DEAL OF THE WEEK:If you felt a touch of autumn this week and your holiday seems ages ago, now is the time to book the next one. The Falcon Holidays 2012 programme is now on sale. Book before August 31st and there are discounts of €160 per couple, plus thousands of free places for kids and grandparents. A week all-in for two adults and two kids in Majorca next July costs around €2,397. Reduced deposits mean you can pay next year and flexibility means you can change dates and destination too. Tel: 1850-946164, falconholidays.ie.
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PLAY GOLF in Madeira this autumn and the price from €895pps includes staying in the Estalagem Serragolf Hotel with three green fees for the Santo da Serra course, flights and transfers from Dublin. Tel: 01-4909311, rathgartravel.ie.
GO STAR spotting in Falmouth this month and you might see Brad and Angelina while he is filming there. Get two nights BB at St Michael’s Hotel and Spa for £199pps (€226). Phone 00-44-1326- 312707, stmichaelshotel.co.uk.
SPECIAL offers for next weekend with Panorama Holidays: a week in Menorca from €439pps; Lanzarote from €495pps; and Tenerife from €429pps. Tel: 0818-200400, panoramaholidays.ie.
THE AER Lingus US winter sale is now on and fares to New York start from €249. Onward fares to other cities include Denver, Charlotte and Miami from €279 and Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Toronto from €299 each way (aerlingus.com).
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THE FIRST Lord of the Dancewith Michael Flatley outdoors is at the Cliffs of Moher on September 1st and 2nd. Stay in the Old Ground Hotel in Ennis and its two-night package includes tickets to the show and dinner one evening for €220pps. Tel: 065-6828127 or flynnhotels.com.
NATIONALHeritage Week begins next week with events all around the country. Explore the midlands from the Newbury Hotel in Mullingar. Nearby attractions include Belvedere House and Locke's Distillery. Two nights B&B and a drink on arrival costs from €89pps, or stay midweek and get dinner one evening for the same price. See thenewburyhotel.com or tel 044-9342888.
STAY FORtwo nights B&B at Mount Falcon Estate in Ballina with dinner one evening in the Kitchen Restaurant from €209 and receive a third night B&B for free. Tel: 096-74472 or see mountfalcon.com.
WATERFORDHarvest Festival runs from September 3rd to 11th with a packed programme of events. Hotel offers include dinner and B&B in the Tower Hotel from €109pps; two nights dinner and B&B at the Athenaeum from €130pps; B&B in Treacy's from €38pps; and two nights midweek with dinner in the Waterford Marina Hotel from €89pps. See waterfordharvestfestival.ie.
WESTPORTFood Festival from September 2nd to 4th has lots of great events, like a seafood summit on Croagh Patrick and mushroom hunting in Knockranny Woods. Stay for two nights in the Wyatt Hotel with dinner from €179pps and €224 in the Westport Plaza. Two nights in Hotel Westport is from €129pps and includes entry to the festival food village and five tokens for food samples. See westportfoodfestiv al.ie, destinationwestport.com.
EXPLOREthe Golden Vale from a base in Nenagh with dinner and B&B in the Abbey Court Hotel from €59pps or stay in the Kilmurray Lodge at Castletroy, Limerick from €89pps for two nights. These are some of the offers from Great National Hotels. Tel: 1890-656500 or see greatnationalhotels.com.
AULD LAMMASFair in Co Antrim is coming up at the end of the month. See the fair and stay two nights in the Bayview Hotel, Portballintrae from £139pps (€158) including one dinner. Tel: 1850-230230.
Please note all deals are subject to availability