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Ryanair has come under scrutiny for imposing extra wheelchair charges. It is believed that Ryanair could be gaining as much as one million euro a year from the charge. All money from these charges should be passed on to the Dublin Airport Authority.

In July the DAA brought in a 33 cent fee for all departing passengers. An EU directive was put in place so all passengers would share the cost for disabled services. Ryanair is however charging a 50 cent levy.

Shannon and Cork Airport passengers are also been charged a 50 cent levy in spite of the DAA set cost of 45 cent. Passengers at Cork Airport are paying fifteen euro in taxes and charges that it is claimed Ryanair do not have to pay according to the Evening Herald.

Ryanair flights make up forty percent of the European low cost flights market. Despite growing passenger numbers they are expected to announce a loss in profits this year. This is thought to be due to rising fuel costs.

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The DAA (Dublin Airport Authority) has predicted a drop of between three and four percent in passenger numbers for the coming year at Cork Airport, Dublin Airport and Shannon Airport.

Passenger numbers at all three airports have dropped in the last three months. There was a big drop in numbers at Shannon Airport in 2008 due to the withdrawal of the Aer Lingus Heathrow service. DAA are reporting a likely drop in traffic in 2008 in comparison to the previous year once all figures are in.

An internal review is set to place to analyze the effects lower passenger numbers may have in the coming year. The DAA say the planned finish date for terminal 2 at Dublin Airport will not be affected. Despite the current drop in passenger numbers, the DAA still believe the future to be bright for the airline industry.

A new trend seems to be emerging in Ireland this year. Rather than buying cars, Irish companies are choosing to rent.

Car sales are down a massive sixty four percent on this time last year however rental car numbers have risen by twelve percent. In the first five days of the New Year, 9390 new vehicles were registered in comparison to 26029 last year.

Merlin Motor Group has reported a twenty percent rise on what they initially forecast for June to December last year. In January this year, Merlin has seen a twelve percent rise.  Companies are now entering into short term rental agreements rather than buying new cars.

Damien Keogh of Merlin believes companies are being careful with finances at the moment. He said many are looking to enter into short term agreements as they wait to see how things will work out in the coming year.
 
Cars can be hired for a monthly fee which is quite an attractive option for many companies at present who do not want to get tied to long contracts.

The DAA (Dublin Airport Authority) plans to save another twenty million euro in 2009 on top of the fifteen million which has already been scheduled to be cut. The cuts have been deemed necessary due to the projected decrease in passenger numbers in the next two years.

Vincent Wall of the DAA has yet to confirm that the cuts will include redundancies however it is widely believed to be the case. He refused to go into detail on how the cost cutting measures would be implemented without first having meetings with union reps.

Wall also stated that plans for a 2nd runway at Dublin Airport have been put on hold for the time being. Currently the DAA employs two thousand seven hundred staff spread over three airports, Cork, Shannon and Dublin

Pay rates have already been frozen for top DAA employees with voluntary redundancies now expected.

A lot of mornings I wake up needing a strong coffee in order to fuel myself but I was surprised to read recently that I may soon be able to use coffee to fuel my car.

Research at the University of Nevada – Reno has shown that it is possible to get oil from old coffee grounds. The biofuel could be a cheap alternative and there is potential to produce many million of gallons per year.

Mano Misra spoke of coming across the idea by accident. Having left a cup of coffee out over night he noticed an oil build up around the edges of the cup. Misra then did some tests on coffee grounds and found it to contain between ten and fifteen percent oil. He was then able to covert the oil to biodiesel. Starbucks then provided lots of leftover coffee grounds to be used for further research.

The procedure is not particularly demanding energy wise so the biodiesel could be made for roughly one dollar per gallon. Believe it or not the fuel actually smells like coffee! So perhaps in a few years time you could be driving around in a Cork Airport car hire smelling of coffee.

The coffee grounds produce a more stable fuel than previous efforts involving corn and soy. It is also green friendly with much lower carbon dioxide emissions.