Home for the holidays

You’ve heard Sigmund Freud’s line about the Irish being immune to psychoanalysis.

But the Irish weather is even more mystifying — to meteorologists, and especially holidaymakers. What else can you say about a country where you can get sunburnt in a shower of hailstones in July?

When the weather’s good, however, the holidays are great. And increasing numbers of Irish people are looking at short breaks and staycations at home. May is a plum time for special offers — check sites like discoverireland.ie, irelandhotels.com, bandbireland.com and lidl-breaks.ie for a sample.