r/Dublin

Title says it all. Couple Americans looking to watch the US match at 1 AM…are pubs open late tonight? Any recommendations where to watch besides hotel room?

I'm trying to get a good sense of what pubs and cafes and general places to socialise are in Clontarf.

Based on limited visits so far;

Pubs;

Pebble beach seems to be decent and covers everyone in the neighbourhood.

Connollys / The Sheds seems to be a great ould lads pub.

Cafes;

Pog does a decent range of lunch options.

Where else is worth checking out? Thanks.

not sure if i'm looking for advice or just want to commiserate lmao, but pretty much the title; i've been feeling very down about the troubling state of employment and housing in dublin. i'm a yank but my fella's from dublin (both 25), we met in the US on the last day of his J1 working holiday last summer and have been in a long distance relationship ever since. we've been back and forth to see each other a few times in the past year, which is a bit more expensive than it should be because neither of us have good enough jobs to move out of our family homes yet.

we're coming up on our year anniversary now and are eager to close the distance and move in together; america is not ideal for a good few reasons, but the situation in dublin is also pretty shocking!!! he's been in a shitty exhausting job that he hates ever since he got back to dublin from the J1, suppose he's lucky to have a job at all but it eats all his time to apply for better jobs, and the ones he is applying to aren't panning out. every now and then we've been looking at daft.ie and facebook to get a sense of what the story is on flats in dublin, and it's just terrible. i found out today that the average rent in chicago's most affluent neighborhoods is cheaper than your typical lackluster flat in dublin. like ????

his best mate is looking into moving to canada for work, and it's genuinely breaking my heart a bit that he's wondering if we need to try doing the same thing and move to a different country together. he loves dublin in such a bittersweet way, and i love dublin because he's from there. it's not that easy for us to just pick a different place to go, but it's not easy for him to even get a decent job and housing in his own city either, let alone me trying to get a job there. the thought that we might not be able to start our family together in dublin due to reasons outside of our control is really sad to me; if we did, it obviously means we wouldn't be starting our family where i'm from in chicago either, but the option to at least choose without being forced by economic factors would be nice.

this isn't meant to be a political commentary post btw, and i wholeheartedly oppose the violence surrounding anti-immigration sentiment. i'm just sad and frustrated. ever since we've been together, my social media algorithms show me all kinds of new people moving to dublin every day, making their IG reels and posts on reddit about it, and i'm filled with an intense level of jealousy that others seem to be more successful at it, whatever their reason may be.

is anyone else struggling? or succeeding? how are you faring? i would love to know how others are feeling

for context were three girls in our twenties and we were walking one of the girls home, when a man proceeded to follow us and shout things like “can you kick me in the balls?”, “can I smell your shoes?”. He got closer and closer until eventually with enough shouting at him to please go away he turned around. He didn’t immediately turn around, and got closer to us and we shouted at him to go away and leave us alone. We got a fright for sure, two young girls got off the bus when we arrived in DunLaoghaire and we warned them to be careful. Very bizarre incident but made us extremely uncomfortable. I presume it is related to some sort of humiliation kink….

point is, be safe and vigilant around DunLaoghaire 🤷‍♀️

edit: ok I know this reads goofy but I promise it was scary 🫣

Good weather has reduced the 40 foot to an absolute S hole this summer. Was strolling down for a swim the other day after work. Young lad just pissing against someone’s side door at 6pm in broad daylight. Got down there and was swimming off Sandycove as the tide was in. Five lads blocking the ladder smoking joints. Another gang of 6 pumping out music, one of them with their hand in the bikini bottom of the girl they were with. Blatant.

Honestly the place is just an absolute kip, all the usual heads you’d expect ruining it for everyone as well. Absolute f’ing nightmare.

Not sure if this post violates rules or whatever, apologies if it does.

I'm out of a long term relationship abour 6 months now, i'm 28 years old and inbetween the time of me entering and leaving the relationship my two best mates have had children so they're never free, understandably, and my other mate has fallen ill.

only time the other two lads wanna meet up is for pints.

Me personally I love a night out but i'd love mates to just go the cinema with, go for a sea swim, head out on a drive for food.

how does one make new friends as an adult? I'm not doing well mentally over it.

cheers for any input and advice, I really appreciate it.

Looking to hire a blimp airship hosting a tea party

They’re a fucking health hazard folks. A just eat driver on a tank-sized electric bike came whizzing through a red light earlier and had to jam on to avoid my misses and baby at a pedestrian crossing. He was looking at his phone sailing through a red light like an idiot. If he looked up a second later it could have ended very differently. After me and him had a few choices words, he just continued on across the crossing in front of other people. I work in the city centre and see shit like this every day. Something needs to be done at top level before something really bad happens. They’re death traps in the wrong hands.

Living in dub 8 (Guinness area) convinced my post man is either discarding or keeping letters, few people have noticed, we have a new post man (last year ish) neighbours call him lazy, but I think that he is just not delivering, I get packages (late) but not like letters. I haven’t got my monthly credit union statement in 6 months. Is there anything I can do to fully prove it? As atm it’s just my gut feeling and afraid to go to a post with nothing.

Hi everyone
I wanted to move to Dublin so much. I'm studying between Italy (where I come from) and Ireland and now I have to stay here for a year and a half.

I imagined a lively and entertaining city, but, most of all, I expected nice and friendly people - mainly from UCD, because I work there. I had really high hopes, I couldn't wait to leave all behind me in Italy and start anew in Ireland.

The truth was in facts completely different.
I'm here since February and I didn't build a SINGLE good, strong, meaningful relationship. It honestly has never happened to me before. It seems to me that eveyone is completely isolated, they mind their own business, they already have their social groups and they completely don't care about you. May, in particular, was harsh for my mood.

Also, the clubs scene is the worst. Everything closes at 3am, the techno they play is bad, just hard techno, nothing as Italy, France or Germany.

All of this in order to pay rent A LOT and rot in loneliness and depression?
I'm really thinking to get the fuck out as soon as possible, because I'm getting mentally ill here.

I don't know if anyone has lived the same experiences. Would love to hear your stories. Thanks in advance.

Does anyone live in The Station / Carriageworks near East Road, or in the vicinity of the train rails near East Rd going into the Dublin Port? I’m considering renting there. How noticeable are the freight trains on the Dublin Port line, especially overnight? How often do the go? Are they loud enough to disturb at high floor (7)? what about East Rd itself during the night?

Many thanks!

Are the yanks at it again. It's absolutely ridiculous at this hour. It can be heard in Dublin 8 and Dublin 12(myself and friends/,family), we can all hear it.

Hi all. My friend is taking a dog from a family member. It’s not a great situation so the dog will come to live with her. She needs the dog neutered but the prices are astronomical for her budget (shes part time student and partime working). Is there anywhere in Dublin not charging €300? He’s a small collie cross (we think) and weighs about 15kg. I know blue cross do cheaper surgeries but she doesn’t want to take away from others who may not be working and need those appointments. Please no hate, theirs been a medical change that now leaves the dog looking for a new home. He will be well looked after it was just something she never expected to have to budget for.

the concept of setting off loud ass fireworks and traumatizing our pets at 11pm for the 2nd time this week ………. go home