Travel insurance nightmare: 'I don't think I'd leave the country again' 

Costly travel insurance may give you peace of mind in case you fall ill abroad, but one Cork woman found using her European Health Insurance card would have been so much easier and less stressful

PJ Lynch, recuperating with his dogs.

A Cork woman is advising holidaymakers to rely on their European Health Insurance cards rather than costly travel insurance after fears that a €20,000 hospital bill for her partner would not be covered.

Kate Durrant says the stress of the experience has made her and her partner reluctant to ever travel overseas again for a holiday.