WE will be looking at heading for Ireland from from my daughter's home in Newark, Notts. We really can't afford to spend too long in Ireland - funds and time constraints won't allow for it.

I think that the drive to Dingle from and back to Dublin, where we were thinking of staying, would be too much to do in a day. My memory of the roads in the South West was that they can be quite slow, that was about eight years ago.

To take the ferry from the UK we would have to drive virtually all the way across England and Wales, then spend just over three hours on the ferry. The cost for travel alone would exceed the total cost of a three night break with flights.

What we really need to know is roughly how long it would take to drive from Dublin to Dingle and whether there is a sensible route by public transport that won't cost us an arm and a leg.