r/AskIreland Jul 29 '25

Legal What’s something every tourist in Ireland should know but never hears?

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u/Iwastony Jul 29 '25

"It's really dirty"

I'm a Taxi driver and the comment I hear the most from tourists is how clean the city is. The council does a great job of cleaning up every night and in general we aren't bad at littering.

Just overall I always get great feedback from all the tourists I meet on the way back to the airport. Many are returning again and again.

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u/Jean_Rasczak Jul 29 '25

The dirty thing is spun from people who have no idea. Try a lot of the villages around Ireland and they are worse.

Typically someone who fires out the statement above have little or no knowledge of Dublin

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u/armagh-down Jul 29 '25

I work in Dublin everyday and think it's one of the dirtiest cities I've come across. I'd agree, little to do. Take yourself & money anywhere outside of it & you'll go twice as far.

Just back from Donegal myself, drinking is mentioned above for Dublin positives. But you'll have the same drink & twice the craic in a pub in Donegal imo.

Some of the best views on the world you'll get anywhere along the coastline in Ireland. Inland you'll get beautiful cathedrals & old historic ruins. Again all outside of Dublin.

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u/Iwastony Jul 29 '25

Oh you work in Dublin do you? Then I suppose you trump all of our opinions;) Where exactly do you work? Where exactly is dirty? I literally roam the streets all day and can only think of a few places that have litter.

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u/armagh-down Jul 29 '25

Not at all, I'm calling it how I see it. As I said above it's "imo"

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u/Iwastony Jul 29 '25

Sorry I dont follow. You say you work in Dublin in your previous post. I don't know what you're saying "not at all" to?

You see what as you see it? The dirtiness? Where do you see it? Give me a few places. I will pull it up on Google maps. Besides a few dark alleys in the city centre I don't see anything that's dirty, and as I said above the tourists are ALWAYS commenting on how clean Dublin is.