I was in town for a conference at Dublin Castle and Cristina's place was an excellent distance, taking me about 25 mins to walk there. (Public transport would have been faster but I wanted the exercise.) I loved the location as there were small shops nearby for essentials, cool restaurants and bars for evenings, great transport links and the river is lovely to walk up when the sun is out. The room is nice, basic and clean and bed was extremely comfortable. Cristina has a very sweet puppy too (a plus if you like pets) but I saw very little of her due to being out most of the time. I would definitely recommend Cristina's place for business trips or holidaying in Dublin.