Great Escapes: A five-star week on the Algarve for €299

This week’s best travel deals at home and abroad

Late August holiday bargains: to Gran Canaria, Majorca, Algarve

Great Escapes: Plus €520 off a Maldives holiday, and a luxury break for dogs

Great Escapes: Up to €580 off a Tuscan villa

We find this week’s bargains on breaks in Mexico, New York, Italy and beyond

A Sligo beer festival, last-minute getaways and Kildare luxury

Check In: Have a pint at the Hagstravaganza, visit the new look Dylan Hotel or head for Dubrovnik

Because she’s worth it: short breaks to take with your mum

Looking for ideas for a Mother's Day present? Why not book one of these great getaways that you can enjoy with your mum?

Gillian Bowler: Budget Travel founder a noted entrepreneur

Obituary: Tough negotiator became first woman to chair Irish publicly quoted company

Check in: seaside sojourns and Belfast’s best

Jo Linehan and Joan Scales round up this week’s travel news and deals

Ask Joan - how to get my sons out of their computer screens, find a nice honeymoon in November

I want to explore Ireland’s outdoors with two reluctant boys, Malta or Cyprus, Tenerife or La Gomera

Joan’s advice on... online travel agents

Before you press send, look at the “About Us” part of the website to see exactly who you are dealing with

Ask Joan: Summer in Romania, and options for Easter

Family breaks in Alicante, Marbella, the Algarve, the Canaries and the Romanian coast

Ask Joan - family holidays from the south west, Barcelona and Costa Brava

Family plans for sun holidays in Spain and Turkey

Ring in the new: 12 travel breaks to start the New Year

Christmas is all about tradition but New Year’s is about fresh starts. Why not start 2016 the way you mean to go on: having as much fun in as many fab places as possible

The world’s best... according to British Airways

Fionn Davenport round up this week's travel deals and news

Travel Desk: Parisian summer, where to go in Denmark, and a guide to Turin

News, views and holiday offers

Inside Track: Paul Hackett, ClickandGo.com chief executive

Inside Track Small Business Paul Hackett, ClickandGo.com chief executive and co-founder

Ask Joan: Exploring Israel and going to Malaga and the Costa del Sol

Your travel dilemmas solved

Off the beaten track in Spain and baby’s first holiday in Portugal or Greece

Ask Joan: your travel dilemmas solved

Travel Desk: Venice, Van Gogh and a London tourist tax

Fionn Devenport rounds up the latest travel news from scross the globe

Ask Joan: Can we book a cat-free holiday?

Cat phobia curbs couple’s holiday plans, and hotel prices hinder visit to Westminster

Get yourself to a Christmas market

There are plenty of good value Christmas markets at home and abroad with hand-crafted presents, a festive atmosphere and an opportunity to shop with a glass of wine in your mitt

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...

The Irish Times ePaper

Election 2024

Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies

Common Ground

How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands