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Ard Nahoo, Co Leitrim Five eco-friendly places to stay in Ireland
  • Heather Snelgar
  • November 17, 2018, 06:00

Stay green all year-round with these low carbon footprint accommodation options

Cambridge: Whether town or gown, it passes with distinction Cambridge: Whether town or gown, it passes with distinction

The English town is as much a tourist hub as a centre of learning, and has lots to do

Is this the best walk along a ridge in Ireland? Is this the best walk along a ridge in Ireland?

Walk for the Weekend: No other Irish ridge walk has the entrancing scope of this one through Kerry’s stunning landscape

Have an ice time on holiday in Québec Have an ice time on holiday in Québec

Don’t be put off by the minus temperatures, the city has many pluses, not least the craic at the Carnaval de Québec – just don’t forget the thermals

Discover a ‘Mayan temple’ hidden in the Kerry hills Discover a ‘Mayan temple’ hidden in the Kerry hills

Walk for the Weekend: Cailleach Beara Loop in Bonane, Co Kerry, wends its way up the Esk Mountain Ridge

Travel Deals

Travel Bag: A staycation in Co Galway Travel Bag: A staycation in Co Galway

A Barna break, Paris cuisine and exploring Canada are all on offer

Travel Bag: From Vegas to Kilkenny, the top travel news Travel Bag: From Vegas to Kilkenny, the top travel news

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Five eco-friendly places to stay in Ireland

Five eco-friendly places to stay in Ireland Stay green all year-round with these low carbon footprint accommodation options

A spa break to kick off 2019 in style

A spa break to kick off 2019 in style Travel Bag: a restorative break in Wexford; new food offerings at the Line hotel Washington; the Cork film festival; and the refurbished Morgan Hotel reopens

‘Where the F**K IS MY LUGGAGE!?’: Stormy Daniels lets fly at Aer Lingus

‘Where the F**K IS MY LUGGAGE!?’: Stormy Daniels lets fly at Aer Lingus ‘Warning! Never fly @AerLingus ... ALL of my bags were lost,’ adult film star complains

Travel Bag: We check out the deals so you don’t have to

Travel Bag: We check out the deals so you don’t have to Follow in the footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci, charitable holidays, tall tales in Kerry and an Alaskan cruise

Travel Bag: We check out the deals so you don’t have to

Travel Bag: We check out the deals so you don’t have to A Sligo break, afternoon tea, a win for Europe and a magical trip to Santa

Travelbag: latest holiday tips

Travelbag: latest holiday tips Fancy Andalusia? The Westbury? Some wild food or Irish waterways?

Bank holiday scares and all that jazz

Bank holiday scares and all that jazz Travel bag: Give your four-legged pal a well-deserved break at Ashford Castle

Travel: From a walking weekend out west to a Santa treat for the children

Travel: From a walking weekend out west to a Santa treat for the children Fota Island hosts a spooky woodlands thrill and Osprey Spa will pamper you in the relaxation room

Ireland

Jane O’Callaghan, owner of Longueville House, at Longueville, Ballyclough, Mallow, Co Cork. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision How Irish country houses survived the Airbnb invasion

‘Ireland’s Blue Book’, now in its 45th year, has outlived many vagaries of the hospitality scene

The soon to be opened George Best hotel on Belfast’s Donegall Square Rare George Best memorabilia to go on display in new Belfast hotel
Along with ‘The Reek’, Westport offers a large range of outdoor activities. Photograph: Brian Cregan Westport: More than just a one-mountain town
  • First Look: Is Dublin’s newest tourist attraction any good?
  • First Look: Inside the Devlin hotel in Ranelagh

Europe

Cambridge: punting on the River Cam Cambridge: Whether town or gown, it passes with distinction

The English town is as much a tourist hub as a centre of learning, and has lots to do

Upscale veggie options can be found at Pollen Street Social. The best vegetarian and vegan fine dining in London
The three towers at the old port of La Rochelle. Return to La Rochelle, with Dad in tow
  • A family holiday with a difference in Lanzarote
  • City break? Czech out Prague

