How many Insomnia cafes are there in Dublin? They seem to be everywhere I look, nestled in every corner of each street I walk through. Inside you can purchase the same generic fodder that passes for coffee house cuisine in this city. Why go to a different cafe, when you can go to the same one, no matter where you are?

Slowly but surely, everything is homogenising. Walking down O’Connell street is amazingly disappointing. Why do we need a Boots pharmacy in Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, Grafton street and the Jervis Shopping centre? [Read more...]