Cork: Warm and welcoming

The Cornstore, 40A Cornmarket Street, Cork. 021-4274777, cornstorecork.com

“The Cornstore staff deserve special mention... they coped more than well, they were cheery, unintrusive, efficient and could not have been more helpful.”

I ONCE knew a dear lady who could not vote for Charles Haughey because he always sat beside his chauffeur, nodding and waving like a hungry auctioneer, trying to give the impression that he was Everyman. He was trying to convince those who might be swayed that he really was, despite the Charvet shirts and Abbeville’s stable yard of hunters, just one of us.