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Bosca Beatha: Shirley Fitzpatrick tows her wood-fired sauna to some of Ireland’s best swimming spots Wild Atlantic warmers: Hot tubs, saunas and seaweed soaks by the Irish seaside
  • Fergal McCarthy
  • May 24, 2019, 06:00

Still a bit nippy? Try one of these fun, creative ways of warming up after a bracing dip

If it rains on your holiday, this Italian island will give you your money back If it rains on your holiday, this Italian island will give you your money back

Hotels on Elba island will refund a night’s stay if it rains for more than two hours that day

Walk for the Weekend: Clear Lake and Dosaun Mountain, Slieve Blooms Walk for the Weekend: Clear Lake and Dosaun Mountain, Slieve Blooms

Way markers hand-rail me across wind-tortured moorlands - evoke haunting images of Wuthering Heights

Lonely Planet’s top 10 European destinations for 2019 revealed Lonely Planet’s top 10 European destinations for 2019 revealed

Ireland fails to make the list – the closest destination to feature is Shetland, in Scotland

AerSpace offers more room for ‘premium’ Aer Lingus passengers AerSpace offers more room for ‘premium’ Aer Lingus passengers

Travel Bag: New service guarantees first-row seat with empty seat beside

Travel Deals

Active luxury in Kerry in a hotel with postcard-perfect views Active luxury in Kerry in a hotel with postcard-perfect views

Travel Bag: Plan an escape with these holiday ideas around Ireland

Sligo foodie tours, Barcelona ecoluxury, Cork staycation Sligo foodie tours, Barcelona ecoluxury, Cork staycation

Travel deals: Plan an escape with these holiday ideas in Ireland and abroad

New London hotel, just the fit for fitness-lovers, and breathtaking Prague views New London hotel, just the fit for fitness-lovers, and breathtaking Prague views

Travel deals: Plan an escape with these holiday ideas in Ireland and abroad

London designer bolthole, afternoon tea at Lismore Castle, five-star-plus Bali London designer bolthole, afternoon tea at Lismore Castle, five-star-plus Bali

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

Travel News

Sri Lanka: Irish tourists not covered for cancelled trips

Sri Lanka: Irish tourists not covered for cancelled trips Policies only cover cancellations if Department of Foreign Affairs advises against travel

Westin’s premium suites get a makeover

Westin’s premium suites get a makeover Travel bag: We check out the deals so you don’t have to

Wow Air collapse leaves thousands of Irish consumers’ travel plans in disarray

Wow Air collapse leaves thousands of Irish consumers’ travel plans in disarray Budget airline ceases operations and cancels all flights with immediate effect

TripAdvisor reveals its Top 10 Irish destinations for 2019

TripAdvisor reveals its Top 10 Irish destinations for 2019 Tourists nominated their favourite places in the annual Travellers’ Choice Awards

Tripadvisor’s top Irish beach revealed

Tripadvisor’s top Irish beach revealed ‘An unforgettable day in sunshine on this glorious and unspoiled stretch of beach’

Cross the pond for a date with Dior

Cross the pond for a date with Dior Travel Bag: Become a ninja warrior in Belfast or banish the blues at Loch Erne with the Friday Tonic

Ireland

Bosca Beatha: Shirley Fitzpatrick tows her wood-fired sauna to some of Ireland’s best swimming spots Wild Atlantic warmers: Hot tubs, saunas and seaweed soaks by the Irish seaside

Still a bit nippy? Try one of these fun, creative ways of warming up after a bracing dip

The role of butterflies as indicators of healthy habitats, and as useful pollinators, is only beginning to be generally appreciated. Explore Irish biodiversity– all week long
Walkers along the banks of the river Dodder in Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Discovering the wonders of the river Dodder
  • Dublin by kayak: See the city from a whole new angle
  • A whale of a time for all the family off the coast of west Cork

Europe

Burano is a wonderful welcome to the Venetian Lagoon. File photograph: Getty Is it possible to see Venice without the crowds?

Exploring the entire lagoon by boat offers a glimpse at what the city would have been like before mass tourism

The Bernina Pass view in Switzerland. Photograph: Getty Images Do the planet a favour and take the train instead of the plane
In the principality of Asturias more than half the land is protected, as are the bears Following in the footsteps of Iberian bears in Spain
  • Irish teens urged to apply for 20,000 free interrail passes
  • Isn’t the point of holidaying with kids to make memories for them?

