Joe Coyle

6 days ago | independent.ie | Joe Coyle

‘With my aura flapping like a dying salmon, I raise a glass to the life I have now vs the leather-skinned raver’s life I never lived’ – middle-age Balearics Fomentera is a haven for artists and fun-lovers that puts emphasis very much on chilling out Life's a beach - an aerial view over the Playa de Ses Illetes beach in Formentera "I want to be a hippy and I want to get stoned…” Look, I swear, it’s just a song lyric and it’s not a lingering life goal I’ve had since 1990s electronic musos...

Mar 15, 2025 | independent.ie | Joe Coyle

The odyssey started with a bus from Letterkenny at 1.47amI’m sitting in north-west Donegal. It’s the night before my morning flight from Dublin to Palma. A week in advance, I had learned of a red-eye bus from Letterkenny to Dublin which will get me to the airport a full three hours before my flight. Great, I thought, no need for an expensive overnight stay in Dublin. But I’ll soon pay for my penny-pinching. I log on to get a bus e-ticket, or to learn if I have to download the Bus Éireann app.

Feb 2, 2025 | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Joe Coyle

At once regal and homely, no wonder this five-star retreat has awards coming out of its turretsCenturies before the singer Daniel O’Donnell’s current iron-fist reign over his Donegal shores, the O’Donnell clan ruled the kingdom of Tyrconnell from their ancestral home built in the 15th century on Lough Eske.

Jan 11, 2025 | independent.ie | Joe Coyle

Worth the hype? Joe Coyle lords it up at Lough Eske Castle HotelAt once regal and homely, no wonder this five-star retreat has awards coming out of its turretsLough Eske Castle Hotel is fairy-tale enchantingCenturies before the singer Daniel O’Donnell’s current iron-fist reign over his Donegal shores, the O’Donnell clan ruled the kingdom of Tyrconnell from their ancestral home built in the 15th century on Lough Eske.

Sep 7, 2024 | independent.ie | Joe Coyle

There have been complaints of tourists urinating in gardens and jumping into locals’ pools naked It’s my first evening in Galicia and it’s the first time I’ve felt even a hint of nerves about the journey ahead. I’m facing into five days of walking an average of 22km per day, from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela, to complete the final legs of the Camino Francés in Spain’s stunning north-west region. The problem is, I’m not a very fit person.