We get plenty of wind and rain in Ireland, but on a bright June evening there is nowhere better in the entire world. I’m not biased, it’s a fact.

It was one of those evenings last Friday when I was locking up the main library doors and chatting to Linda and Boss Lady. After my little outburst about treating the staff better to improve morale rather than spending all the money on training seminars for the managers, Boss Lady had decided to start a once a month staff outing to the Goose Inn.

Well, actually Linda decided on that. Boss Lady wanted to go for dinner in the hotel in the town. Linda shot it down as she’d eaten there before and said the food was dreadful, barely good enough for tourists and definitely not up to scratch for discerning locals. She said that looking at Boss La...

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