Hi everyone, Ed here!

And here… comes the Belfast trip! There are a few things that people need to know when going to Belfast, just some basic information that I should bring to your attention.

1. For those of you from outside the European Union (like myself), please remember to bring your passport or other documents with you, as we are technically going into another country.
2. Remember that they use British Pounds up there (Sterling), not Euros! If you have a bank card from a bank here in the Republic of Ireland or another EU country, you should be able to use that card in the cash machines up there to withdraw pounds with no problems.
3. Please remember to stay together with other people when you are there; don’t go wondering out alone! I don’t imagine there will not be any problems, but please remember that Belfast is not a place you want to start trouble in! And please, whatever you do, do not go into West Belfast by yourself!! The people there won’t necessarily be happy to see you!
4. Our hostel does not provide breakfast, but there is a Tesco and several other shops close to the hostel. There is a kitchen at the hostel for you to cook something!
5. The buses to go to Belfast will leave from in front of the Student’s Union building, this Friday 3:00pm. We will leave from the hostel in Belfast to come back to Maynooth between 4:00 and 5:00pm. We will decide as the weekend goes!
6. If you decide to go on the Giant’s Causeway day tour, which I’m sure most of you will, please go on the Saturday! The tour does not finish until around 6pm, so you won’t make it back in time go home on our bus if you do this tour on the Sunday! Remember, you can sign-up for The Giant’s Causeway and Black Taxi Tours right at the reception desk of our hostel!

Here’s a few of those links again for you to look at about the city and other things (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

That’s all for now! See you all tomorrow for the film!

Ed

The facts again:

Where to

Belfast City

Date

Friday to Sunday, 28—30 November 2008

Departure

3:00 pm on Friday from Student’s Union

Important

Do not forget to bring your passport!

Return

Leave Belfast on Sunday at 4 pm

Cost

55 EUR per person

Includes

Transport & accommodation

Hello, everyone! Ed here!

I should have sent this information to all of you in the last email, but I forgot to do it! It must be my old age catching-up with me…

Anyway, I want to announce sign ups for our last trip of the semester, to Newgrange! Since I’m really bad at explaining exactly what Newgrange is, here are several links that will tell you all about it (1, 2, 3, 4).

We have 2 bookings for Newgrange; each booking allows only a maximum of 48 people per visit! The 2 bookings are for Saturday, December 6 at 11:00am, and Sunday, December 7 at 10:00am. This means we will have to leave Maynooth early to get there!! I will let you all know next week when we will have to leave for each trip. The cost for the trip is 12 EUR per person, and this covers the bus and admission into Newgrange.

Sign-ups will begin tomorrow evening before the film! I’ll be in Theatre 1 in the Arts Block from 7pm! Remember the cost is 12 Euro per-person for everything!

Hi everyone! Ed here!

Just a quick announcement for the film this weekend. It will be ‘Intolerable Cruelty’, Starring George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Here’s a link about the film.

As usual, the film will be at 7:30 PM in the Arts Block, Theatre 1, this Sunday evening.

For those of you going on the trip to Belfast, we will send an e-mail early next week giving all the information you’ll need to know for the trip.

All the best,

Ed

Hi everyone! Ed here!

For everyone going on the trip to Kilkenny, the bus will be leaving at 11:00 AM from in front of the Students Union Building on campus this Saturday. Please be there by 10:45, so we can get the buses loaded and get underway on time! The journey to Kilkenny is approx. 1 hour and 15 minutes. The bus will leave from Kilkenny to come back to Maynooth at 5:00 PM. Please don’t be late! I hope you’ve all taken a moment to look at at least some of the websites talking about what there is to do in Kilkenny, but if not, here’s some that you should look at for sure (1, 2). These links are to the town map, so you’ll have an idea about what there is to see and how to get there! Please take a moment to look at them! Remember to bring your Student ID’s, so you can get the student price for admission to the castle, if you decide to take the tour!

That’s all for now; hope you all had a good week, and I’ll see you all soon!

Ed