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Step back in time: Here's how Dublin used to look

The postcards capture what life was like in Dublin all those years ago.

LAST WEEK WE brought you old postcards that feature scenes from around the country from Cork to Donegal.

The postcards are all part of the Eclectic Collection that is going up for auction today at Whyte’s Auction House in Dublin.

The lots range from about €50-€150 and include great images of old Dublin and how it used to be.

Has it changed much? Take a look.

Dublin city centre 

dub 1 Royal visit over Leeson Street Bridge 1901. Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

dub 2 Great Denmark Street and Belvedere College. Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

dub 3 Eason's Dublin. Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

dub 4 Clarence Hotel, Dublin. Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

dub 6 Grafton Street, Dublin Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

dub 7 Stephen's Green, Dublin Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

dub 8 College Green, Dublin. Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

dub 9 Trinity College, Dublin Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

dub 10 Bachelor's Walk Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

Howth 

dub 11 Main Street, Howth

Terenure 

dub 12 Terenure Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

Rathmines 

dub 13 Rathmines Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

Donnybrook

dub 14 Donnybrook Village Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

Blackrock

dub 15 Main Street Blackrock Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

Dun Laoghaire 

dub 16 Dun Laoghaire Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

dub 5 Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

Dalkey 

dub 17 Dalkey Whyte's Auctioneers Whyte's Auctioneers

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    Feb 14th 2024, 12:01 PM

    Imagine having to cook your own dinner instead

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    Mute Sean O'Doherty
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    Feb 14th 2024, 1:40 PM

    @John Fagan: That’s akin to saying they’re coming over here taking our jobs and our women.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 1:41 PM

    @John Fagan: And, it seems that you’re happy with them getting less than the minimum wage.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 2:34 PM

    @Sean O’Doherty: They’re over here as students. So study and stop taking people’s jobs.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 2:38 PM

    @John Fagan: Will indigenous Irish people take up these jobs?

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    Feb 14th 2024, 4:08 PM

    @Stevie Doran: We usually get maybe one or two a week depending. But for the most part we cook our meals

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    Mute Kevin Kerr
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    Feb 14th 2024, 5:32 PM

    @John Fagan: taking peoples jobs? Would ya give over. Sure they’re not taking our women too?

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    Feb 14th 2024, 7:53 PM

    @Dan Skelton: enabler….

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    Feb 14th 2024, 8:38 PM

    @Stevie Doran: it’s a direct attack on people on the dole.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 11:03 PM

    @Stevie Doran: did somebody say Just Strike

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    Feb 14th 2024, 4:51 PM

    English language schools, the backdoor for illegal immigration into Ireland. The numbers are staggering, particularly from Brazil. None of them adhering to their visas, it’s the most open national border in the world & is being abused with Govt enabling it.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 5:07 PM

    @SV3tN8M4: how can it be illegal immigration if they have visas?

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    Feb 14th 2024, 6:34 PM

    @Jen McC: Plenty of the hard of thinking on here. I mean, “it’s the most open national border in the world is being”, for example. What a guy haha

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    Feb 14th 2024, 8:49 PM

    @SV3tN8M4: wha…

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    Mute IMHO
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    Feb 14th 2024, 9:07 PM

    @Jen McC: Student visas,not work visas.

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    Feb 15th 2024, 12:18 AM

    @Jen McC: Illegal in that they don’t adhere to the conditions of their visas, exceed allowed working hours, don’t attend college & overstay the duration of their visas staying on illegally within the country, therefore illegal.

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    Feb 15th 2024, 1:46 AM

    @SV3tN8M4: at least the next Irish generation will be dark and handsome

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    Feb 15th 2024, 1:46 AM

    @SV3tN8M4: at least the next Irish generation will be dark and handsome

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    Feb 14th 2024, 12:13 PM

    Load of nonsense. Little sympathy for these 2 wheel menaces. No regard for pedestrians or other road users at the best of times.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 1:15 PM

    @Matt D: Which road users are not menaces ro pedestrians and other road users though? Motorists seem to mow down and kill elderly pedestrians every week in Ireland and are constantly arrested for speeding and driving under the influence

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    Feb 14th 2024, 4:44 PM

    @eoin fitzpatrick: apart from whataboutery, whats your point?

