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Posted by Catherine Mack at 10:45 on Monday 18 January 2010
“At Gregans Castle Hotel, we strive to minimise our footprint on the environment”, says the welcome pack in The Galway Bay Suite. It is not hard to see why, when you look out the window onto one of the most unique landscapes in Ireland. This... more...
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Posted by Catherine Mack at 10:24 on Monday 18 January 2010
Connemara teases my senses. The barren landscape, with its shades of brown grasses and scatterings of old stone walls, looks as if it is teetering on the edge of death when, bang, suddenly there is a splash of green on the mountains and yellow... more...
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Posted by Catherine Mack at 10:01 on Saturday 16 January 2010
“Oh God, it’s surfing today”, I mumbled, looking at my detailed spreadsheet of activities and then out the window, at the incoming Connemara fog and rain. It’s Day Four of a week at Delphi Mountain Resort, nestled in the hills between Killary... more...
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Posted by Catherine Mack at 07:30 on Saturday 16 January 2010
A white Connemara pony greeted us upon arrival at Cnoc Suain, high up in the peat boglands overlooking Spiddal’s coastline, 22 km from Galway. Neptune, the family pony, stood casually outside the white-washed thatched cottage, in this aptly named... more...
Posted by Catherine Mack at 05:53 on Saturday 16 January 2010
Hundreds of wild deer roam freely throughout the O’Hara’s vast estate at Coopershill, and so it was with some amusement that I watched the young owner, Simon, stick his hat on the antlers, now the family hatstand which takes pride of place in... more...
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Posted by Catherine Mack at 03:25 on Sunday 10 January 2010
When I admired Nuala’s cool triple recycling bins in the apartment, which is cleverly attached onto her own wooden house, she told me, “I have a triple composting system. First I feed the cat, then I go down the hill to feed my neighbour’s horse,... more...
Posted by Catherine Mack at 09:53 on Thursday 29 October 2009
Sandele Eco-Retreat in The Gambia has won the ethical travel award in the Guardian, Observer and guardian.co.uk Travel Awards 2009. Bulungula Lodge in South Africa was the runner up and third place was Cnoc Suain, Ireland (pictured left).
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Posted by Catherine Mack at 06:08 on Tuesday 20 November 2007
Catherine Mack takes her two boys on the train and ferry from London to Ireland and discovers that times have changed…
I used to hate travelling back home to Ireland at Christmas. A cold slow train from London, the Holyhead hall of hell and... more...
Posted by Catherine Mack at 01:42 on Saturday 07 July 2007
Catherine Mack looks at eco-friendly holidays in the Emerald Isle
Green is synonymous with Ireland. Who needs branding when you have created a national colour? Visitors come in their millions to seek out the forty shades of green. Yet budget... more...
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