We had a nice stop at Portlaoise staying at Alison's self contained apartment. The place was clean and the bedroom very comfortable.
The only two criticisms I would give are that the bathroom light is extremely dim and the kitchen was not as well equipped as we expected.
There was only one sharp knife which was blunt, no sieves, barely any cutlery and only one bowl (despite providing lots of cereal!).
Overall very pleasant stay and we appreciated that there was salt, pepper, olive oil and milk there for us to use.
Thanks Alison!