That is actually hilarious, down by the sea is OK, but the town is an absolute KIP.
Did the judges actually visit Dun Laoighre? 🙂
Started working in DL a month, Main street is a dump you do well find anywhere decent to get lunch. Very Confused by this award 😂 sea views are beautiful though
Quite the junkie population hanging around.
I’m happy about it.
All depends on the marking scheme, in fairness I’ve never lived there but its quite a pleasant place to spend an afternoon.
When I pass the queue of junkies outside the methadone clinic on Patrick Street later, I’ll be sure to tell them this. They’ll be thrilled!
It might be nice but it’s certainly not “Europe’s greatest town of 2022”.
Great Tesco but one of the worst SuperValues in Dublin.
Lovely promenade, great food market on the weekend. Nice community vibe.
Stroll up from that and it’s littered, has closed down shops….a shopping centre from the 70s and a wealth of homeless and addicts scrambled everywhere..
Could think of a lot of places which feel nicer to be honest
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>Run by the non-profit organisation the Academy of Urbanism, the awards are designed to recognise the best, most enduring or most improved urban environments across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
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>In a statement, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council said the suburb was chosen by the Urbanism Awards for its Coastal Mobility Cycle Route and Village public realm project, which connects urban villages, bathing places, walks and parks along the coast.
Dun Laoghaire isn’t even the best town in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown.
😂😂😂 has to be satire
Sandycove beach where you can also jump in from the rocks is a pretty spot. Very busy at peak times and the price of the houses there – wowsers
My partner and I go for brunch in Dun Laoghaire sometimes. We’ll go for a stroll around the market in the people’s park afterwards. When the sun is shining and there’s loads of families out having fun, I reckon Dun Laoghaire must be pretty high on the list.
Meh, an Irish town won it so am happy and live nowhere near there or in Leinster.
Is this just Dun Laoghaire town or the Dun Laoghaire “area”, including Monkstown, Dalkey, etc. DL is a great place to live but the villages either side of it are much nicer.
Navan absolutely robbed
Congratulations Dun Laoghaire 💐💐💐💐💐
Dun Laoghaire is a great town with possibly the nicest library in Ireland, the People’s Park, the pier, loads of very nice small businesses, where is all the hate coming from?
It’s a lovely spot. But the miserable gits on this sub will clearly have different to say.
Man, this sub will find reasons to complain about anything.
Dun Laoghaire has been wonderfully managed by the council and seen a lot of improvements over the last decade.
The seafront is getting a complete makeover. Including the Casement statue which looks excellent.
New bicycle lanes done, for once, to continental European standards. Smooth, easy to navigate, don’t run you into traffic.
Nice swim spots and a lovely park with weekend markets.
Loads of options for cafes and restaurants for such a small town. Many local businesses opening up, some offering organic/ health foods. Nice bakeries, great coffee. International cuisine, local fare, hipster. Whatever floats your boat.
County council organises fun and frequent events at the modern and spacious library building. They also efficiently run a network of volunteers for keeping the area safe and provide assistance to those in need.
There’s enough options for all shopping needs within walking distance. More and more opening up.
The town has been renovated with murals everywhere brightening up the place.
Want to ignore all that and only see the homeless and junkies? Okay, but that’s a world economy problem, not a Dun Laoghaire problem. And one of the ways to improve that problem locally? More attention via international recognition, such as through programs like the “best European town” award, which leads to better funding.
Only thing we can agree, the shopping centre is ugly.
I stayed in the Royal Marine hotel during the week and not only did the kitchen not put on enough food to feed our pre-booked table, there was visible and smelly mould growing on the lino in my my room’s en-suite and someone else’s hair on the towels. I only saw the DART station and the hotel but Christ above it’s a bad look for Dun Laoghaire if that place is meant to be 4 stars.
Bring back Beatyard!
Lovin is still a thing who knew
How did Tipp town not win this?
If Dun Laoghaire is the kip everyone here is claiming, 99% of world is a horrible kip. It’s a nice town and personally I’d be happy to live there, obviously not the best in Europe- but to be fair, plenty of the nice places we holiday in abroad have crap parts or massive downsides that we never see or hear about. Plenty of people go to Dun Laoghaire for a day out and have the same experience.
It’s weird as online many actual kips in Dublin and across the country seem to get bizarrely positive representations.
It’s got a huge, half empty 80s shopping centre, terribly over active parking wardens and lots of dead shop units. It’s like a ghost town after about 7pm.. Other than that it’s grand
It’s got a huge, half empty 80s shopping centre, terribly over active parking wardens and lots of dead shop units. It’s like a ghost town after about 7pm.. Other than that it’s grand
Crowned by who ? Is a run down dump
These negative comments lmao 💀
r/ireland moment
Best town in Europe? No. Dun Laoghaire’s okay, but I have a dysfunctional nostalgia for the days when the shopping centre had three busy floors, and the car ferry used to roll in. At least there’s a great library.
Lmao-greatest town in Europe
Awarded by Fifa.
The only place I have been robbed at knifepoint
Dun Laoghaire is lovely but it’s become a ghost town retail wise. The centre is too old now and looks like something from the Soviet Union. It’s a shame because the whole prom and pier area is wasted too.
The methadone clinic and wandering junkies are hidden gems
good luck to Europeans trying to pronounce dun laoighaire
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There has to be a better town than that in all of Europe
Is this like Qatar winning hosting the World Cup?
…by its residents?
I’ve crowned myself as the best person in all the universe.
