I had to buy a flight for my mother from Knock to East Midlands in May and return it cost 20 euro, Bargain!

do you mean Brasov
I was there and other cities/towns in Transylvania in 2010
It was before Ryanair started flying and cost me 204€ to get to Bucharest with aerlingus.

They have stopped flying there now

Well obviously I mean Brasov! It's within a short train ride from Bucharest. Anyways, after a lot of research we've decided not to go.

How come

Himself is not as interested in Romania as I am. Croatia, Slovenia or Benelux roadtrip its looking like.

been to slovenia
Lovely place but is small and no direct flights from Ireland
I went via Vienna

we'll probably drive via Croatia. Dunno yet.

you could head to this bar
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/06/half-of-this-bar etc ...

Looks good! There's a few places like that between Belgium and Netherlands.

this place?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Nassau

Yup, I guess! The Belgian/Dutch border is very complicated apparently.

Flights Dublin to Geneva with Swissair in July and August for €65 return.

That's a very good deal. Geneva is pricey once you get there but it is a very nice town.

And the euro is down 20% against the Swiss franc in the last year so pricey indeed.

Air Lingus via Stobart Air to Newquay in Cornwall for 30 Euro one way,a great opportunity to see the Eden Project and other attractions,3 more days of sale.
Look it,fook it and just book it.