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The article features an activist and business leader passionately discussing her affection for Dublin, finding immense joy returning home after travels. While she enjoys trips to places like Berlin, Tulum, and Thailand, she admits that overtourism and the climate crisis have diminished her enthusiasm for travel. Instead, she prefers the comforting routine of her daily life in Dublin, questioning whether this sentiment reflects her mid-life stage. Overall, she balances her love for adventure with environmental consciousness.

I love Dublin. Every time I go away, I am always happiest when I come through passport control or back past Bewleys Hotel at Newlands Cross.

I also love the adventure of the unknown; I don't suffer nostalgia for places greatly.

But overtourism and the climate crisis have kind of turned me off travelling.

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