From City Life front Nowhere is the hotel's decline more evident than in the Horseshoe Bar, where Dublin's leading politicians, barristers and financial gurus once raucously flaunted their wealth.

One of Ireland's most famous bars today toasted its golden anniversary. From Bono to Tom Jones, Brendan Behan to legendary Fianna Fail spin-doctor PJ Mara, The Shelbourne's Horseshoe Bar has ...

Situated to the left of the hotel's stunning flower-draped lobby, the No.27 has long been "the place to see and be seen" in Dublin - the literal antithesis of the Horseshoe Bar.

Apart from a new coat of paint, the Horseshoe Bar was spared a revamp and it remains much as it was when it first opened, 60 years ago this Sunday, November 26th.