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I've stayed here http://www.harcourthotel.ie/main.htm a few times, located 5 min walk from Stephens Green & has a decent bar & doesn't mind stag do's & tours etc.
When we go to Dublin for business, we stay at the Parliament Hotel - Right on the corner of Temple Bar! Couldn't give you costs though - but they will be quite low, as the company would not send us to expensive hotels!