It’s an Aladdin’s cave for golf nuts. Heaven for hackers. Valhalla for garage golfers and other madcap inventors believing they’ve come up with the game’s greatest gadget.

A renowned travel and adventure show which broadcasts to millions of people across the US has been touring Ireland this week.

Shrink down your beauty routine to meet your luggage limits. Lisa Haynes unveils the minis to suit your case.

Pól Ó Conghaile has just been named the Travel Extra Travel Journalist of the Year, awarded for “his exceptional body of work” including articles written for the Irish Examiner and the National Geographic.

Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands

The Irish are used to explaining how bad a summer is by pointing to our pale disposition, rain-soaked countryside and — let’s face it — more than a little national depression.

DELHI SPECIAL TO TEMPT DELHI TRAVELLERS

FROM a small grassy airfield at a country crossroads to an international airport used by millions of passengers every year — a book charting the remarkable history of Cork Airport was cleared for take-off last night.

The FTSE 100 Index relapsed into the red today as it gave back Tuesday's gains on persistent fears over the Greek debt crisis.

The FTSE 100 Index shed almost 1% today after weaker metal prices caused a slump for shares in mining companies.

A TRAVEL company says it’s likely to put on an extra flight for the Munster vs Biarritz clash because of the “phenomenal response” by “Red Army” supporters.

TRAVEL policies which allowed University College Cork president Dr Michael Murphy rack up a €25,000 flight bill over two years have been tightened significantly, he has insisted.

JOHN GALLIGAN Travel has teamed up with British over 50s operator SAGA Holidays to create a 14-night tour of Europe, which will incorporate a visit to the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria.

THE Shandon Travel Group has recently launched a wedding gift registry website enabling guests to give couples the ‘gift of travel’ called www.myhoneymoon.ie.

THE final whistle has been blown on one of the country’s best known travel agencies, Ray Treacy Travel, following the decision of its owner to retire from business.

TRAVEL in Ireland rarely comes cheap but with the recession in mind Bus Éireann is to extend their €2 twitter.com offer on a number of routes.

TRAVEL firm Dunne and King Travel Limited, trading as Let’s Travel, is the latest tour operator to go out of business.

A TRAVEL operator is still hoping against hope that the state’s aviation regulator will let him fly hundreds of children and their parents to Lapland to meet Santa Claus this month.

Travel company 1800hotels.ie has today announced a new business partnership with Travco and Manor House Hotels.

TRAVEL software firm DATALEX recorded a net loss of $900,000 (€664,000) for the first six months of the trading year 2007.

DISGRUNTLED fans of Liverpool who paid top rates to get to the Champions League final in Athens will be able to get a refund from their travel agent if they missed the game, industry bosses said last night.

LIVERPOOL fans are already suffering Champions League heartbreak ahead of tonight’s final against AC Milan in Athens.

SLATTERYS Escorted Tours’ new brochure promotes independent holidays to far-flung places. Eighty-five specially-designed tours have been selected from across the globe.

TRAVEL companies tend to come up with novel reasons why customers should choose one type of holiday instead of another.

Travel software company Datalex has announced profits of $1.6m (€1.2m) for the six months ended June 30, an increase of €600,000 over the same period last year.

Tour operator Budget Travel has announced it will cease taking bookings via independent travel agents from December.

TRAVEL software group Datalex has reported a pre-tax loss of $177,000 for the year ending December 2004, an improvement on the loss of $7.2 million in 2003.

Unbeaten ESB Basketball Superleague side Sx3 Star have boosted their title challenge by signing a new American player ahead of their weekend game with struggling Dart Killester.

300 Irish World Cup fans have been forced to change flights as the Aer Lingus pilots' strike looms.

The pilot of a light aircraft has been rescued after ditching in the Irish Sea.