Travel digest with Barry Coughlan

* It could be one of the ultimate spooky experiences of this Halloween when two evenings of tours take place in the 800-year-old Hook Lighthouse.

Punters will be kept in the dark as they embark on €10 night-time tours on Saturday and Sunday October 29 and 30.

The lantern-led tours take place each evening at 7pm, 7.45pm and 8.30pm and work through the darkened lighthouse where surprises lay in store at nearly every turn.