Travel operator Thomas Cook said it had agreed the main terms of a rescue package that will see Hong Kong’s Fosun Tourism take over its tour operations and creditor banks and bondholders acquire its airline.

Shares in cash-strapped travel firm Thomas Cook jumped after Lufthansa confirmed it has made a bid for Condor, the UK Group's German airline arm.

Travel giant Thomas Cook has said demand for summer holidays abroad shows no sign of abating, but warned of a competitive and "unpredictable" market.

Thomas Cook has declared a first victory in a campaign against fake holiday sickness claims.

Shares in Thomas Cook plunged 19% yesterday as it said its summer bookings fell as security concerns meant more holidaymakers opted for breaks in Spain over Turkey, Tunisia, and Egypt, outstripping its efforts to adjust flights.

The parents of two children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning on holiday have welcomed a review criticising Thomas Cook’s treatment of the family following the deaths.

Holiday firm Thomas Cook has said that booking volumes and prices for the coming winter were ahead of last year, sending its shares to their highest in nearly two months.

Under-fire travel firm Thomas Cook said its former chief executive Harriet Green has been awarded a shares bonus worth around £5.7m (€8m) but will donate a third to charity after the deaths of two children in Corfu. 

Under-fire travel firm Thomas Cook said its former chief executive Harriet Green has been awarded a shares bonus worth around £5.7m, but will donate a third to charity after the deaths of two children in Corfu.

Travel companies have offered tourists the chance to change their holiday bookings to Tunisia in light of today’s attack in Sousse which left at least 28 people dead including a number of Britons, Germans, Belgians and an Irish woman.

An investigation has been launched after a British family was targeted by three people who apparently attempted to abduct children from a popular holiday resort in Cyprus.

The mother of two children who were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning on holiday has accused Thomas Cook’s former CEO of trying to use their memory to gain public sympathy.

The Thomas Cook CEO has admitted the company failed in its handling of the tragedy that saw two young children killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in Corfu and pledged to help their parents move on with their lives.

International holiday operator Thomas Cook, which said it plans to close its Irish operations, has reported first quarter underlying revenue of £1.65bn (€2bn), down nearly 1% year-on-year.

A proposal to end the row between management and staff at Thomas Cook's Dublin operations is due to be put to workers today.

Both sides in the row over redundancy payments for Thomas Cook workers in Dublin are due to hold talks with the Labour Relations Commission today.

Thomas Cook bosses are due to meet unions representing the company's Dublin workers today to discuss the redundancy package being offered to the employees.

An expectant mother who went into labour while being removed from a protest sit-in at a branch of Thomas Cook gave birth to a baby girl under Garda protection today.

Protesters who staged a five-day sit-in at a Thomas Cook branch were freed today after being arrested for contempt of court.

Around 100 people are protesting outside the Four Courts in Dublin this afternoon in support of Thomas Cook workers who are due in court for breaching a High Court injunction.

Supporters are planning a protest outside the Four Courts this afternoon to show solidarity with the Thomas Cook workers arrested for occupying one of the company's stores in Dublin for the past five days.

Trade union Unite said the arrest of some 30 Thomas Cook workers at the company's Grafton St premises this morning was "a dark stain on the history of industrial relations in Ireland".

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested around 30 Thomas Cook workers who were staging a sit-in protest at the company's city centre store.

Protesting workers staging a sit-in at a Thomas Cook branch in Dublin vowed to continue their action for a third day today despite a High Court ruling ordering them to leave.

Workers at the Thomas Cook travel agency are today facing into their third day of a lock-in protest.

A sit-in by disgruntled Thomas Cook staff has spread to a second store in Dublin, a union leader said today.

Workers at Thomas Cook in Dublin are vowing to continue their sit-in protest and said they won't leave the store until the company agrees to negotiate a fairer redundancy deal.

Thomas Cook staff today continued a sit-in at one of the company’s Irish branches today over redundancy terms following the early closure of the High Street operation in Ireland.