Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
Greece is facing another currency crisis but this time the currency in question is space on the island nation’s beaches, which some businesses are illegally privatising. […]
Russia closed the airspace above its capital on the morning of Tuesday 22 August 2023 after Ukrainian drones were detected around 25km northwest of Moscow. “Two […]
European flight numbers are up on this time last year but still not up to pre-pandemic levels, reveals a report by the body responsible for managing […]
We have heard much about tourists behaving badly while on holiday in Europe in recent times but now publications like Insider and CNN are turning the […]
Europe’s biggest allegedly-budget carrier Ryanair is complaining again, this time about Spanish air services manager Aena, which has raised airport charges. In response, Ryanair has filed a […]
Signs have appeared on Spanish beaches giving warnings in English about the dangers of jellyfish, rockfalls and other hazards that do not, in reality, exist. Meanwhile […]
Bruges welcomed the Reiefestival from 18-20 August, an eclectic mix of players and artists and audiences bringing radical life to the ancient spaces and artworks of […]
UK communications regulator Ofcom has found that nearly 20% of holidaymakers are unaware of roaming charges when travelling, and over 80% rely on their network to […]
In a further sign of a country looking like it’s in crisis, Russia’s flagship air carrier, Aeroflot, is reportedly operating “at least nine planes without brakes” […]
The race is on to get out of Yellowknife, capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, as wildfires advance on the city. The whole city population has been […]
Pollution is a fact of life on Earth, with even “natural” sources like plants, pets and fungi, emitting harmful matter into the air we breathe. So, […]
Shifts in Europe’s climate, including extreme summer heatwaves and the increasing risk of wildfires in Mediterranean countries, will alter holiday calendars and boost the popularity of […]
Flowertime – a festival in Brussels centre – brought around 18,000 visitors to the city’s Grand Place and city hall over the mid-August Bank Holiday weekend, […]
Rome’s historic Trevi Fountain has been breached by a tourist, in yet another incident of anti-social conduct by visitors to Italy. 1. In full view The […]