Dublin doesn't provide enough value for visitors to make the proposed tourist bed tax worthwhile, especially when the city is characterized by overflowing bins and littered streets.
Abdullah Khan expressed that his violent actions were intended as a 'message to the Government and a message to McGregor,' highlighting his motivations behind the attacks.
Denis Morris (24) followed Chloe Koyce into the hotel lift and along the corridor behind her. A social media influencer has said justice has been served as a stalker was given a six-month suspended sentence for following her into a hotel. Chloe Koyce was speaking out as Denis Morris (24) of Braemor Road, Churchtown, who had admitted stalking her at the Iveagh Gardens Hotel on Harcourt Street, Dublin, on March 21 last year, appeared in court.
February 25, 2006 was a busy day in Dublin, where concert goers, rugby fans and film festival attendees mingled on the city streets. It was a bright spring day in that optimistic era that followed the Good Friday Agreement, a time when "reconciliation" was the word on everyone's lips. So few could have imagined that reconciliation would become rioting before the afternoon was out.
Pageant makers Lumen Street Theatre and Show CoMotion, a new Dublin-based parade company, will this year join a host of regular contributors, including Galway theatre company Macnas, Wexford prop-making company Bui Bolg, Donegal-based Inishowen Carnival Group, which creates sculptural installations and performances and Wicklow prop company ArtFX. Numerous international marching bands are also set to travel from Scotland and the United States, including eight American bands from Ohio, Arizona, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Mississippi, Indiana and Texas for the parade.
It's a Thursday night in the bleak height of January. Mother Nature has taken a dislike to Dublin, and this is the fifth day of rain in a row. I'm dressed up in a black midi skirt with a lace insert at the hem, just enough to reveal a hint of leg. Was I trying to look respectful, with a touch of sex appeal? Who knows, and if I think too much about how I'll be perceived, I'll get nauseous.
Solo travel can be intimidating, but it also gives you total freedom. You can eat where you want, linger where you want and change plans on a whim. TripAdvisor just released its 2026 Travelers Choice Awards, including Best of the Best Destinations, and, for the first time, the list includes awards for the best destinations for solo travel. The Best of the Best Awards are based on millions of reviews and ratings from October 2024 to September 2025.
Court heard sellers would be shown a "fake" bank‑transfer image to convince them that payment had been made before the vehicles were taken Two Dublin men have been accused of targeting online sellers in an organised series of thefts of motorbikes and cars "nationwide" using fake payments and simulated bank transfers. Edward Collins (21), of Collinstown Crescent and Sean Hutchinson (24), of Cooleven Green, both in Clondalkin, appeared at Dublin District Court today facing 13 and 24 charges respectively.
I've never had a sense of direction. In a family where everyone knows where they're going, I'm the one who gets lost. When my son Charlie was small, he would listen as I outlined the day's itinerary-grocery store, library, post office-then interrupt. "Mama," he'd say, "I have a better way." And he did. He was five, and already knew where he was going.
The co-owner of Kin Dee and Four Bowls Catering chats about moving to Ireland from South Africa - and why his new restaurant will be keeping it simple
The spacious property in the 3100 block of Vittoria Loop in Dublin was sold on Nov. 14, 2025. The purchase price was $1,300,000. The unit was built in 2014. The layout of this three-story home includes three bedrooms and three baths. The unit sits on a 2,286-square-foot lot. This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.
"Life is a bit like sitting on a sofa," says Rory Guinness, chair of the Iveagh Trust. He's joking - riffing off the Friends-style photo we've arranged, that has him and his daughter, Aoife, seated alongside Iveagh Trust tenant Leonie Crowley, and employees including John Barrett and Martin O'Keeffe.
Tadgh O'Donovan, science teacher in Carrigaline Community School and content creator @teachwithtadgh, took a chance during the pandemic, and he hasn't looked back since
Philip Murphy is already serving a 10-year sentence for two random sex attacks on women in Dublin city centre His brother, Michael Murphy (48), was also jailed today for rape His half brother, Thomas Ryan, has waived his anonymity so Philip Murphy can be named A "most dangerous sexual predator" has been jailed for 15 years for the repeated rape and sexual abuse of his younger brother and two young girls 30 years ago.
Mr Deely, originally from Naas in Co Kildare and living on Serpentine Avenue in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, was 22-years-old when he went missing in the early hours of December 8, 2000. He was attending a work Christmas party at the Hilton Hotel in Dublin 2 on December 7, before going to Buck Whaley's nightclub on Leeson Street, where he left between 2.30am and 3.25am on December 8.
A go-slow protest took place in Dublin this week after the company launched a 'fixed price' feature, which allows you to see the maximum fare your trip will cost. John Meagher talks to drivers who say their livelihoods are under threat It is Wednesday afternoon in Dublin and a long line of taxis idle in the bus lane at Conyngham Road, on the perimeter of the Phoenix Park.
