Irish Ferries Bank Holiday offer, bookable through Irish Ferries � 08705 171717, www.irishferries.com

Irish Ferries has extended the booking deadline for its August summer fare of �179 return until 31st August 2004. The fare is a five-day return and is inclusive of all taxes and includes a car plus two adults, with free travel for children. Extra adults pay an additional �20 each.

The special offer, which amounts to a reduction of more than 40 percent on published brochure prices, is valid for travel on any day in August on Irish Ferries� Rosslare-Pembroke route.

Prices from Holyhead on board the Ulysses, Irish Ferries magnificent cruise ship, start from �194.

Supplements apply for travel on Dublin-Holyhead Dublin Swift fast ferry service.

Bookings should be made online at www.irishferries.com or by calling 08705 17 17 17.

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Editor�s Notes Irish Ferries is Ireland�s leading ferry company and the winner of the Irish Travel Trade �Best Ferry Company� for the last seven years, carrying passengers and freight between Ireland, Great Britain and Continental Europe. It is a division of Irish Continental Group plc, publicly quoted on both the Dublin and London Stock Exchanges. Over the last number of years, Irish Ferries has invested over �450 million in new fleet and port facilities and now has the most modern fleet in Europe including Ulysses, the world�s largest car ferry the Dublin Swift fast ferry service which reaches the heart of Dublin city in just 1hour 49 minutes. In 2003, Irish Ferries carried nearly 2 million passengers on 4 routes in and out of Ireland.

At the 2003 Irish Travel Trade Awards, Irish Travel Agents voted Irish Ferries �Best Ferry Company� for a record seventh year in a row. Irish Ferries Holidays has been operating a fully bonded and protected inclusive holiday to Ireland programme for over 25 years and is widely regarded as expert at producing good value family holidays to the Emerald Isle. As a division of Irish Ferries (UK) Ltd., the company offers holidays by sea, as well as holiday by air, to both the Republic of and Northern Ireland.

For further information contact: Tom Williams: tom.williams@flagshipgroup.co.uk / 0207 886 8446