The Dublin riots, one year on: ‘I know what happened doesn’t represent Irish people’
As retailers gear up for a busy Christmas season, there are signs people are putting their trust back in the city
Temple Bar
Change of use from hotel to hostel for homeless requires planning permission, An Bord Pleanála rules
Planning decision will have implications for other homeless facilities across the country
Judge sentencing man for attack describes Temple Bar as ‘violent, post-apocalyptic place’
Jordan Maguire (25) pleaded guilty to assault after punching, kicking and beating man with can of cider
Urban Ireland: Architects and experts tell us how to stop the decline of Dublin and other Irish city centres
Car dominance and out-of-town investment have driven people out of centres, and a loss of ‘eyes on the street’ has made urban spaces feel less safe. Can the ‘compact city’ return a lost sense of place?
Characterful space ideal for hotel or loft-style apartments close to Temple Bar
On the market for €4m, 66/67 Strand Street offers plenty of space for offices or scope for redevelopment
Shoplifting on the rise: ‘The amount of theft is unbelievable ... we have maybe three or four instances every day’
Retailers say some of the thefts are carried out by organised retail crime group seeking high-value items such as alcohol, cigarettes and even costly cuts of meat
Why Ireland has Scandinavian prices but without the salaries to justify them
There are several partial explanations for Ireland’s high-price culture but there’s no smoking gun
Planners block retention of new Temple Bar ‘superpub’
New owners of the Clarence Hotel had sought permission to retain Giddy Dolphin pub in premises that had planning permission for retail
Mezz Bar and Riverhouse Hotel in Dublin’s Temple Bar seek €8.75m
Hotel and bar have been owned and operated by the Conway family since their original development in 1995
Big businesses should face bigger fines for consumer protection breaches, watchdog says
Competition commission warns pub owners to display prices or face penalties
Wild Duck theatre and pub in Dublin’s Temple Bar seeking €8m
City-centre venue and eight overhead apartments come for sale following full refurbishment by the current owner
Teenager who attacked Temple Bar tourists given three-year period of detention
Legislation means orders for juveniles become unenforceable once they turn 18, leaving court’s hand ‘effectively tied’, judge says
Redesigned Temple Bar represents a failure of the imagination
You don’t need to go to Berlin or Paris to see what could have been. You only need to get the Dart to Dún Laoghaire
Celebrate St Patrick with a visit to Dublin’s best spots for great Irish food
Here are some of the Irish food landmarks that should not be missed when visiting Dublin
Landmark hotel in Dublin’s Temple Bar sells for heavily discounted €14m
Newly developed Wellington Hotel was first offered for sale in 2022 with guide price of €18m
New digital art experience allows people to upload images of themselves on to giant head
The Giant Experience ‘presents visitors with a new genre of spectacular immersive digital art’, says organisers of installation in Temple Bar
Clarence Hotel returns to the black with €457,000 profit
Press Up-operated property had recorded a loss of €1.16m in Covid-hit 2021
Temple Bar group seeks back lane closures to stop drug dealing
Area plagued by ‘industrial scale’ drug dealing, assaults and muggings, says business and residents group
Teenager charged with ‘gratuitous’ attacks on tourists in Temple Bar has bail revoked
Boy (16) returned to Temple Bar despite being banned from area, knocking over elderly woman and injuring garda while evading officers who recognised him
American football: Dublin welcomes largest number of Americans to travel abroad for sporting event
Notre Dame and US Naval Academy fans filling capital expected to spend €147 million around Saturday’s match
American football: Sightseeing, shopping and music for visitors ahead of Saturday game
Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Navy Midshipmen expected to draw 40,000 overseas visitors despite recent concerns about Dublin city centre
Temple Bar market cancelled at short notice due to Saturday American football game
Navy vs Notre Dame match leaves traders without income due to traffic and access restrictions
Temple Bar pub owner plans new Dame Street hotel
Plan proposes adding storey to building previously subject to planning approval for smaller hotel project
Teenager arrested over assault of three British tourists in Temple Bar
The three tourists, all aged in their 20s, were in Dublin to play a friendly game of football
Three tourists in hospital following assault in Temple Bar
British men (20s) were taken to St James’s Hospital in Dublin after the attack on Friday night
US tourist attacked in ‘savage’ gang robbery six hours after landing in Ireland, court hears
The court was told that the tourist was approached by a woman who conversed with him while distracting him from two other people ‘dipping his pocket’
‘I asked to shave my head when Nothing Compares 2 U came out’: Sinéad O’Connor fans pay tribute to her at Temple Bar vigil
Fans say they admired the singer as much for her activism as for her celebrated voice
Complex spinal surgeries on children with spina bifida paused after rise in complications
External review by US experts commissioned into Temple Street surgeries over the past three years
‘The place has turned into a right kip’: Temple Bar business owners complain of surge in drug abuse and crime
Gangs were cleared out of areas around Grafton Street during Covid regeneration, so they moved on and settled in Temple Bar instead
‘I’m a Lego artist. People say your work can’t possibly be art because it’s Lego, but art is art’
Jessica Farrell struggled to find her medium until her hobby turned into her career
From cutting hair to cutting cloth: The barber turned designer with a new menswear collection
Deirdre McQuillan meets Latvian designer Lauris Brimmers, who arrived in Ireland in 2004 without a word of English
Firm behind Temple Bar pub sees return to profit this year
Company narrowed losses in 2021 as pandemic ebbed
Rare 1943 Irish florin in September sale
John Weldon is selling a collection of Irish coins valued at €10,000-€15,000
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