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    Feb 14th 2024, 7:41 PM

    @Matt D: four wheels good, two wheels bad?

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    Feb 14th 2024, 9:01 PM

    @brian o’leary: all road users are equal, but some are more equal than others?

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    Feb 14th 2024, 9:04 PM

    @eoin fitzpatrick: if these riders were driving cars, he would switch his tune. Eoin is not concerned about rates of pay for these guys, just that they are on bikes going the wrong way down a street

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    Feb 14th 2024, 1:15 PM

    On top of poor working conditions they also have to contend with assaults/attacks by the track suited brigade.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 12:09 PM

    The government are setting up a committee to look into it.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 12:40 PM

    @noel donohue: Hope so. Terrible working conditions.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 1:39 PM

    @noel donohue: another quango for their corrupt buddies

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    Feb 14th 2024, 1:08 PM

    The delivery fee quoted on the app should go the the delivery person in it’s entirety. The apps and restaurants are already making their profit from the food order itself.

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    Mute brian o'leary
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    Feb 14th 2024, 1:11 PM

    @mcleixlip: I’d say if looking to make real money try something else.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 12:22 PM

    Should be banned.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 2:04 PM

    Learn the rules of the road first and change the rights to cyclists who think they are invincible pulling out at red lights crossing junctions like cars don’t exist

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    Feb 14th 2024, 2:25 PM

    @giles wolohan: and for the love of god can we make some effort to regulate basic safety – unreal the number of bike without lights in dark evening winter – then dress in black like ninja – and pull out in front of cars constantly – they seemingly think the boxes on their back make them very visible – the number of times I have dashcam incidents droning around the city this last few months with these and e-scooters – and yet millions spent telling me not to drink and drive – I’d love to see the real statistics for a and e , and accident rate for past 6 months just for Dublin alone to challenge the false narrative that it’s all motorists at fault – plenty of idiots driving cars for sure – but these bikes and e-scooters are out of control

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    Feb 14th 2024, 3:00 PM

    @Dave Hammond: you’re comparing people being irresponsible on bikes, who have killed one person in Ireland since 2000 in an accident, to drink drivers who have wreaked havoc on 1000s of lives over the years and continue to do so?

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    Feb 14th 2024, 3:09 PM

    @eoin fitzpatrick: I think he’s claiming that perhaps many of these cyclists were basically asking for it and the driver gets punished for, coincidentally, being drunk.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 3:59 PM

    @eoin fitzpatrick: no I’m not – that’s how you interpreted my comment – I was pointing out the fact that the millions of ( our money ) is constantly spent on tv ads every year , millions , and the road safety authority messaging is not addressing the current out of control safety issues around cyclists , these riders in the dark with no lights , dark clothing , exceptionally poor road users , including e-scooters – but the messaging tonite in tv will be don’t drink and drive – happy to clarify my point for you – now try grasp it second time around

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    Feb 14th 2024, 7:10 PM

    @Dave Hammond: there are RSA campaigns all the time for cyclists to light up and put on lights.
    they spend most of their budget on trying to get motorists to follow the rules because they are the ones killing and maiming themselves and other people every day in ireland.
    people on bikes may be a nuisance to you sometimes but they’re not a priority as they’re not really causing any problems.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 9:13 PM

    @giles wolohan: I was nearly killed the other day at a crossing when one of them came speeding through a red light and passed me with about 6 inches to spare.

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    Feb 15th 2024, 10:21 AM

    @eoin fitzpatrick: total arrogance

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    Feb 14th 2024, 12:43 PM

    Great time to start a diet.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 3:06 PM

    Streets will be safe for a while

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    Mute eoin fitzpatrick
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    Feb 14th 2024, 3:55 PM

    @Patrick MC Dermott: what does that even mean? Look at the news lately motorists dying all the time and killing pedestrians, not deliveroo drivers.

