Seasonal or year-round activities at your home could boost your bank balance and even help pay off the mortgage, says Kya deLongchamps.

As the mercury rises heading into the summer season, holidaymakers are urged to know their rights in order to avoid vacation headaches.

Total holiday shopping this year might be one for the record books, but you wouldn’t know it looking at this past weekend’s numbers.

September is the most popular month for a 'summer holiday', according to new research from Three.

The Sri Lankan holidays in 2013 included business-class air travel, accommodation at first-class hotels, helicopter trips and visits to tourist attractions for the North Antrim MP and his wider family.

We cannot get enough of this continued warm weather and it is giving us itchy feet to go and make the most of it.

For singles holidays, attitude can be the key to an enjoyable adventure or spending the flight home vowing never again, writes Roisin Meaney.

This Irish Mammy has gone above and beyond to ensure her son stays safe on his Leaving Cert holiday.

Teens really do not believe anything bad can happen to them, writes Richard Hogan

Take the time to save some cents while on holiday — Ciara McDonnell has 25 top tips to make your money go further.

Holidaymakers can now reserve sunbeds without having to dash daily to the pool to put a towel down.

A holidaymaker has launched legal action against travel firm Jet2holidays after a "15-stone lad" dive-bombed into him as he emerged from a pool slide, leaving him in a neck brace.

Need inspiration for your holidays in 2018? Ciara McDonnell has the best deals for families, couples, cruise seekers, adventurers, walkers, solo travellers - and everything in between.

Looking for a holiday with a difference? Award-winning travel writer Isabel Conway rounds up the hottest travel trends and destinations for the year ahead.

Irish women's dream holiday involves a Range Rover, Liam Neeson and a mojito in the Caribbean.

It took the Department of Justice and the Tánaiste four days to tell the Taoiseach about an email which revealed efforts by gardaí to discredit Sergeant Maurice McCabe at an inquiry.

Want to try a skiing holiday with your children? Mareike Graepel has all you need to know...

 

Lanzarote’s Club La Santa is among the best looking destinations for a healthy, active holiday, says Darren Norris

You don’t need to pack an overflowing bag that pushes Ryanair’s limits to dress like Olivia Palermo and her hubby. Here are some of Carolyn Moore’s top tips.

9 am. My three sisters and I are in a taxi, heading towards Pestana Palace Hotel where my brother is staying; he’s invited us to join him for breakfast on the terrace and spend the morning in the hotel grounds before we fly home from Lisbon this afternoon.

Apart from television programmes about redesigning your home, suggesting you can turn a modest semi-D into something that might be seen in an architectural magazine’s centre-spread, few activities freely undertaken threaten the harmony of long-standing relationships.

A number of organisations have issued warnings for those travelling by land, water, and air, this August bank holiday weekend.

There was an almost 40% rise in the number of Irish people dying abroad in the first half of this year.

Arlene Harris, who goes on holidays with her teen boys, asks experts about how to balance respecting older children’s need for independence with responsible parenting

Two-thirds of families felt "ripped off" during their last overseas holiday, a survey has found.

Booked a family break in the sun? From Peppa Pig to packing, Lindsay Woods and Pat Fitzpatrick bring us the ultimate summer holiday survival guide

The European Consumer Centre is advising people to exercise caution when buying holiday accommodation online.

Once the flights and accommodation are sorted, we tend to leave the rest of the planning until the last minute. And that may be costing us, writes Gráinne McGuinness.

Jo Kerrigan picks her absolute favourite five places in West Cork.