The Classic Café
With Fran Curry from 12midday to 2pm
The Classic Cafe is not just going to give you more music at lunch time….. with Fran lashing out a mixed diet of great music and chat…
Fran is a musician, producer and broadcaster. His plan is to entertain you with fun trivia, interviews, and lots of prizes to give you.
The stars are lining up to come on the show. Guests have included, Frances Black, Mary Black, Brian Kennedy, Gilbert O Sullivan, Don Baker, The High Kings, Larry Gogan, Brian Mac Fadden, Industry, and many more.
Have Curry for lunch week days from 12, you know you want to !
Trudi’s Travel Tips Friday’s at 12.15pm NEW ENTRY REQUIREMENT INTO U.S.A.
All passengers travelling with Irish passports need to complete an on-line Visa Waiver form prior to boarding either a plane or ship to the U.S. This is a very quick process. You need to go to the government web-site https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov and complete the required details and approval is instant. Be warned this is a free service!! There are bogus web-sites charging for this service anything between 20-50 usd, DO NOT USE THESE SITES AS YOUR VISA MAY NOT BE VALID!!
PASSPORT WARNING
If you need a new passport or even a renewal, remember that the Public Service have introduced limited opening hours for the passport offices in Dublin and Cork. This will mean long delays and could upset your travel plans!! Apply in plenty of time!!
The following was issued by the passport office 4th March 2010
- 1. It is no longer possible to guarantee a turnaround time for the issuing of passports. Projected turnaround times for the issuing of passports will be posted on the Passport Service website: www.passport.ie
- 2. The 10 day guarantee for receipt of applications submitted through the Passport Express service provided by An Post and the Royal Mail is suspended until further notice.
- 3. Passports received through these services will be processed on a first come first served basis. Applications submitted by Passport Express are currently being processed between 10 and 15 days of receipt.
- 4. It will not be possible to fast-track any application other than in a case of genuine family emergency, in which case proof will be required that travel is necessitated by the death, illness or welfare of a family member. The issuing of passports in such emergencies is not affected by the industrial dispute.
- 5. The public counters and out of hours services should only be used by those who have a necessity to travel for reasons of family emergency.
- 6. All other applications should be submitted through the Passport Express channel.
- 7. Customers should retain the barcode number on their passport application or the customer service number provided by the postal service and use this number to check the status of their application on the Passport Service website: www.passport.ie.
- 8. The requirement that applicants submit their existing passport with their application for a new passport has been temporarily suspended in cases where the current passport has not yet fully expired. In such cases, customers should include a photocopy of the personal details pages of the current passport with their application for a new passport.
- 9. Before making any overseas travel plans, customers should check the expiry dates of their own passport and the passports of persons on whose behalf they are making bookings. If a passport has expired or has insufficient validity to allow completion of the planned journey (bearing in mind that some States require persons entering their territory to have a minimum remaining validity on their passport), an application for renewal should be submitted now and in sufficient time that the new passport can be received before the intended date of travel.
- 10. The current industrial action has seen closure of the public offices and/or telephone services at short notice. Updates will therefore only be available on the Passport Service website: www.passport.ie
ISSUED BY: Roscrea Travel, Castle St, Roscrea, Co Tipperary.
