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Power’s Snug of the Year, 2011

In 2011, I was gainfully recruited by Power’s Whiskey to drive around Ireland and visit the four snugs they had short‑listed for Best Snug of the Year. This was a somewhat dreamy assignment, completed in the delightful company of my sister, Sasha Sykes.