The airport says arrivals and departures will be up 10% over the same period last year with June 1 expected to be the busiest day.

Flights will operate twice a week as part of the airline's Summer 2019 schedule.

Cork Airport has launched eight new routes to its summer schedule offering new services to Croatia, Italy, France, Hungary, and Poland.

Holidaymakers in the south will have the option to visit destinations from Dubrovnik to Lisbon, and from Naples to Poznań, with new flights.

There is much to experience in Dubrovnik. Jane Foster gives the low-down on the city’s most incredible things to do, as Aer Lingus prepares to launch direct flights from Cork to the city

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Dubrovnik, Porto, Barcelona, and the Cliffs of Moher are some of the most attractive tourism locations in Europe. They are also becoming some of the most overcrowded and that has implications for the industry and policymakers alike, writes Joe Gill.

Croatia’s UNESCO protected heritage city is the perfect getaway for sea-lovers, history buffs and Game of Thrones fanatics alike writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

EVER since Queen Victoria, with her consort Albert, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena in tow, visited Killarney in 1861, tourism has been an important part of our economy, especially where alternatives are limited.

Croatian police have filed disorderly conduct charges against two people who allegedly used a racial slur to insult Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx in a restaurant.

Crookhaven has hosted visitors from another galaxy. Tommy Barker looks at one of its star attractions.

From the meandering canals of Amsterdam to downing cheap bottles of wine on the sizzling Croatian coast — Kevin O’Neill explains the time-honoured allure of interrailing across mainland Europe.

Star Wars fans had drones flying over the set in London during the filming of Star Wars Episode VII. Disney has a plan to avoid a repeat of that.

A British withdrawal from the EU would play into the hands of criminals, right-wing extremists and Vladimir Putin, former Irish taoiseach John Bruton has warned.

Nearly 1,500 Australians and 400 New Zealanders will be VIPs tomorrow when they land in Ireland on part of a round-the-world cruise.

The Big Interview: Seven years on from making his debut for Cork, Colm O’Neill is set for another first start tomorrow when he lines out against Kerry in Killarney. After his much-documented hat-trick of cruciate injuries, no player has embodied the virtue of patience more than the Ballyclough clubman but as O’Neill explains, the demands of modern Gaelic football call for even more fortitude from an inside forward

The hurling world at large mourns the sad and unexpected death of Tipperary hurler extraordinaire Jimmy Doyle, but for the multitudes of people who knew him — team-mates and opponents at club, county and provincial level, friends, acquaintances — the grief is personal.

Tony Clayton-Lea compiles a list of some of the hot deals of offer in the Med, Greece,UK, Ireland, Italy or Spain for those looking for a bargain break.

Former Ubisoft creative director and Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Désilets has announced a new IP called Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey.

The younger stars of Game of Thrones are popping up everywhere on the big screen, writes Colette Keane

Conor Power travels to the far reaches of the Adriatic. Crossing from Dubrovnik in Croatia, to Kotor in Montenegro, is akin to travelling back in time, from clean modernity to a city that time has largely forgotten.

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The successful summer for the English tourism season has been attributed to two main factors - the warm weather and Wallace & Gromit.

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Formula One is poised for a record-breaking 21-race campaign in 2014.

MONTENEGRO, roughly the size of Northern Ireland gained independence in 2006 and confronted a readymade identity crisis. Few people actually knew where it was, apart from a hazy notion that this obscure place was hidden somewhere within the former Yugoslavia.

Aer Lingus has given the strongest indication yet that it is considering operating transatlantic flights from Cork Airport.

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Wantaway Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric hopes he can agree an “appropriate” exit from the club after claiming he was threatened to be placed in exile by chairman Daniel Levy.

TOTTENHAM midfielder Luka Modric claims the club’s chairman Daniel Levy threatened to make him sit in the stands unless he accepted Spurs’ position that he is not for sale.

Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric claims the club’s chairman Daniel Levy threatened to make him sit in the stands unless he accepted Spurs’ position that he is not for sale.

Teri Hatcher’s mother is always trying to set her up on dates.

DUBLIN-based specialist tour operator Croatia Tours is one of the few Irish travel companies that can claim to be experiencing an increase in demand for the 2010 summer holiday season.

IN another measure that will offer families extra value, Irish Ferries has reduced all summer fares to France by up to 30% and cut the cost of all cabin types by up to 50%, save for their four- and five-star suites.

The low-cost airline Jet2.com has announced plans to create 50 new jobs in the North.

Barcelona playmaker Deco has denied reports he has already signed an agreement with Chelsea.

LEE Travel has teamed up with UK-based agency Enjoy Travel to present Craic on the Cruise, Ireland’s only Floating Fleadh!

CATHOLIC Church leaders in a Mediterranean holiday resort have threatened to ban Irish ‘wedding tourists’ who think more about the holiday aspect of their trip than holy vows.