Joe McNamee talks to industry leaders about the steady rise in US-Irish tourism

The outbreak of the new coronavirus has been described as “an emerging, rapidly evolving situation” by the HSE's Health Protection Surveillance Centre.

Mr Wilson first joined the airline in late 1997 a few months after Ryanair sold its shares on stockmarkets for the first time. He will now take over from Michael O’Leary as the public face of Ryanair, though he will still report to Mr O’Leary.

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has claimed there is "a consistent oversupply" of transatlantic flights from Ireland.

The Irish Travel Agents Association says the decision by Norwegian Air to end its transatlantic flights between Ireland and the US is a big blow to Cork and Shannon airports.

The high temperatures are thought to last just a few days and are expected to affect France as well as parts of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Sri Lanka’s burgeoning reputation for Irish honeymooners and well-off holidaymakers will take a hit that will be difficult to recover from in the short term after the terror attacks on Easter Sunday.

A book of condolence has opened in the State-owned Killarney House for the last member of the McShain family, who donated the house and grounds to the people of Ireland.

Holiday-goers are facing a summer of potential travel chaos as Ryanair cabin crew will today warn that they could join pilots in strike action, which could ground hundreds of flights.

There’s a lot left to be decided on the pitch, but it could be advantage Leinster in the stands if there is an All-Ireland Champions Cup final.

Cork, Kerry, and Roscommon are the only teams guaranteed to avoid the first round of this year’s All-Ireland senior football championship qualifiers.

Cork driver and four-time British Rally Champion Keith Cronin will campaign the new generation Hyundai i20 R5-N in this year’s British Rally Championship that includes rounds of the World Rally Championship (Wales Rally GB) and the European Rally Championship (Rally Ypres).

Arsene Wenger believes former Arsenal favourite Patrick Vieira has the potential to manage the club in the future.

He suffered heartache and bitter frustration in the dying moments of the National Cup final, but there was a tincture of consolation yesterday for passionate UCD Marian head coach Ioannis Liapakis, named SuperLeague coach of the year.

A top-of-the-table clash with Dundalk may be looming but John Caulfield insists Cork City’s focus is firmly on tonight’s dangerous trip to Dalymount Park to face Bohemians (8pm, live on eirSport).

On the day Dublin destroyed Derry in the 2014 Allianz league final, you’d have got long odds on Dean Rock featuring in their next 60 competitive games.

Eoghan O’Donnell has described claims of a “toxic” atmosphere in Ger Cunningham’s Dublin hurling camp as “rubbish”.

Can Munster and Leinster make it to an All-Irish decider in Spain?

Let the scramble begin.

Irish holidaymakers are unlikely to return to Tunisia in the near future, despite tour operator, Thomas Cook, restarting the route for UK visitors.

Long delays for holidaymakers at major European airports including Dublin could lead to short-to-long term opportunities for smaller airports like Cork and Shannon, the head of the Irish Travel Agents Association has said.

A retiring judge yesterday criticised some sectors of the media for swingeing attacks on sentences imposed by courts rather than addressing the more complex area of reintroducing prisoners to society on their release from jail.

Restored in part to its magnificent splendour, a number of public rooms in Killarney House, Co Kerry, were officially opened yesterday after a €10m makeover to the property and grounds.

It is taking two ministers today to open a mansion saved from ruin.

Three American tourists were thrown from their horse-drawn carriage on a tour of the Lakes of Killarney which saw their carriage teeter over the edge of a cliff.

Incidents of terrorism have taken their toll on traditional Irish holidaymaker destinations such as Disneyland Paris and Kusadasi in Turkey, the boss of the Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) has said.

Crok’s Shandon Travel and Athlone’s Grenham Travel were crowned ITAA Travel Agencies of the Year 2017 at the annual Irish Travel Industry Awards in Dublin last night.

Cork Airport is celebrating on the double after landing a new route and an EU award for a campaign to secure its first transatlantic service.

Travel agent representative blames Cork-Dublin motorway for lack of flights from southern airport

Criticism of the dominance of Dublin in the political, economic, and social life of the country is often seen as little more than sour grapes on the part of rural Ireland.

The Justice Minister has rejected suggestions the new Cork Prison — with in-cell TVs, gyms, a garden, and family-friendly visiting rooms — is too plush for inmates.

Thousands of Irish holidaymakers face paying accommodation costs for a second time following the collapse of online travel website Lowcostholidays.

Up to 15,000 Irish holiday-goers have been affected by the closure of a budget travel operator.

Pat Dawson, chief executive of the Irish Travel Agents Association, last night expressed his delight at being awarded the Medal of the Order of Civil Merit at the behest of King Felipe VI of Spain.

The Irish Wildlife Trust has logged almost a dozen large wildfires since Tuesday, raging from the Blackstairs Mountains to the Beara Peninsula and from the Knockmealdowns to Killarney National Park, and says most occurred in special areas of conservation.

With the cloud over the nation’s finances for most of the last decade finally blowing over, many people are taking to the blue skies to once again enjoy a sun holiday.

Irish sunseekers have abandoned Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey as tourist destinations and are instead opting for Spain and Portugal due to terrorism fears.

Terrorists attacks have impacted on where Irish holidaymakers are heading this year — and matchgoers are also wary, according to the Irish Travel Agents Association.

The transfer of prisoners from Cork jail to the new prison facility will be the biggest in the history of the State, and the improved conditions will contribute to prisoners’ wellbeing and subsequent reintegration to society, governor Pat Dawson tells Eoin English

Travel agents have experienced a 40% increase in holiday enquiries this January, compared to last year, as the industry expects a bumper 2016.