Dublin 4
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Dublin 4 is a postal district of Dublin, Ireland including the suburbs of Sandymount, Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Ringsend and Irishtown on the South side of Dublin.
The headquarters of the national broadcaster RTÉ, the RDS, Merrion Centre, Dublin, University College Dublin, Lansdowne Road stadium and a number of foreign embassies to Ireland are all located in Dublin 4. The Dublin 4 area is fixed by the Irish postal authorities.
'Dublin 4' or its abbreviation, 'D4', is sometimes used as a pejorative adjective to describe an Irish liberal elitist attitude, based on the perceived opinions and characteristics of some residents of this area. In this sense it is sometimes contrasted with the plain people of Ireland.
During the 1990s, the term changed to refer more to people like the fictional jock Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.
| “ | The Minister — and no offence is meant — may live physically in County Wicklow but she has a Dublin 4 mentality. | „ |
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—Hugh Byrne, TD, Dáil Éireann Debate, 15 February 1983 |
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| “ | One of the difficulties with modern newspapers is that there is an increasing tendency to portray opinions as facts. This is particularly evident in the Sunday Independent. If one tries to find news in it, apart from the lead story which itself is sometimes not news, one finds a preponderance of articles from self-proclaimed experts who tend to be from middle class backgrounds — dare I say Dublin 4 types, which is a state of mind rather than a geographic location. These articles tend to reflect the attitudes of a particular section of society and regard those attitudes as dominant. There does not appear to be a balance in the attitudes represented by the newspaper. However, the plain people have enough sense to sift out what is good and what is bad. Frequently, the attitudes represented by the newspaper do not reflect the attitudes dominant within the country as a whole, but thankfully, the plain people have enough good sense to resist them. | „ |
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—Former Senator John Dardis, Seanad Éireann Debate, February 9, 2005[1] |
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