How are you enjoying DConf? And where to go next?

[Chris via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 8 May 2016 at 12:50:01 UTC, wobbles wrote:

>
> Another +1 for Dublin here too.
>
> PyConIE is in the Radisson, which is very central and handy for 
> everyone.
> Theres many many other venues around the city too - including 
> the RDS which has oceans of event space.
>
> Also, tis a lovely city!

I can do some research about the conference centers. RDS is big, 
as wobbles said, then you have loads of other places that host 
conferences (including the three big universities DCU, TCD, UCD).

https://dublin.ie/working/conferences/

Maybe the Convention Centre is a bit OTT, but who knows. Anyway, 
Dublin has Google, Facebook and others. It wouldn't be too hard 
to get an IT crowd.

In the city center everything is within walking distance (no need 
to take buses or cabs if you go on sight seeing - cabs are quite 
cheap in Dublin). Hotels and B&Bs are not the cheapest but not 
ridiculously expensive either, and if you book early enough you 
should get a decent price. I know of a B&B close to the 
Convention Centre that charges €45 a night (including breakfast) 
which is perfectly acceptable given the location.

Since Ireland is small, you can go on day tours to other parts, 
like the west (e.g. Cliffs of Moher). By train, bus or car you're 
in Galway within 2-3 hours, which is the loveliest city in 
Ireland. So if you spend a few more days, you can see a good bit 
of the rest of the country too. Céad míle fáilte!

Jaysus, I sound like Fáilte Ireland :-))

http://www.discoverireland.ie/