“Seems like ridiculously bad planning”. As 25,000 runners prepare to descend on Dublin city with spectators also expected to turn out in their thousands, many northsiders will have to seek alternative travel methods as the DART will be out of action north of Connolly on the morning of the Dublin Marathon. In a post on […]

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All you need to know as 25,000 runners prepare to descend on Dublin. Launched in 1980, the Dublin Marathon is the fourth largest in Europe, with the 26.2 mile course spanning residential and city areas both north and south of the Liffey. This year’s marathon takes place on Sunday, October 29th of the bank holiday […]

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This Baggot Street institution is back and better than ever. If you have missed this underground haven, then great news, as Xico officially reopens on Baggot Street on Thursday October 26th, just in time for the Halloween bank holiday festivities. Following a five month closure period, Xico returns with a new focus – they have […]

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Wake up on Sunday morning feeling superiorly smug, even after raving the night away. Finding night-time activities in Dublin that don’t involve drink can be a struggle – the absence of late night cafés like the gone-but-not-forgotten Accents is sorely felt, and it’s easy to feel out of place at regular nightclubs when the jagerbombs […]

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Another hospitality win for D6. The Strand Inn at Dunmore are opening a new venture, outside the perimeter of the Crystal County, and in none other than, you guessed it, Rathmines. Since the beginning of 2023, there have been tons of openings in the D6 suburb, everything from El Grito, the announcement of a new […]

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Saving Dublin nightlife one club night at a time The steady decline of club spaces has been much discussed, with closures coming thick and fast in the last few years with rising rents, COVID setbacks, high insurance and a plethora of other issues organisers have had to reckon with. A recent report from District Magazine […]

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Organisers believe the space will fill in a “massive gap within the Irish events scene”. Titled Silo, a new 3,500 capacity electronic music venue located in the RDS complex is scheduled to open in Dublin this October. The event space intends to “push the boundaries forward for the electronic music scene” in the capital. In keeping […]

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The well-known Dublin 4 hotel formerly known as Sachs closed in April of this year. If there’s someone out there with fond memories of bopping the night away in the dancehall of the Hampton Hotel, they can now relive their youth by purchasing the venue’s actual dancefloor. The dancefloor and other contents of the iconic […]

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Dublin bars cleaned up at this year’s award ceremony. Last night (Monday, August 21) the Clayton Hotel on Burlington Road hosted the Bar of the Year 2023 awards ceremony, that celebrates the very best bars all over the country. While a Dublin bar did not take home to top Bar of the Year Award for […]

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Welcome to the Lovin Round Up, our weekly glance at the  main hospitality headlines for Dublin including new openers, closures and everything in between. It’s been a big week for new openers in Dublin, particularly at the Terminal 2 of Dublin Airpot which has seen a serious revamp. We’ve also welcomed a new bar dedicated […]

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B.Y.O.B(og roll). As rising overheads and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis continues to impact Irish businesses, we’ve seen a few creative money saving options across the city. In September of last year, Doyles Corner of Phibsboro introduced a a 20% discount to customers who were willing to wear their coats inside while the heating was turned […]

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Dublin’s latest quayside destination The quays have gotten a good bit of love in the last few years with incredible hospitality businesses like Happys, Copper + Straw, Kakilang and loads more breathing new life into the quayside. Now there’s a triple threat of a business to add to their lineup, Kyodai Izakaya, which operates as […]

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