Esther McCarthy: I’m going to the dogs — or on hols with them

"...while I may have been meticulous about what made the cut for our onboard luggage (Michael O’Leary’s airport heavies and their scales of wrath ain’t getting a penny more outta me!) I still managed to bring all that pesky emotional baggage with us..."

Esther McCarthy. Picture: Emily Quinn

The family and I are on our holibobs in a camping resort.

Well, camping is a bit misleading. We’re staying in a lodge with two en-suites — you could hardly call it roughing it, in fairness.