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By 2011, this had expanded to 550 bicycles and 44 stations, and in 2013 it was announced that a major expansion of the scheme would add a further 950 bikes and another 58 hire points. [5] Dublin was the 17th city to implement such a scheme, [ 4 ] [ 6 ] and it was considered one of the most successful bike-sharing schemes in the world; [ 7 ...
House prices in Dublin, the largest city, were briefly down 56% from their peak and apartment prices down over 62%. [3] For a time, house prices returned to twentieth century levels and mortgage approvals dropped to 1971 levels. [ 4 ]
South Dublin has an area of 222.74 square kilometres (86 sq mi), making it the second-largest of the four local government areas in Dublin. It is bounded by Dublin City (15 km, 9.3 mi to the northeast), the River Liffey (separating it from Fingal to the north), Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown (to the east), County Kildare (to the west) and its hills adjoin the mountains of County Wicklow to the south.
It was estimated that there were 17,000 women working as prostitutes in Dublin alone, and a further 8 brothels in Cork. Dublin's sex trade was largely centred on the Monto district, reputedly the largest red light district in Europe. [7] [22] A major part of the demand came from the large number of military personnel stationed in Ireland at the ...
Both domestic and international air traffic in Dublin are served by Dublin Airport, which is located 10 km north of Dublin city centre in Collinstown and is accessible by car or bus. It is the busiest airport in Ireland by far, with 32.9 million passengers in 2019, [ 43 ] making it the 12th busiest airport in Europe .
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The Dublin lock-out was a major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers that took place in Dublin, Ireland. The dispute, lasting from 26 August 1913 to 18 January 1914, is often viewed as the most severe and significant industrial dispute in Irish history .
An election to all 63 seats on Dublin City Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Dublin was divided into 11 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).