TRIPOD is a multifaceted club and live music venue. On the premises you will find the Crawdaddy and Lobby Bar, as well. Different music is played depending on the night and venue, but the focus is on house music.

If you want to go to a concert, whether classical or modern, or enjoy an opera, the best place to book your seats is the National Concert Hall.

The hall was built in 1865 for the Dublin International Exhibition. Between 1908 and the mid 1960s it was the central building of the University College of Dublin. When part of the University moved to a new campus in 1981, the empty half of the building became the concert hall. At that time it was a bit cramped and only small concerts were held here.

In 2005 the last classes of the University moved out and the building was entirely renovated; now it contains three theatres: the Main Auditorium, which seats 1200 people, hosts concerts and operas; the John Field Room, with its 250 places, puts on small-scale recitals and exhibitions; and the Carolan Room, with 100 seats, used for pre-event discussions and receptions.

The hall offers a lot of lunchtime concerts of classical and popular music, short operas and recitals. It is a popular venue for the workers in the area. Outdoor recitals take place in Iveagh Park in the summer. The Hall’s resident orchestra is the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, which puts on recitals most evenings of the week between long-running concerts and musicals.

The Hall has a small bistro, a bar on the first floor and the famous Terrace Café where you can enjoy an excellent meal before or after a show. The Terrace Café is open to non-concert goers.

Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre is located on the south end of Grafton Street and it is difficult to miss this Dublin landmark.

The centre opened in 1998 and is modelled after the style of London’s Crystal Palace. It is a three storey shopping mall built of steel and glass and is really amazing with over 139 tall round topped windows, lace-like steel surrounds and a delicate steel and glass dome.

The steel and glass structure is carried on inside the building with a central atrium and two floors of galleries that house over 100 shops, restaurants and pubs. The arcades are painted white and green, there are lots of plants and lamp standards with clusters of globes; there are also globe wall fittings and crucible chandeliers hanging from the ceilings. Between the second and third floors is a huge steel and glass clock. Many-coloured banners are strategically placed to give the centre a timeless ancient and modern look.

You will find all sorts of shops here; there is something to please everyone: a Dunne store rubs shoulders with Boots the Chemist; Asha sells alternative and Gothic clothes, while the Banana Tree offers novelty gifts.

You will also find the only shop in Ireland dedicated to wrestling – Wrestling Mania sells outrageous costumes designed for ring spectacles, boots, gloves and posters of famous wrestlers. There are antique shops, jewellery stores and stands where portrait artists will immortalise you on paper in a few minutes.

Grafton Street (Irish: Sráid Grafton) is one of the two principal shopping streets in Dublin city centre, the other being Henry Street. It runs from St. Stephen's Green in the south (at the lowest point of the street) to College Green in the north (to the highest point). In 2008, Grafton Street was the fifth most expensive main shopping street in the world, at €5,621/m². The street was named after Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, the illegitimate son of Charles II of England who owned land in the area. The street was developed from a then existing country lane by the Dawson family in 1708, after whom the parallel Dawson Street is named.

The Powerscourt Townhouse Center has a few places that are very popular among locals. One place is the farmers market on the top floor and another is a vegetarian eatery called Cafe Fresh that offers meals containing only the freshest ingredients.

This quaint and charming place is a family business opened in 1913. Today, Burdocks Fish and Chips is an international brand, and has become quite a tourist attraction. Still, their main customers are locals. This restaurant is popular with politicians, writers and regular citizens of Dublin.

A large majority of fruits and vegetables from all over the world can be found in this market. Local farmers also offer their own goods for sale here.