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Dublin bus as well hiking annually. Cheapest fare now 1.65, was 1.05 2-3 years ago. With transport you dont have a choice but with pubs, if they retain those rip off prices its only because gombeens are paying those prices. May as well part fools from their money I say. If Anyone here was a publican and could increase prices if You knew people would pay them, ye would!
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Pint in the local is now 5.10


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Originally posted by Sono Sono wrote:

Originally posted by ODCO ODCO wrote:

Confused I never said there wasn't deals to be got. Just highlighting that some f**ks are ripping people offThumbs Up


Irish rail prices are after rocketing up recently, absolute rip off now.


To get the online discounts you need to book at least a week in advance.
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Originally posted by Trapped Trapped wrote:

Originally posted by FrankosHereNow FrankosHereNow wrote:

Originally posted by corkery corkery wrote:

Ireland is expensive but Dublin is unreal, a pint in Dublin can cost €2 more than other places in Ireland. All the people coming over for the Gathering won't come back because of the prices.
 That is the thing though. Plenty of pubs in town running great promotions for drink. €3.30 a pint in O'Reilly's and €3 a bottle in MacTurcaills. I'm sure there's loads more around town as well. That said, plenty of rip off's around Dublin city centre as well. I was in the International bar a few weeks ago, ordered two pints of Heineken, handed over a tenner and the girl asked me for another 30 cent. What a bloody joke.

Try the Temple Bar pub. You won't get 3 pints for a score.
 
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Originally posted by Trapped Trapped wrote:

Originally posted by FrankosHereNow FrankosHereNow wrote:

Originally posted by corkery corkery wrote:

Ireland is expensive but Dublin is unreal, a pint in Dublin can cost €2 more than other places in Ireland. All the people coming over for the Gathering won't come back because of the prices.
 That is the thing though. Plenty of pubs in town running great promotions for drink. €3.30 a pint in O'Reilly's and €3 a bottle in MacTurcaills. I'm sure there's loads more around town as well. That said, plenty of rip off's around Dublin city centre as well. I was in the International bar a few weeks ago, ordered two pints of Heineken, handed over a tenner and the girl asked me for another 30 cent. What a bloody joke.

Try the Temple Bar pub. You won't get 3 pints for a score.
True but I'd rather have a pint there than the Inter. Ya can be sure to get a dirty glass full of flies and gone off beer in the InterDead
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Originally posted by Kerrzy Kerrzy wrote:

Dublin bus as well hiking annually. Cheapest fare now 1.65, was 1.05 2-3 years ago.Dublin bus as well hiking annually. Cheapest fare now 1.65, was 1.05 2-3 years ago. With transport you dont have a choice but with pubs, if they retain those rip off prices its only because gombeens are paying those prices. May as well part fools from their money I say. If Anyone here was a publican and could increase prices if You knew people would pay them, ye would!

The nightlink has gone up to 5.70 this week too. This the problem with such a monopoly. My weekly ticket is up to €25 from €23, which isnt bad considering the use i get out of it.  Realistically they could put it up to €60-€70 and id still have to use them.

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Originally posted by Trapped Trapped wrote:


Originally posted by Sono Sono wrote:

Originally posted by ODCO ODCO wrote:

Confused I never said there wasn't deals to be got. Just highlighting that some f**ks are ripping people offThumbs Up


Irish rail prices are after rocketing up recently, absolute rip off now.


To get the online discounts you need to book at least a week in advance.


No you don't its 3 days in advance

The 2 days for the next level of pricing

And finally with 1 day in advance they go full price.

For ennis it's is

15 single for 3 days in advance

23 single for 2 days

30 single full price 1 day and day of travel

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Originally posted by Kerrzy Kerrzy wrote:

Dublin bus as well hiking annually. Cheapest fare now 1.65, was 1.05 2-3 years ago.Dublin bus as well hiking annually. Cheapest fare now 1.65, was 1.05 2-3 years ago. With transport you dont have a choice but with pubs, if they retain those rip off prices its only because gombeens are paying those prices. May as well part fools from their money I say. If Anyone here was a publican and could increase prices if You knew people would pay them, ye would!

The nightlink has gone up to 5.70 this week too. This the problem with such a monopoly. My weekly ticket is up to €25 from €23, which isnt bad considering the use i get out of it.  Realistically they could put it up to €60-€70 and id still have to use them.




UK has private travel and have some of the most expensive travel in Europe. France and Germany have state owned and are cheaper

Ireland has the lowest subsidy levels in Europe hence the need for them to put up their prices. Most other country put high level of government subsidies into their transport as they know it promotes economic activity and is helpful for a socially cohesive society.
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Originally posted by ODCO ODCO wrote:


Originally posted by Trapped Trapped wrote:


Originally posted by FrankosHereNow FrankosHereNow wrote:

Originally posted by corkery corkery wrote:

Ireland is expensive but Dublin is unreal, a pint in Dublin can cost €2 more than other places in Ireland. All the people coming over for the Gathering won't come back because of the prices.
 That is the thing though. Plenty of pubs in town running great promotions for drink. €3.30 a pint in O'Reilly's and €3 a bottle in MacTurcaills. I'm sure there's loads more around town as well. That said, plenty of rip off's around Dublin city centre as well. I was in the International bar a few weeks ago, ordered two pints of Heineken, handed over a tenner and the girl asked me for another 30 cent. What a bloody joke.

