Victoria White reports from Skaramagas refugee camp, west of Athens, home to 2,800 refugees who fled fighting in Syria but now fear that their hopes of starting life afresh in the West will never be realised

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.

Irish people spent more than €5bn on foreign travel last year.

The CityJet airline is to start flights from Cambridge airport to Dublin and Amsterdam.

4 NIGHT MED CRUISE - €598pp

Kanye West was booed at a baseball game in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

A fire broke out today on a Greek ferry carrying about 250 people in the eastern Aegean Sea, but authorities said no injuries were reported and that the blaze was contained.

Monaco, Mauritius, Mykanos and St Petersburg were some of the exotic locations that property tycoon Achilleas Kallakis whisked AIB staff off on as a thank you for completing property deals.

Kenmare-born Australian expatriate Frank O’Shea reflects on a recent visit to Cobh aboard the cruise ship, the Dawn Princess.

ALMOST 1,000 Irish holidaymakers left stranded overseas after the collapse of one of Britain’s largest tour operators will be brought home this week on flights arranged by the Commissioner for Aviation Regulation.

PRIMERA Escorted Tours, in association with Budget Travel, has launched a new series of luxury autumn/winter tours.

A TUBERCULOSIS patient under the first US federal quarantine since 1963 left an Atlanta hospital yesterday and arrived at a Denver facility that specialises in respiratory disorders, officials said.

The captain of a cruise ship that sank in the Aegean Sea has been charged with negligence.