Travel writers in Waterford

Waterford’s annual Immrama Travel Writing Festival in Lismore kicks off this Wednesday. Featured writers this year include Colm Tóibín, former hostage Terry Waite, Andrew Sykes (of Crossing Europe On

A Bike Called Reggie fame) and foreign correspondent Christina Lamb. There’s also a double-bill screening of the travel films of Paddy Hayes: Mongolian Rhapsody and Jamaican Rhapsody. See lismore-immrama.com