Our stay at Deirdre's place could have been enjoyable, but unfortunately this was my first unpleasant stay with Airbnb. The location was wonderful. The check-in process was easy enough. But this host was not understanding of the inconveniences she placed on us.
For the first time in 6 years of using Airbnb, the host had marked that there would be free parking on the premises but provided no instructions for parking beforehand or upon arrival which is customary. We arrived to Ireland at 5am after a long flight to find that her street only had paid parking - we had to find a lot nearby to avoid the expensive metered parking. She responded 4 hours later explaining that there were passes hidden in the apartment but that were expensive for her. My guess is she didn't mention the parking passes so as to save money by omission, hoping most guests wouldn't ask and just pay for parking. If you list free parking, those instructions should be given to all guests regardless of whether they tell you ahead of time how they are traveling.
Once we got inside the apartment, we found the bathroom floor completely covered in water and many soap bottles out on the floor. There was no sheets on the bed. The host instructed us to make the bed with sheets in the closet. These sheets were stuffed into a bag with various others towels that didn't smell clean.
After sending multiple photos to the host and explaining the situations, we asked for a partial refund for the trouble we were going through. The host declined - blaming our frustrations on other travel troubles. She only offered to refund us for one of the two nights after I mentioned I would be reporting to Airbnb. Luckily, Airbnb refunded us the remaining portion when she refused.
I hate to leave a bad review because I know how hard hosting a space can be, but this host was not the least bit understanding and made our first day in Dublin really stressful. I would not recommend staying here.