This picturesque West Cork home with separate basement apartment is on the market for €695,000
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This rustic four-bedroom home in Westport is on the market for €449,000
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We asked for your ‘missed flight’ stories, and you gave them to us


By Geraldine Carton
06th Apr 2018
We asked for your ‘missed flight’ stories, and you gave them to us

Missing a flight must be one of the worst feelings going. You’ve forked out the cash, made the plans, boasted on social media, only for a series of events to roll out that ultimately prevent you from the main event: lift-off.

And thanks to the availability of modern transport, the rate at which we’re taking to the sky means that most of us have probably experienced missing a flight at least once over the years. And for those of you who haven’t? Count your blessings, and learn from our combined mistakes.

We put a call-out on Twitter for people to share their flight-missing stories with us, and many, many unfortunate souls opened up about their experiences. While some tales make us wince, and others pull on our heart-strings, we’ll admit that we couldn’t help but stifle a few chuckles over the incredibly unfortunate and tragic nature of some of these scenarios…

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