3D Dublin now on Google

NAVIGATING Dublin in three dimensions may sound like something from outer space, but nowadays the possibility is at your fingertips.

Thanks to Google Earth, the homesick, the tourist, the town planner or the just plain curious can log on for a virtual flight over and around the capital and enjoy all that makes up our Fair City in glorious 3D.

From ChristChurch to Croker, the buildings that lie flat in conventional photography rise up along the quays and canals to give a truly unique trip through the streets and lanes of our biggest city.