A guide to upcoming sporting events and how to get to them
Soccer
• After the Champions League draw (below), demand for tickets for the meetings between Manchester United and Celtic is huge, so deals are not cheap.
• A one-night package with Abbey Travel (01-8047102, www. abbeytravel.ie) for the ties at Old Trafford on October 21st or at Celtic Park on November 5th costs €239 per person sharing.
• In contrast, the clubs' opening games, against Villareal and Aalborg on September 17th, cost €119 and €89.
• Marathon Travel (01-4755010, www. marathon-travel.ie) has deals for the Manchester United-Celtic game starting at €199pp.
• A lounge bar ticket deal for Manchester United versus Villareal with Keith Prowse Travel (01-8783500, www.keithprowse.com) costs €124. The Celtic match is priced at €274.
• Dawson Travel (021-4274397, www. dawson-travel.com) has two-night packages for Manchester United versus Celtic starting at €659 per person. One-night deals for Manchester United's other home group games cost from €199.
• A one-night deal with Sportsbreaks.ie (061-204444, www.sportsbreaks.ie) for the Celtic-Manchester United tie costs €399pp.
• Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea will also be in action. Keith Prowse Travel's one-night deal for Arsenal's game against Porto on September 30th, which includes a meal and half-time drinks, costs €273 per person.
• A similar package with Dawson Travel costs €299; a trip with Sportsbreaks.ie costs €329 per person.
• Marathon Travel's deals for the Liverpool-PSV clash on October 1st start at €199 per person.
• Dawson Travel's one-night package, which includes a premier club match ticket, costs from €399 per person.
• Sportsbreaks.ie's one-night deal for Chelsea's match against Bordeaux on September 16th costs €289pp.
• Mark Rodden rodden.mark@gmail.com