Family brave cold weather for a place in the sun

A DUBLIN mother-of-eight and her pregnant daughter are still full of Christmas cheer as they enter the fifth day of a frosty 10-day vigil in search of the ultimate holiday bargain.

On Christmas Day, Margaret Healy swapped the heat of the kitchen for a chilly footpath vigil outside Budget Travel agency in Dublin, which opens on January 4.

After three days and nights outside the Baggot Street office with a copy of the 2006 brochure in front of her she has yet to decide what holiday she wants. "I'm still undecided. I don't know... it's early yet. I like Turkey..."