Childless paradise

No matter how much we love them, there are times when most of us crave the peace and quiet of a child-free environment.

So as the friendly voice at the other end of the phone announces, “Welcome to Monart, the great escape,” she might well add, but does not, “from your own and other people’s kids”.

Even in hard economic times, Ireland’s premier spa hotel resort, rated one of the world’s top luxury retreats, has no intention of relinquishing its ‘adults only’ policy. From the moment of its conception it was decided that award-winning Monart would be an adults-only haven, says its director Liam Anthony Griffin.