It has finally been announced and a select few hotels are celebrating in style after being named in Tripadvisors Top 25 Travellers’ Choice hotels in Ireland for 2016.

Twixtmas, you say? What’s that when it’s at home tucked up with a hot water bottle and a hot whiskey?

1. Ashford Castle, Co Mayo

ONE of the country’s best-known food and accommodation critics has panned the proliferation of “ugly and uninteresting” mid-range hotels springing up across the nation.