Need inspiration for your holidays in 2018? Ciara McDonnell has the best deals for families, couples, cruise seekers, adventurers, walkers, solo travellers - and everything in between.

Looking for some winter sun? Beat the post-Christmas gloom with Ciara McDonnell’s last-minute sunshine offerings.

The period between Christmas and New Year is fast becoming peak season Ciara McDonnell has the best options abroad for a Twixmas break – so you can start planning for next year.

Dublin had 15 of the country’s top 20 free and fee-charging tourist attractions by visitor number last year, according to figures from Fáilte Ireland.

From budget breaks in Bodrum to direct flights to Canada, Travel Writer of the Year Pól Ó Conghaile picks his top overseas destinations for 2014.

THE singer’s face is puce.

Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs were last night preparing to assist the family of an Irishman who drowned in Lanzarote in bringing his body home.

IT is wonderful how nature adapts and turns opportunity to advantage.

SUNWORLD HOLIDAYS are boasting unrivalled value on winter holiday prices to Lanzarote from Cork this winter.

A NEW website specialising in all things Disney has been launched and, not surprisingly, has been named Magic Vacations. The company has been set up by John Barrett, a former Disney employee, who is well known in the Irish travel trade through his links with City Travel and Travel Focus.

A Dublin man today drowned in Lanzarote, the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed.

THE family of a Dublin teenager who died after an attack in Lanzarote are devastated after a judge ordered that the case be closed.

SLAIN teenager Derek Cumiskey’s blessing going to heaven will be his ability to see all Manchester United games without a ticket.

The Spanish police are said to be confident of making further arrests in connection with the death of a Dublin teenager in the Canary Islands two weeks ago.

A LOCAL man was yesterday arrested in connection with the death of Dublin man Derek Cumiskey who died after allegedly being assaulted by a gang in Lanzarote on August 1.

Authorities in Spain have arrested a local man on the Canary Islands in connection with the death of an 18-year-old Dublin man in Lanzarote almost a fortnight ago.

THE body of teenager Derek Cumiskey, who died after an assault in Lanzarote, is expected to be flown back to Dublin today.

THE body of teenager Derek Cumiskey is unlikely to be returned to his family for up to two weeks.

THE Dublin teenager beaten to death in Lanzarote was an award-winning student who had recently finished his school exams.

Spanish police are hunting for the killers of an Irish teenager who was beaten to death while on a family holiday in the Canary Islands yesterday.

Police are investigating the death of an Irish teenager who was attacked with an iron bar in the Canary Islands.

An Irishman in his late teens has died in suspicious circumstances on the island of Lanzarote.

Barry Coughlan revisits Lanzarote and finds there are still unspoiled spots if you’re prepared to drive

Police in the Canary Islands are investigating the attempted rape of a 21-year-old Irish woman.