December 26 marks the last bank holiday of the calendar year in Ireland, and, in case anyone needs reminding of what day today is, this year it falls on a Monday.
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I did not expect Irish people to be as welcoming as they were to me, to welcome me, a stranger into their home, because they did not want me to spend Christmas alone, writes Imasha Costa