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Checking in with new Covid-19 safety measures

Travel News

Canary Islands offer free Covid-19 insurance in bid to kick-start travel

"There is no cost to travellers and all are automatically covered," a spokesperson for the Spanish Tourist Office in Dublin said.

Passengers travelling during the pandemic. Photo by Sergei Bobylev\TASS via Getty Images

Travel News

These airports are leading the way with coronavirus testing for international travellers

With the global reported case numbers for coronavirus now exceeding 18 million, airports around the world are figuring out how to accept travellers while limiting exposure for their own citizens.

Brian Ormond and Robbie Keane went to Adare Manor with their families

Life

Break from the norm: How to staycation like an Irish celebrity

Travel Talk

Carl Mullan: Why Ireland is the best little travel destination in the world

Park life: Journalist Orla Neligan and husband Alan with their children, twins Ruby and Martha (8) and Flynn (7) having a temperature check at Tayto Park. Photo: Mark Condren

Ireland Premium

Staycation Nation: What's it like to visit Ireland's museums, theme parks and attractions in the 'new normal'?

Tourism and hospitality in the new normal. Photo: Getty

Travel Talk Premium

Pól Ó Conghaile Opinion Irish tourism pulled off a stunning reopening - now it must stamp out Covid inconsistencies

Bettystown beach

Ireland

Olivia Kiernan: Meath's Gold Coast forges rituals that will last a lifetime

Walker on the North Mayo seacliffs, near Carrowteige. Photo: Gareth McCormack

Ireland

Ireland Unlocks: 10 great things to do in Mayo this summer

Composite Image: Fáilte Ireland's new Covid-19 safety charter, with the Cliffs of Moher (stock).

Travel News

In summer of the staycation, most Irish hotel rooms remain empty

First choice: Harvey’s Point in Co Donegal

Travel News

'Of all the years, this is most significant' - Harvey's Point scoops top TripAdvisor award for seventh time

Santorini, Greek Cyclades

Travel News

Ryanair adds new green list flights from Ireland 'due to popular demand'

Masked guests on a Selfie Spot with Daisy Duck at Disneyland Paris. PA Photo/Disneyland Paris.

Travel

Disneyland Paris has reopened - but what's it like to visit in the 'new normal'?

Video

Curracloe and Raven Point, Co Wexford

Walk Wexford's Raven Point Loop - from forest to beach in just over two hours

Photographing puffins on Wexford's Saltee Islands. Photo: Pól Ó Conghaile

Take a trip to the Saltee Islands - 'Is there a purer pop of Irish wildlife than a puffin?'

Cycle the Ring of Hook - from an iconic lighthouse to a haunted house

The Ardmore cliff walk, Co Waterford, with St. Declan's hermitage. Photo: Pól Ó Conghaile

Walk the Ardmore Cliff Walk in Co Waterford - Ireland's coolest coastal stroll

'King of banks and stones and every blooming thing' - Patrick Kavanagh Centre gets €1m facelift

Editor's Choice

Sheep near Portsalon Beach, Co. Donegal. Photo: Getty

Ireland Premium

100 great things to do in Ireland this summer - from secret beaches to flying boats

Cycling in Kerry

Ireland Premium

10 best cycling routes in Ireland - from glorious greenways to coastal spins

Lost Cottages, Glenbeigh, Co Kerry

Ireland Premium

The Fab 50: Ireland's 50 best places to stay in 2020

Staycation rules, okay? Pól Ó Conghaile's seven tips for holidaying in the new normal

Baffled by Covid inconsistencies on a five-star tour of Ireland

This Irish hotel is dedicating an entire floor to the over-65s

Pól Ó Conghaile

Travel News

Passengers travelling during the pandemic. Photo by Sergei Bobylev\TASS via Getty Images

Travel News

These airports are leading the way with coronavirus testing for international travellers

Daisy Edgar-Jones as Marianne and Paul Mescal as Connell

Irish News

€30,000 clip to lure 'Normal People' fans to Ireland

(stock photo)

