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Should have gone by the Sea – Fascinating Aida tells us why

Friday, July 15th, 2011 by Fastnet Line

We’re always highlighting the benefits of traveling to Ireland by sea and now it seems we aren’t the only ones.

Check out the latest online hit from Britain’s best cabaret and comedy FASCINATING AIDA  – their now infamous anthem on Cheap Flights.

Hilarious and true!  If that doesn’t tempt one to journey by sea just remember that the Fastnet Line Sale ends on July 25th  with 30% off and the kids go Free!

Thank you to Fascinating Aida for keeping us entertained and telling us why one should have gone by Sea – with Fastnet Line of course!

FASCINATING AIDA’S brand new show THE CHEAP FLIGHTS TOUR, is now on. For information on their Tour Dates checkout their official website www.fascinatingaida.co.uk

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Discounted fares for Co-Op Shareholders

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 by Paul

Co-Op shareholders at opening of on board Tourism Information Office

Co-Op shareholders at opening of on board Tourism Information Office

Invest in the West Cork Tourism Co-Op

Shareholders in the West Cork Tourism Co-Op are the ultimate owners of Fastnet Line. When you invest you can enjoy fantastic benefits depending on your level of investment. For instance Platinum shareholders who invest a total of €15,000 benefit from a 50% discount on fares all year round.

Look at the range of benefits below and if you wish to invest please email roymaguire@fastnetline.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone 00 353 (0) 86 601 1111

Platinum Shareholder Co-op Membership

Individual A Shares (€10,000) with new B (€5,000)

* Full Access to Tourist Office for display of business promotional material

* Full Access to Web site for links promoting business

* Discount on all fares displayed on web site by 50% fares have to be booked and paid by shareholder using unique membership card & code

* 10% on F&B when travelling on the Julia

* Name of Shareholder listed on Investor board in Tourist Office on ship.

* Full Access to Travel Agent Rates offered by ship, to be passed on to shareholder clients if not paying for fares directly

* Access to Fastnet Line Sales & Marketing personnel for joint sales trade promotions

 

Gold Shareholder Co-op Membership

Individual A Shares (€10,000)

 

* 50% discount off peak – 30% peak

* 10% on F&B on board

* Full benefits as listed above

 

Silver Shareholder Co-Op Membership

Syndicated A and B Share

 

* Discounts of 30% off peak and 20% peak

* 10% on F&B on board

* Promotions

* Information leaflets on board

 

Bronze Shareholder Co-Op Membership

Syndicated A Share

* Discount 20% off peak and 10% peak

* Information leaflets on board

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Tourist Information Office Opens on board

Friday, November 19th, 2010 by Paul
Ian Dempsey, Jean O'Sullivan and Robert Walsh

Ian Dempsey, Jean O'Sullivan and Robert Walsh

Fastnet Line continues to be one of the most progressive ferry companies on the Irish sea. On Monday, its owners the West Cork tourism Co-Op will open their Tourist Information Office on board the MV Julia. The large space located on deck five is dedicated to giving passengers as much information as possible about the destinations on both sides of the Irish sea.

The shareholders who have invested €3m of their own money to purchase the ferry and establish Fastnet Line will now be able to display information about their businesses to the tourists travelling on board in what is believed to be a unique venture on any ferry to southern Ireland. Only businesses which have invested to become members of the Co-Op are allowed to display on board the ship.

Shareholders also benefit from joint marketing opportunities with Fastnet Line which should enhance their opportunities to gain additional tourist traffic. The tourist information office consists of large scale grpahic representations of Wales and Ireland as well as a central information desk and leaflet display racks. the office will be manned by trained staff in high season who will be able to give detailed information about the two destinations as well as advice regarding shareholders offerings.

West Cork Tourism Co-Op membership is still open to businesses in Ireland and Wales.

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Adverse Weather Conditions on the Irish Sea

Thursday, November 11th, 2010 by Fastnet Line

Due to the current adverse weather conditions  on the Irish Sea Fastnet Line regret to inform passengers that tonight’s sailing November 11th, from Cork to Swansea and tomorrow’s sailing, November 12th, from Swansea to Cork, are now cancelled.

The next scheduled sailing will be Saturday November 13th from Cork to Swansea at 2000hrs.

Please contact our reservations team in order to rebook or for a refund.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Reaching the parts of rugby that other ferries cannot…

Friday, October 29th, 2010 by Paul

 

 

 

For some years now, The Heineken Cup has had pride of place in European rugby union and our own Irish province of Munster has excelled in the competition: French teams have dominated recent events but Munster won the cup in 2006 and 2008. The Munster club prize the cup very highly among the silverware available to them each season.

