God isnt this recession depressing.  Well its not going to get me down. Just booked a week in Barcelona with my husband, great deals to be had on 1800 hotels.   A friend advised me to rent an appartment but we got a 4* hotel for 5 nights for only €383 and that includes brekkie.  We are staying in the Mullingar Park Hotel in June for 2 nights (and neither are a weekend night) and its costing us €300.  I might be holidaying outside of Ireland but at least I booked through an Irish company.  We all have to do our bit to get the country back on its feet, even if its not our fault.