Need a holiday? Last-minute mid-term breaks in Ireland to check out

From Athlone to Galway, plus our wrap of some of the best hotel breaks on offer now, we’ve got you covered if a last minute family holiday is on your mind this midterm

n illuminated city at Salthill

Ah, Galway — we meet again.

When I first visited the City of the Tribes, it was on a haphazard post-Leaving Cert road trip. I guzzled the most of a flagon of cider on a bench in Eyre Square, ending with an uncomfortable sleep in a car, my feet sticking out the window. I was back a few months later, taking digs in Salthill ahead of a lonely first year of college which I shared with a black and white portable telly.