Category Archives: Tourist reviews

In pole position

Posted on October 2, 2014 by stevedineen

These days and months are full of commemorations of seismic events one hundred years ago. A smaller piece of history, about bravery and the human spirit between 1914 and 1917, began one hundred years ago last week with departure by … Continue reading →

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Reconnecting with The Dead

Posted on September 18, 2014 by stevedineen

As a Dubliner interested in art, literature and music, James Joyce would have approved of Culture Night. Though he left as a young man and never returned, Joyce would have enjoyed reading from afar that his home city’s cultural institutions … Continue reading →

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On your bike for the Hiberno-Indian summer

Posted on September 4, 2014 by stevedineen

Among the European capital cities that have embraced shared bike schemes, Dublin has been a success story. Over 42,000 people who live or regularly frequent the capital subscribe to the Dublin bike scheme. Since 2009, when the scheme was launched, … Continue reading →

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For the power and the glory

Posted on August 21, 2014 by stevedineen

As the summer begins to think about meeting autumn halfway, it’s not too late for tourists to visit the interface between Dublin and Wicklow, where suburbia withdraws and hands over to the mountains. A good spot to visit, accessible by … Continue reading →

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The quiet relatives around the corner: House Number 29

Posted on July 18, 2014 by stevedineen

It has made the headlines more than once in recent weeks. The planned redevelopment of its headquarters will have implications for the Georgian Mile’s streetscape. Its reappraisal of the Poolbeg chimneys’ future might change Dublin’s skyline forever. But one part … Continue reading →

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Temptations in the Garden

Posted on July 4, 2014 by stevedineen

It didn’t make Ireland’s top 10 most visited free attractions or its top 10 paid-for attractions in 2013, as published this week by Fáilte Ireland this week. It falls under both categories and is one of Ireland’s outdoor treasures. On … Continue reading →

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