Staycation nation: A second season of close-to-home holidays

"Projections of vaccine roll-outs are suggesting a much greater likelihood the majority of us will be summering at home this year. It’s the Ring of Kerry, not Brittany; Cape Clear not Cape Town."

The view of Saddle Head from Croaghaun, Achill Island, Co Mayo, a surefire staycation winner

“Sure, where else would you get it?” 

The Irish summer holiday, that is. It’s having your breath taken away on the Conor Pass, It’s hopping on a ferry to some offshore island, and it’s negotiating the labyrinthine stone-walled roadways of the Burren trying to box-tick the parochial house from Father Ted.