Cheap Dublin Airport car hire deals

There was sad news this month with one of Ireland oldest car hire companies going out of business.  Pembroke Services which are part of the Irish Murray Group were forced into closure with debts of around one point three million pounds. The news means the loss of nineteen jobs.

According to the liquidator there was around four hundred thousand pounds of assets which of only around a quarter were available. A father and son team runs the Murray Group out of Dublin. The firm was dealt what was to be a fatal blow this year with the breakdown of a franchise agreement with Europcar.

Employees were left disgruntled over a lack of redundancy or holiday pay. With the firm still operating in the South it was felt by many staff that they could easily be paid. It’s been a tough year for the travel industry in Ireland with tourism numbers well down on previous years.

Dublin passenger numbers this August were well down on the previous year’s numbers. An alarming drop of fifteen percent was recorded at the airport this August which translates to a drop of just over two million passengers.

The second biggest drop recorded came from continental Europe where there was a sixteen percent decrease. Next up was the United Kingdom where a drop of fifteen percent was recorded. Over one million passengers travelled on European routes while six hundred and eighty thousand traveled on UK routes.

Domestic routes proved to be the biggest loser with passenger numbers down by twenty seven percent meaning just fifty four thousand people made use of domestic routes at Dublin Airport in August. Traffic from North America was down by four percent.

Looking at the yearly figures, numbers at the airport are down by twelve percent at this point in time. Over fourteen million customers have used the airport so far this year.

A flight from Dublin Airport to Heathrow was forced to turn around and head back to Dublin this morning. There were one hundred and twenty passengers on board the Aer Lingus flight.

The flight departed the airport at twenty minutes to seven but ran into technical issues which since have been put down to hydraulics problems. Pilots were alerted by a warning light and landed the plane safely back at Dublin Airport before eight AM.

All passengers were moved to other Aer Lingus flights according to a spokesman. The flight had been in the air for around twenty five minutes when the problem was discovered.

Just decided to visit Dublin and are now scrambling around frantically for accommodation, car hire etc? Here is a quick run down of some of the Dublin Airport car hire deals we still have available for this weekend.

Pickup: Saturday 5th September
Drop Off: Monday 7th September

Budget:

Ford Ka – £40.06
Toyota Yaris – £40.90
Fiat Punto – £41.02

Intermediate:

Toyota Avensis – £56.32
Ford Mondeo – £76.00

Premium:

BMW 3-series – £142.20

People Carrier:

Opel Astra – £85.00
Ford Focus Estate – £89.52
Renault Scenic – £94.14

*Prices correct at time of writing

This weekend sees one of the biggest sporting events of the year taking place in Dublin. Gaelic games are unique to Ireland with two codes – Hurling and Football. Both championships began back in May with the Hurling final taking place this weekend between old rivals Kilkenny and Tipperary.

Kilkenny have been the strongest side in hurling for a good few years now with Tipperary having a proud history though finding All Ireland success hard to come by in recent years. It promises to be a superb game on Sunday with tickets at a premium.

If you are travelling from outside the country and arriving in Dublin then you may be interested in Hiring a car at Dublin Airport. We have some extremely cheap car hire deals available this weekend so get searching today if you require a car.

Perhaps you want to make a weekend of it and visit some other places or relatives outside Dublin. Hiring a car will most likely work out cheaper than public transport if this is the case.

The Electric Picnic Festival takes place in Stradbally C.O Laois this weekend. Acts include the legendary Brian Wilson as well as the Flaming Lips, Madness, Bell X1 and hundreds more acts.

There are rumours that this may be the last year of Ireland’s favourite boutique festival. The event caters for thirty two and a half thousand fans with tickets believed to be getting close to sold out. It is a three day event with music beginning Friday evening and ending Sunday night.

Camping facilities are available as well as a small number of campervans. If you are arriving into Dublin Airport then it should take about an hour and a half to reach the concert by road. You may wish to consider a Dublin Airport car hire for the weekend with prices beginning at a measly £40.06. Buses are available at twenty eight euro per person so as you can see hiring a car actually works out to be really good value.

Hopefully the weather won’t be too bad but this is Ireland so prepare well and pack the wellies and raincoats.