Travel – Lorraine Keane

Jul 08, 2019

Florida, The Trip Of A Lifetime!

Ok, I admit it, I’m a creature of habit. Killarney is my repeat stay-cation destination and when we travel abroad for a family holiday it’s always to the same spot in the south of France. So when Peter and I realised that our girls were fast-approaching the age when they might be too old to appreciate the magic of Disney, or more importantly the company of their parents on holiday, we decided to go for the family holiday of a lifetime to Florida. We kept the trip as a surprise until the last minute (leaving for Dublin airport). Their reaction…

Jan 29, 2019

My Visit To Ethiopia

A short clip (below) about my last visit to Ethiopia to see for myself how the money we raise through Fashion Relief is being spent. You can buy tickets to Fashion Relief here

Jan 23, 2019

The Story Behind Fashion Relief – Sunday Independent

I wrote an article for Sunday Independent’s Life magazine about my last trip to Ethiopia and Somalia and the inspiration behind Fashion Relief. You can read the piece here

Mar 01, 2018

Women Mean Business in Tanzania thanks to World Vision

I have such great memories of the wonderful women and children I met on my recent trip to Tanzania volunteering with @WorldVisionIre Thank you to @Independent.ie and The Sunday Independent for allowing me the opportunity to write about it in Life magazine and to David Conaghey for capturing it all on camera. You can read about the incredible women I met who are now running their own little micro businesses in the most rural part of Tanzania thanks to the training, skills and resources provided by World Vision. They are now able to feed and educate their children, something we…

Sep 07, 2016

Ile de Ré, France – Chic et Fantastique!

I have always loved visiting France, ever since my ‘Tante Lizzie’ introduced me to her Parisian home in the late eighties. She was French correspondent for the BBC and was the first person to tell me about Ile de Ré – many, many people have told me about it since. It has taken me this long to finally visit it, but it was well worth the wait. We decided to take the car on the Stenaline ferry (from Rosslare), as we’d heard too many horror stories of holidays ruined by the recurring French Air Traffic Controllers’ summertime strikes (more than 50…

Apr 02, 2016

Falling in love with Portugal

It’s been a while since I wrote a travel feature and this is my first travel blog. I just couldn’t resist telling you about the 5 glorious days my family and I spent in Quinta do Lago and Sagres this Easter. It was just too good to keep it to myself! Firstly Faro airport is only 30 minutes from Quinta do Lago so door to door from Dublin, we were at the pool at our resort in just under 5 hours; there is no time difference at all so you don’t even lose an hour, the airport is serviced by Aer Lingus…

Mar 07, 2016

The Irish Reach Out for Children’s Refuge in Portugal

While Peter and I were in Portugal recently we were invited to attend what has become an annual event in Quinta do Lago, the Reach for Refugio project. Over the last 4 years a staggering amount of money has been raised to help children’s homes in the area, including a fabulous 42 seater ‘Dream Bus’. I was delighted to chat with one of the committee members, the lovely Deirdre Kelly, who has been helping Irish children with her Angels Quest charity, providing respite care for families, for 20 years. Sharon Crosbie flew in to entertain the crowd during a…

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