We welcome the fact the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has announced it is deferring all strikes planned for next Monday. We understand that this means there should be no disruption at Irish airports on monday 30 March 2009.
SIPTU and Mandate plans to close Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports on Monday are hard to believe on two counts. Firstly it’s hard to believe that closing airports is seen as a smart move when an open economy depending on foreign trade is facing a very severe recession. Secondly it’s hard to believe that Monday’s day of action will really go ahead when Congress leaders look at their options.
If the strike is not called off on Wednesday, we will engage with DAA and advise what we expect will be the practical impact. If disruption does go ahead we may see carriers - especially “low cost” carriers - cancel the entire days’ programme as occurred during the Dublin ATC outages last year.
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Good news. The cost of texting from abroad is to be slashed from July 2009 as the EU moves to impose a new price cap on texting. The move could save Irish holidaymakers millions in mobile costs. The EU has already forced mobile phone companies to reduce their rates for calls made abroad but the new proposals will not only see text rates reduced but also costs for downloading data.
Buyer beware - reminder that these changes have no impact in the cost of texting if you are outside the EU.