A new guide to Dublin and Wicklow will be a failsafe companion for walkers everywhere, says Dan MacCarthy.

Civilisation may not have ended yesterday, in accordance with Mayan prophecies, but Seán FitzPatrick’s world took on a decidedly darker shade after he made another appearance before the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin.

Ex-Anglo chairman Seán FitzPatrick and two former colleagues have been sent forward for trial for providing “unlawful financial assistance” to 16 individuals.