Combining the sunny Vendee with the joys of Disneyland Paris, Vickie Maye took the family on an ambitious 3,000km road trip through France.

ETIHAD Airways will soon operate direct flights seven days (up from five) a week from Dublin to Abu Dhabi (the UAE capital) following what chief executive James Hogan has described as an “unprecedented positive reaction in the Irish market” to the recently launched service.

TOPFLIGHT’S combination holidays — coach tour and hotel stay for a week each — throughout Europe continue to be one of its most popular products.