The apartment is absolutely beautiful. Very tasteful decor and extremely well equipped. It is quite a way from the temple Bar area and, depending on which taxi we got, the taxi fare ranged from 6-10 euros. The Tesco supermarket is very handy. We were told that there are excellent bars with live music in the area but we had booked several things in the centre of town so we didn't get to try them. Overall a lovely place to stay.