Volcano
# volcano - Thursday 16 May, 2013
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good morning! Here are nine things to know before you start your day.
# volcano - Friday 29 March, 2013
Photos: Exhibition examines daily lives destroyed by Vesuvius
The exhibition in the British Museum in central London seeks to shed light on the everyday lives of the people killed in Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79AD.
# volcano - Friday 8 March, 2013
Mount Etna flash eruption lights up Sicilian sky
Raw footage from Italy’s most active volcano this week.
# volcano - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
Work (finally) begins on Pompeii’s €105 million makeover
The Roman city has come to symbolise the decades of mismanagement of many of Italy’s cultural treasures.
# volcano - Thursday 31 January, 2013
Ryanair loses ECJ case on reimbursing costs for stranded passengers
The court ruling could have wide-ranging implications for air carriers and their passengers.
# volcano - Monday 24 December, 2012
South America: volcano alert raised in Chile, Argentina
A top-level red alert has been issued for Chile’s Copahue volcano, which is located at the country’s Andean border with Argentina.
# volcano - Monday 3 December, 2012
Photos: Thar she blows – Russian volcano erupts for first time in 36 years
This is only the tenth time the volcano has erupted since records began in 1740.
# volcano - Monday 8 October, 2012
Volcano erupts in Indonesia
Mount Lokon is one of the country’s most active volcanoes – eruption could be heard more than 5km away.
# volcano - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
Second New Zealand volcano ‘burps’ after eruption
The threatened eruption comes just days after a long-dorman mountain erupted.
# volcano - Tuesday 7 August, 2012
New Zealand volcano erupts after 100 years
Witnesses reported red hot rocks being thrown into the air as well as lightning and small explosions.
# volcano - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
Pics: Fancy a house sitting on a volcano?
Okay, it’s an inactive volcano but still…
# volcano - Thursday 10 May, 2012
Wreck of Russian plane found in Indonesia
There is little hope of finding any survivors.
# volcano - Thursday 9 February, 2012
The Daily Fix: Thursday
All the day’s big stories – plus any bits and pieces you may have missed…
# volcano - Thursday 5 January, 2012
Minor eruptions at Mount Etna mark first activity of 2012
Sicilians woke up to see plumes of smoke from the active volcano this morning, though there has been no flight disruption.
# volcano - Saturday 20 August, 2011
Strong earthquake hits islands in Pacific
No damage or casualties yet reported in 7.5-magnitude quake in ‘Ring of Fire’ region.
# volcano - Thursday 14 July, 2011
Erupting volcano forces Indonesian villagers to flee homes
Mount Lokon in north Sulawesi province has a history of violent eruptions; its last major eruption in 1991 killed a Swiss hiker.
# volcano - Tuesday 21 June, 2011
Flights grounded as the ash cloud returns to Australia
Flights in and out of Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra cancelled as the Chilean volcano strikes again.
# volcano - Sunday 12 June, 2011
Chilean volcano disrupts New Zealand and Australian flights
Australian and New Zealand flights are the latest to be grounded as volcanic eruptions continue to disrupt air travel.
# volcano - Sunday 5 June, 2011
New volcanic ash cloud threatens flight disruptions (in South America)
The Puyehue volcano has been dormant for decades – and its latest eruption has forced 3,500 to evacuate their homes.
# volcano - Wednesday 25 May, 2011
Take 5: Wednesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
Air travel relief as Grimsvotn volcano stops erupting
The volcano causing air travel difficulties across Europe stopped eruptions this morning, says Iceland’s Met Office.
No Irish closures – for now – as Ash Cloud reaches Europe
As Grimsvotn’s eruption begins to wane, airspace closures on continental Europe will still mean some cancelled flights.
# volcano - Tuesday 24 May, 2011
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
All the news of the day you might have missed…
Take 5: Tuesday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
Irish airports remain open but ash cloud disrupts flights to Scotland
Ryanair has expressed its displeasure with the disruption, believing it to be unnecessary. The IAA has said that all Irish airports remain open and added that it will update the situation later today.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: flights to Scotland disrupted by ash cloud; appeal for information in fatal Kildare crash; and Diageo Ireland reviewing Irish operations.
# volcano - Monday 23 May, 2011
Aer Lingus cancels Scottish flights as volcanic ash cloud moves closer
President Obama won’t be the only one inconvenienced by ash from the Grimsvotn volcano, however IAA says it still doesn’t expect any disruptions to air travel in Irish space in the next 24 hours.
EU confirms that volcanic ash cloud is heading in Ireland’s direction
Met Éireann says it is monitoring the situation, but the IAA is not expecting any disruptions to flights in Irish air space over the next 24 hours. The EU has confirmed that the ash looks likely to enter British and Irish airspace shortly.
Poll: Should Irish airspace stay open if the ash cloud arrives?
Do you think last year’s lockdown in the skies was an overreaction? Or would you prefer to see airspace close again if the ash cloud returns?
# volcano - Sunday 22 May, 2011
Iceland closes main airport but ash cloud ‘not heading to Europe’
Keflavik airport is fully closed with no flights taking off or landing as the ash plume covers Iceland but officials insist its not Europe-bound.
Another Icelandic volcano erupts – but it’s unlikely to cause travel disruption
History shows that previous eruptions in Grimsvotn have not had much influence on flight traffic — unlike the massive disruption caused last year by Eyjafjallajokull.
# volcano - Tuesday 26 April, 2011
Take 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
Report vindicates aviation authorities over ash cloud flight cancellations
The ash cloud from Iceland’s (still unpronounceable) Eyjafjallajökull volcano could have caused engines to fail and seriously scratched up windows.
# volcano - Monday 21 March, 2011
Residents flee after Indonesian volcano spews fresh ash
Thousands are evacuated after Mount Karangetang shoots gas and debris up to 600m in the air in central Indonesia.
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Coalition forces claim to have destroyed Gaddafi’s command centre; plans for a supercasino on the banks of the Liffey and the ‘gay cure’ iPhone app that got a 4+ rating from Apple.
# volcano - Friday 11 March, 2011
The week in photos
This is the week that was, in pictures.
Take 5: Friday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
# volcano - Monday 7 March, 2011
The Daily Fix: Monday
This evening’s Daily Fix includes: new online suicide prevention initiative launched; Guantanamo terror trials to resume; and a trapped Bieber.
Video: Hawaii’s volcano Kilauea erupts
Dramatic images from the weekend’s volcanic activity on Hawaii’s Big Island after a crater floor on the Kilauea volcano collapsed.
# volcano - Tuesday 1 February, 2011
Take 5: Tuesday
Tuesday’s Take 5: Brian Cowen addresses the Dáil for the final time; journalists at the Sunday Tribune face an uncertain future; and Ireland expels a Russian diplomat over the use of forged Irish passports by spies.
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