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Leaving aside Dublin airport, where else can you find a top-class Americano and a tasty chocolate muffin, after which you contentedly fly away? The answer

On December 27, en route from Sligo to Wicklow, I called in to see Basil Love at his beautiful home at the foot of the

I am not one for making New Year’s resolutions. I am a firm believer that one should constantly strive to better oneself – not only

It was 11 o’clock on Christmas Eve. A white-washed Ballincar bungalow was swathed in moonlight. Outside, the air was crisp and clean. A never-ending starcloth,

I don’t think it is too much of an overstatement to say that Canada really has it all. After a five-week coast-to-coast concert tour of

As if being dragged from the depths of the most comfortable sleep wasn’t enough, a magical dream of my own private Utopia had come to

I sauntered along the buzzing Roman street, pausing briefly by a magnificent fountain. Above me, the near-perfect blue sky changed and shifted. Below me, the

Over two thousand years ago, in a lowly stable in Bethlehem, shepherds, Wise Men and assorted farm animals were witness to the birth of the

God created the earth in six days, and on the seventh, he created Andalusia. At least, that is what my taxi-driver in Granada claimed anyway.

I think perhaps I have always confused my hallmarks and my trademarks. Both hallmarks and trademarks possess typically distinguishing features, both guaranteeing authenticity. A hallmark