Overview

Ask any Dubliner what's happening and you may hear echoes of one of W.B. Yeats's most-quoted lines: All changed, changed utterly. You can practically hear the roar as this old city on the western shore of the Irish Sea transforms itself into Western Europe's fastest-growing urban tourist …

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Overview of Dublin

It's nearly impossible for first-time visitors to appreciate just how fast Dublin is moving. Native Dubs, however, who left years ago and returned to the Celtic Tiger economy, can't believe their eyes. Their beloved -- if slightly down-at-the-heels -- hometown has metamorphosed into a bastion …

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