The Flynn family had to flee a house at The Links Holiday Village, Lahinch, during a weekend break in 2018 after flames and smoke had been seen coming from the fuse box.
On my first trip to Ireland, in 1967, I was taken to a party after the pubs closed. There were bottles of whiskey and Guinness stout, someone had a concertina, and there was a sing-song. In the bedroom, a couple was making out. Eventually they emerged to join the party, and I noticed that, to my young eyes, they were "old" in their 40s.