Dublin Travel Answers

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Hey both, thanks for your answers. I did know about DAFT, but that doesn't really help much if you don't know the neighbourhoods... /Roger

its hard enough to get a decent place in town that doesnt cost a bomb! its just the luck of the draw the more places you investigate the more choices there are.. dublin 1 is the centre so the higher the number the further out of town it is, from my experience i would go for dublin area's 6,6w,7 or 8, thats ranelagh, rathmines, kimmage etc. nice areas, very close to town meaning cheap travel! oh ya finally, if you are comming here in autumn it could be alot harder to get places with all the students flooding back in..

I would definitely NOT recommend anyone live in or around Parnell St. It is a very dodgy part of town. Even though there are some nice apartments on Pearse St. the street itself can also get quite rough as I experienced living there. If you want to live in the city then I would recommend somewhere around Christchurch/Patrick`s Catherdral/ Kilmainham/Camden St. Ranelagh is a lovely part of Dublin and not far from the city center either. Your decision on where to live really depends on where your office is in the city. Dublin`s transport system is woeful and you're better off being in walking/cycling distance from work. Call me a snob but places I would recommend you NOT live are: Parnell St,/Sq/Mountjoy/roughly any place that has Dublin 1 in the address/Ballymun/Tallaght/Ballyfermot(parts of). Some parts of Finglas and East Wall can also be rough. If you need any more info let me know

Thanks again for new answers, these are the kinds of pieces of information that are hard to find elsewhere. I just found out in an interview today that my probable office will be located in the western parts of town, does that make any areas better suited? Best regards, Roger

It would make it easier to recommend somewhere if you had a better idea of where the offices are exactly. If they are in the west of the city then Christchurch may be a good bet because the buses would run from the citycentre and then on to your offices. See if you can pinpoint where the offices are. Dave

OK, here's today's try ;)... I'll be (hopefully) working for IBM and in the detailed information I got today it says "IBM is based in Blanchardstown so areas that you should look for permanent accommodation in are Blanchardstown, Clonsilla, Castleknock + areas that are close by the bus routes to work.". As I understand it there is some kind of industrial complex in Blanchardstown (Xerox and others?) where the offices are. I HOPE this really is to the west of the city so that I have not made a complete fool of myself now :). There seems to be quite a lot of cheap shared accomodations in Blanchardstown on www.daft.ie. Is that a bad area? What about the others quoted here above? /R

I told you it would not go down so well with everyone BUT having lived and worked in Dublin for over 8 years I would safely say I am well informed of what`s a good and not so good area. I think it is possitively stupid to be recommending a foreigner and someone totally new to the city to live in the likes of Parnell St or plenty of other D. 1 areas for that matter. I know WAY too many people who have been attacked, mugged, beaten up, harassed in these areas for them to be places to RECOMMEND people to live in. I`m not saying it only happens in the inner city or in less advantaged areas but why go looking for trouble. So DITA1975, my recommendations to Roger stand and at least I am honest enough to tell the guy where and where not to look for a place to live. SOME PARTS of the places I mentioned may not be so rough but they certainly are not pretty - ask anyone living in Dublin with more than 2 brain cells and they will agree. Go dtuga Dia ciall duit

At the risk of being berated by DITA 1975, Blanchardstown (or some parts thereof) does have an element of drugs and drug-related crime. Castleknock is fine but, may I say, quite boring. Lots of people work out in these areas so you shouldn`t have problems getting accomodation if you do decide to live in suburbia and not in the city.

You were nearly right regarding the direction from the city, its actually the north western route out of Dublin (the road is called the N3, the route from Dublin to Donegal) that you are based on. I know where the offices of IBM as I did some work with them last year there. They also have a HQ on Baggott St in the city centre. And as far as I recall there are buses that run from the N3 right into the Industrial Parks around that area (Ebay have large offices here too, very hi-tech area!) So anyway, I'd advise you to concentrate on Castleknock rather than the other areas you mentioned. There are more nice areas around there than the other spots. Dave

Castleknock is alright, definitely a cut above Parnell St :-) Just narrow your search down to Dublin 15 - like Blanchardstown, Ongar, Clonee, Castleknock, Tyrellstown, Coolmine, Ballycoolin. I know lots of people working im IBM Blanchardstown, and they mainly live in those areas, particularly useful when you're new to the area and want to make friends. As for rates, unless you're earning LOTS of money, you won't get your own apartment, you will definitely have to share a house. You'd be looking at €350-500 per month plus bills for your own room in a house. O.

Hello I am a student from Poland and I am going to work in IBM Blanchardstown. It is an organised work by an office in Poland and I thought about renting something cheap in Blanchardstown but I don't know the exact adress and I don't know where to rent something close to IBM. I would be very grateful if someone could help me and give me the exact adress and tell me if it is a factory or only an office. I would be very grateful for quick reply. Eve

HI THERE. Firstly don't be listening to that rubbish list of 'bad' areas, I've experience the 'nicer parts and found them to quiet boring and the people quiet un sociable. The same rule applies to anywhere you go, just be carefull. A good central location is the IFSC centre which is like a business centre but with bars and shops to, also 2 minutes walk from the city centre. Also an easy area to commute from is Clontarf, fairview, marino. Phibsboro is great too and has plenty of different bus routes through it and great nightlife. Dublin is smalllll so even if the transport is crap there's plenty of it. Maybe get a bike and cycle about. Best of luck. Also Rathmines and Ranelagh the 'nicer' apparently parts are pretty steep in rent.