Thanks to Liam for making our short visit to Dublin a comfortable one. The apartment is centrally located without being in the constant noise of other areas and the transport links are excellent. Little things like there being sugar and tea bags in situ really helped - thanks! We loved having the Fresh mini-market on the doorstep and The Third Space made for a fun breakfast for the boys (both 13). The beds were comfy and flat well equipped and clean, it was very warm in there on arrival but it turned out the previous guest had left the heaters on full power in August so that was easily sorted (but worth checking). We had no noise from neighbours the entire trip and would definitely use this apartment again if returning to Dublin if possible. All enjoyed pizza at the restaurant in mini Smithfield square (if you go before 6pm min-fri it is much cheaper, we missed this by 5 minutes!). Concierge were very helpful keeping our cases both at the start and end of the trip.
Dublin in general: We purchased the family Leapcard at the special €10 per 24 hour price (x3 as staying 3 days, 2 adults and up to 4 children I think per card) and used that to get to and from the airport and around Dublin for our entire stay, thoroughly recommend and used with Liam's directions made finding our way to the apartment completely hassle free and cheap! We travelled as 2 mums with just 13 year olds; they enjoyed the Dublin Zoo (LUAS red line) and Jeanie Johnstone ship visit in particular (red line). We also did the national aquatics centre which was a considerable ride out on the 38a bus, that was a disappointment tbh, dirty, tired and not an awful lot in there with huge queues. Rainforest golf was enjoyed but again was quite a ride out on the LUAS green line.
The boys enjoyed experiencing the Irish culture and the trams were a definite hit. Huge amount of roadworks going on in central Dublin ATM (tram line extension??) so allow plenty of time for moving around on the buses/taxis; it took us 1 hour 20 minutes to get back to the airport on the airlink bus but luckily we had allowed time. All in all a great little city break in a fab apartment.