There are many simple steps to help green tourism without limiting your horizons, says Thomas Breathnach

The sustainable travel movement is here to stay, writes Thomas Breathnach.

John Hearne reports on a welcome move by big car rental firms to ensure greater price transparency for European consumers

Seven men have been awarded sums of between €5,050 and €9,550 over a traffic accident after the High Court rejected a car-hire company’s claim the collision was a setup.

The leader of a group which commemorates fallen IRA men has denied in the High Court he was involved in an "arranged road traffic accident."

An Irish-based Latvian national has withdrawn personal injury claims for €120,000 against insurance companies and two of their customers after having been secretly photographed lugging suitcases onto a coach he drove while claiming he was unfit for work.

As the recessionary ‘80s gave way to the Celtic Tiger era, Irish consumers began to spend again and Ford, retaining its Cork links, launched a raft of models which became industry leaders.

A compensation pay-off of €903,000 to directors for loss of office at the Irish arm of car rental firm Hertz contributed to pre-tax profits slipping to €12.88m in 2015.

Ryanair’s auxiliary revenues soared to €1.57bn last year despite the Irish airline being without a car rental vendor for part of the year.

Cork International Hotel has scooped the title of best Irish Airport hotel at an awards ceremony organised by www.TravelMedia.ie and sponsored by Blue Insurances.

Ryanair yesterday launched a car hire partnership with Irish online brokerage CarTrawler, replacing a long-running deal with Hertz and promising customers lower prices.

Research is key when planning a fulfilling — and financially viable — break. Among other things, it pays to shop around and be flexible in terms of your travel days, writes Tony Clayton-Lea.

The days of paying excessive fees for car rental elsewhere in the EU could soon be at an end.

Sylvia Earle is 78, but she’s still diving and urging us to help save the oceans, says Jonathan deBurca Butler

The European Commission has pressed six of the world’s major car rental companies to stop discriminatory practices against consumers renting a car online.

Cork-based building management systems company Sirus is starting the New Year with plans to develop sales in Britain and a short listing for a Small Firms Association Award.

Hertz Global Holdings rose to a record high after the largest publicly-traded US rental-car company said it adopted a so-called poison pill upon seeing “unusual and substantial activity” in its stock.

Recruiters from Ireland and more than 15 EU countries will be looking for hundreds of workers today at a jobs fair in Co Louth.

A vice-president at car hire firm Hertz has apologised after the company recently debited the credit cards of Irish customers for payments that should have been processed as far back as July.

The fact that Etihad’s energetic chief executive is showing interest in our one-time national carrier spells good news at a time when Ireland’s economy is in rebuilding mode, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

THE main Irish-based unit of car-hire giant Hertz has stated it is committed to further job creation here as it confirmed that operating profits last year increased by 7% to €6.3 million.

A national internship scheme has been launched to give up to 5,000 unemployed people critical work experience.

US stocks extended their rally into a third week today as investors sent bank stocks higher following new global regulatory requirements and China’s economy continued its robust growth.

IDA Ireland could create up to 10,000 jobs this year as overseas investment starts to pick up.

FOUR out of five senators are double-jobbing or have extra incomes on top of the €70,000-plus paid to them by the State for working just three days a week, 34 weeks a year in the Upper House.

LEADING car rental firm Hertz is to create 100 jobs with the expansion of its Dublin operations, it was revealed yesterday.

Car rental firm Hertz is to create 100 jobs with the expansion of its Dublin operations.

Second-hand vehicle trader British Car Auctions (BCA) has been sold to the owner of the Hertz car rental chain, it was disclosed today.

The car is going to be the next battleground, and with good reason. The car is an enclosed space, even with the windows open, and the dangers (as well as unpleasantness) posed by second-hand smoke are obvious to most... it is still not uncommon to see adults smoking while children (or others) are in their company

CAR-HIRE firms are jacking up their Christmas prices by as much as three times the standard rates, consumer watchdogs revealed last night.

Northern Ireland-based soft services company, resource, has taken over a Dublin-based support services company, Masterclean Services.

SUNWAY HOLIDAYS will charter a new course next summer by operating a weekly charter flight from Dublin to Sao Miquel Island in the Azores.

Wall Street drifted to a modestly higher finish today as investors sought bargains after last week’s selloff and disappointing earnings in the financial sector raised fresh concerns about corporate profits.

Ryanair has announced a new five-year exclusive deal with Hertz to provide car-hire deals for all Ryanair passengers on www.ryanair.com.

THE European Commission has opened an investigation into Ryanair’s use of a terminal at the airport in Tampere, Finland, a commission spokesman said.

Oil worries and a raft of economic uncertainties plagued Wall Street today, sending stocks lower as investors collected profits after the strong gains of the previous two sessions.

JOE WALSH TOURS is offering return flights with Malaysia Airlines to Auckland, out of Ireland, from E729 plus taxes, in a deal that includes a free stopover in Kuala Lumpur, Penang or Lankawi.

CAR rental companies jack up their prices by as much as 320% during the Christmas period, Fine Gael claimed yesterday.

Bill Koenig, Bloomberg