Behind the walls of a secret garden

Peter Dowdall looks forward to what promises to be a magical day out at Woodhouse Estate, where the owners are giving an historic property a new lease of life.

IT IS 25 years now since the late Brian Lenihan made his much criticised remarks about emigration from Ireland.

While his timing and delivery may have been questionable most people would agree with the sentiment of his words, namely that it could only be good for Ireland that young people would leave, learn skills and experience different cultures and ways of doing things in foreign countries and then return to Ireland with this extra experience and knowledge.