Something rotten in Irish media ecosystem

I love living in Ireland. This may come across as a somewhat blousy assertion and especially in a column that strongly defends tooth and claw capitalism as a force for progress in society.

However, it is a humble attempt to redress the image perpetrated by Irish media that we all live in a hovel.

Last week my wife and I took a few days off for a jaunt along the west coast. It was bookended by visits to the Ballycroy National Park in Co Mayo (free entry) and the Mizen Visitor Centre (€6 per person) in deepest West Cork.