Don’t pack your bags: The best destination this year is… Ireland
And if you feel like immediately packing your bags and fleeing to this oasis of positivity, then sit right down again — according to the Lonely Planet, we’re already here.
The 10th edition of its travel guide to Ireland describes a country that can sometimes be hard to see when your head’s bent low with the burden of financial worries and you’re fighting your way through a thick fog of recession-laden misery.
