Weekend break: Croke Park, Dublin

 
Weekend break: Croke Park, Dublin
Sat, 03 Sep, 2016 - 01:00
Vickie Maye

I WAS first in the queue for the Big Apple rollercoaster, on the roof of the New York New York Hotel on the Vegas strip. It lifts you up 203 feet and drops you 144. You turn 180 degrees, speeding at 67mph.

That was when I was 21. And before I became a mum.

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