Irish Travel Agents Association
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Tour operator: ‘This year has been a complete wipe out’
- Irish News
- October 29, 2020, 15:00
September is normally one of the busiest months for tour operator Vagabond, but this season was completely wiped out due to Covid-19, according to its(...)

Airlines failing to help consumers deal with ‘mess created by Covid’
- Consumer
- October 26, 2020, 00:00
The scale of the crisis which has engulfed the Irish travel industry and the impact it has had on would-be travellers was laid bare at a recent hearin(...)

Airlines operated ‘ghost flights’ to avoid refunds, hearing told
- Travel
- October 15, 2020
Airlines owe at least €25 million to Irish consumers as a result of Covid-19 related flight cancellations with some of outstanding refunds dating back(...)

Knock latest airport to weigh introducing pre-flight Covid-19 tests
- Transport & Tourism
- September 24, 2020, 12:32
Knock has emerged as the latest airport to weigh introducing pre-flight coronavirus tests for departing passengers. State company DAA is known to be (...)

'There is no way I would go' - Irishman in Malta cancels trip home as two weddings put off
- Consumer
- August 5, 2020, 19:13
Shaun McCarthy should have flown into Ireland to visit family and friends on Wednesday morning. He should also have been at the weddings of his son an(...)

Is foreign travel during a pandemic antisocial behaviour?
- Economy
- July 29, 2020, 05:39
No one has really defined what constitutes a second wave of the coronavirus. Are the renewed outbreaks in Spain and Australia round two of the pandemi(...)

Publication of travel ‘green list’ delayed as tensions grow within coalition
- Health
- July 20, 2020, 05:30
Tensions have grown between the three coalition parties over the publication of a “green list” of countries deemed as safe to travel to during the Cov(...)

Government criticised for mixed messages on overseas travel
- Health
- July 1, 2020, 03:07
The Government will strengthen its warnings about travelling abroad but is unlikely to tell airlines to cancel flights or ban foreign travel, despite(...)

Why you still can’t have a European holiday this summer. Or can you?
- Europe
- June 6, 2020, 06:00
Irish holidaymakers who had hoped to see even an outline of their summer plans emerging from the fog of confusion created by the Covid-19 pandemic wil(...)

Thousands of families risk losing money over lack of clarity on flights, travel agents say
- Consumer
- June 3, 2020, 17:12
Thousands of Irish families who had booked summer holidays overseas face losing their money because of a lack of clarity from the Government on flying(...)