Value for money and great people to visit

HAVING just returned from a self-catering holiday in Allihies in west Cork I wish to make a few important points amid all the bashing of ‘rip-off’ Ireland.

Value for money and great people to visit
Wed, 06 Aug, 2003 - 01:00

Forty-eight hours before we left on holiday our son fell out of bed and fractured his collarbone. In the confusion I forgot to pack the bed linen for our rented mobile home.

On arrival in Allihies my wife called to a neighbouring B&B where, without delay, Mary O'Sullivan supplied us with bed linen free of charge.

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