Rejuvenate yourself at the Hayfield Manor, Cork

Vickie Maye refreshes herself, her husband and her marriage with a five-star overnight indulgence close to home. 

WHEN we had our third child, we knew our little one-night getaways were going to be few and far between.

We both have access to the best grandparents in the world — but the guilt of leaving one-, three- and nine-year-olds with them was getting to be too much. Hotels minus the kids were looking more and more like a very rare luxury. So when I discovered I was having baby number four, I figured my weekend breaks were well and truly a thing of the past.