Dublin City Council has launched its Dublin Bikes initiative, where the public can pick up bikes and use them in the city. It's a self-service bike rental system open to everyone from 14 years of age. With 40 stations and 450 dbs (bikes), it enables you to travel through the city centre, commute between home and work and get out and about to enjoy Dublin city at your leisure. You must be registered to use the service and after the first half hour there is a charge.
All stations are equipped for Long Term Hire Card and 3 Day Ticket users and 14 of the 40 terminals allow you to purchase a 3 Day Ticket. Once purchased, you can use the 3 Day Ticket similar to the Long Term Hire Card to rent or return a db from any station in the network.
No doubt this scheme will have it's detractors, but then again so did the Luas when it launched and it is a resounding success now. Anything that improves the traffic congestion in Dublin city can only be a good thing. There's a full list of stations here. There's also a handy Twitter application here to tell you how many bikes are at the nearest location to you. The power of modern technology!