Long Haul

The ice-skating rink at Patinoire de la Place D’Youville in Québec City. Have an ice time on holiday in Québec

Don’t be put off by the minus temperatures, the city has many pluses, not least the craic at the Carnaval de Québec – just don’t forget the thermals

The fortress walls and lighthouse at Galle, Sri Lanka. Photograph: Getty Images Sri Lanka ranked top country for travel in 2019
Famous originally for forestry, mining, and the fur industry, now, due to its spectacular scenery, Vancouver’s biggest industries are tourism and film Got a €130 Wow Air flight to Vancouver? Here’s our guide to the city
  • A perfect piece of Americana in New Hampshire
  • Our transatlantic neighbours: Visiting Newfoundland

Walks

Looking west from Mount Brandon over Smerwick Harbour and the Three Sisters Is this the best walk along a ridge in Ireland?

Walk for the Weekend: No other Irish ridge walk has the entrancing scope of this one through Kerry’s stunning landscape

The way markers are well placed to guide you through the outcrops. Discover a ‘Mayan temple’ hidden in the Kerry hills
Inisheer, Aran islands, Co Galway Want to see the wreck made famous by ‘Father Ted’, then take this walk
  • Wrap up and walk: five short hikes perfect for a winter’s day
  • A walk in Waterford, from glorious coast through river valley

Welcome to My Place

Philip Lynch: “More than 12,000 female convicts were sent to Tasmania – over half of them were Irish.” Welcome to my place . . . Hobart, Tasmania
  • November 11, 2018

Visit the Famine sculptures unveiled by President Higgins before taking a bushwalk up Mount Wellington

Bill Nelson on a terrace of the Mont de Marsan plage, a man-made lake 26km from Le Frêche. Welcome to my place . . . Le Frêche, Gascony, France
Cleveland Dam in Vancouver. Photograph: Hazel Norton Welcome to my place . . . Vancouver
  • Welcome to my place. . . San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Welcome to my place . . . Palestine

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Most Read in Life & Style

1 Ask someone from outside Dublin what they’d do to improve their part of the world, and the answers, I suspect, would be things Dubliners take for granted Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Priced out of Dublin? Consider Down the Country’
2 Karl Collins (second from left) pictured with with his family Aisling, John, Roslyn, Irene, Pat Jennifer and Maria: “Karl was a joy to be around. He lit up a room and you always knew you would have fun in his presence,” says Aisling ‘Karl should have been safe in a mental hospital’
3 ‘Merrion Analytics can feed polling data into a computer and come up with profiles of marginalised people that it’s perfectly okay to dislike.’ Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Our bogey group should be lactose-intolerant Border-county cyclists’
4 Fabella Hospital, Manila: about 60 women give birth here each day. Photograph: Kimberly dela Cruz Welcome to the busiest maternity ward on the planet
5 Tim Forde and his wife Ann in their shop in Mitchelstown, Co Cork. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision ‘We offer tea and abuse.’ The Cork shop that’s like no other in Ireland
6 Singer-songwriter Una Keane with her daughter Willow and dog Indie: “Experiences are now more important to me than things. I can live without this stuff.” Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill The campervan downsizer: Will ‘Tiny Living’ beat renting?
7 Richard “Ricky” McDonnell: “At the beginning I was silent out of fear, and then it was out of respect.” Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times I was Ann Lovett’s boyfriend: The award-winning article
8 Arket: the website tells us about the factory where this wool coat is made Marian Keyes: I want more stuff, but I also care about the planet
9 Dubliner Anthony Blackwell looks down on Marseille, where he works as a secondary school teacher Welcome to my place . . . Marseille
10 James Claffey, his wife Maureen and their daughter Maisie, at their home in Carpinteria, California: “One of my daughter Maisie’s classmates lost her half-brother in the shootings.” Irish in California: ‘Fires are a constant worry’
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