Michelle who manages the centre kindly invited me here to give a talk all about the free business…read moretools that Yelp offers for business owners, I know that seems like a shameless plug but that is the reason I was invited as Yelp is still a very new concept here, it's important to educate businesses not to fear it but to embrace it. When I arrived Michelle led me to the training room and there was a class of 55+ folks leaving, it's a computer class that centre runs and transition year students teach which is wonderful! They did a project a few months ago and I really enjoyed reading their stories that were framed around the room. The centre is very community focused and passionate about helping the local community learn new tools, network or implement programmes like the wonderful "I Love Terenure" campaign. It was wonderful for me to meet the businesses that gave me their time to explain a bit about what I do and how Yelp can help them. Places like this are a true credit to the community and I think it's terrific that they stay up to date with social media developments and they believe in making it accessible for all age groups. My goodness how many times can I say wonderful in one review?!

Film Base is a great learning centre. I have done a course here and I thoroughly recommend the…read moreclasses. They range from scriptwriting to film-making. The classes are affordable and the teachers have experience of working in the industry. The building itself is very impressive, there is a gallery downstairs open to the public and a public cafe upstairs. They also run free lectures, talks and exhibitions from time to time. The staff are helpful and approachable. Also it's central location in Temple Bar makes it accessible by all public transport routes.

You can be fairly confident in saying that without filmbase there wouldn't be much of an Irish film…read moreindustry. It is through filmbase initiatives that the majority of new Irish talent have cut their teeth, and long may it continue.

This was one of the best experiences I've ever had with sending something as special and personal…read moreas an arrangement of flowers and chocolates. Heidi created the most gorgeous flower arrangement on the fly with little direction and it ended up beyond gorgeous. It also saved a friendship. I couldn't more highly recommend Heidi and this company. I ordered from the USA to get to the proper destination in Ireland. And even the delivery gentleman was spectacular. No other florist could get this accomplished in such an elegant manner and on time. Highly recommend!!!

Beautiful florist Fantastic range of flowers, plants…read morecandles Very helpful friendly girl.

Great location and affordable. The rest of this review is for my fellow Americans who might be…read morelooking for a quiet hotel with a hot shower-- this is a classic European hotel complete with functionality we found confusing and not intuitive at all. A few instructions would have been helpful -- like for instance the hot water system. Unless you notice and turn on the bathroom exhaust fan (unmarked wall switch outside the bathroom), you'll never have a hot shower because that switch also activates the on-demand hot water heater. My first shower in Dublin was cold -- my bad. There are no markings or instructions anywhere -- in any European hotel -- welcome to Europe, you foolish newbie from 'merica! If you are European, you obviously learned this hot water acquisition skill at about the same time you learned how to ride a bike as a kid. So there's that. Also, try to avoid the occasional (every 20-year) Dublin heat wave, because this hotel doesn't have A/C. Why would they need it, right? So, you can open the two classic double-hung windows to their full opening height of 8-inches (I suppose to prevent suicide attempts). But, then, if you happen to be in a room on the second floor, above The Globe pub, 233 in our case, you'll be regaled by the 2 am and 3:30 am "drinkers rush hours" awoken and initiated at around 1 am with loud music, loud talkers, intermittent verbal altercations, drunken public domestic disputes (geez, I especially felt bad for one young lady who seemed to be 'done' with her boyfriend, and here's the kicker-- cars with I assume drunk drivers in the 2-2:15 am 'traffic jam' HONKING their car horns like it'll make a difference fully ignorant of the fact there MIGHT be now sober and awake hotel guests above their 'mean' streets at 2 am and their morning aggression (realizing that a 2nd floor jump to the street would only cause a broken ankle, so maybe they could let us open the window another foot or two to cool off and fully hear all of the late night revelry). And all the online tour information about Ireland says there are strict DUI laws here?! Poppycock! So, at 2:30, there's an intermission, but it's not over yet, because the select 'several' Thursday night par-tiers get to continue to drink and dance to loud base thumping music until -- wait for it -- a 3:30 a.m. closing time. Oh, to be young again! I'm sure I would have participated in this coolness when in my 20's. But, today, in my 50s, I'm amazed -- not so much by the capacity to drink and on a short nights sleep, go to work the next 'Friday' morning -- I'm amazed that incessantly honking loud car horns with no regard at 2 and then to a lesser degree again at 3:30 for the two drink-ending rush hours, is a-okay. Not that the Garda (Irish police force for you Yankees reading this review) don't care, I heard a few "rush hour" police sirens wailing -- I imagine DUIs are like shooting fish in a barrel -- if the Garda wanted to actually pursue this infraction. Anyway, I finally got to sleep again at 4:15. Cheers! Seems that central Dublin might be more like Vegas than Disney. Good for them! Overall, this was a good property. Thursday night partying isn't something they can control, after all, nor the heatwave... just be aware this phenomenon is real. And it may impact your sleep...

