This week Leslie Williams recommends two juicy reds and three northern whites

The old terminal at Cork Airport is to be demolished, with management announcing plans for a 40-acre business park, from which some revenue will be used for marketing initiatives to attract more tourists.

The old terminal at Cork Airport is to be demolished, with management announcing plans for a 40-acre business park, from which some revenue will be used for marketing initiatives to attract more tourists.

Extreme weather conditions over continental Europe impacted the opening races of the Moth World Championships on Lake Garda this week.

Dan Buckley savours some father/son bonding time in the stunning Lake Garda

More emphasis on quality race management, a flavour of America’s Cup,and a mix of fun and safety for the junior fleets are in store at Cork Dinghy Fest that gets underway tomorrow and continues over the weekend at Crosshaven.

Getting lost in Venice is a common occurrence... but it might just be the only place in the world where you’re always lost in the right direction, writes Rebecca Maher.  

God an issue? Ask Audrey...

Beautiful Bahamas

Dynamic Coupé on the way: The first versions of the new Mercedes GLE Coupé have begun to be sold Ireland and over the coming weeks between now and September, deliveries will begin to arrive in greater numbers.

It is little wonder that the father of broadcaster and actress Gerry McLoughlin was a war hero. Gerry, who died early yesterday morning after a long battle with cancer, played many a heroine in her time, most of it on the stage of the Everyman Palace theatre in Cork.

Dawson Travel has a family holiday package in Spain for two adults and two children (under 12 years). 

IT IS market day in Desenzano on the southern shore of Lake Garda. Along the waterfront, vendors hawk their wares: clothes, jewellery, handbags and pottery beckon to passersby.

Camping Ireland reports that interest in caravanning and camping has increased by 30%.

Left it late to book a summer getaway? Don’t panic. There are plenty of deals left, particularly if you book fast.

It is now more than a decade since the famous Miracle Match of 2003, but memories of that never-to-be-forgotten occasion will be revived when three survivors participate in today’s Seat Series clash of Munster and Gloucester at Thomond Park (kick-off 5pm).

Most parents would recoil in horror at the thoughts of backpacking by train with two toddlers in tow but Rory Fitzgerald found it a cheap and fun way to see Europe.

SPECIAL PRICES FOR LAKE GARDA HOLIDAYS

A TOUCH OF ITALIA WITH ADDED SUMMER VALUE

AUSTRALIAN HIKING TRAIL SUITABLE FOR ALL

INSURERS brought a contempt claim yesterday against a man who drove from South Wales to the Italian Lakes and back when he was supposedly seriously disabled from a road accident.

TOPFLIGHT, with flights to Italy from Dublin, Cork and Belfast, offer flight-only or the full monty in hotels or self-catering accommodation.

A MIDDLE-AGED woman who slipped and broke her ankle on a marble staircase while holidaying in Italy has been awarded €25,000 compensation against the travel agent.

RESORT transfers often tend to be the most annoying part of package holidays, but Topflight’s use of Verona as airport destination for Lake Garda-based holidays has proved hugely popular with Irish clients.

LANZAROTE, the number one holiday hot spot with Irish clients for the past eight years, is the focus of Topflight’s easy-on-the-pocket summer deals, with prices starting from €359 inclusive on Cork or Dublin departures.

OZ-BUS, the overland service between London and Sydney, is back with a July 4 departure and the company says half of the seats for the trip are still available.

IRISH Festivals used to revolve almost solely around music and drink, not necessarily in that order.

A YOUNG Irish tourist has become the second Irish person to drown in Lake Garda in Italy in just over a week.

TOPFLIGHT will cater for opera buffs for the duration of the famous Verona festival which runs from June 19 to August 30 in the restored third century Roman amphitheatre.

CONCORDE Travel has updated its 2009 Italy brochure, featuring holidays to Lake Garda and Sorrento.

AER LINGUS new route from Cork to Lisbon has already had an encouraging start, with a high profile launch last week, good forward bookings and Portugal’s tourism body rowing in behind the service.

THE totally Irish-owned travel company Topflight are ! ski specialists but they have moved carefully into the summer overseas holiday market during the last 20 years as well.

SUNWAY River Cruise has just launched a number of winter specials, including a Christmas Wonderland Cruise.

A stuntman working on the new James Bond movie 'Quantum of Solace' has been left with serious head injuries, after yet another onset car accident.

The Aston Martin being used in the latest James Bond film plunged into a lake in northern Italy while being driven to the set.

DISCOVER Travel, a branch of East Cork Travel based in Midleton, has just released the company’s most comprehensive Asian brochure since entering that market just less than a decade ago.