We made a late request to stay with Ram: he accepted very quickly and easily, waited for us and welcomed us very warmly! He's very nice, easy-going and interesting but... not so much crazy about cleanliness ;-) I mean, when we came, the flat (and especially the bathroom) had not been cleaned and was frankly dirty! Apart from that, the flat is clearly far away from the center of Dublin but if you travel by car, you can easily find a parking place in the area and then you have a direct tram nearby to get to the city center.