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/
