So what exactly is The Dubliner?

Well, first of all, this is how the Sunday Times put it a couple of years ago:

"The Dubliner, which recently celebrated its fourth birthday, has grown to represent something ennobling and affirmative. Its anthropological, ideas-driven mix does not quite belong to this century, or even the last, but owes a debt to the Victorian salon and to the explorer's pith helmet. It shouldn't have survived but it has, and so represents a welcome glimmer of hope."

And this is how we put it today:

The Dubliner is a city magazine that is produced and printed ten times a year in Dublin, Ireland. (To meet the team behind it, click here.) With an ABC audited circulation of 10,038 (January-December 2006) and subscribers in over 40 different countries, the magazine is widely regarded as the definitive guide to Irish culture.

But heck, let's be honest: it's not for everyone.

If the giddy antics of B-List celebrities is a subject that is dear to your heart, please don't waste your time round here. The Dubliner is not that sort of publication. Honest, amusing and refreshingly irreverent, it is read by people who demand a little bit more from a magazine.

Each month we reveal the very best things to do and see in Dublin. But that's not all: there's politics, media, food, sport, culture, opinion, humour and philosophy. With amusing, incisive articles on everything from dining out to dirty weekends, The Dubliner features some of the best new writing and photography in the country.

In short, it remains a welcome glimmer of hope.

If you want to know what's really happening in Europe's most exciting capital, subscribe to The Dubliner today by clicking here.