Gulls wheel over the Liffey as it slides under the white iron arch of the Ha'penny Bridge and heads for the sea. Follow the water east and the city opens onto Dublin Bay, where swimmers jump off the rocks at the Forty Foot in every season and walkers cross a causeway to the dunes of Bull Island.
Away from the river, the Liberties smell of roasting barley from the brewery, and Stoneybatter fills its small terraced streets with cafés and old pubs. The climate is mild and damp, with soft rain in any month and long, light summer evenings. A Local Friend turns your list of bridges, pubs and beaches into a day that makes sense, tide and weather included.
