Pay for one week, get the second free - worth up to £478 - is a special offer from Irish Ferries Holidays at a wide choice of self-catering cottages across Ireland for travel between 29 March and 9 May.

The price for a 14-night holiday at Sam Maguire Cottages in Dunmanaway, Co Cork, for example, is a total of £376 (saving £232) for cottage rental and return cruise ferry - Holyhead/Dublin or Pembroke/Rosslare for car and two adults. Up to four children travel and stay free of charge.

The maximum saving applies at the Sand Dune Cottages in Co Kerry - facilities include 20m indoor pool, sauna, gym, kiddies adventure world and kiddies club - where a fortnight’s stay is £622 (saving £478) with return ferry for car and two adults and four free child places.

See Irish Ferries Holidays or call 08705 17 17 17 for more information