Irish News

Scramble for alternative flights home for Irish tourists in Cyprus and Malta after both countries removed from Government’s green list

Checking in with new Covid-19 safety measures

Travel News

Canary Islands offer free Covid-19 insurance in bid to kick-start travel

Ireland

Brian Ormond and Robbie Keane went to Adare Manor with their families

Life

Break from the norm: How to staycation like an Irish celebrity

Travel Talk

Carl Mullan: Why Ireland is the best little travel destination in the world

Bettystown beach

Ireland

Olivia Kiernan: Meath's Gold Coast forges rituals that will last a lifetime

Park life: Journalist Orla Neligan and husband Alan with their children, twins Ruby and Martha (8) and Flynn (7) having a temperature check at Tayto Park. Photo: Mark Condren

Ireland Premium

Staycation Nation: What's it like to visit Ireland's museums, theme parks and attractions in the 'new normal'?

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

Travel Talk

Carl Mullan: Why Ireland is the best little travel destination in the world

Tourism and hospitality in the new normal. Photo: Getty

Travel Talk Premium

Pól Ó Conghaile Opinion Irish tourism pulled off a stunning reopening - now it must stamp out Covid inconsistencies

DJ Cici Cavanagh is enjoying the countryside

Travel Talk Premium

'The island definitely needed a bit of a reset' - the clubs may be on hold but Ibiza is having a moment

Afternoon tea at Galway's Hardiman Hotel

Travel Talk Premium

Pól Ó Conghaile Opinion This Irish hotel is dedicating an entire floor to the over-65s

Walks

Looking toward Bray Head and Little Sugar Loaf from the summit of Carrickgollogan, From ‘Family Walks Around Dublin – A Walking Guide’, by Adrian Hendroff, Collins Press, 2017. See ‘Explore Ireland’s Mountains’ at adrianhendroff.com.

Ireland

25 Best Walks in Ireland: No matter what your fitness level!

The Ardmore cliff walk, Co Waterford, with St. Declan's hermitage. Photo: Pól Ó Conghaile

Walks

Walk the Ardmore cliff walk in Co Waterford - it only takes an hour

Walking on Slieve Beagh. Pic: Monaghan Tourism

Travel Premium

Ireland's best walks 25 best summer walks in Ireland - from coastal paths to summit tombs

Joseph O'Connor

Travel

Ireland's best walks Joseph O’Connor on a favourite walk - 'I feel very blessed that it's part of my life'

Europe

A service staff member awaits guests on Lanzarote

Travel

'It's a question of life' - Can the Canary Islands safely reboot tourism in a pandemic?

Masked guests on a Selfie Spot with Daisy Duck at Disneyland Paris. PA Photo/Disneyland Paris.

Travel

Disneyland Paris has reopened - but what's it like to visit in the 'new normal'?

DJ Cici Cavanagh is enjoying the countryside

Travel Talk Premium

'The island definitely needed a bit of a reset' - the clubs may be on hold but Ibiza is having a moment

Berlin and the River Spree

Travel Premium

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

World/USA

Mary Trump

News

Kindness was 'beaten' out of US president Donald Trump, says niece Mary

Gillian loved Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City

World/USA

Language no barrier to finding love in the heart of Mexico City

A dealer wearing a protective face mask waits for customers before the reopening of the D Las Vegas hotel and casino (John Locher/AP)

World/USA

Las Vegas reopens its doors to gamblers following Covid-19 lockdown

Sanphet Prasat Palace in the leafy subarbs of Bangkok

Travel

Surviving lockdown in my Thai paradise

Cruise

Cruising in the Caribbean. Photo: Deposit

Cruise

Cruise lines are working on their comeback, but some destinations say 'not so fast'

Cruising in the Caribbean. Photo: Deposit

Cruise

Cruise lines are lowering prices, but here's what it will take to get me back on board

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

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