Norwegians win West Cork holiday for finding balloon

It took six months, strong high-altitude winds, and a whole lot of luck for a little balloon to fly some 2,500km from Ireland to Norway.

But the family who found the balloon tangled in a tree on a windswept mountain on Norway’s western seaboard last month are set to make the return trip in style to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime holiday and collect a host of prizes which were on offer to the person who found it.

After reading the story in the Irish Examiner, low fares airline Norwegian has stepped in to offer return flights for the Taule Leikanger family from Bergen in Norway to London.