Try the Temple Bar pub. You won't get 3 pints for a score.
True but I'd rather have a pint there than the Inter. Ya can be sure to get a dirty glass full of flies and gone off beer in the InterDead



International has one of the nicest pints of Guinness in Dublin

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Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:


No you don't its 3 days in advance

The 2 days for the next level of pricing

And finally with 1 day in advance they go full price.

For ennis it's is

15 single for 3 days in advance

23 single for 2 days

30 single full price 1 day and day of travel



You and Gaz would be good in business Baldy.

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I drove home at Christmas and it cost me more than sixty euro so not sure how its a rip off.

Trains have to be fuelled also and as everybody knows petrol prices have shot up and government subsidies have been cut also.
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How much is a vodka in Dublin I got a vodka in Waterford for €3.90. Couldn't believe it.
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Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

Originally posted by ODCO ODCO wrote:


Originally posted by Trapped Trapped wrote:


Originally posted by FrankosHereNow FrankosHereNow wrote:

Originally posted by corkery corkery wrote:

Ireland is expensive but Dublin is unreal, a pint in Dublin can cost €2 more than other places in Ireland. All the people coming over for the Gathering won't come back because of the prices.
 That is the thing though. Plenty of pubs in town running great promotions for drink. €3.30 a pint in O'Reilly's and €3 a bottle in MacTurcaills. I'm sure there's loads more around town as well. That said, plenty of rip off's around Dublin city centre as well. I was in the International bar a few weeks ago, ordered two pints of Heineken, handed over a tenner and the girl asked me for another 30 cent. What a bloody joke.

Try the Temple Bar pub. You won't get 3 pints for a score.
True but I'd rather have a pint there than the Inter. Ya can be sure to get a dirty glass full of flies and gone off beer in the InterDead



International has one of the nicest pints of Guinness in Dublin
LOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLConfusedConfusedConfusedConfusedConfusedConfusedConfusedConfusedConfused It's a sh*thole full of crusties who don't wash and neither are the glasses
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Last time I was in there I was given a can of beer
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Originally posted by Landon Donovan Landon Donovan wrote:

Originally posted by Kerrzy Kerrzy wrote:

Dublin bus as well hiking annually. Cheapest fare now 1.65, was 1.05 2-3 years ago.Dublin bus as well hiking annually. Cheapest fare now 1.65, was 1.05 2-3 years ago. With transport you dont have a choice but with pubs, if they retain those rip off prices its only because gombeens are paying those prices. May as well part fools from their money I say. If Anyone here was a publican and could increase prices if You knew people would pay them, ye would!

The nightlink has gone up to 5.70 this week too. This the problem with such a monopoly. My weekly ticket is up to €25 from €23, which isnt bad considering the use i get out of it.  Realistically they could put it up to €60-€70 and id still have to use them.


If you can the annual bus pass from your job go for it. Could be gone up slightly but it's not much more than a tenner a week and you can use it at weekends and for the nightlink, airlink etc.
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Originally posted by BigStrongMan BigStrongMan wrote:

Last time I was in there I was given a can of beer
I'd well believe .itLOL Smythies local BSM I think that sums it up !
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Originally posted by ODCO ODCO wrote:

Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

Originally posted by ODCO ODCO wrote:


Originally posted by Trapped Trapped wrote:


Originally posted by FrankosHereNow FrankosHereNow wrote:

Originally posted by corkery corkery wrote:

Ireland is expensive but Dublin is unreal, a pint in Dublin can cost €2 more than other places in Ireland. All the people coming over for the Gathering won't come back because of the prices.
 That is the thing though. Plenty of pubs in town running great promotions for drink. €3.30 a pint in O'Reilly's and €3 a bottle in MacTurcaills. I'm sure there's loads more around town as well. That said, plenty of rip off's around Dublin city centre as well. I was in the International bar a few weeks ago, ordered two pints of Heineken, handed over a tenner and the girl asked me for another 30 cent. What a bloody joke.

Try the Temple Bar pub. You won't get 3 pints for a score.
True but I'd rather have a pint there than the Inter. Ya can be sure to get a dirty glass full of flies and gone off beer in the InterDead



International has one of the nicest pints of Guinness in Dublin
LOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLConfusedConfusedConfusedConfusedConfusedConfusedConfusedConfusedConfused It's a sh*thole full of crusties who don't wash and neither are the glasses


that may be true but it still has one of the nicest pints of Guinness in Dublin.
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Originally posted by Trapped Trapped wrote:

Originally posted by Landon Donovan Landon Donovan wrote:

Originally posted by Kerrzy Kerrzy wrote:

Dublin bus as well hiking annually. Cheapest fare now 1.65, was 1.05 2-3 years ago.Dublin bus as well hiking annually. Cheapest fare now 1.65, was 1.05 2-3 years ago. With transport you dont have a choice but with pubs, if they retain those rip off prices its only because gombeens are paying those prices. May as well part fools from their money I say. If Anyone here was a publican and could increase prices if You knew people would pay them, ye would!

The nightlink has gone up to 5.70 this week too. This the problem with such a monopoly. My weekly ticket is up to €25 from €23, which isnt bad considering the use i get out of it.  Realistically they could put it up to €60-€70 and id still have to use them.


If you can the annual bus pass from your job go for it. Could be gone up slightly but it's not much more than a tenner a week and you can use it at weekends and for the nightlink, airlink etc.


Depends on what tax band you are on but my dart and bus ticket work out about 13 euro net a week and that includes the airlink and nightlink as you say. 

13 euro a weeks a bargain. 
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