Long Haul

Fionn Davenport in Chennai. Mumbai’s orchestrated chaos is the essence of its beauty

From the Taj Mahal to cricket and the world’s largest open-air laundry, it’s an intoxicating place to visit

Well-developed paths and infrastructure, paid for primarily by the permit fees collected along the route, have greatly improved the accessibility of this region An alternative view of Everest on a base camp hike in Nepal
Catherine Mack enjoys the view after an arduous climb. A glimpse of Berber life – trekking in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains
  • High-brow Yale tours and low-brow fun in beautiful Connecticut
  • Is it possible to feel real culture shock in our globalised world?

Walks

I conclude that the central Slieve Blooms are unlikely to be so silent on my next visit. Walk for the Weekend: Clear Lake and Dosaun Mountain, Slieve Blooms

Way markers hand-rail me across wind-tortured moorlands - evoke haunting images of Wuthering Heights

I am unlikely to ever forget this truly magnificent outing in the majestic Comeragh Mountains Walk for the Weekend: Comeragh Plateau, Co Waterford
The Liam Lynch Monument at Knockmealdown, Co Waterford Walk for the weekend: Lynch Walk, Co Tipperary
  • Walk for the Weekend: Glanmore Valley and Knockowen Ridge, Beara, Co Kerry
  • This solitary peak provides much to justify its ancient title - ‘Mountain of Women’

Welcome to My Place

Deirdre DiMenna is from Kilkelly, Co Mayo. She moved to Dallas five years ago after spending 10 years in New York. Welcome to my place... Dallas
  • May 19, 2019

‘Dallas is most famous for Dealey Plaza, the grassy knoll and the assassination of President Kennedy’

Welcome to my place . . . Milan
Dee Lundy-Charles at the helm in Saint Lucia Welcome to my place . . . Saint Lucia
  • Welcome to my place ... Prague
  • Welcome to my place ... Nice

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“In the old days people found the hawthorn forbidding. Some folks wouldn’t tolerate its white flowers in the house during May” Photograph: istock Michael Harding: Some people claimed the hawthorn bush smelled of sex
‘When he thrusts too hard it causes me pain, sometimes even cramping the day after.’ Photograph: Getty Images ‘My boyfriend is well endowed, and it’s making sex painful’
Creative childcare: Deirdre Doyle’s children Maggie and Charlie. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Childcare: The cheap, creative alternatives to a creche

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1 Elysha Brennan at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland: ‘I’m in such a blessed position because I know what it is like to have it all taken away from you.’ Photograph: Alan Betson Doctor and former Rose of Tralee Elysha Brennan: ‘I thought I would die from my illness’
2 Rose Doyle: ‘Nothing was easy in France, I was warned, least of all buying property.’ ‘Why would you move here? The men p**s in the street'
3 ‘I’m suppose I’m lonely,’ my friend said. Photograph: iStock ‘I suppose I’m lonely,’ she said. ‘Lonely and I never thought I would be’
4 France: Charente What will €85,000 buy in Italy, the US, France and Mayo?
5 The double-bay fronted, end-of-terrace property was bought by the current owner in 2011 as a three-bedroom house with a lean-to kitchen and an outside toilet Perfectly positioned yoga-lover’s Dalkey home for €925k
6 Mark Nugent with his wife Jacqui. Mark has completed five marathons. ‘I hit the ground and I knew I would never walk again’
7 Heist, €118: a good bodysuit offers light support for everyday wear and creates a subtle and seamless layer What’s the best underwear to smooth out lumps and bumps?
8 Cleaning up a house in Dublin 4 after it was vacated by a tenant who left it in a squalid and damaged state while owing €55,000 in rent arrears. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell Unpaid rent, destroyed properties: Landlords’ tales from the rental market
9 Closing down: six Arcadia Group stores in Ireland, including the flagship Topshop on St Stephen’s Green, are to shut. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Topshop? Women have moved on, filled out and grown up
10 Taste of Dublin returns to Iveagh Gardens on June 13-16th Taste of Dublin ditches the florins and puts €5 cap on dishes
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