Overall good stay. Location is not too far from city center and there is easy public transportation if you don't want to walk. Several times, we chose to walk about 10 minutes to a city bikes (right over the canal) and then ride the rest of the way in. There were actually a number of things to do very close to the apartment in Rathmines, lots of stores/supermarkets/restaurants, even a movie theatre and some nightclubs I think. Only real negative was no use of the kitchen, but we knew that going in so it wasn't a problem.