The pilgrim paths of Ireland are once again echoing to pilgrim footfall as a new imitative offers a chance for Irish people and overseas visitors to rediscover their pilgrim inheritance.

A new Easter festival envisages thousands of people retracing their ancestral christian heritage on Ireland’s ancient pilgrim paths.

A Dublin man fraudulently claimed almost €30,000 in benefits for three years when he was living in Lanzarote, a court has heard; The Garda Commissioner is defending the appointment of her husband to a team investigating alleged leaks of information to journalists; Police in the US are investigating after a two-year-old child was freed from a locked car on a sweltering day. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

Thousands of people will experience the hidden places of beauty and peace along the pilgrim paths of Ireland over the Easter weekend.

Four pilgrimage trails are to be opened in Munster in an attempt to lure Irish people away from the trek along the Camino of St James in Spain and generate money for our rural communities.

A writer who has walked the country’s ancient pilgrim paths said a West Cork route would deserve the title of the ‘Camino of Ireland’.

As Dan MacCarthy dips into a new series of guides on the country’s best walking spots, he discovers that size really doesn’t matter when it comes to the breathtaking beauty on offer

IN the 1960s and 70s, Ireland’s Mid-West region was recognised as an international benchmark for tourism innovation with a Brendan O’Regan-led Shannon Development inventing everything from duty-free shopping to medieval banquets and from Irish coffee to the folk village recreations.

PASSENGERS at Dublin airport are experiencing the worst delays for five years, new figures show.

THE number of Irish people going abroad on holiday or business has exceeded the numbers of overseas visitors coming to Ireland — for the first time since records began.

HOLIDAYMAKERS can grab a bargain break in the sun for as little as €139 as travel agents slash prices to offload thousands of unsold holidays.

LOW-FARES airline Ryanair yesterday struck a deal allowing passengers buying flights to also book rooms in 20,000 hotels across Europe.

AIRLINE passengers are being charged hundreds of euro more for flights than travellers flying the same journey but in the opposite direction.

THE boss of a new travel company yesterday pledged to start a holiday price war and send 65,000 passengers a year on cheap breaks to the sun.