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Extra.ie
16-06-2025
- Business
- Extra.ie
Sonic Boom! - Record card transactions as Metallica fans nab tickets
Fans of the heavy metal band Metallica helped push credit card transactions to a new record last month. A surge in ticket sales for the Los Angeles rockers, who play two concerts in Dublin next year, helped to drive online card sales to a new high of 80 million purchases in Ireland. Added to this were hotel room bookings, the staging of the Bloom festival in the Phoenix Park and a spell of sunny weather, which also boosted the pub spend by 10% during the month. AIB's Adrian Moynihan said: 'Consumer spending continued to grow in May. 'It was a record month for card transactions. Overall, spend was up 9% year-on-year. Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo of Metallica. Pic:'In particular, May was a busy month for concert ticket transactions with the Metallica concert going on sale towards the end of the month.' Total spending from January to May was up 9% on last year, showing consumer confidence remains strong. Heavy metal fans helped spark a surge in concert ticket sales on May 30, as tickets went on general sale for Metallica's two Aviva Stadium concerts in June next year. Ticket sales were 76% above average on the day, thanks to the band's devoted fan base. The release of movies Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and Lilo & Stitch helped push cinema ticket sales up 17% year-on-year, while hotel spending was up 8%. Pic:for Paramount Pictures The data was compiled from 80 million card transactions carried out by AIB customers, both in-store and online, last month. Spending in pubs was up 10% month-on-month, with the largest increase in Limerick, where it was up 16%. Louth and Longford both saw increases of 15%, while the smallest increases were in Wicklow, Roscommon, and Carlow, at 7%. Mr Moynihan added: 'The good weather and events such as the Women's Mini Marathon also had a positive impact on pub and hotel spend, with the hotel sector having its busiest day of the year so far on May 31, the day of the race. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile 'Grocery spending continues to rise, with an 8% increase year-on-year, and people are enjoying spending time at home and in the garden, as DIY and hardware spend continues to stay strong, with a 6% increase on the same month last year.' The spend on hardware increased 6% year-on-year and 3% month-on-month. The electric vehicle charging spend also increased, up 83% year-on-year, while the clothing spend rose 8% month-on-month. Grocery spending increased 8% year-on-year and 4% month on month, with the largest monthly increases in Longford, Monaghan and Galway. 'This information shows consumer confidence remains strong and is vital for businesses, enabling them to plan for both peak and off-peak periods throughout the year to effectively meet their customers' needs,' said Mr Moynihan.
Irish Independent
01-06-2025
- Climate
- Irish Independent
Met Éireann issues rain warning for three counties this Bank Holiday Monday
Forecasters have issued a Status Yellow rain warning for Galway, Mayo and Kerry for Monday afternoon and evening. Met Éireann are warning of 'heavy rain with very strong, gusty southerly winds near the coast.' They have told the public to be aware of the risks of localised flooding, poor visibility and difficult travelling conditions. The warning comes as June 1 marks the start of the meteorological summer, but Ireland seems to have not received the memo as the recent spell of unsettled weather continues. We need your consent to load this Social Media content. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review your details and accept them to load the content Anyone heading to the Women's Mini Marathon, the penultimate day of Bloom or one of the many football championship games up and down the country should pack an umbrella and bring the good coat. Today will be breezy with some sunny spells and light showers. Showers will turn more frequent in the northern half of the country as the south enjoys the best of the sunshine. Highest temperature will be between 13 and 18C. "So, it's the first day of meteorological summer, and unfortunately it isn't quite starting out as we hope the summer will go,' meteorologist Rebecca Cantwell said on Met Éireann's morning forecast. "As we continue through the bank holiday weekend, our weather is set to remain fairly unsettled.' Tonight will be mostly dry with long clear spells and lows of 5 to 9C. Bank holiday Monday will see a dry start in the morning with some sun and just isolated showers. It will turn cloudier during the day however, with rain spreading across the country into the evening and turning heavy in some areas. Highest temperatures will range from 13 to 17C. Met Éireann's outlook for the start of the coming week is no better, with more 'unsettled' weather on the way and rain expected each day. Monday night will start off wet before the rain clears, leaving clear spells and some scattered showers, with lows of 6 to 10C. Both Tuesday and Wednesday will see a mixture of sunny spells and showers. On Thursday, showers will spread from the northwest of the country and there may be a spell of rain in the south. Beyond that, the current forecast shows the rest of next week will stay 'largely unsettled' with showers and spells of rain.
