IN THE last number of years, I’ve made the midlands a destination for several weekend breaks.

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THE fight against heart disease was taken to the countryside around Castleconnell in Co Limerick yesterday when an Irish Heart Foundation Slí na Sláinte (Path to Health) walking route was launched.

A NEW green route walking path, through woods and along the glenside of the Donnybrook stream, will link the house scheme The Vicarage with the very heart of Douglas village in Cork, and, almost coincidentally, make it an easy stroll to the suburban village’s two churches. And schools. And shops, bars and everything else.