Some great coastal destinations to visit, covering a multitude of towns and villages with amazing scenery and shops to pass your time whilst in Dublin.

Feeding Time at the Hostel- Read on for our cheap (but good) eats guide for hungry hostellers  Late Flight and you are arriving at the hostel starving? Early Flight, untimely hangover and need a miracle? Or you have slept in past our free breakfast times and need a nearby option to re-fuel. Here are a few…

Planning to live and work in Dublin ? This a quick guide of how to get yourself around the basics of setting up in Dublin! So you just landed at the airport? First  off you can take the bus (Airlink 747 only €6  – if you are on a tight budget ) into Dublin to the main  Bus station or  a taxi if you  have…

Dublin Flea Markets we love .. If you want to pick up some rare, extraordinary or vintage  Christmas Gifts in Dublin you should check some of the great Dublin flea markets and car boot sales. Most of them take place at the weekends all over the city. As Christmas is coming soon you will have the chance to…

What to do in Dublin this Halloween ? One of the places where you really want to spend your Halloween is in Dublin. Full of dressed up people, crazy parties and lots of live Halloween music events – you will  have a  ball !   The “Fancy dressed” crowd around the city make this place amazing…

Ah, my fair auld city of Dublin! Boasting a population with a healthy mix of drunkards and bards, Dublin is crammed full of people and places of interest. In fact, it’s so full of interesting things to do, that it’s almost impossible to decide what you, the backpacker, should do while you reside at Isaacs….

We like to say that we have a central location. We’re right next to the bus station, the train station and the Luas. We’re also just a 10 minute walk from Temple Bar, so you could say that we are certainly located centrally. “But I’m a backpacker, you jerk!” I can hear you scream at…

Longitude goes up and down… right? The Longitude Festival Dublin which happens in Marley Park this July will be an event where, unlike latitude where you have to give some, you will indeed get some. And what a line up there is, including old timers Kraftwerk and newcomers such as Jake Bugg who we are…

Something strange is happening across Ireland for the next two weeks, something called a “Heat wave”! This is not a word used often in Ireland so it’s got everyone very excited and if you happen to be in Dublin for this historic event you should be too. So leave your raincoats at home and take…