Dublin City is a vibrant capital city with a great selection of events happening throughout the year, from concerts, theatre, musicals, literary events…

The O2 in Dublin is a fantastic purpose built arena that hosts some of the finest performers. The Central Hotel offers great hotel deals and is only…

The Aviva Stadium in Dublin opened in 2010, replacing Lansdowne Road with additional seating capacity of up to 50,000! The stadium…

The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin is located on South King Street, only a few minutes walk from the Central Hotel. The Gaiety is a well known landmark…

The Olympia Theatre in Dublin City centre is only a short walk from the Central Hotel Dublin. It is a long established theatre and music venue in Dublin…

The Bord Gais Energy Theatre (previously the Grand Canal Theatre) is a purpose built theatre that opened in 2010. It has already played host to…

Dublin has a good variety of large,state-of-the-art entertainment venues. From the..

Dublin city plays host to many theatrical shows, plays and performances in it’s large variety of theatres…

The 33rd Dublin Marathon will take place in Dublin City on Monday the 29th of October. In addition to all the runners, the Marathon attracts thousands of spectators who cheer on the competitors and because of this the Dublin race has become known widely as – “the Friendly Marathon”.

Or if you do not feel up to a full Marathon there is the Dublin City Half-Marathon which takes place in Phoenix Park on September 15th.

For more information on the races – Dublin Marathon.

The Dublin Festival Tall Ships Race takes place in Dublin City from the 23rd to the 26th of August. The first Tall Ship arrived on Sunday night in Dun Loaghaire early due to bad weather. The race commenced in St. Malo, France in early July and from there to LIsbon, then to Cadiz before arriving in Dublin later this week.

This year there has been tough sailing condition, with gale force winds and only 6 vessels remain in the race to Dublin Port.

The four day festival includes a number of fun events, in addition to the Tall Ships, with Bulmers Live Music Dock – bringing free music to Dublin beside the CHQ; a Family Zone – Out of the Blue on Grand Canal Square – with street performers and wooden games. An Urban Culture Zone – with boards, beats an bikes in Hanover Quay and Grand Canal Square. For more information on the event – Dublin Tall Ships Festival.