(As voted for by the good people of http://www.irisharmadillo.ie/notafakepoll-totallylegit)
Ahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah
That is actually hilarious, down by the sea is OK, but the town is an absolute KIP.
Did the judges actually visit Dun Laoighre? 🙂
Started working in DL a month, Main street is a dump you do well find anywhere decent to get lunch. Very Confused by this award 😂 sea views are beautiful though
Quite the junkie population hanging around.
I’m happy about it.
All depends on the marking scheme, in fairness I’ve never lived there but its quite a pleasant place to spend an afternoon.
When I pass the queue of junkies outside the methadone clinic on Patrick Street later, I’ll be sure to tell them this. They’ll be thrilled!
It might be nice but it’s certainly not “Europe’s greatest town of 2022”.
Great Tesco but one of the worst SuperValues in Dublin.
Lovely promenade, great food market on the weekend. Nice community vibe.
Stroll up from that and it’s littered, has closed down shops….a shopping centre from the 70s and a wealth of homeless and addicts scrambled everywhere..
Could think of a lot of places which feel nicer to be honest
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>Run by the non-profit organisation the Academy of Urbanism, the awards are designed to recognise the best, most enduring or most improved urban environments across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
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>In a statement, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council said the suburb was chosen by the Urbanism Awards for its Coastal Mobility Cycle Route and Village public realm project, which connects urban villages, bathing places, walks and parks along the coast.
[Source](https://lovindublin.com/news/dun-laoghaire-crowned-as-europes-greatest-town-of-2022)
https://i.imgur.com/N6r17gp.jpg
Dun Laoghaire isn’t even the best town in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown.
😂😂😂 has to be satire
Sandycove beach where you can also jump in from the rocks is a pretty spot. Very busy at peak times and the price of the houses there – wowsers
My partner and I go for brunch in Dun Laoghaire sometimes. We’ll go for a stroll around the market in the people’s park afterwards. When the sun is shining and there’s loads of families out having fun, I reckon Dun Laoghaire must be pretty high on the list.
Meh, an Irish town won it so am happy and live nowhere near there or in Leinster.
Is this just Dun Laoghaire town or the Dun Laoghaire “area”, including Monkstown, Dalkey, etc. DL is a great place to live but the villages either side of it are much nicer.
Navan absolutely robbed
Congratulations Dun Laoghaire 💐💐💐💐💐
Dun Laoghaire is a great town with possibly the nicest library in Ireland, the People’s Park, the pier, loads of very nice small businesses, where is all the hate coming from?
It’s a lovely spot. But the miserable gits on this sub will clearly have different to say.
Man, this sub will find reasons to complain about anything.
Dun Laoghaire has been wonderfully managed by the council and seen a lot of improvements over the last decade.
The seafront is getting a complete makeover. Including the Casement statue which looks excellent.
New bicycle lanes done, for once, to continental European standards. Smooth, easy to navigate, don’t run you into traffic.
Nice swim spots and a lovely park with weekend markets.
Loads of options for cafes and restaurants for such a small town. Many local businesses opening up, some offering organic/ health foods. Nice bakeries, great coffee. International cuisine, local fare, hipster. Whatever floats your boat.
County council organises fun and frequent events at the modern and spacious library building. They also efficiently run a network of volunteers for keeping the area safe and provide assistance to those in need.
There’s enough options for all shopping needs within walking distance. More and more opening up.
The town has been renovated with murals everywhere brightening up the place.
Want to ignore all that and only see the homeless and junkies? Okay, but that’s a world economy problem, not a Dun Laoghaire problem. And one of the ways to improve that problem locally? More attention via international recognition, such as through programs like the “best European town” award, which leads to better funding.
Only thing we can agree, the shopping centre is ugly.
I stayed in the Royal Marine hotel during the week and not only did the kitchen not put on enough food to feed our pre-booked table, there was visible and smelly mould growing on the lino in my my room’s en-suite and someone else’s hair on the towels. I only saw the DART station and the hotel but Christ above it’s a bad look for Dun Laoghaire if that place is meant to be 4 stars.
Bring back Beatyard!
Lovin is still a thing who knew
How did Tipp town not win this?
If Dun Laoghaire is the kip everyone here is claiming, 99% of world is a horrible kip. It’s a nice town and personally I’d be happy to live there, obviously not the best in Europe- but to be fair, plenty of the nice places we holiday in abroad have crap parts or massive downsides that we never see or hear about. Plenty of people go to Dun Laoghaire for a day out and have the same experience.
It’s weird as online many actual kips in Dublin and across the country seem to get bizarrely positive representations.
It’s got a huge, half empty 80s shopping centre, terribly over active parking wardens and lots of dead shop units. It’s like a ghost town after about 7pm.. Other than that it’s grand
It’s got a huge, half empty 80s shopping centre, terribly over active parking wardens and lots of dead shop units. It’s like a ghost town after about 7pm.. Other than that it’s grand
Crowned by who ? Is a run down dump
These negative comments lmao 💀
r/ireland moment
Best town in Europe? No. Dun Laoghaire’s okay, but I have a dysfunctional nostalgia for the days when the shopping centre had three busy floors, and the car ferry used to roll in. At least there’s a great library.
Lmao-greatest town in Europe
Awarded by Fifa.
The only place I have been robbed at knifepoint
Dun Laoghaire is lovely but it’s become a ghost town retail wise. The centre is too old now and looks like something from the Soviet Union. It’s a shame because the whole prom and pier area is wasted too.
The methadone clinic and wandering junkies are hidden gems
good luck to Europeans trying to pronounce dun laoighaire