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Ballyhoura

Ireland Premium

Top 10 family cycles in Ireland - where you don't have to worry about traffic

Cycling has taken off during lockdown. So what are the options for those who want to pedal a little further in Ireland after July 20? Pól Ó Conghaile picks 10 traffic-free trails...

Berlin and the River Spree

Travel Premium

We'll take Berlin: My lockdown in a city for young and elder alike

Isabel Healy chose to self isolate in the German capital when Europe's borders were shut down, and this 'over-70' is as happy there as Matt Damon in Dalkey

Kilkenny Tourism has begun to promote home holidays again

Travel News Premium

'50pc is the new full' - Demand picks up for 'post-pandemic' staycations

Santa's Igloos Arctic Circle, Lapland

Travel Talk Premium

Pól Ó Conghaile Opinion Travel's 'blue moment' is here - it's time to decide what lessons we take from lockdown

Ruth Andrews has taken on another key tourism role.
Photo: Gerry Mooney

Business Premium

'Operators need a bailout' - The tourism expert tasked with Ireland's post-Covid recovery

an Aer Lingus cabin crew member dons his face mask. Screengrab: Aer Lingis

Travel News

'Flying is going to be different' - Aer Lingus reveals new health rules, but no temperature checks

The travel dream. But how to make it a reality?

Travel News Premium

Summer Travel Q&A - What countries will open first, and will I be able to take a holiday?

Put your garden to good use with a posh picnic

Life Premium

7 ways to enjoy a socially distant bank holiday weekend

Screengrab: Ryanair / YouTube

Travel News

Four out of five Ryanair passengers still waiting for refunds – survey

An Caorán Beag, An Cheathrú Rua. 'Always beautiful,' Richie Ó hEadhra says of this photo taken in July, last year. Twitter / @OHeadhra

Travel

#WhenWeTravelAgain: Our reader travel gallery is a departures lounge to inspire future trips...

A deserted Dublin Airport during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Mark Condren

Travel News

Overseas travel down by 99pc after 'unprecedented collapse'

Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. Bloomberg photo by Geert Vanden Wijngaert

Travel News

'The whole travel experience will be as enjoyable as open-heart surgery'

Travel TV

Basking sharks swimming in Keem Bay, Achill Island

Video

'Gentle Giants' - 30-foot basking sharks filmed swimming off Achill Island

Video

'Don't worry, we're still here' - Stunning new video shares Co Clare with the world

'I will return' says a traveller in this poetic Tourism Ireland video

Travel

'We'll see you again' - Stunning Irish tourism videos keep holiday dreams alive

Screengrab: Pure Cork

Video

'It'll be pure brilliant' - Spirited video looks forward to when Cork 'wakes from this deep slumber'

'Oceans Apart'. Screenshot: Mayo.ie / Lorcan Hynes

Video

'We may be oceans apart, but never in spirit' - Stirring short film celebrates Mayo Day

Kilkee Chamber of Commerce / Intrinsic Bay Media

Video

Kilkee Cliff Walk: Try this walker's-eye-view until we can travel again

Editor's Choice

Anna Hart on her travels

Travel Premium

Into the wild: The trip that changed my definition of 'adventure' forever

Hiking boots and stone on the stone signal, Symbol of the way of St. James

Travel Premium

Walk this way: Europe's great walking holidays... from the Camino de Santiago to the Wild Atlantic Way

In the swim: Pól Ó Conghaile on his travels

Travel Premium

A Swimmer's Story: Sharks, Speedos and why I really miss the water

Uncertainty around safety, science and quarantine rules keeping travel up in the air

Eilish O'Regan

The A to Zoom of future travel - what will my next package holiday involve?

Pól Ó Conghaile

Five reasons for Irish tourism to hope

Pól Ó Conghaile

Travel News

an Aer Lingus cabin crew member dons his face mask. Screengrab: Aer Lingis

Travel News

'Flying is going to be different' - Aer Lingus reveals new health rules, but no temperature checks

Kilkenny Tourism has begun to promote home holidays again

Travel News Premium

'50pc is the new full' - Demand picks up for 'post-pandemic' staycations

A TUI Group aircraft in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Photo: Deposit

Travel News

Tui cancels holidays for UK customers until at least end of June

Warning: Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan says further quarantine measures are being considered. Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Coronavirus

Holidaymakers warned there will be no July U-turn on overseas trips

Ireland

Ballyhoura

Ireland Premium

Top 10 family cycles in Ireland - where you don't have to worry about traffic

Santa's Igloos Arctic Circle, Lapland

Travel Talk Premium

Pól Ó Conghaile Opinion Travel's 'blue moment' is here - it's time to decide what lessons we take from lockdown

Kilkenny Tourism has begun to promote home holidays again

Travel News Premium

'50pc is the new full' - Demand picks up for 'post-pandemic' staycations

Into the wild: Sharon Burrell’s photo of a fox

Life Premium

Candid camera: The rise of amateur wildlife photography

Reviews

The house is quirky and opulent

Hotel Reviews

Review: What's it like to stay at the vegan hotel, Saorsa 1875?

