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Travel Desk: News, views, deals and holiday inspiration

Travel Desk: News, views, deals and holiday inspiration

Sat Jul 26 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: news, views and holiday inspiration

Travel desk: news, views and holiday inspiration

Sat Jul 19 2014 - 01:00
Travel Desk: News, views and holiday inspiration

Travel Desk: News, views and holiday inspiration

Fionn Davenport's roundup of travel news

Sat Jul 12 2014 - 00:00
Travel Desk: News, views and holiday inspiration

Travel Desk: News, views and holiday inspiration

Sat Jul 05 2014 - 00:00
Travel desk: News, views and holiday inspiration

Travel desk: News, views and holiday inspiration

Sat Jun 28 2014 - 01:00
Travel Desk: from family deals to the most expensive cities in the world

Travel Desk: from family deals to the most expensive cities in the world

News, deals and holiday inspiration

Thu Jun 26 2014 - 14:57
Travel desk: News, deals and holiday inspiration

Travel desk: News, deals and holiday inspiration

Sat Jun 14 2014 - 01:00
Tackling stats – I may know my way around the world but ...

Tackling stats – I may know my way around the world but ...

Fionn Davenport is a travel writer, so Leaving Cert geography should be a doddle, right?

Sat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: New Heathrow home for Aer Lingus, Thailand update and Premium Economy from Lufthansa

Travel desk: New Heathrow home for Aer Lingus, Thailand update and Premium Economy from Lufthansa

Sat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: Geneva, Thailand, Amsterdam, Rio and literary tours

Travel desk: Geneva, Thailand, Amsterdam, Rio and literary tours

Sat May 31 2014 - 01:00
The future of air travel

The future of air travel

Airlines will become hotels in the sky by offering a growing array of comforts

Sat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: News, deals and holiday  inspiration

Travel desk: News, deals and holiday inspiration

Sat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: a ski resort for €1; busy airports; fine hotels in Lisbon and selfies in Paris

Travel desk: a ski resort for €1; busy airports; fine hotels in Lisbon and selfies in Paris

Sat May 17 2014 - 01:00
Fascinating hike along San Fran’s improbable slopes

Fascinating hike along San Fran’s improbable slopes

Sat May 10 2014 - 01:00
Traveldesk: Egypt alert; Canadian baggage costs; Branson’s winery; Noma’s rivals in Copenhagen

Traveldesk: Egypt alert; Canadian baggage costs; Branson’s winery; Noma’s rivals in Copenhagen

Sat May 10 2014 - 01:00
Suite dreams take flight for those with €15,000 to spend

Suite dreams take flight for those with €15,000 to spend

Etihad Airlines introduces a three-room suite as part of its next generation of cabins

Mon May 05 2014 - 10:09
Bunjee jump like Bond, Andy Murray’s luxury hotel and a trip to ‘Corrie’

Bunjee jump like Bond, Andy Murray’s luxury hotel and a trip to ‘Corrie’

Sat May 03 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: News, deals and holiday inspiration

Travel desk: News, deals and holiday inspiration

Places to stay in Rome, renew your passport in one day, track your luggage, a Grand Hotel in Budapest, and micro-guide to Copenhagen

Sat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: Luxury French retreat, where to bare all in Munich, and ‘Mad Men’ lounges to visit

Travel desk: Luxury French retreat, where to bare all in Munich, and ‘Mad Men’ lounges to visit

Sat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: alternatives to Cannes, a Jacuzzi on a crane and Russia's holiday gulags

Travel desk: alternatives to Cannes, a Jacuzzi on a crane and Russia's holiday gulags

News, deals and holiday inspiration

Sat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
Discovering history and myth at Pearl Harbour

Discovering history and myth at Pearl Harbour

About 5,000 people a day stream through the gates to visit the expanded museum at Pearl Harbour

Sat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
Travel Desk: Live like an Austrian emperor for €699 a night

Travel Desk: Live like an Austrian emperor for €699 a night

News, deals and holiday inspiration including 53 days on a luxury round-the-world train (and plane) trip and five great airport restaurants

Sat Mar 29 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: Thai resorts, cycling the Van Gogh way and Philadelphia’s Magic Garden

Travel desk: Thai resorts, cycling the Van Gogh way and Philadelphia’s Magic Garden

