We had a great stay in Dublin, and loved Fiona and Philip's apartment - it was great for us, two mature couples, as two bathrooms and two broadly comparable high standard bedrooms solve a lot of potential issues! We also loved Smithfield as an area as everything we needed was on hand, supermarkets, great pubs locally and a nice walk into downtown Dublin and Temple Bar if that's your thing. Otherwise LUAS line and hop-on hop-off buses stop very close by. Communication from the outset was of the highest standard, and our hosts flexibility including early and late check-ins, whilst it obviously can't be guaranteed, was much appreciated on our trip.