Living there at the moment, some of the apartments don't have great soundproofing so you wont be having any loud parties without the neighhbours complaining. Village is alright but no 24 hours supermarkets which is a bit of a pain. 5 different takeaways within 5 minutes though. Getting to UCD mighht be a bit of a trek but TCD is fine, only take you 20 mins on bus or luas. Two bus routes are 51b/c or the 78a