Splashes of fun, screams of excitement, peals of laughter, and gasps of pure wonder and amazement – that's the riotous sound of an action-packed and fun-filled family break on Ireland's Lakelands, Inland Waterways and Canals.

A GIANT pumpkin weighing more than 1,100lbs made history yesterday as the first ever to cross the Atlantic to “squash” its rivals.

ETIHAD Airways is offering customers in Ireland the chance to buy two business class tickets for the price of one, but there are only a couple of days left in the sale.

THE Cruise Centre, Cork, and MSC Cruises have banded together to produce a series of information meetings as to what is on offer in the coming months.