The Hoxton, Southwark

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Review: Hoxton Southwark - a London love letter from the hip hotel chain

A suite at Dublin's Mayson hotel

Hotel Reviews

Review: The Mayson Hotel, Dublin - Is this the Press Up Group's best yet?

Inside the Hyatt Centric Dublin

Hotel Reviews

Hyatt Centric Dublin hotel review: 'We're country hoteliers in the city'

Travel Talk

Ruth Andrews has taken on another key tourism role.
Photo: Gerry Mooney

Business Premium

'Operators need a bailout' - The tourism expert tasked with Ireland's post-Covid recovery

Santa's Igloos Arctic Circle, Lapland

Travel Talk Premium

Pól Ó Conghaile Opinion Travel's 'blue moment' is here - it's time to decide what lessons we take from lockdown

Gearing up: Michael O’Leary says Ryanair will be travelling to Europe again from July. Photo: REUTERS/Lorraine O'Sullivan

Comment Premium

Eilish O'Regan Opinion Uncertainty around safety, science and quarantine rules keeping travel up in the air

Lions lolling about in Selous Safari Park, Tanzania

Travel Talk

Five ways to be a more sustainable traveller when we can holiday again

Walks

Hiking boots and stone on the stone signal, Symbol of the way of St. James

Travel Premium

Walk this way: Europe's great walking holidays - from the Camino to the Wild Atlantic Way

Walking: Fresh air for all ages and fitness levels

Ireland Premium

25 best spring walks in Ireland: Fresh air for every age and fitness level

Bray to Greystones Cliff Walk, Co Wicklow

Reader Travel Awards

Ireland's No.1 local attraction revealed: 'Most walks tire you; this one energises you'

Knocknarea, Sligo. Photo: Alison Crummy/Fáilte Ireland

Walks

Pól Ó Conghaile: Why Sligo’s Knocknarea is a stroll with soul

Europe

Berlin and the River Spree

Travel Premium

We'll take Berlin: My lockdown in a city for young and elder alike

Night-time view of Amsterdam's typical canal side houses with modern architecture behind them. Photo: iStock/PA.

Europe

'The city is ours again': How the pandemic relieved Amsterdam of overtourism

Hiking boots and stone on the stone signal, Symbol of the way of St. James

Travel Premium

Walk this way: Europe's great walking holidays - from the Camino to the Wild Atlantic Way

An increasing number of Irish people are drawn to the Camino route

Travel Talk Premium

Pól Ó Conghaile Opinion Our Covid Caminos: Walking shows light at the end of the lockdown tunnel

World/USA

Sanphet Prasat Palace in the leafy subarbs of Bangkok

Travel

Surviving lockdown in my Thai paradise

Spectacular: Jaipur's Amer Fort

World/USA

India: In search of magic mirrors

The New York skyline at night. An unforgettable sight

World/USA

New York: 'When the virus finally passes, I will take my family to this unbreakable city'

Sao Paulo - South America's biggest city

World/USA Premium

Sao Paulo: Big city life in Brazil

Cruise

The new Irish Ferries ship W.B.Yeats on its arrival into Dublin Port. Photo: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland.

Travel News

'It's unfair' - Customers claim ferries are taking payments for trips they cannot take

Land ahoy: Passengers look towards the Cambodian port town of Sihanoukville. Photo: Angela Jones/Handout via REUTERS

Travel News

Passenger live-tweets doomed cruise to nowhere

Celebrity Apex

Cruise

The billion dollar boat: First look inside Celebrity Apex as it nears completion

The rollercoaster on Carnival's Mardi Gras (Artists' Impression)

Cruise

Rollercoasters, tattoo parlours and snow rooms: 10 things you didn't know were on cruise ships

Ski

Aoife Walsh in Westendorf

Ski

Beginner's luck in Austria: How would a first-time skier get on in Westendorf?

Skiing in Morzine. Original Source: Sunday Independent

Ski

A snowflake in Morzine: My ski trip in an Alpine town of gingerbread gorgeousness

The picture-postcard L'Apogee Courchevel is located in the chic resort of Courchevel 1850, home to the biggest ski playground in the world

Ski

Courchevel: A royal pampering on the piste

Andorra is one of the most affordable ski destinations

Ski

Andorra: Skiing in the pleasure principality