Hundreds of Irish holidaymakers were today left stranded overseas after the collapse of one of Britain's largest tour operators.

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

THE boss of a new travel company yesterday pledged to start a holiday price war and send 65,000 passengers a year on cheap breaks to the sun.

Twenty people were treated in hospital for minor injuries today after a hydrofoil hit rocks outside the Greek port of Volos.