Dublin

did we ever clear that up with jed?

I will be visiting with my sister in June. Any recs for hotels, bars, record stores, etc?

Looks like most of the record shops I knew are gone now. Tower is now in the old Waterstones premises and above Easons on O'Connell st.
There's still a record shop in George's St arcade.
I don't remember seeing any of the others still around. Except HMV on Henry St. Had been 5 years gap before my last visit a couple months back though. So maybe there are new places I don't know about?

I, a 35 year old married man in a decent state of career, am now looking into the option of us renting a room in a share in order to actually save money for a deposit while also managing to live in Dublin

I realise this will not be news to new yorkers or Londoners but lookit we're only little old Ireland lads hasn't this all gotten a bit #notions

Oof sorry to hear that, deems. Cork is getting ridiculous regarding rent/accom too

I was in Dublin for a few days last summer and thought it seemed even a bit pricier than London.

I'd happily stay miles away from the buying option tbh but the way renting is gone.....eesh

If you would like to commute in from Offaly I can sort you out with a decent 'buy two houses, get one free' deal.

Ah, sorry to hear that, man - I know the prices fell off a ridiculous high in early 2006 (as the fear of going home and buying is what kept me over here) - it looks like they hit the bottom in 2012 from a minute's Googling, is it back to the mad old times?

Rent wise certainly, the buying market actually appears to be slowing very slightly as a result of the lending strictions.

We'll survive. In tallaght.

Dammit tho it's a great town to live in tbf.

You'll have the decency not to mention I said any such thing obv

Damnit D, that sucks. (I loved your house, it's prob twice as big as mine too!)

The integrity of your ethnic identity is safe with me.

Tyvm

Three things to note

Property soars but it's rents that are in actual full-blown crisis, the IT serving some use here for a change in this week's focus

Mentioning that august publication, item two is it's execrable opinion piece today on how awful Dubliners are. Absolutely rotten writing and none of the searing wit evident in our own little stramash some years back on the topic

Third, we ended up north of Stoneybatter in a lovely one bed, thanks for askin

^this is code for cabra yes?

Wash out yr mouth

It's "Navan road" and don't u forget it

Right so boss

Anyways cabra is on the up, luas and everything. Green line!

it's all connected now though. The infection will spread...

We're having out day after tomorrow and our LA riots all at once here folks

Ok you want details here's the details

https://youtu.be/dOAcOjWbhVY

Yes that is local kids demolishing a superstore with a hijacked jcb

I'll admit I'm impressed

Our cops were distracted by....snow

Rumours he'll turn informer are unverified as yet

Was it just for kicks or

looting ensued thereafter

Yeah there was a minor rampage across three or four stores then we sent in the army

Good times

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Can't share tweets what's up

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Fuckit Google Lidl tallaght and whatever else yerselves

Do u know internet dad?

Computer. Keyboard. You type

i will be in your city, Friday to Monday next weekend, though only really Friday is free, as I am joining friends for the Leinster match on Saturday, and will be staying just outside Dublin/Sunday lunching after that.

Let me know a thing that is good to do that isn't doing the things that everywhere on the internet says is good to do.

what

drinking in a pub?

i mean thats a hell of an option to eschew all things considered

i was in fact thinking of drinking in a pub mainly.

but have a filthy and i suspect protestant legacy of needing to look at some statuary or engaging in some v mildly strenuous cultural activity before i feel i deserve it.

also, you know, pub recommendations. tho my limited experience was that the general standard in ireland is much higher than in england.

national gallery is convenient to manys the good pub and rather plushly newly-built/furbished

i propose something along those sketchy lines

The Hugh Lane is a nice little gallery and houses Francis Bacon's relocated studio in a sort of weird artquarium. It's at the top of O'Connell street, so not that convenient to many good pubs

I mean you can also just walk around Dublin randomly all day — it’s great and will warrant many pints

Thanks NN – it's going in the notebook. and yes I suspect there will be random wandering. both before and after the pub. when the wandering will be more random.

and of course, anyone who fancies a pint shd apply below. I know my way to the bar and am able to converse superficially and with an air of entirely spurious certainty on a number of topics.

chester beatty library is great, actually. chalk that one in.

great. that does sound up my street.

fair warning i might be there for some of the pints so

yes, i mean that seems splendid but de gustibus non est disputandum &c

if theres a precursor to english that nobody speaks anymore but to demonstrate the wealth necessary to send their kids to learn it, twont be latin buck

peeved that I can't be there for Fizzles & darragh in conversation owing to being 8 time zones away

tbf i had to check it on google. i put est at the end.

silby that’s a pretty poor show imo. i mean come on shake a leg etc.

Aer Lingus goes from here to there nonstop once a day but I'd be late

actually that's a pretty affordable fight actually if actually booked ahead, I practically can't afford not to visit Dublin