Irish holidaymakers chase cut-price deals in Britain

IRISH holidaymakers are expected to avail of drastic cut price holidays on sale in Britain as travel companies feel the brunt of the crisis in Iraq.

Among the best buys is a Peltours package of seven nights in a five star hotel in the luxury resort of Taba Heights on the Red Sea for stg£329 - a package that would normally cost more than stg£700.

One of Britain’s largest independent online tour operators, somewhere2stay.com, will fly you to one of their holiday destinations in Turkey for as little as stg£29, but you had better read the small print on your insurance policy.