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Spending charitable funds on a residential feels indefensible until you cost the alternative. How to run one you can defend, from around £36 a head.

Most American golf trips to Ireland move hotel every two nights. Basing your group five minutes from Royal County Down works out better, and cheaper.

Some milestone birthdays don't suit a party. The twenty people who matter, in one house, for two nights, from £45 each a night.

Twenty people, twenty budgets, and a bride or groom who said nothing mad. Why one house in Newcastle beats a block of hotel rooms, from £45 each.

Most corporate away days fail for the same reason. Nine ideas that work when your team has a whole house to itself, from around £36 per person midweek.

Newcastle punches above its weight for food, and it is five minutes down the road. Six places we send guests to, plus the case for staying put some nights.

The Mourne Mountains, located in County Down, are among the most picturesque landscapes in Ireland.

Tollymore Forest Park sits at the foot of the Mournes: 1,600 acres of woodland, waterfalls and river walks, under two kilometres from The Briers.

One of the finest links courses in the world sits five minutes from our door. What the layout demands, who shaped it, and what to sort before you travel.

In 2024 the Irish Open returned to Royal County Down, five minutes from our door, and Rasmus Højgaard denied Rory McIlroy on the final green.

Royal County Down is five minutes from our door. Here is the practical side — getting a tee time, what the course actually asks of you, and what to bring.

With the Mourne Mountains as your backdrop there are trails for every level, from a gentle riverside walk to the full 22-mile Mourne Wall.

Tollymore Forest is where Game of Thrones began, and it is under two kilometres from our gate. The locations, the Studio Tour, and what else is near.