News, deals and holiday inspiration

Sat Mar 22 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: fireworks in Valencia, optimising your flight booking and Scotland's 134-mile walk

Travel desk: fireworks in Valencia, optimising your flight booking and Scotland's 134-mile walk

News, deals and holiday inspiration

Fri Mar 21 2014 - 15:53

Five great mid-range Parisian restaurants

Fionn Davenport suggests five great restaurants that won't break the bank

Thu Mar 13 2014 - 12:00
Five Paris pubs to watch the game

Five Paris pubs to watch the game

In Paris but don’t have a ticket for the match? Here’s Fionn Davenport’s guide to pubs where you can watch the action

Thu Mar 13 2014 - 12:00
Living it up in style in Dubai

Living it up in style in Dubai

The country’s reputation for excess is well deserved

Sat Mar 08 2014 - 01:00
News, deals and holiday inspiration

News, deals and holiday inspiration

Sat Mar 08 2014 - 01:00
Can you stand the heat of battle?

Can you stand the heat of battle?

The Scots won the day at the Battle of Bannockburn and as Fionn Davenport found as they opened their new visitor centre, they're winning still

Sat Mar 01 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: news, deals  and holiday plans

Travel desk: news, deals and holiday plans

Sat Mar 01 2014 - 01:00
Orange ammunition

Orange ammunition

Sat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00
A New York minute

A New York minute

Inspiration and tranquility at the Met

Sat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: news, deals and destinations with Fionn Davenport

Travel desk: news, deals and destinations with Fionn Davenport

Sat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: news, deals and destinations with Fionn Davenport

Travel desk: news, deals and destinations with Fionn Davenport

Sat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
Travel Desk: news, deals and destinations with Fionn Davenport

Travel Desk: news, deals and destinations with Fionn Davenport

Sat Feb 01 2014 - 01:00
Travel Desk: news deals and destinations with Fionn Davenport

Travel Desk: news deals and destinations with Fionn Davenport

Sat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00
Travel desk: news, deals and destinations with Fionn Davenport

Travel desk: news, deals and destinations with Fionn Davenport

Sat Jan 18 2014 - 01:00
10 cruises

10 cruises

Hit the high seas for a memorable holiday

Mon Jan 13 2014 - 01:00
Alcohol and ‘cattle class’ flying lead to air rage

Alcohol and ‘cattle class’ flying lead to air rage

Reported air-rage incidents have soared in the past five years, and Shannon Airport sees more than its share. Why?

Sat Jan 11 2014 - 01:00
10 romantic holidays

10 romantic holidays

Splurge on a special occasion

Fri Jan 10 2014 - 22:00
10 sporting breaks

10 sporting breaks

Reasons to raise a cheer

Fri Jan 10 2014 - 22:00
10 city breaks

10 city breaks

Urban adventures

Fri Jan 10 2014 - 10:00

Travel Desk with Fionn Davenport

Best rooftop bars in Europe, airline seats, five-star lockups, ireland.com success and Kenya hikes taxes

Sat Jan 04 2014 - 01:00
Irish skiing: downhill since 2008

Irish skiing: downhill since 2008

There is a core of Irish skiers who make an annual pilgrimage to the slopes and are aware of the risks

Sat Jan 04 2014 - 01:00

Fionn Davenport's travel desk

Memories of jazz in Marrakesh, stargazing in the UK and the cost of a kiss - plus great hotel deals

Sat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
The Travel Desk with Fionn Davenport

The Travel Desk with Fionn Davenport

News, deals and holiday ideas

Sat Dec 21 2013 - 01:00
The Travel Desk: news, deals and holiday ideas

The Travel Desk: news, deals and holiday ideas

Paris to Barcelona, Marrakesh; a night in Valhalla and Lisbon for a day

Sat Dec 14 2013 - 11:06
Travel desk with Fionn Davenport

Travel desk with Fionn Davenport

Home stays, the world's best hotel and Ireland wins best tourism destination title

Sat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00
Fit for a pharaoh

Fit for a pharaoh

Fionn Davenport on Abu Dhabi’s entertainment playground

Sat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
New holiday hot spots or fresh holiday hell?

New holiday hot spots or fresh holiday hell?

Ryanair has announced nine additional destinations from Dublin. Which ones should you go to?

Sat Nov 16 2013 - 01:00
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