Irish ferries

The irony here is that when Ryanair balls up things over the pilots leave, our minister of transport, Mr Shane Ross had a few critical things to say at the time. Ryanair's boss , Mr O Leary responded in kind to the criticism.
Roll on the clock on, some months later and Irish Ferries shoot their cash cow in the head. But where is the Minister? Actually did anyone here a muttering from a Mr Rothwell, irish Ferries, top man?
Maybe the pair are hidden away from us.
For anyone caught up in this mess, forward a copy of your correspondence to your local MEP, as I have heard that the European Commission is sniffing around this mess since it is spread around international borders.
Malcolm

We were on the Oscar Wilde from Cherbourg last night.
We always arrive about 2.5 hrs early, but lots there before us.
At 5pm our lane was first to move over to next holding area, the OW moved across from another berth when Brittany Ferries departed.
It took from 5 - 7 pm to load, and we are always one of last to go on as we request to go alongside the walkway as we only have one door and we don’t want to be enclosed, I also request lift. We were perfectly placed, worth the wait.
The ferry was an hour late leaving but in Rosslare at 11.30 exactly, we were off and on the road home 10 mins later.
I was surprised so many travelling on a Monday, not high season for returning from France,is this overflow from what should have been WB Yeats.?
An Irish family we met were going on the Episolon the previous day from Cherbourg.

I sailed with IF on Friday 13th and was due to go out on the the Ulysses, but it isnt running due to technical problems and they are running the Epsilon in its place, to say I was apprehensive is an understatement, as they had cancelled the earlier Epsilon sailing, so I was expecting everyone off it and a full Ulysses onto something a third of the size. However we turned up earlier than the normal last minute and asked at the ticket office about any chance of a cabin and they got one reserved onboard for me and gave me priority boarding! The ship was by no means full and while there were a lot less facilities I would go as far as to say it was cleaner and in better condition than the Ulysses was last year so all in all a comfortable journey.

We travelled recently on the Oscar wilde to and from France. While we weren't caught in the wb yeats balls up, we met a good few folks who had been,on each trip.
Some did receive their chocolates and etc, but some didn't. After recommending a quick trip to deck 5 reception, the situation was fixed very quickly. Just bring your booking reference number.
Malcolm

We traveled out and back on the O.W. after WB Yeats was cancelled, just got chocolates and wine on way out. Plenty of cars and motorhomes both ways but ship was very quiet at night (in bar ).

I had an interesting conversation on the boat.

The first round of cancellations that were publicly announced were not the first cancellations.

There were some earlier cancellations where customers were contacted directly by Irish Ferries, offered an alternative sailing on the OW and a refund of the fare for the affected leg of the journey and a complimentary dinner in the full service restaurant on the rescheduled sailing.

I know both the person who told me this and the one person who they said received this deal, I've no reason to doubt anything about the story. It's not just a tale from a random punter at the bar.

Looks like the troubles for IF keep coming

https://www.shz.de/lokales/fle…38947.html

A cynical man might suggest that they wouldn't need to look too far to find the saboteur, seeing as there are no late fees to be paid by the boatyard while the matter is being investigated.

But not me. I believe EVERYTHING I read on the internet.

Their problems continue. Oscar Wilde sailing to Cherbourg has been cancelled as has of course the return voyage due to ‘technical issues’.

Davy

The WB Yeats leaving its boat building dock last night to begin the sea trials.