Rip Off Ireland Alive and Well Still
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Topic: Rip Off Ireland Alive and Well Still
Posted By: ODCO
Subject: Rip Off Ireland Alive and Well Still
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:12pm
They wanted €7.75 for a 12.5 gram pouch of tobacco yesterday evening in my local Spar. They were out of boxes (also 12.5G) which contain papers and filters and are €5.00...the 12.5g pouches have No filters and papers. WTF Naturally I walked.I was told by someone that the Price of a pint of stout in the Old Stand in town is now €5.20 Never liked those pricks anyway ever since they wouldn't put on Rovers versus Bray for me a few years ago. Was told it was "a rugby pub" t**sers. I heard Gordon Darcy bought it not sure if that's true though. This prick who runs a restaurant near my work that makes good pizzas and hot chicken sambos etc that i frequented a lot last year told me that everything is gone up. So a Pizza is now €7 instead of €6 a week ago and a mineral is €1.20 up from €1. Unlucky for him I won't be back. Anymore ****s trying to take the piss in the New Year so far ? ------------- Bleeding Trisha Always on me Bleeding Case |
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Posted By: Pipkin
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:14pm
Abbey Travel
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Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:15pm
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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. ------------- 'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick |
Posted By: IrishPride
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:18pm
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One of the worst pints of Guinness Ive gotten in Galway, The House Hotel - €4.90 Infuriated I walked out of there all the way to McSwiggans in woodquay for a much nicer Pint of porter at the swashbuckling price of €3  Unbelievable stuff from the Gents in there.------------- Galway Will Win The 2014 Hurling Championship |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:23pm
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corkery wrote:Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:25pm
Exactly, if people shop around you will get good value, more the fool whoever pays the extortionate prices, plenty of deals in pubs around Dublin. |
Posted By: seanyshuffler
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:31pm
| I'm sure the high rates businesses pay has a part in them charging higher prices |
Posted By: ODCO
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:31pm
 Forgot about them f**ks------------- Bleeding Trisha Always on me Bleeding Case |
Posted By: ODCO
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:33pm
I never said there wasn't deals to be got. Just highlighting that some f**ks are ripping people off------------- Bleeding Trisha Always on me Bleeding Case |
Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:34pm
you dont mince your words kerzy anyway ------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:36pm
mcswiggans do pints at €3? is that still on. mates arecoming down for the united pool game on sunday. might head there if thats the price ------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: reddladd
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:37pm
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Had the misfortune of being in Cafe en Seine one night and a pint of Bulmers after 11pm was €6.20. Re: The tobacco, get a cheap flight to Portugal and get the 50 gram packs for €4 each. Be easy to pay for your flight. My oul fella buys about 50 packs and it does him for most of the year and he saves about €700. ------------- I could agree with you but then we'd both be wrong. |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:38pm
Irish rail prices are after rocketing up recently, absolute rip off now. |
Posted By: deco911
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:41pm
jokeshop |
Posted By: kimbap
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:42pm
Fcuking dead right.Can't believe how nobody else has said this before. Used to be 40e return from Castlebar to Dublin.Think a one way was more expensive Then it was great value if you booked online (about 10e midweek) now gone back up to 40e (online) in the space of a year or so WTF? |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 5:47pm
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I heard a spokesperson from Irish rail saying the reason for the hike was not enough using their service so they now have penalised the people already using them, disgraceful. |
Posted By: rossieman
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 6:18pm
| just as a matter of interest ,whats the dearest place for a pint of Guinness in Dublin(not including hotels)? |
Posted By: Trapped
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 6:21pm
Try the Temple Bar pub. You won't get 3 pints for a score. ------------- 67% points to games ratio at the last Euro's (better than Portugal's) |
Posted By: Pipkin
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 6:36pm
| 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! |
Posted By: Vivakenbarlow
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 6:44pm
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Pint in the local is now 5.10 Fookin scandalous ------------- It took City 44 years to win the league and 10 months to lose it |
Posted By: Trapped
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 6:44pm
To get the online discounts you need to book at least a week in advance. ------------- 67% points to games ratio at the last Euro's (better than Portugal's) |
Posted By: Rostrevor Fan
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 7:15pm
Holy Jaysus - 3 Pints in my local GAA club £7.80 stg ------------- |
Posted By: ODCO
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 7:21pm
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Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 7:43pm
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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. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 7:52pm
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 ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 7:55pm
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. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 7:56pm
International has one of the nicest pints of Guinness in Dublin ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 8:02pm
You and Gaz would be good in business Baldy. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 8:06pm
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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. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: theheff1989
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 8:11pm
| How much is a vodka in Dublin I got a vodka in Waterford for €3.90. Couldn't believe it. |
