Éabha Duffy and Cuán McGoldrick celebrate Center Parcs Longford Forest's fifth birthday this summer. Photo: Naoise Culhane A new arrival to our household meant that planning a holiday was a little bit different this year. The thought of airport queues with a baby, coupled with a two-hour flight, seemed like a bad deal for a couple of days in the sun, and so we traded a sunshine holiday abroad for a large forest in Longford.

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