Keep Discovering: why staycations are here to stay

— Especially if you've never been to Kerry:  from yoga retreats to 'post-posal' breaks away, there's plenty to do on Irish holidays. 

Fact-check: we’re not a tiny island. The often touted notion that Ireland is some little insignificant rock far-flung off the North Atlantic has always been a little lost on me. Last time I looked on Google Maps, we were one of the largest islands blotting the oceans, and if Ireland is a mere minnow in the tides, then what could be said of poor Cyprus, Tenerife or the Faroes? 

Perhaps our nation’s history has proved something of a harbinger for our geographical Napoleon complex. But while we’ve tended to relish our underdog stature on the international sporting, arts and Eurovision stages — has our collective “small island” psyche been a little self-sabotaging when it comes to tourism. And are we perhaps too quick to move on — when there’s so much to discover at home?