The Merrion Hotel in Dublin and Killeen House & Rozzers in Killarney were amongst the big winners at the Trivago Hotel Awards this year. The accommodation price comparison site picked out the top-rated hotels and guesthouses in Ireland across a range of categories. more
With picturesque views across the Sound of Mull towards Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, and out to sea, towards Ardnamurchan Point, Airship 2 offers seclusion in Drimnin on the west coast of the country.
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LOW-COST Irish airline Ryanair, who claim to be Europe's No. 1 airline, have announced a new route from the UK to Spain that will start operating in March 2018.more
Wizz Air has started flights from Wroclaw to Agadir, Morocco. In the opinion of the President of Wroclaw Airport, this is one of the most anticipated low-cost calls winter flights from Wroclaw.more
Any brave souls hoping to encounter a genuine Halloween scare should head to Co Offaly after the region was declared the most haunted in Ireland. Paranormal investigators have even labelled the Midlands county, noted for its eerie castles, one of the spookiest areas in Europe.more
New U.S. security measures that came into effect today for all flights bound for the United States have some airlines warning passengers to leave more time to get through screening.more
The British passport holds some clout, but if you thought it was the most powerful in the world then you are sorely mistaken. In fact, the UK passport is only joint-fourth - along with Denmark, Finland, Italy, France, Spain, Norway and Japan.more
Ryanair, Europe's No 1 airline, today (24 Oct), confirmed that it will delay its new cabin bag policy until 15th January 2018 to allow customers more time to adjust to the changes, particularly during the busy Christmas period.more
This super-quaint cottage located near Woodford in Co.Galway and the shores of Lough Derg has been named as the best in Ireland's rental scene. The Humble Daisy scored 'gold' in a national travel awards scheme by Skyes Cottages which hold 'The Skyes Gem Awards' judged by a panel of leading travel experts. more
For the second year running, Ireland has triumphed at this year's Group Leisure & Travel Awards in Britain, after being voted Best International Destination by thousands of readers of Group Leisure & Travel magazine.more
St Helena's £285m airport, dubbed the "world's most useless" after a series of setbacks, will finally welcome its first scheduled service on Saturday.more
When choosing the destination for a much-needed getaway, I imagined sun-soaked beaches with crisp golden sand, poolside drinks and plenty of time to top up my tan. I did not for one second imagine that I would be spending my week with a group of total strangers, in a sports hotel located in the middle of a Polish forest. more
A former Cork prison has won a major European travel award. Spike Island has been named Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction at the 2017 World Travel Awards, seeing off a shortlist which included the Eiffel Tower, Buckingham Palace and the Colosseummore
Earlier this year Australia became the first country in the world to introduce strict legislation to clamp down on sex offenders leaving or attempting to go abroad. Now Ireland looks set to follow with draft legislation expected to be introduced later this month, which would pave the way for this country becoming the first European nation to make it illegal for convicted paedophiles to travel overmore
Two major airlines have taken a startup under their wings in pursuit of cleaner air travel. Boeing and JetBlue were revealed to be backing Zunum Aero back in April, and now, the company has set a target release date for their small hybrid-electric airliner: 2022.more
Ryanair's chief operations officer will leave the company at the end of the month, the crisis-hit airline has announced. Michael Hickey's resignation comes after the cancellation of tens of thousands of flights through to March next year.more
This is the moving moment a young man stepped in to help an autistic boy who was suffering a difficult episode on a train journey. Single mother Gayna Pealling hailed Daniel Ball, 21, "my hero" after he stepped in to help calm down her five-year-old son Jack, who has autism and ADHD.more
But for every New York, Paris, Rome, Barcelona and Moscow, the runways are also packed with planes heading directly to distant outposts that you definitely haven't heard of.more
An Air France A380 superjumbo jetliner taking more than 500 people from Paris to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Canada on Saturday following "serious damage" to one of its four engines, the airline said.more
