Time Out says Smithfield’s the second-coolest place on the planet. It’s not even the second-coolest place in Dublin 7

Hugh Linehan: Time Out has form on this, having previously named Phibsborough as the 27th coolest place. So what is it playing at?

The barrio of Laureles in the Colombian city of Medellín is, apparently, well worth a visit. Funkier than its posher neighbour El Poblado, it offers its 120,000 residents a vibrant nightlife along the strip known as La 70 – “where every bar and restaurant floor can turn into a dance floor with the right song”.

Suicide prevention patrol: ‘We said hello. There was no response. The next thing, she was in the water’Watch as they pick their way in bewilderment across the litter-strewn square, from the cluttered car park at the top to the deserted playground at the foot, with not much of anything in between Stoneybatter, Smithfield, Phibsborough and Dublin 8 are some of the oldest parts of the city, and they’re certainly not without interest or charm, as Luke McManus’s excellent recent documentary,, attests. But there’s something very strange going on here. Is Time Out engaged in a surreal multiannual joke at Dublin’s expense? That would be rather wonderful. Sadly the answer is probably more banal.

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