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Desert songs
Over the past three years
Liam Ó Maonlaí and his fellow musician
Paddy Keenan have visited Mali, in west Africa, to make music - and
a documentary - and to find inspiration. He describes some of their
impressions as they travelled to Djenné, the last city before
the Sahara p
Rock solid
The Mediterranean island offers a great compromise between
travelling and pure leisure, writes
Derek Scally p
The Ryanair rush
Air travel was a demanding business at the best of times. Then
our budget airline introduced priority boarding.
Renagh Holohan counts the costs p
Other Stories
From castles to Count Dracula
Former BBC Ireland correspondent James Helm takes us to some favourite spots in his native North Yorkshire pThe sky's the limit
Almost all of us dislike some aspect of flying. Sometimes, however, the dislike becomes a debilitating fear. Sheila Wayman boards a flight that helps people deal with their phobia and, right, Marie Murray explains the condition. pA devilish delight The Devil's Bit, Co Tipperary
John G O'Dwyer braves the legends and takes an easy hike up the Devil's Bit pMine of stories
The Arigna mine has become a tourist attraction that re-creates the gruelling lives of its former employees - some of whom will tell you about their dangerous work, writes Marese McDonagh pExplore the real Madrid
There's nothing better than a Sunday in Madrid. Head for a park where musicians play, families paddle boats and artists draw your portrait, writes Eithne Shortall p
MSC 'Poesia' kicks off a busy Irish cruise season in Cork
CRUISES: A RECORD NUMBER of cruise ships will be calling to the ports of Dublin, Cork, Waterford and Belfast this year. pTour operators target smokers who'd go anywhere for a puff
SMOKING BAN: PIPE-SMOKING holidays to Poznan? Weekend smoking breaks to Vienna? Forget tax havens: smoke havens could be the next big thing. pB&Bs lose out to hotels
TOURISM: BED NIGHTS SPENT in Irish bed and breakfasts and guest houses in the final three months of 2007 were down by almost 29 per cent compared with the same period in 2006, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office yesterday. pShorts
A round-up of other travel news in brief... p
Go Last Minute
Got holiday fever but can't wait for the summer? Joan Scales has a range of offers at home and abroad pGo Overnight
Fiona McCann visits Bellinter House in Navan, Co Meath pGo Adventure
WEEK SEVEN: After an edgy but fascinating drive through Pakistan, we made our way through the Baluchistan Desert and arrived in Taftan, a grim and isolated border town between Pakistan and Iran. pMy Holiday
This week My Holiday talks to Paddy Cole , Jazz Musician pGo Reader Go
JOAN SCALES answers your travel questions pMy Day
Mary Clissmann of Clissmann Horse Caravans pGo Gadgets
BABY BOON: BEFORE TRAVELLING to Australia with her three-month-old son, Fionn, in 2006, Aisling O'Donoghue scoured Dublin for warm-weather baby supplies: screens for a pram, sunhats, sunsuits for swimming. pGo Holiday DIY
This week Go Holiday DIY looks at trips to London pGo Travel Tales
Tipperary reader Betty Gleeson , a member of Nenagh Writers' Group, e-mailed a postcard about her trip to Kerala, in India. p
Newfound friends
You can travel a long way and get the feeling you're not far away at all, as Katie Donovan discovers when she takes part in a poetry festival in easternmost Canada pGo Catch a Show
ROME Exhibition The Myth of Speed features work by futurist artists and automobile and scooter memorabilia. Runs until May 18th. Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Via Nazionale 194. www.palazzo esposizioni.it. p
Go Bag a Deal
Rugby Rugby fans have a double bill of Heineken Cup semi-final action on April 26th and 27th, with London Irish versus Toulouse at Twickenham on the Saturday and Munster versus Saracens in Coventry on the Sunday. p
Just them and the kids
MAGAN'S WORLD: Manchán Magan on family journeys pGo Read
Laurence Mackin reviews Panther Soup: A European Journey in War and Peace and the latest edition of The Rough Guide to Paris p
