Irish Ferries News
Dover-Calais Newcomer Irish Ferries Put Tickets On Sale for Service Starting Next Week
22nd June 2021 Irish Ferries
Irish Ferries' move into the competitive Dover-Calais route is where the operator now has tickets on sale, reports KentOnline, in addition pictures released to give a first glimpse as to what to expect. The new service launches next Tuesday, June…
English And French Unions to Fight Arrival of Irish Ferries New Service on Dover-Calais Route
26th May 2021 Irish Ferries
UK and French unions claim the firm, Irish Ferries, which already operates Ireland-UK and Ireland-France routes, is aggressively low-cost and will seriously damage existing services and result in a lowering of standards. Cross-Channel (Strait of Dover) ferry firms are hoping…
Irish Continental Group, owner of Irish Ferries said its group revenue for the first four months of 2021 came to €89.3m, an increase of 0.4% compared with last year and a 12.7% decrease on 2019. As RTE News reports, the…
Stena Line & Irish Ferries Call for Restoration of the Common Travel Area Into Ireland
6th May 2021 Ferry
Irish Ferries and Stena Line, the two key players in Ireland’s ferry industry, are today calling for the reopening of the Common Travel Area (CTA) at the earliest opportunity. They also welcome comments made last week by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar,…
Irish Ferries Introduces Newer, Faster Ship on Rosslare–Pembroke Route
29th March 2021 Irish Ferries
Irish Ferries has announced the addition of the RoRo passenger ferry Blue Star 1 to its Rosslare–Pembroke Dock route. The ship is being chartered from the Attica Group and delivery is expected in early April. Blue Star 1 was built…
Charter of Newer & Faster Passenger RoRo for Irish Ferries Rosslare - Pembroke Route
26th March 2021 Irish Ferries
With Irish Ferries to launch a first ever service on a UK-France route next month, the company also announced the addition of a passenger ro-ro ferry Blue Star 1 to its Rosslare to Pembroke Dock route. The ship (to replace…
New Service As Irish Ferries Announce Launch on 'Dover – Calais' Route
26th March 2021 Irish Ferries
A first for Irish Ferries, as the subsidiary of Irish Continental Group plc (ICG) has announced a new service on the Dover – Calais route. The service is planned to start in June 2021, with the transfer of Isle of…
Travel Restrictions on Irish Ferries from Covid Hit ICG's 2020 Performance
11th March 2021 Irish Ferries
Irish Ferries, owned by the Irish Continental Group, has reported lower revenues and earnings for 2020 due to Covid-19 travel restrictions on its passenger business. Irish Continental Group said its revenues for the year fell by 22.5% to €277.1m from…
Irish Ferries Setback In Bid to Avoid Compensating 20,000 Passengers Hit by Cancelled Sailings
5th March 2021 Irish Ferries
Operator, Irish Ferries has suffered a setback in its legal challenge to avoid paying compensation to thousands of passengers whose trips were cancelled on sailings between Ireland and France in the summer of 2018. The ferry company contends that a…
Ferryport in South Wales Sees Irish Ferries Sign 10-Year Deal with Pembroke Dock
28th February 2021 Irish Ferries
Ferryport of Pembroke Dock is where fears that the south Wales port could become a casualty of Brexit have proved unfounded, with Irish Ferries signing a 10-year deal with the Port of Milford Haven. The company has signed the deal…
ICG Charter Ship from Mediterranean for Irish Ferries Overhaul Dry-Dockings
11th February 2021 Irish Ferries
Irish Continental Group has chartered a ship from Corsica Ferries, to provide routine annual overhaul cover over the winter season for their division Irish Ferries, writes Jehan Ashmore. Mega Express Four during its Mediterranean Sea career had been normally on…
Irish Ferries Face Competitor By Boosting Freight Capacity With Second Ship on Dublin-Cherbourg Service
31st January 2021 Irish Ferries
Irish Ferries have further responded to demands from hauliers and new competition from Stena by boosting freight capacity with a second ferry added onto the Dublin-Cherbourg service this weekend, writes Jehan Ashmore. Afloat ascertained this development having observed the chartered…
Irish Ferries Boost Freight Capacity As W.B. Yeats Enters Service Early on Direct France Route
11th January 2021 Irish Ferries
W.B. Yeats, the largest ferry operating out of Dublin Port has switched from the Holyhead route to Dublin-Cherbourg due to the continued surge in freight demand on direct routes to France, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 165 freight accompanied unit capacity…
ICG Boss of Irish Ferries Says Exporters to Continue Using ‘Faster, Cheaper’ UK Landbridge Despite Brexit
6th January 2021 Irish Ferries
The CEO of the company that operates Irish Ferries has said that exporters will continue to use the ‘faster, cheaper’ UK landbridge between Ireland and mainland Europe despite Brexit. As Extra.ie reports, goods going between EU countries and Britain now…
Travel Ban Extended (Ireland Covid-19): Latest Advice from Stena Line & Irish Ferries
24th December 2020 Irish Ferries
Ferry and air travel from the UK to Ireland will be banned for most people until the end of the year. The Irish cabinet, reports NorthWalesLive, has agreed that the current travel restrictions between Ireland and Britain will remain in place…
In the search for a missing Irish Ferries crew member a body of a man has been discovered. North Wales Police have confirmed that the discovery was made on the shore near Ynys Y Fydlyn in Anglesey on Wednesday morning.…