How others see us - Take a hard look at who we are now

THOUGH the latest Lonely Planet Ireland guide for travellers doesn’t tell us anything we don’t already know time given to considering how others see us is rarely wasted.

They can bring a different perspective, different motivations and probably an objectivity to the exercise that might not come naturally to us.

The guide, as many Irish people do, laments the passing of an older, slower, warmer and friendlier Ireland.