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Holiday-makers urged to book with Irish travel agents
- Transport & Tourism
- January 19, 2021, 16:56
Holiday-makers should book with Irish travel agents to ensure the protection of consumer laws, a leading industry body warned on Tuesday. The Irish T(...)

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 (...)

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(...)

Irish travel agents call for 'clear guidelines' as airlines launch summer schedules
- Europe
- June 2, 2020, 20:58
A group representing Irish travel agents has expressed concern that airlines will start operating a significantly increased number of flights out of I(...)