Irish Independent
01-06-2025
- Climate
- Irish Independent
Official start of summer in Ireland brings more ‘unsettled' weather
Anyone heading to the Women's Mini Marathon, the penultimate day of Bloom or one of the many football championship games up and down the country should pack an umbrella and bring the good coat. Today will be breezy with some sunny spells and light showers. Showers will turn more frequent in the northern half of the country as the south enjoys the best of the sunshine. Highest temperature will be between 13 and 18C. "So, it's the first day of meteorological summer, and unfortunately it isn't quite starting out as we hope the summer will go,' meteorologist Rebecca Cantwell said on Met Éireann's morning forecast. "As we continue through the bank holiday weekend, our weather is set to remain fairly unsettled.' Tonight will be mostly dry with long clear spells and lows of 5 to 9C. Bank holiday Monday will see a dry start in the morning with some sun and just isolated showers. It will turn cloudier during the day however, with rain spreading across the country into the evening and turning heavy in some areas. Highest temperatures will range from 13 to 17C. Met Éireann's outlook for the start of the coming week is no better, with more 'unsettled' weather on the way and rain expected each day. Monday night will start off wet before the rain clears, leaving clear spells and some scattered showers, with lows of 6 to 10C. Both Tuesday and Wednesday will see a mixture of sunny spells and showers. On Thursday, showers will spread from the northwest of the country and there may be a spell of rain in the south. Beyond that, the current forecast shows the rest of next week will stay 'largely unsettled' with showers and spells of rain.
RTÉ News
01-06-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Thousands to take part in VHI Women's Mini Marathon
More than 28,000 women are expected to take to the streets of Dublin today for the 43rd annual VHI Women's Mini Marathon. The 10km race begins at 12.30pm, with the latest edition of the race starting on Fitzwilliam Street and finishing on Baggot Street Lower. The public is being asked to be aware of road closures throughout the city and particular in the Ballsbridge and Donnybrook area of Dublin as a result of the event and to plan ahead. Event organisers are advising participants to allow extra time to travel and to use public transport where possible. The event caters for women who wish to walk or jog for fun while also catering for competitive runners. An estimated €226m has been raised for charity since 9,000 women took part in the inaugural Women's Mini Marathon in 1983 and over 1.1 million women have entered the event over the last four decades. The Cork city marathon will also take place this morning with over 10,000 competitors expected to take part.
The Irish Sun
31-05-2025
- The Irish Sun
Full list of transport updates & road closures over Bank Hol weekend as Forbidden Fruit Festival and marathon kick off
AN URGENT warning has been issued for thousands of commuters and motorists with traffic restrictions in place over the busy weekend. A number of events in the capital have resulted in some road closures and diversions. Advertisement 6 Commuters and motorists are set to face some traffic diversions this weekend Credit: Getty Images - Getty 6 The Women's Mini Marathon is kicking off in Dublin on Sunday Credit: Sportsfile - Subscription 6 The Forbidden Fruit festival is currently being held at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham Forbidden Fruit Festival, Bloom in Phoenix Park, the Leinster VS Scarlets clash and the Women's Mini Marathon will make it a busy time for commuters. As a result, Irish Rail and Met Eireann confirmed that there will be "unsettled The Forbidden Fruit Festival has kicked off at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham today and continues tomorrow. Advertisement READ MORE ON DUBLIN Due to the event being held, St John's Road will close to traffic both ways from 10.15- to 11.15pm each night between South Circular Road and Steeven's Lane. The following diversions have been put in place for Saturday and Sunday, meaning routes 52, 60 and C1/2/3/4 are affected. Normal route to Con Colbert Road then divert left to South Circular Road, right to Conyngham Road, Parkgate Street & continue straight to normal route. Normal route to Victoria Quay then divert right to Frank Sherwin Bridge, Parkgate Street, Conyngham Road, left to South Circular Road, keep left to loop around onto Con Colbert Road to normal route. Advertisement MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN