Soccer:Celtic Horizon Tours (01-6292000) has packages for the Manchester United-Aston Villa game at Old Trafford on Sunday, March 30th. €449 for adults and €429 for children, including two nights at the three-star Village Inn in Bury, as well as coach, ferry and match tickets. A similar deal is on offer for United's final home game, against West Ham.
Dawson Travel (021-4274397) has packages for the Manchester United-Liverpool clash at Old Trafford next Sunday, March 23rd. Its two-night deals, including accommodation at a three- or four-star hotel and match tickets, cost between €429 and €629 a person.
Sportstours (01-4572311) has weekend packages for the final home games of current league front runners Arsenal and Manchester United on May 3rd, for €699 a person, plus tax. Both deals, to see Arsenal take on Everton at the Emirates Stadium and Manchester United face West Ham at Old Trafford, include return flights, match ticket and two nights at a four-star hotel.
Although Ireland failed to qualify for Euro 2008, Sportstours is offering deals for members of the large Polish community here who want to travel to Austria and Switzerland to follow their team's fortunes in June, when Poland take on Germany, Austria and Croatia in Vienna and Klagenfurt. Packages range in price from €1,190 to €1,390, plus tax.
Horse racing
Leopardstown Tours (01-2958901) has deals for the Aintree Grand National (April 5th). It has two- and three-night packages ranging in price from €569 to €1,008 (twin or double), with a choice of accommodation. All deals include flights and taxes and airport transfers.
There are also some two-day packages on offer from Tully's Travel (059-9136100), which cost €559 and cover flights and accommodation.
Celtic Horizon Tours (01-6292000) offers a Grand National package for €349, which comprises coach and ferry tickets, two nights at the three-star Ramada Chester Hotel and entrance to the Tattersalls enclosure.