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To be in with a chance to win a brunch for 4 at San Lorenzo’s just tweet tagging your friends that you want to spend Valentine’s with, using the hashtag #DublinBeMyValentine

Here’s an example if you’re still a bit confused…

San Lorenzo’s Restaurant

Located on Georges street, Dublin 2, close to Temple Bar, the Grafton street area, Christchurch and Trinity College.

Brunch of Champions

SATURDAY 10.30AM – 3PM & SUNDAY 10.30AM – 4PM

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAYS FROM 10.30AM – 4PM.

PLEASE NOTE OUR BRUNCH SITTINGS ARE 1 HOUR AND 15 MINUTES.

Watch the video of the much talked about Brunch of Champions

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You will probably see a distinct difference in nationalities in each of these camps. For instance, Camp Romantic will more than likely be overrun with Latin Lotharios and French wordsmiths, while Camp Anti-Romantic will probably be overrun with, wait for it, the Irish. For a nation known for its poets and scholars we seem to become tongue tied when it comes to romance. Don’t believe us? Well take a look at this video. We asked some Irish men if they are romantic and this, alas, was the response.

Let’s do better this Valentines Day!

Watch what Irish Men Think About Romance

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Start Your Evening with at The Meeting House Square Concert.

Doors Open at 9pm

Cathy Davey & Hamsandwich

Acoustic Set

Free In –  First come First Serve basis

Over 18 –  ID Required

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The Pop Up portraits of Love will take place on the 14th of February from 1.00pm – 5.00pm

Capture the love in your life by stepping into our impromptu, open air photo studio!
We’re looking for individual portraits, family portraits, portraits of couples; portraits of friends and each one can be customised using our giant props. Watch out for our roving portrait team and be part of Dublin’s ‘gallery of love’ this Valentine’s Day.

Guerrilla Love Poetry 1.00pm – 5.00pm

O’Connell Street Bridge, Ha’penny Bridge and Millennium Bridge

Join us for a ‘day down river’ when we link with Lingo, Dublin’s Spoken Word Festival to present, performers and wordsmiths to woo the public on Dublin’s bridges. Storyteller and poet, Paul Timoney will perform his own inimitable love poetry. He will invite the public to create mini-love poems which will be tweeted for the city using #dublinbemyvalentine.

Alternative Love Trail

Follow the alternative trail around Dublin This Valentine’s Day where you will learn something new about Dublin as you take this self guided tour. Click Here to Download Map.

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Make a date with Dublin this valentine’s day.

Have you ever fallen in Love with Dublin? Share your story with us and win a four course dinner for two in the Church Bar and Restaurant where Arthur Guinness got married.

To enter simply mail your funny story in 150 words or less to Events@dublincity.ie using COMPETITION in the subject line. Entries DEADLINE is 13th of February at 3.00pm.

The winner will be announced on Valentine’s Day, Via Twitter @Events_DCC & @DublinTown 

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How to Participate

Go to Ted Baker Facebook page click on connect with Facebook. Next you’ll have to input your name, date of birth and gender.

You’ll then see your matching element amongst a series of personalised results and fun facts.

Once you are done reading through your profile, you’ll be asked to share your results on Facebook or Twitter with the hash tag #FancyThat.

Doing this you will be in with the chance to win a £500 shopping spree and personalised wallet or purse! You must use the hashtag #FancyThat in order to be in the draw.

Good luck y’all, I hope I win and you don’t!

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My perfect date with Dublin would begin by waking up late in the opulent surrounds of the iconic Shelbourne Hotel and enjoying their sumptuous poached eggs on granary with a hot cup of tea, all while I’m still in bed of course!

From there we would take a late morning stroll around the beautiful St. Stephens Green enjoying this little piece of tranquillity in the heart of the city.  Venturing outside the green we would climb on board a Viking Splash tour for a fun filled hour and a half where we would take in the city’s sights on land and water!

Feeling a little peckish it’s off to the stylish Grafton Lounge for the to die for steak and rocket salad.

Then for a good stretch of the legs we would make our way towards Smithfield and take a tour of the Jameson Distillery which I have heard so many good things about.  Feeling all a glow after some whiskey tasting we would make our way to the world famous Church Bar & Restaurant on Jervis st for a little Irish music. Making our way upstairs to the Gallery of the Church we sit at a table under the magnificent Organ where we enjoy a delicious meal. To top off an amazing day the man at the table next to us proposes to his girlfriend right under the organ and to everyone’s delight she says yes! Time for some bubbly all round- the perfect end to a perfect day!

Written by Una Connolly, The Church Cafe, Bar, Restaurant & Club

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Valentine’s Day:  A day for lovers, secret admirers, friends, single minglers, and the creepy guys sleazing at the bar, preying on staunchly single ladies just out to enjoy February 14th and sing Beyonce anthems.

Personally, I’ve never been a fan.  It’s very much a Marmite day; you either love it or you hate it, and whether in a relationship or not I’ve always fallen into the hate camp.  Until now… Maybe.

Anti V-Day is a long established tradition in which empowered singletons declare that while they abhor Valentine’s Day and all it stands for, they still want to mark it by going out and having a jolly good time.  This year I’m joining up with an organised group of like minded people and doing just that.  It’ll be an all day event, so basically a series of mini anti-dates.  No mention of fancy dinner, roses or chocolates, but there may be a prom…

Just to further abdicate ourselves from Valentine’s Day rigidity, us Anti-V’s are un-celebrating the day on the wrong date.  February 16th is our totally non- special day…basically because it’s not a school night and we can spend the whole day having fun and preparing for a hangover.

We’ll be hitting some sort of bowling and pool establishment, food will be consumed and some sort of delicious cocktail will be had. Then on to prom!  Light House Cinema, Smithfield, is showing the 1986 teen classic Pretty in Pink.  I’ll be decked out in my prom dress (or perhaps tux) and making faces instead of locking lips in the ‘prom-night photo booth’, for what is sure to be the best non-Valentine’s ever.

If you are going out for V-Day on the 14th, I recommend you grab a bunch of mates or your Ma and go see Muriel’s Wedding in Light House.  Cupid Tip: Roman Holiday (Audrey Hepburn) is also showing on love day and would be a perfect girlie date or bonus point trump card for any man trying his luck with a lady of taste.

Young hearts run free!

Written by: JR Doyle  DublinTown / The Wrong Girl

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