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    Mute Liam Dunne
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    Feb 14th 2024, 12:51 PM

    And all the ones on here cheerleading Uber and their likes a race to the bottom but once it doesn’t cost them they don’t care about society it’s shameful

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    Feb 14th 2024, 3:07 PM

    This situation is due to the capitulation by SIPTU to the Employers— they have for many years joined forces with IBEC. They sold out through the scandalous bench- marking which secured large salary increases for officials and they were given seats on State Boards and Honorary Degrees also. When did you last see SIPTU Officials out in protest?? They care not for workers in the private sector- only their friends in the State Sector. Jim Larkin would turn in his grave at this situation. They should be ashamed!

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    Feb 14th 2024, 8:13 PM

    If they’re not here legally, they should be deported.

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    Mute Aloweilly
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    Feb 14th 2024, 3:25 PM

    Little sympathy at all.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 9:12 PM

    The drug side hustle surely must be helping them make ends meet!

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    Feb 14th 2024, 9:30 PM

    I’d support them more if they followed basic cycle and road safety rules

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    Feb 14th 2024, 10:01 PM

    They striking because they have been told they have to stop at red lights..!

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    Mute Emer Daly
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    Feb 14th 2024, 12:26 PM

    How does it work if you are a delivery driver with these companies. Do you work 40 hours pw or what way does it go.

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    Mute Martin Mongan
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    Feb 14th 2024, 12:35 PM

    @Emer Daly: they just get paid by delivery.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 12:42 PM

    @Emer Daly: they are contracted by these companies. They are individual contractors, the ones that actually own their own accounts. They can select and choose which orders to accept or reject.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 12:44 PM

    @MJP: They set their own hours

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    Mute Jimmy Savage
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    Feb 14th 2024, 1:05 PM

    @Emer Daly: You pick whatever time you want to work. You open the app and select the region to work in. You’ll see delivery orders coming in, how much they are and where they are going. You choose which one you want to do and accept it. You go to the restaurant be say im here to pick up order ABCD1234. Deliver it to the address, and get a pin from the customer as proof. Then you get paid a couple euro for the delivery. Can expect to deliver around 4 or 5 per hour. Can work as much as you want but its basically minimum wage.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 1:06 PM

    @Martin Mongan: it says some as paid only 1euro in some instances so to make a decent wage a day how many deliveries woukd you have to do ? Do some get 5euro 10euro per delivery?

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    Feb 14th 2024, 1:35 PM

    @Emer Daly: I’m not 100% sure how they work it out I assume whatever the delivery fee is what they get.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 2:45 PM

    @Martin Mongan:
    Unfortunately Martin they don’t get it all various deductions before the guy is paid.

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    Mute Dominic Leleu
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    Feb 14th 2024, 12:58 PM

    The spokesperson choice of word must be some corporate person who will never have to deliver food for living. I also doubt he is non English first language.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 9:25 PM

    Fantastic people doing a great job no many Irish people want to do.
    Also heroes as they have to work under constant assault by thugs.
    Incredible how racists and people on welfare dare to criticise them.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 8:36 PM

    Hopefully they get the outcome they want

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    Feb 15th 2024, 7:28 AM

    Couldn’t see any of them, once it got dark; not a single bike with a light or reflector and usually wearing black clothing. Im surprised there are not more accidents. It should be a legal requirement to have lights for anything using the road., front and back. The boxes should all be reflective as well (PPE).

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    Feb 14th 2024, 4:06 PM

    I was wrongfully accused of fraud by Uber when I tried to sign in to the driver app, and do the facial verification. I asked them why I was banned, and just accused me of fraud and permanently banned me.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 8:52 PM

    That has to be piss take holding a poster which is made up of tri color. I’m discussed to see that.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 9:20 PM

    @james dooley: Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 9:34 PM

    There is close to zero unemployment in Ireland for those who want to work so plenty of jobs about. Maybe just go do something different.

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    Feb 14th 2024, 8:27 PM

    Random comment about something or other that has nothing whatsoever to do with the featured article…

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    Feb 15th 2024, 1:28 AM

    And the 1s who decided not to strike made a holy fortune ;-)

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    Feb 14th 2024, 9:59 PM

    Sure aren’t they all self employed PLC’s doing that work. Must be minted. Three grand a week minimum. Let the good times role!

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