How realistic is a European break this summer? Tom Breathnach weighs up the options

Paris, France.

Cala Figuera, Mallorca, Spain: the country rebooted its tourism industry on Monday with the country dropping quarantine regulations for the mainland.

You could call it a Continental drift. No sooner has Ireland’s staycation summer rebooted its reservation system, many travellers are already shimmying their holiday horizons to the mainland; from a city-break to Barcelona, to soaking up some distancia social on a Costa Brava beach.