Do's and Dont's

Food....hmm , not so much, although you can get a pretty good seafood chowder.
Transport..not bad, but not as good as London.
Signage..don't even go there. It's a fecking miracle I found anything.
Drinks...kak expensive. Most pubs have a SA wine as their house wine.
Cigarettes...this is crazy! For the first 3 days I thought they didn't actually sell cigarettes in Dublin. (yes, I know, but I still look)
They do! But they are not allowed to display them. At all. Under any circumstances. So in the shops they have hidden shelves, and you have to ask for cigarettes..worse than buying porn. I know all this because of the chatty folk on the Luas. Was just asking, Dr Lauren, in case you were thinking otherwise.
The recession has hit Dublin hard and in some places it is like a ghost town...empty buildings...closed up shops.
Beggars again, same as in Paris and Brussels...gypsies.
It is lovely though. The Hubby was working so I did the tourist thing on my own. Would have been much more fun with The Hubby.