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It's a Med world

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

CRUISING IS one of the few areas coping well in the recession-hit travel industry, but the choice of cruise lines, ships and itineraries can be bewildering.

Diary of a travel writer: Culinary stars whet appetite for Lismore

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000

THURSDAY The sunny south-east is no less sunny at freezing point than it is in high summer. The approach to Waterford along the old N9, perennial champion in the award for the worst stretch of national road in Ireland, won't be missed when the new motorway opens sometime next week. Not by me anyway.

Ultimate chill out

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:58:03 +0000

Last month, as the country ground to a halt under a few inches of snow, I went in search of somewhere more able to deal with freezing conditions -- Norway.

Diary of a travel writter: Tastes of the island prove too tempting

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:58:03 +0000

THURSDAY Guilbaud's is full. Recession? Scallop soup and John Dory to make the toes open and shut.

For all that life can afford, go to London

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:58:03 +0000

Samuel Johnson has been oft-quoted as saying: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."

Stores and stripes

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Is there anywhere quite like New York? It's instantly familiar, larger than life and utterly electric. There's so many reasons to visit too: the Empire State Building, Central Park, Broadway, The Guggenheim and the shopping.

A likely trip for the lads . . . and lasses

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:58:02 +0000

Heading off on our flight to Newcastle (a first-ever visit) we had notions of a Geordieland armed with only the stereotype of a heavyset man with no top on, half-covered in tattoos cheering on their poor soccer team.

Diary of a travel writer: Airports big it up and scale it down

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:58:02 +0000

THURSDAY Pier pressure, you could call it. The air heads at Dublin Airport have decided to give those piers of theirs the P45 and rename the gates. They start on the right with Gate 1010 and work their way round to the left with gate 342, and there will be 18 numbered from 400 up when the new terminal opens. You have to hand it to them for giving Dublin that extra lift -- no airport in the world has 400 gates. It is nice to pretend.

Canny girls' guide to shopping in Glasgow

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:58:02 +0000

LET'S face it ladies -- those days of heading off to the Big Apple with empty suitcases are officially a thing of the past. But if, like me, you're not ready to surrender your inner shopaholic just yet, visit Glasgow, Britain's second-biggest shopping mecca, and a must for fashionistas.

Holiday business upbeat and ready for the long haul

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:58:02 +0000

THURSDAY Dublin's air traffic controllers seem to be happy for the time being. What was all the fuss about?

Breaking the ice: The Ice House, Ballina

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

IT'S a hard task to keep up with the standards of such a nice hotel as Westmeath's Wineport Lodge, setting for RTE's The Restaurant, but the Ice House Hotel certainly doesn't let down its sister hotel in the Midlands, and boasts a similarly stunning location.

Perfect way to recover after a great Galway night on the tiles

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

If Dublin is the nation's New York, Galway has got to be its LA. A stunning west coast location, plenty of arty types and a place that's got all the attractions of a city with a more laidback lifestyle. And the renamed Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa has done the nigh-on impossible in recent years rising from the position of new kid on the block to become THE place to stay in the City of the Tribes.