Exclusive Due to this, stops 4413 and 2637 are impacted by the diversions. For inbound commuters, they are asked to use the 1474 stop, while the outbound commuters are encouraged to grab it from the 7078 stop. Moment smoke billows from toll plaza on busy Irish motorway after vehicle bursts into flames The The chiefs confirmed that the Luas will run on normal services for Saturday and Sunday during the Advertisement However, the Luas will run Sunday Operating Hours and Frequency with services beginning at 7am on the Green and Red lines on Monday. The It is expected that over 25,000 people will be participating in the 10km race. Due to the great demand, there will be significant road closures and diversions over the weekend. Advertisement The routes of Wexford Bus has confirmed that they will be unable to serve all of their regular stops as they can only guarantee pick-up at Dublin Airport, Northwall Quay, Georges Quay, Talbot Hotel Stillorgan and Cherrywood for Southbound services. This means that Herbert Street will be closed from 8am on Saturday, May 31, to 7pm the following day. Full list of road closures Sunday June 1 from 4 am to 7 pm : Herbert Street Herbert Lane Pembroke Row Cumberland Road Fitzwilliam Street Fitzwilliam Place Fitzwilliam Square North Fitzwilliam Square South Wilton Terrace Lad Lane Baggot Street Lower As well as: James's Street East Fitzwilliam Lane Fitzwilliam Street Lower Merrion Square East Merrion Square South Mount Street Upper Stephen's Place Baggotrath Place From 8:30 am to 5 pm: Stephen's Green East Stephen's Green South Stephen's Green North Kevin Street Lower Cuffe Street Merrion Street Upper Pembroke Street Dawson Street Kildare Street From 10 am to 4 pm : Leeson Street Lower Earlsfort Terrace Hatch Street Lower From 11:30 am to 4 pm : Adelaide Road Leeson Street Upper Stillorgan Road (Fosters Avenue to Donnybrook Road) Donnybrook Road Herbert Place Nutley Lane Merrion Road (Ballsbridge to Merrion Gates) Morehampton Road Baggot Street Upper Pembroke Road IRISH RAIL ROUTES SUSPENDED Thousands of people across the country are making their way to the heart of Dublin to Advertisement However, Bank Holiday weekend, stating that engineering works will take place today and will continue until Monday June 2. Irish Rail typically perform engineering works over the bank holiday weekends due to the extra weekend day allowing them to achieve more progress. As a result of the engineering works, the affected rails are between Dublin Connolly and Dun Laoghaire. This means there is no DART service between the stations and the Rosslare services will provide bus transfers between Connolly and Bray. Advertisement Customers are urged to pre-book their seats on the services to avoid any disappointment, as there is high demand on Heuston Intercity routes. There are a number of trains on Intercity routes that are already sold out, including some trains from EXTRA RAIL SERVICES Due to the great demands, there will be extra weekend Intercity services from Cork and Galway to Dublin Heuston for Bord Bia Bloom. And there are extra Northside DART, Maynooth Commuter trains and Malahide DART services after St Anne's Park concerts and Aslan at Malahide Castle. Advertisement There will be early trains from Cobh, Mallow and Midleton to Cork for the Cork City Marathon on Sunday. Extra trains from DUBLIN COACH UPDATES ON SERVICES The popular green bus has shared an update on all of their services during the bank holiday weekend. Dublin Coach has increased their capacity on Route 300 from Advertisement They have warned passengers of Route 600 that their Andersons Quay bus stop will not be in operation due to the All buses until 9:05pm service will operate from outside the Cork City Council Office on Anglesea Street. They have encouraged commuters to pre-book their tickets to avoid disappointments as the services across the country are expected to be busy during the weekend. WEXFORD BUS SERVICE CHANGES The popular east coast bus company has issued an update on their services for the Bank Holiday Monday. Advertisement Route 740, 740X, 740A and 340 are set to operate on a Sunday/Public holiday schedule. Customers of the Route 340 are warned that there will be no 8:30pm or 10pm services starting at However, Route 376, 884, WX1 and WX2 will not be operating on Monday. 6 The Leinster VS Scarlets clash kicked off this afternoon Credit: Sportsfile - Subscription Advertisement 6 Luas chiefs confirmed there will be no travel disruption during the weekend Credit: Getty Images - Getty 6 Irish Rail has announced travel diversions for many of their routes due to rail works Credit: Alamy
