Check into an Irish hotel this Christmas, and leave the cooking (and cleaning) to someone else. Jillian Bolger chooses 10 relaxing residential Christmas packages to make the festivities merry and bright

Athlone: Irish Companies within the manufacturing and service sectors are been urged to attend the fifth Annual Lean Symposium on April 5 and 6 at the Sheraton Athlone Hotel, to learn how to implement and sustain ‘lean’ initiatives.