatest phenomena
Cloud prediction is probabilistic: Weather models and forecasts frequently misclassify cloud cover levels (e.g., scattered…