HOLIDAY spending last year smashed the €6 billion barrier after Irish holiday-makers and travellers jetted off on a record 7.7 million overseas trips in 2007.

A HOLIDAY home or investment property is up for sale in a niche scheme of houses near Fossa, Killarney, in Co Kerry.

A HOLIDAY home overlooking the internationally renowned Ballybunion Golf Club has fetched €480,000 - well in excess of the guide price.