From budget breaks in Bodrum to direct flights to Canada, Travel Writer of the Year Pól Ó Conghaile picks his top overseas destinations for 2014.

Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands

THERE’S no doubt about it, Irish people are taking fewer foreign holidays.

DIRECT flights from Dublin and Cork to Turkey have helped ease the path for Wings Abroad to build up their profile in the Irish market.