A number of Irish locations have been named on a prestigious international travel magazine’s Best Place To Go in the UK and Ireland listing for 2024.
Center Parcs has announced that LauraLynn, Ireland’s Children’s Hospice will be its new charity partner in Ireland.
You don’t usually think of long, soft, sandy beaches when you think of Poland, right? Yet here we are on the shoreline of the Westerplatte, a peninsula of land just outside the city of Gdansk, the country’s northernmost port, and if it was just a …
The third official Donegal Camino has raised a whopping €82,155 for Cancer Care West Support Services in Donegal.
Fancy travelling the world, living rent-free and paying no tax on your salary?
For a moment, I parked my book on the circular table before me, which also housed my Guinness and salted nuts from the bar. A shimmer in the water, and then a passing fishing boat took my attention.
‘What do you get when you play country music backwards?” asks the dude up at the bar in Tootsie’s, iconic Nashville honky-tonk where many a future star has been discovered.
After successfully launching in Las Vegas and Miami, the mind-boggling Paradox Museum has just opened its third attraction in the USA with the launch of a New Jersey location at the American …
I went for the rugby — but I will return for everything else.
The Irish and our friendly ways have long been lauded across the world, but do Corkonians match the Dubs when it comes to the gift of the gab? What about Donegal v Kerry?
Tequiza craned her neck, pricked up her ears and batted her eyelashes as the ranger reached for another clump of crunchy lettuce from the coolbox. It was breakfast time on the Serengeti Plain, and after wrapping her long purple tongue around the …
When giving my children the decision of where they would like to visit on this tiny island of ours (I know, I know, what was I thinking?) it was to my surprise they collectively said, “Belfast!”
As the nights start to draw in and the kids return to school, we could all do with something special to look forward to.
ARRIVING at Solar Alvura, I’m feeling a little lost. Not so much in a geographical sense, I’m well aware that I’ve come to warm, balmy Portugal; I’m talking more spiritually. Self-care hasn’t exactly been at the top of my priority list lately. …
It has more castles per square kilometre than any other country in the world. It was the first nation to introduce a walking path along its entire coast. And it is steeped in a rich history and culture that would be the envy of any small country …
‘Enniskillen doesn’t seem like a great idea for a couples’ break away’, one colleague sarcastically told me when I returned from a childless weekend trip recently.
Chaos at airports has seen 24 flights cancelled in and out of Dublin and Cork airports today as passengers continue to suffer following a technical meltdown in the UK.
I can’t explain why, but for some reason Cyprus was never on our radar before when it came to summer holidays. Us Irish seem content with return visits to Spain, Portugal and the Canaries. We’re guilty of it ourselves in the Keany household.
Being from Roscommon, the midlands is familiar territory. But while I frequently whizzed through Offaly, I’d rarely stopped off. With a wedding looming, my fiancé and I decided not to holiday abroad and instead, we spent a weekend in the Faithful …
Aer Lingus announced today that it will open one brand new direct route to the USA next year as well as resuming another, as the airline continues to expand into the region.
A family was left devastated as their Easyjet flight from Belfast to Ibiza was cancelled after passengers had already been on the plane for an hour.
Have you noticed how it’s increasingly hard to find the much-flagged ‘hidden Ireland’?
AN old lady hangs out her washing, then leans over the balcony of her pretty village home as she spots a passing elderly neighbour on the street below.
ANA Kisling will never forget the moment she offered her heartiest congratulations to a couple at the centre of a surprise marriage proposal during one of her romantic picnics on the Maltese island of Gozo.
TUI Holidays has cancelled all flights from Ireland to Rhodes until the start of this weekend, as the Greek island continues to battle wildfires.
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Trying to explain to my daughters that I would be heading off for 36 hours to an island off the coast of England to travel on some trains, see some sights and watch motorbikes travel at 210km/h all on my own was a much harder sell than I anticipated.
Bruce Springsteen wrote Youngstown about a real place — and it sits just an hour outside Cleveland, Ohio.
Over one hundred miles of highway connects the tropical Florida Keys, from Key Largo, south of Miami, right down to Key West — next stop Cuba.
Two theme parks over two amazing days, one night in a medieval-themed family bedroom, one surprisingly fancy dinner, one new Jumanji ride, an exotic zoo, four rollercoasters, an all-you-can-eat pizza and pasta restaurant, a pet skunk, a new in-app …
FANS of Back to the Future will know that time travel is difficult — you need a mix of important ingredients, usually involving a mad scientist, a bolt of lightning and a DeLorean.
The owners of a Dublin hotel are changing its name for a third time after facing criticism over the proposed rebranding.
The adrenaline is palpable as we drive into Les Deux Alpes high in the French mountains.
Destinations that were once touted as cheaper in Europe are no longer necessarily offering the best value for summer holidays in 2023.
We’re balancing on the edge of a boat off the coast of the breathtaking Canary Island of El Hierro.
New Jersey is the perfect fit for Irish holidaymakers on a budget — it’s not only within touching distance of New York but is also a terrific state in itself, with lots of great features to explore.
Passengers travelling through Dublin Airport this summer will not experience the chaos of last year, the new CEO of the airport’s operator has promised.
Irish holidaymakers may be left disappointed this summer with the closure of two popular Spanish beaches.
Within three minutes of landing into the unearthly surroundings of Mountain View in Ballyhale, Kilkenny, owner Bee is down on her honkers tying my youngest daughter’s shoelace, which she spotted was slightly loose looking.
A buxom depiction of a mermaid in fishing village in Puglia, Italy, has caused a stir amongst locals for being “too provocative.”
A trip to Wexford could cost almost three times more than a sunny Spanish holiday this summer.
During my stint of swimming lessons in secondary school, I was “recovering from a cold.” Every week I would hand a new note on my illness to a very suspicious PE teacher and watch with my coat on as the rest of my class froze in the pool. I was …
An Irish pub in London has been crowned the best in the city by a global hospitality guide.
What are the advantages of a double buggy versus a tandem buggy? Would an estate car be more family-friendly or is an SUV the way forward? Should I be registering for a playschool spot already?
Plucking up the courage without sounding stupid, I meekly ask: “What does the black flag with the angry shark and bones mean?”
It is known as the entertainment capital of the world and the playground of the rich and famous, a place budding actors flock to in pursuit of their dreams.
Galway has “leapfrogged” Las Vegas as one of the most popular destinations for stag and hen parties.
Burrowing into the marshmallow-like bodies of my two guides, Bruce and Tommy, I brace myself against the blustery headwinds of Malin Head when my heart rate suddenly quickens and, (TMI incoming), saliva begins to pool in my mouth.
What’s the best region in France for a fun-packed holiday? To many Francophiles, it will always be the Riviera with its promise of sun, sea and glamour. Others won’t go beyond Paris, with its romance, history and stunning architecture.
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