Moving to a place in the sun could get you longer holidays

THE amount of paid leave that people in Ireland take varies greatly according to their occupation. If the average Irish industrial worker might have holiday-jealousy issues with the likes of a schoolteacher, it may be of some consolation to him that we Irish live in the most holiday-friendly zone in the world — Europe.
According to OECD statistics, the top 18 most generous nations in this regard include no fewer than 16 European states.