Sunseekers flee to warmer climes to take advantage of double holiday

HOLIDAYMAKERS are fleeing to the sun to take advantage of the earliest St Patrick’s and Easter holiday in living memory.

The timing of Easter Sunday on March 23 means two bank holidays are seven days apart, giving sunseekers more reason to flee rain-drenched Ireland.

And official figures released yesterday reveal holidaymakers are showing their appetite for foreign travel as trips abroad rose 11% to 584,400 in January.