Clash of the ash to reach Congress

I HAD planned to leave Brussels on Thursday and head for Newcastle, after a few meetings around Dublin, for the great gathering of GAA administrators, aka Annual Congress, in the lovely Slieve Donard Hotel in Down.
Clash of the ash to reach Congress

Alas, with the volcanic ash crisis, it turned a simple journey into a travelling ordeal.

In fact only after three taxis, three other cars, eight trains, two ferries and one hotel room in London did I finally make it to the Mourne County on Friday night.

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