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.
China has launched a visa program for the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and observer state East-Timor, Chinese foreign ministry […]
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Would-be visitors to the United States who want to fast-track their visa application could face a massive hike in fees for the service from late 2025 […]
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In the wake of record visitor numbers over the early May Bank Holiday, new measures are being applied at the Belgian seaside resort of Knokke-Heist to […]
One of the problems with working on-the-go is privacy, whether for teachers grading in a café where confidential student information might be seen by others, or […]
A brand new music and tourism festival is coming to the world’s fifth most dangerous country (according to the Global Peace Index’s 2024 ranking), in new […]
Brussels Airport, Brussels Airlines and TUI fly have issued an unprecedented and strongly-worded press release criticising labour unions for the personal, economic and reputational repercussions of […]
There is more trouble in the British country paradise of the Cotswolds, where villagers are complaining of tourist drones flying frequently overhead and filming them in […]
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From autumn 2025, British travellers to European Union countries will be required to undergo fingerprint and facial scanning, passport checks, and have their vehicle photographed, creating […]