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Full coverage: travel

In pictures: A tour of Eileen Gray’s miraculously restored villa on the Riviera

The house carefully designed by the Irish artist was subject to decades of abuse. Against all odds, it now allows visitors to time-travel back to the day of its completion in 1929.

Thomas Hubert
19th Nov, 2022 - 8 min read

Two years after being salvaged from liquidation, Usit faces the test of a J1 visa surge

David Andrews lost his student travel business in the first Covid lockdown, then rebuilt it in Ireland and in the UK around summer work programmes. As customers complain of delays, can Usit be reborn yet again?

Thomas Hubert
29th Apr, 2022 - 5 min read

“As soon as restrictions lift, the pent-up demand is obvious and travel bounces back very strongly”

Airlines have cut losses in 2021 but remain exposed to the pandemic and dependent on government supports. Yet KPMG's aviation finance chief Joe O'Mara explains that successive Covid-19 waves have revealed the aviation industry's ability to rebound.

Tom Lyons
18th Jan, 2022 - 13 min read

Turbulent airspace: The engine behind regional airports and their uncertain future

International hubs like Dublin and Cork airport has grown to be the gateways of Irish travel, forcing regional airports around the country to shut down in the last decade. But why are there still so many small airports in Ireland, and how do they stay in the air?

Devin Seán Martin
27th Aug, 2021 - 8 min read

Tests and masks and rock’n’roll: How I flew through the new world of travel

We’ve all heard about the new rules for international travel, but how do they work in real life? Thomas Hubert has been to Paris and back and lived to tell the tale. His diary contains hot tips for when you finally fly again.

Thomas Hubert
31st Jul, 2021 - 10 min read

Quarantine and travel fines are needed. The problem is that we don’t know when they will end

The irresponsible behaviour of a small number of international travellers has reseeded Ireland with Covid-19 after each lockdown, making stricter border controls unavoidable. But the new quarantine legislation now opens the renewal of the measure to rolling political decisions instead of scientific criteria.

Thomas Hubert
9th Mar, 2021 - 4 min read

“There could be up to 3,000 redundancies in the next couple of weeks”

As coronavirus threatens the survival of many businesses, travel agents are hanging on by their fingertips. Travel agent John Galligan explains how changes to the wage subsidy scheme could be the nail in the coffin for his industry.

Cait Caden
2nd Sep, 2020 - 5 min read

Why tourism could take four years to get back to where it was in 2019

McKinsey is forecasting a long, slow recovery for the tourism industry. But there are steps we can take to minimise the pain.

Constantin Gurdgiev
25th Aug, 2020 - 9 min read

Yaneer Bar-Yam: “The faster we stop it, the better. There’s no benefit to waiting”

Physicist Yaneer Bar-Yam has been paying close attention to Ireland's coronavirus response and argues that the best approach once the number of new cases has been brought near zero is to cut off routes for any fresh infection to spread.

Thomas Hubert
20th Jul, 2020 - 15 min read
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