Irish Times Travel Show

18/04/14 In this podcast Fionn sits down with Spud Hilton, travel editor with the SF Chronicle and discusses the nature of travel. Later Sinead chats to Features Editor Conor Goodman and Outsider Magazine Editor Roisin Finlay about their competition to redefine wildness in Ireland. Inside Travel Show podcast presented by Fionn Davenport and produced by Sinead O’Shea. It can be listened to and downloaded via Soundcloud and iTunes. It can be delivered for free to you each week via this link. itun.es/i6664fQ #iTunes Android users can access this podcast via stitcher.com/s?fid=44906&refid=stpr

11-04-14 In this edition of Inside Travel Fionn reports from the IPW Travel Show in Chicago with stories of plantation homes in Louisiana, the new 9/11 Museum in New York City and what's so great about Washington, DC? Plus, a welcome message from Rahm Emanuel. Inside Travel Show podcast presented by Fionn Davenport and produced by Sinead O’Shea. It can be listened to and downloaded via Soundcloud and iTunes. It can be delivered for free to you each week via this link. itun.es/i6664fQ #iTunes Android users can access this podcast via stitcher.com/s?fid=44906&refid=stpr

04/04/14 Easter is one of the most popular times of the year to take a break and there are lots of great places to go in Ireland. In this week's show Joan Scales fills in for Fionn and discusses options with John Concannon of Failte Ireland, Valerie Cox from RTE and Margaret Jeffars from Good Food Ireland. Also, we hear from Fionn who in San Francisco for the relaunch of the Aer Lingus service from Dublin to there. He manages to get a few moments with Aer Lingus CEO, Christoph Mueller. Inside Travel Show podcast presented by Fionn Davenport and produced by Sinead O’Shea. It can be listened to and downloaded via Soundcloud and iTunes. It can be delivered for free to you each week via this link. itun.es/i6664fQ #iTunes Android users can access this podcast via stitcher.com/s?fid=44906&refid=stpr

28/03/14 In this edition of Inside Travel Fionn discusses the future of airlines travel and the changes being introduced by Ryanair with Joan Scales from the Irish Times and aviation expert Gerry Byrne. He also hears about the launch of this year's Go Wild competition with its creator Conor Goodman and Roisin Finlay editor of Outsider Magazine. The Inside Travel Show podcast is presented by Fionn Davenport and produced by Sinead O’Shea. It can be listened to and downloaded via Soundcloud and iTunes. It can be delivered for free to you each week via this link. itun.es/i6664fQ #iTunes Android users can access this podcast via stitcher.com/s?fid=44906&refid=stpr

21/03/14 Is Los Angeles heaven on earth? In this week's show sponsored by Mastercard Sinéad O'Shea fills in for Fionn Davenport and talks to John Butler, director of the Stag and Laurence Mackin, arts editor with The Irish Times. The Inside Travel Show podcast presented by Fionn Davenport and produced by Sinead O'Shea. It can be listened to and downloaded via Soundcloud and iTunes. It can be delivered for free to you each week via this link. itun.es/i6664fQ #iTunes Android users can access this podcast via stitcher.com/s?fid=44906&refid=stpr

In this edition of Inside Travel with Mastercard Fionn describes the charms of Liverpool to Sinéad with help from Slow Dublin author Anto Howard and Joe Kegin from Visit Liverpool. We hear how Liverpool contains some of the most interesting cultural artifacts on the British Isles and more on its unique history and affinity with Ireland. Inside Travel Show podcast presented by Fionn Davenport and produced by Sinead O'Shea. It can be listened to and downloaded via Soundcloud and iTunes. It can be delivered for free to you each week via this link. itun.es/i6664fQ #iTunes Android users can access this podcast via stitcher.com/s?fid=44906&refid=stpr

Gone are the days when your granny aspired to a cruise on the Queen Elizabeth (if she ever did). Things have changed. In 1990 there were 3.7 million cruise passengers, last year it was 21.5 million. It is one of the fastest growing sectors of the travel industry. So what's the story with cruises? Fionn Davenport gets all the information from Irish Times travel expert, Joan Scales and Royal Caribbean International representative, Jennifer Callister. He's joined as always by his ever sceptical producer Sinead O'Shea. Inside Travel Show podcast presented by Fionn Davenport It can be listened to and downloaded via Soundcloud and iTunes. It can be delivered for free to you each week via this link. itun.es/i6664fQ #iTunes Android users can access this podcast via stitcher.com/s?fid=44906&refid=stpr

03/02/14 Can you have children and still have fun holidays? In this week's show Fionn Davenport discusses this with a number of parents including author, Fiona McPhillips and Second Captains producer Simon Hick who recently went a surfing/family holiday with his wife Lisa and 14 month old son. He is also joined by his producer Sinead O'Shea. Inside Travel Show podcast presented by Fionn Davenport It can be listened to and downloaded via Soundcloud and iTunes. It can be delivered for free to you each week via this link. itun.es/i6664fQ #iTunes Android users can access this podcast via stitcher.com/s?fid=44906&refid=stpr

24/02/14 In this show Fionn talks to Sinead O'Shea and RTE Book Show producer Zoe Comyns about Scotland. He also travelled to the Bannockburn Visitor Centre in Stirling to find out more about their Homecoming. Inside Travel Show podcast presented by Fionn Davenport It can be listened to and downloaded via Soundcloud and iTunes. It can be delivered for free to you each week via this link. https://itun.es/i6664fQ #iTunes Android users can access this podcast via stitcher.com/s?fid=44906&refid=stpr

17/02/14 Has New York peaked? In today's show Fionn discusses New York with Murph from the Second Captains, Mike Sheridan from entertainment.ie and the ever sceptical Sinead O'Shea. He also hears from Quentin Fottrell and Maeve Higgins who both live in NYC.

10/02/14 Is Paris the ultimate city? In this show Fionn chats to people who spend most of their time in Paris, knitwear designer, Lucy Downes, Invisible Paris author, Adam Roberts and international chef star David Lebovitz. He also tries to reason with the show's producer, Sinead O'Shea about her dislike for the place.

27/01/14 This week's show is all about San Francisco and features some different perspectives. Writer, film critic, sex columnist Roe McDermott and her brother, Voice of Ireland presenter, Eoghan McDermott, have just returned from a visit there. Dorothy Kelly from Google went during the summer with her family to prepare for a possible move. Plus the show's producer Sinead O'Shea talks to Fionn about living there at the end of the 90s when hipsters and dotcommers were just kicking off.

20/01/14 In this edition of the Travel Show Fionn discusses ski holidays with Tom Hayes from lightbox.ie and John Collins from the Irish Times. He also hears about a trip to see the Northern Lights with John Fardy from Newstalk.

13/01/14 In this week's show Niamh Griffin tells us about her unbelievable other life as a champion Muay Thai boxer in Thailand. Carol Anne O'Neil from Falcon Holidays and Clare Dunne of the Irish Travel Agents Association advise us on booking holidays in January. Plus Conor Pope describes the times he has spent in Cuba.

19/12/14 The Travel Show presented by Fionn Davenport is your weekly appointment for all things related to travel both at home and abroad. In this first edition Fionn discusses Barcelona with Eoin McDevitt from the Second Captains and Irish Times columnist, Una Mullaly. The show's producer, Sinead O'Shea talks about a previous trip to Iran and Fionn's Florentine mum reveals the secrets to her city....