Does anyone know offhand which airlines will take a pup from Uk to Ireland. The pups new owner was coming from Derry to Manchester with Aer Arann but they have now cancelled that run. Tried Birmingham but they want £350 to take a dog!. Lady lives in Southern Ireland.

my pup went over on the boat drove from liverpool to stranraer then drove from the boat home . Pup slept most of the journey in a crate.

I live in Telford so Stranraer is a bit too muvh for me to drive but thanks

its only an extra hour from Telford  than it was for our family, plenty of stops for toilet then pup would sleep most of the journey.I worried my self sick when they started thier journey home but she arrived safely and rang me to say they had arrived.

Would definitely recommend the ferry route - cheaper and the dogs seem to find the low light and constant loud hum on the car deck sophorific. Mine just snooze. If it's not too busy, the purser may allow an accompanied visit to the car deck to check all is fine. The fast ferry from Holyhead (A5 all the way from Telford - about 2.5hrs) to Dublin is pretty quick, too.

Jemima

You may want to consider the Holyhead - Dublin route (Stena-Line).  Its a short crossing and would be about half the distance from you compared to Stranrear.  Dublin is easily accessible from most parts of Ireland so shouldn't be too much of a problem for your puppy buyer to get to either.

oh yes I fogot about holyhead..

I would also recommend the ferry route, my dogs all come to me via ferry as I live on the Isle of Man & for every show we must travel by ferry & we've never had a problem. They are always calm & happy on the ferry and when ever I have a puppy I always ask a member of staff would it be possible to check on them and they are more than happy to come & coo over a puppy ha ha.
I have on many occasions flew to Ireland for shows when there aren't any ferries and they seem to get very hot and bothered when flying.

Hope this helps :)