Book opener

As addictive as sniffing your own farts.

Multicultural (and rather open-minded) in Dublin.

Welcome to Dublin - now…

I love hen’s nights - it demonstrates that with sufficient alcohol, anything can be become a buck’s night.

…I think you’re standing in it!

Open-minded landlord.

…or just take it to the grave

Feckin’ windy, Rosie…

What’s more passe than the same sex kiss nowadays? Popularised in middle-of-road tv shows and porn sites it’s practically standard fare - except when you’re on the turps…Note the turnip in the middle of the photo and the almost disinterested handle on the tinnie.

Jaywalking his arse.

I think I’m going through a phase. One more drunk propped up against another structure.

Off his tree - propped up in his sleep against a fence.

Sign says:

“It is an offence to urinate in public

play nice
Act responsibly in temple bar”

That leg obviously belongs to the lass on the right (though ownership looks like it’s shifting to the bloke on the left).

At Grogan’s Pub in the City Centre.

• Enrol in a cooking course - Dublin has many excellent cooking schools spread across the city, from the City Centre to Blackrock and beyond. You can choose from the ’slow cooking’ comfort foods to those with an organic produce focus, or even something more exotic (Indian, Portugese and Balkan cuisine for example). Classes can range from your top-of-the-pantry-shelf certificate courses that run for over a month, to your day classes. They’re lots of fun and the best thing is…you get to eat what you make!

• Attend a local MeetUp - MeetUp.com, for those that don’t know, is a site that helps organise face-to-face ‘MeetUp’ groups that help people with the same interests and/hobbies to hook up. MeetUp is a global phenomenon and Dublin is well represented with over 50 groups at the time of writing with, for example the Dublin Book Club, New-to-Dublin dinners, Art enthusiasts, 27+, Overseas expats and business networking. MeetUps are a great way to meet locals (if you’re an out-of-towner) and also to check out cafes, pubs and restaurants.

They’re free and the best thing is they don’t pollute the environment! (Well…unless you choose to abuse other motorists)

Completely paid for by environmentally-conscious sponsors who get to slap their advertising on these vehicles, Ecocabs are a worldwide phenomenon appearing in New York, London, Paris and Toronto.

Dublin’s Ecocabs are available between 10am-7pm every day of the week from April 1st-December 31st. Check out their website for more details or just keep an eye out for them in the city.

• Pat Liddy’s walking tours of Dublin

A local institution, Pat Liddy’s walking tours run between May and October each year - offering daily tours from the Tourist Information Office on Suffolk Street, Dublin 2. Pat Liddy’s offers walks lasting between one and two-and-a-half hours covering the key areas of:

• Viking & Medieval Dublin
• Castle & Cathedral
• The Historic Northside
• Georgian & Victorian Splendours
• The Essential Dublin.

• Rail Tours of Ireland
  

Leave that fuel-guzzling hire car back at the eco-lodge and hop on a half-day, one, two, three, four, five or even the new six-day tour covering such must-see sights as Cork, Blarney Castle and The Queenstown Story, The Ring of Kerry, The Cliffs of Mohr, Bunratty Castle, The Burren and Galway Bay, The Aran Islands, Connemara and Galway Bay and on the final day The Giants Causeway and The Glens of Antrim overnighting two nights in Killarney, two nights in Galway and two nights in Dublin.

Railtours Ireland offers an eco-friendly alternative to driving for tourists, letting them sit back and relax in specially reserved carriages on comfortable scheduled train services which include brand new trains between Dublin and Cork - escorted by Railtours Ireland hosts.

At last, some low-fat, guilt-free options for the socially-conscious traveller.

Temple Bar 252,326
Leinster House 198,098
Trinity College 24,641
Book of Kells 7,554
Guinness Storehouse 3,734
Phoenix Park 3,333
Merrion Square 2,189
Christ Church Cathedral 1,554
Malahide Castle 1,544
Custom House 1,503
Kilmainham Gaol 1,489
Ha’penny Bridge 1,411
Dublinia 875
National Gallery of Ireland 823
St. Stephen’s Green 764
Dublin Castle 624
Dublin Famine Memorial 403
Howth Castle 368
Farmleigh 292
Áras an Uachtaráin 274
Collins Barracks 268
Dublin Writers Museum 262
George Bernard Shaw birthplace 132
Ardgillan Castle 66
Newman House 59
St. Patrick’s Cathedral 53
Irish Jewish Museum 52
Huguenot cemetery 44
Drimnagh Castle 42
29 Fitzwilliam Street 41
James Joyce Tower and Museum 39
King’s Inns 38
Temple Bar food market 36
St. Michan’s Church 29
Dunsink Observatory 26
Castleknock Castle 20
Casino at Marino 19
Mulligan’s Pub 9
Glasnevin Cemetery 7
St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral 7
Irish National Botanic Gardens 4