Irish Continental, Plc

Type	Public - ISEQ & LSE
Founded	Dublin, Ireland (1972)
Location	Dublin, Ireland
Key people	John B. McGuckian, Chairman Eamonn Rothwell, MD Gearoid O'Dea, Finance Director
Industry	{{{industry}}}
Products	Commercial and passenger transport
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Website	www.icg.ie

Irish Continental Group plc,(ISEQ: ICG_u) (LSE: ICGC) more usually known by its trading name Irish Ferries is a quoted Irish Ferry operator. The company operates on the Dublin Port (North Wall) - Holyhead route, and from Rosslare Europort to Roscoff, Cherbourg, and Pembroke. Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake Public also refers to the general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people... The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) is Irelands stock exchange and can trace its history to 1793. ... LSE is an initialism for: London School of Economics and Political Science London Stock Exchange Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath1),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located2 near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region3. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath1),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located2 near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region3. ... Managing director is the traditional term for the top executive of a business in the United Kingdom and some other English speaking countries, but not in the United States. ... In business, revenue is the amount of money that a company actually receives from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) is Irelands stock exchange and can trace its history to 1793. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building The London Stock Exchange (abbreviated LSE) is a stock exchange market located in London. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on short-distance, scheduled services. ... A panoramic view of Holyhead taken from atop Holyhead Mountain, showing the harbours breakwater on the left Holyhead (Welsh: Caergybi, the fort of St. ... Rosslare Europort is a modern seaport located at Rosslare Harbour in County Wexford, at the southeasternmost point of Irelands coastline, handling passenger and freight ferries to and from the United Kingdom and France. ... Roscoff (whose name in Breton is Rosko) is a commune in the district of Morlaix in the département of Finistère, in Frances Bretagne region. ... Cherbourg is a city of Normandy, in northwestern France, in the Manche département, of which it is a sous_préfecture. ... Pembroke is the name of a number of towns around the world: Pembroke, Ontario, Canada Pembroke, Malta Pembroke, Bermuda Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, in west Wales, United Kingdom Pembroke, Georgia, United States of America Pembroke, Kentucky, United States of America Pembroke, Maine, United States of America Pembroke, Massachusetts, United States of America...

The company was formed in 1972 and first operated between Rosslare and Le Havre. In 1992, Irish Ferries took over the British and Irish Steampacket Company Limited, a nationalised company which traded under the name B & I Line and operated ferry services between Dublin and Holyhead. 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The name Rosslare may mean: the village of Rosslare Strand in County Wexford, Ireland the village of Rosslare Harbour in County Wexford, Ireland the Rosslare Europort at Rosslare Harbour This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Le Havre is a city in Normandy, northern France, on the English Channel, at the mouth of the Seine. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nationalization is the act of taking assets into state ownership. ...

The company's flagship, the Ulysses, is the world's largest car ferry. Other ships in the fleet include the Isle of Inishmore, the Normandy, and the fast ferry Jonathan Swift (aka Dublin Swift).

Its chief executive is Eamonn Rothwell. Its shares are traded on the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. Chief Executive may refer to: Chief Executive of Hong Kong Chief Executive of Macau Chief Executive Officer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) is Irelands stock exchange and can trace its history to 1793. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building The London Stock Exchange (abbreviated LSE) is a stock exchange market located in London. ...

Controversy

On the 23 February 2004, Irish Ferries announced that the firm could have closed over a dispute about a cost-cutting plan is not resolved soon. Director of human Resources announced the lay off 600 staff in the following few days. Also announced was the suspendment of the swift ferry from Dublin to Holyhead, the Rosslare-Pembroke service, and the Rosslare route to Cherbourg and Roscoff. February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On the 24 March 2005 it became known that, according to SIPTU Irish Ferries was paying a Filipina woman just over €1 an hour to work as a beauty therapist on board the Isle of Inishmore. Salvacion Orge had just begun working as a beauty therapist on the ferry, but the company ended her contract by closing down the service following queries about the wages she was being paid. She refused to disembark from the vessel. A meeting took place on the 29 March 2005 and after two hours of negotiation between her management and the trade union SIPTU, Ms. Orge was granted €24,000. the crew on board the ferry also made a collection for her totalling around €1,000. The next day she flew from Dublin to the Philippines and was reunited with her three teenage children. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... SIPTU (Services, Industrial, Professional, and Technical Union) is Irelands largest trade union. ... Filipino is a term originating and relating to the Philippines. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

See Also

• Transportation in Ireland
• List of Irish companies

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External link

• Irish Continental Group (corporate)
• Irish Ferries (consumer)