I must admit that when the Cup pool draw was announced this summer, it was hard to contain feelings of amazement and pleasure at the draw: The tournament organisers appear to have had a central role in mind for Fastnet Line to play in connecting three teams from England, Wales and Ireland. The rugby clubs of London Irish (Reading), Ospreys (Swansea) and Munster (Limerick via Cork) seemed to all have been strung along an East-West axis from the UK’s M4 Motorway – over the Irish sea to the Munster ground. The French team, Toulon, is the exception – but also boast a host of international stars not least World Cup winner, with England, Johnny Wilkinson.

Munster of course comprises much more than Cork. The rugby team play out of Thomond Park, Limerick in a revamped stadium and the Munster following are numerous,  loyal, and travel extensively. Games involving Munster hold several Heineken Cup records for attendance in every stage of the competition, including the finals.

To say the least, this first part of the competition will be extremely feisty on the field and very enjoyable off it.

Needless to say, all of us at Fastnet Line are really looking forward to catering to the rugby crowd – and encouraging them to make full use of us around the Cup fixtures. Anyone who knows the rugby scene well, appreciates that rugby people generally bring colour, vitality and commerce to every occasion and city that they visit and this will certainly be the case when Munster travel to Ospreys in Swansea on the 18th December. We expect a bumper crowd to travel on a rugby special to Swansea on Friday 17th December and to travel back with on Saturday night 18th December after the game. What is sure is that win or lose, the atmosphere will be terrific and the singing mighty! We can’t wait!

Paul O’Brien

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Ferry as a way of travelling

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 by Paul

I lived in London for many years in the 90s. During that time I travelled frequently to France on the overnight routes from Southampton to Cherbourg or Portsmouth to Caen. I travelled less frequently on the Swansea to Cork route because I mainly flew like everyone else with the advent of lower flight costs.

The reason I used the ferry to France was because my destination in Normandy was not easily accessible by plane and because I stayed in self catering accommodation and brought bicycles and golf clubs and the occasional canoe with me. I always enjoyed the journey itself it seemed very civilised and as a frequent traveller there was a certain comfort to the routine; the pint in the bar, the musical entertainment, the Sunday afternoon table quiz on the return journey, the cinema, the meal.

Life moved on and life changed and there were no more regular ferry trips. I moved back to Cork and discovered the ferry link was no more. They say you never miss something until its gone and suddenly there were many reasons why I would have wanted to use the ferry. Cheap and hassle free air travel became a little less so each year. My friend with the fear of flying was more reluctant to drive all the way to the furthest reaches of  West Wales and down from Wexford to visit me. The convenience was gone.

Since Fastnet Line has re-started the Cork to Swansea route I have been on the ship many times for work and those memories come flooding back to me. What a civilised way to travel in an increasingly less civilised world. Good food, a bit of relaxation, space and comfort, a decent pint the chance to stare out of the window aimlessly and do a bit of thinking. Good things. Comforting things. Things that should remain.

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Cork Team Wife Carrying Champions of the World!

Friday, July 9th, 2010 by Paul

Being involved in a ferry company is full of surprises. For many of us involved in the background of Fastnet Line this is our first time in the ferry industry. More experienced hands who are veterans of the industry generally stroke their beards (metaphorical and real), shake their heads ruefully and declare, “You don’t understand, they do things very differently at sea”.

However, I’m not sure that even the most experienced old sea dog would have seen anything like the scenes on board the Julia as she sailed out of Cork on a glorious June night two weeks ago. Fastnet Line had agreed to sponsor Ciara Crossan from weddingdates.ie and her team who were taking part in the World Wife Carrying Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland. Their departure was fully captured on video and their madcap exploits certainly seemed like a world away from reality.

We loved the sheer nuttiness of the idea and wished them well as they started their epic journey by road to Finland in a borrowed campervan and boundless enthusiasm. Well the team arrived back from Finland yesterday with a third place finish in the relay race and Ciara and James won “Most Entertaining Couple” for the second year in a row. So although Ireland may not have been at the World Cup this year, the country, represented by the best Cork has to offer, did win a prize at an international tournament few can have dreamed existed – not even those jaded veterans of the ferry industry!

Wife carrying competitors with Fastnet Line

Wife carrying competitors with Fastnet Line

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Spring Offer – Ferry to Ireland, England or Wales

Friday, April 30th, 2010 by Fastnet Line

Visit Ireland, England or Wales, by sea on The Julia, this coming May & June on the Swansea to Cork or Cork to Swansea Route, by Fastnet Line and extra passengers can travel FREE!

Prices start from £89/€99 each way Sunday to Thursday and Friday/Saturday from £99/€109 for a car & driver and 2nd passenger travels free. Read more on this Ferry Special Offer.

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