The pics on their website are lies. This place is a dump. Rooms are very small; bathrooms are not…read moreclean. Carpet is dirty, paint peeling; not at all how they advertise themself. They DO NOT have parking. They negotiate with parking garages. No where to drop off luggage; have to park and then carry everything to hotel. No A/C and window slants open 5". No breeze or draft. Last night in Ireland and today is birthday. What a fecking joke.

Someone mentioned to me on Friday as we drove passed: There's a small recycling centre in there…read moresomewhere. They were very wrong. There is a massive recycling centre in there and its excellently organised and run. I didn't realise I would be visiting Ballyogan Recycling Park the very next day and what an experience it was. The place is setup brilliantly for people to drive in, park and dispose of their recycling. The different bins or collection boxes are clearly marked for what they accept. And the place is spotless. My sister tells me the same person is there always keeping the place tidy. A few things to note, you can bring a car load of garden waste here too and it will cost you we think 7 EUR. More if you have a car trailer. For this you will need to turn left as you come in the front gate and pay the lady at the barrier. Another thing to note is all the WEEE waste is in a separate section to the regular recycling and for this you also need to go through the barrier to the left as you come in. The nice lady at the barrier will give you a receipt and let you in with no charge. Just drive passed the garden waste and you'll see the WEEE section further on. Again this place is setup perfectly with everything clearly marked as to where things should go. For a recycling experience, Ballyogan Recycling Park is as good as it gets.

The Guinness family is responsible for not only creating a pretty amazing drink, but for also…read morecreating the Iveagh Trust. The great grandson of Albert Guinness (the founder of Guinness in case you didn't see those 250 years celebration ads everywhere), Edward Guinness, built housing for what he called the 'working poor' at the turn of the 20th century. The houses still exist today and the Iveagh Trust is now a charity that works with both the Dublin City Council and the Homeless Agency to address the issue associated with homelessness and other housing issues in Dublin today. They also run the Iveagh Hostel which provides housing for homeless men in the Dublin inner city.

I haven't actually been to this shop yet (headed there now) but based on how lovely the owner was…read moreon the telephone, I'm sure it's going to be an outstanding domestic appliance repair experience. ---- Just back from The Hoover Centre on Harolds Cross Road. It's convenient to get to on the bus (16) and the owner was as helpful as he could be. A great experience!

Hoover bags, they have been on the shopping list for the last 6 weeks and I keep forgetting them…read more Passing through Monkstown today I pass the hoover centre and thought I'd just get it over with. I spied a vacuum cleaner in the window that looks pretty similar to the one at home...well, it's the same colour anyway, so I confidently stride in and request a bag of bags. The lady behind the desk takes one look at me and asks "are you sure it's the same hoover?" I admit they are similar but cant be sure, she patiently explaing that colour is not the best basis on which to get hoover bags and perhaps I had better take note of the model number. Duly chastened I thanked her and left. And to be honest that impressed the pants off me, instead of going for a sale at any cost the lady in there was more than willing to try to educate me so that I would come back with the correct info so that I would get what I actually needed. A shop that takes a little pride in what they do, many could take lessons from them, They don't just sell hoovers and associated bits, they also sell kettles, toasters, batteries and for some reason lamps made of colanders (really, I took pictures.... See attached!).

When I watched John Carney's 'Once' I automatically assumed this was the Hoover shop in question, I…read moremean, if I was the location manager it would have been, there's not a more memorable hoover shop in Dublin. They definitely know this too, using their notable yellow shop front as their web page template. In fact, you should really check out they're web page for the groovy old photographs of the, sadly, now deceased founder and all-round, rock-n-roll, hoover show-man extraordinaire, Joe English. The company is now run by his son and, despite playing a great underdog, I was as astonished as David D to find that they are basically the most successful hoover related company in Dublin. Amazing. I like this hoover place, the more and more I think about it, as soon as I have some floor, I'm going to the Carrick Hoover Centre for my hoover. I've always thought those Henry hoovers seem pretty good, I think I'd probably get one of them.