Irish Independent

An Irish American tourist has spoken of his shock at being quoted a fee of €10,000 to rent a car in Ireland for three weeks this summer.

The Department of Foreign Affairs insists there is no backlog in processing passports and has blamed forms being filled out incorrectly, as almost 200,000 people wait for their delayed travel documents ahead of summer holiday season.

Dara Ó Briain has hit out at Dublin Airport for its “insane queues” during his last visit, adding that the place was an absolute “mess.”

Plans for a network of camping and glamping sites and pitches for campervans and motorhomes on the banks of rivers, lakes and canals across the Republic and Northern Ireland are under consideration under a new tourism initiative.

We’re not in Kansas anymore. Witnessing a flush of flamingos through my binoculars, I feel a world away from the common garden birds in my north Dublin enclave. Is this the Everglades – or Mallorca?

Although Ireland offers spectacular hikes, from the Burren in Co Clare to Slieve League in Donegal, after two years in lockdown it’s time to stretch the legs and discover new horizons.

A Tipperary man attempting to become the first Irish person to climb Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen has spoken about the personal tragedy behind his quest.

Many Irish people will be taking their first summer holiday abroad since 2019 this year. After two years of Covid uncertainty, some sun, sea and scenery are to the forefront of the mind.

Families are saving hundreds of euro by going abroad during the school term as the cost of holidays soars.

Summer 2022 is being billed as the great return to travel abroad, and many Irish holidaymakers will be looking Stateside for the first time in more than two years.

I knew I was forgetting something. But what?

Which is your favourite Canary Island?

Record numbers of cruise ships are set to visit Dún Laoghaire this year in a further sign that international tourism is rebounding strongly from the pandemic.

A staffing crisis in the tourism industry as the summer season approaches has led Fáilte Ireland to launch a €700,000 national marketing campaign aimed at recruiting retirees and parents into the industry.

“Mummy,” my son says, leaning across the breakfast table at Billund’s Hotel Legoland and looking at me intently, “I don’t want to leave here. And if we have to leave, we have to come back… soon.”