Social Dublin

Dublin is not short of trendy watering holes to quench the thirst of the movers and shakers, and now there is another to add to the roster. Celebrating it’s launch party last week, The Vertigo Bar on Cardiff Lane (just off Sir John Rogerson’s Quay) is a funky new space, designed as a fusion of East and West, and named in tribute to U2 whose Dublin recording studio is just around the corner.

This area of town is set to become a hive of activity as a slew of beautiful (and expensive) new apartments are popping up all over the place, some of which have penthouses with the best views in the city. The Quality Hotel has just opened it’s doors next to Vertigo, and the new state-of-the-art Grand Canal Theatre is already under construction.

Built on two levels, Vertigo offers a more intimate area on the mezzanine floor, which is complete with seating booths and soft lighting, in contrast to the double height space in the main bar area.

Among the guests on the evening were Avril Collins and Norman Pratt, Jonothan Sultan and John McKibbin, artist Freddie Jones, David Faulkner, FM104’s Jodie King and Kate Candon and Rebecca O’Neill of TV3.

Needless to say I was suffering from Vertigo the next day.