Pat Dawson
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Why the price of sun holidays is likely to rise next year
- Transport & Tourism
- August 2, 2017, 05:50
Sun holiday prices could rise next year as regulators bid to replace cash paid from a fund to compensate consumers for failures such as Lowcostholiday(...)

Judge criticises media for attacking prison sentences instead of addressing rehabilitation issue
- Irish News
- August 1, 2017, 09:52
A Circuit Court judge has criticised some sections of the media for attacking sentences imposed by the courts rather than addressing the more complex (...)

The top travel trends for 2017
- Travel
- January 7, 2017, 06:01
Family adventure holidays The big trend for family holidays in 2017 is adventure and activity-based breaks, including camping, cycling and theme-p(...)

Claim form for LowCostHolidays customers made available
- Irish News
- July 18, 2016, 09:02
Customers hit by the collapse of LowCostHolidays can now fill out the claims forms for monies lost which has been made available on the Commission fo(...)

Thousands of Irish holidaymakers hit by Lowcostholidays collapse
- Consumer
- July 17, 2016, 12:24
As many as 15,000 Irish holidaymakers have been hit by the sudden collapse of online travel agent Lowcostholidays on Friday evening. Many people alre(...)

Slopping out ends for Cork inmates as new prison opens
- Irish News
- February 14, 2016, 11:17
The practice of slopping out dating from Victorian times has finally ended at Cork Prison following the opening over the weekend off of a new €45 mill(...)

New €45 million Cork Prison will mark ‘a major improvement’
- Irish News
- January 22, 2016
The governor of Cork’s new €45 million prison has said the replacing of the existing building, which dates from Victorian times, will lead to major i(...)

Irish tour operator closes one month after Tunisia resort attack
- Consumer
- July 28, 2015, 20:48
About 200 people who had planned to travel to Tunisia have been reassured their money is safe following the closure of a tour operator one month after(...)

What does the closure of Thomas Cook mean for intrepid travellers?
- Transport & Tourism
- January 28, 2014, 04:06
It’s January and while it may not be as cold as winters gone by it’s enough for many of us to start dreaming of warmer climes. But if you are in th(...)