Posted By: ODCO
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 8:22pm
It's a sh*thole full of crusties who don't wash and neither are the glasses------------- Bleeding Trisha Always on me Bleeding Case |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 8:25pm
Last time I was in there I was given a can of beer  ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: Trapped
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 8:29pm
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. ------------- 67% points to games ratio at the last Euro's (better than Portugal's) |
Posted By: ODCO
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 8:31pm
Smythies local BSM I think that sums it up !------------- Bleeding Trisha Always on me Bleeding Case |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 8:35pm
that may be true but it still has one of the nicest pints of Guinness in Dublin. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 8:36pm
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. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: SuperDub
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 8:50pm
Get yourself a leap card cheapest fare with it is €1.40. I'm amazed at the amount of people who use Dublin Bus and still pay by cash and by doing so pay 20-30c extra per fare. You can also use the leap card on the Luas and with Irish Rail. |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:03pm
Explain this Baldy, gonna be getting dart from Portmarnock to Sydney Parade and thought it would cost me 30-35 a week? |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:05pm
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http://www.taxsaver.ie/" rel="nofollow - http://www.taxsaver.ie/ You need to buy your annual ticket and have your job deduct it directly from your wages and its deducted out of your gross so depending on which tax band you are in it will determine the savings you are on. It may be too late to get it as it depends on your job. Ours has to be in by November. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:14pm
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Am aware of tax saved just heard the savings were poor so never looked into it. |
Posted By: Andkend
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:23pm
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The tram here in Poznan went up to 2.70pln from 2.50pln for 15 minutes - Considering the wages - I.e the average into your hand is about 380euro a month the transport is not that cheap. People are really complaining. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:29pm
well if you are on the higher rate of tax the tax saving is about 53 per cent when you take into account the USC and other charges such as pension levies etc. If you are on the lower rate of tax its still in and around 28 per cent saving. anyway the site shows you exactly what you would save. Its a no brainer to do, and whoever told you that the savings were minimal is a gobsh*te. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:32pm
Steady on Baldy, when you factor in each person's case then maybe your figures are skewed, I would only commute 5 days a week and wouldn't commute for 4 weeks of the year with annual leave so when you factor in these things maybe it isn't as clear cut as you say. Your figures are based on someone getting the maximum use of ticket, would have thought better of you than to have a biased argument to back up your case. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:35pm
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So your weekly dart will be 11.25 if you are on the higher rate of tax and it will be 16.17 if you are on the lower rate. If you go for bus and dart which includes nightlink and the airlink it will cost 13.09 on the higher rate and 18.82 on the lower rate. Nobody can say that those prices are expensive or not good value. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:37pm
you just said you were expecting it to be 35 euro a week I am saying it can be as low as 11 euro 11 euro a week. Its a no brainer for feck sake. Even taking into account your 4 weeks annual leave, it is still a massive saving. Whether you are travelling 5 days or not if you said you were thinking it was going to be 35 a week, an average saving of 24 euro a week is not bad. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: IrishPride
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:38pm
Ya was in there this weekend still 3 euro. On another note. Bought 3 double vodka red bulls in the skeff last weekend. Dunno why I was ion there. €42. Worst Pub in Galway ------------- Galway Will Win The 2014 Hurling Championship |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:38pm
by the way my figures are not based on usage at all. I am saying what the flat charge is. How are they based on usage. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:39pm
| How much would I have to pay on the train from Balbriggan to Sydney Parade Baldy ? only been on the thing once or twice in my life havent a clue about it, thanks. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:40pm
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www.irishrail.ie for the one of charges etc. but if you bought the travel pass with taxsaver.ie and Balbriggan is covered in the annual train pass so your weekly would be as said above depending on what tax rate you are on ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: brianie
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:41pm
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Baldy, The Eddie Hobbs of YBIG ------------- ITS KEANE YES YBIG You Can Please some of the People Some of the Time But Not All of The People All of The Time |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:41pm
| How did you work out all those savings though is it on that site too ? |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:43pm
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yeah the site does it for you. The site is fool proof
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Posted By: deisedevil
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:45pm
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All fares on public transport tickets should be at least doubled, free travel for elderly should be discarded, a proper license and tax system should be introduced for the winged rats (cyclists). The revenue earned should be used to repair the rural roads which have fallen into a sorry state over the last few years |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:47pm
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jeez that's dirt cheap. I spend €25 a week on the london underground and €65 on the overground so that's a total of €90/week. My commute is approx a 50 mile round trip which works out at €18/day or €360/month. Someone on a previous page was giving out about there being no competition but over here there is plenty of competition the only problem is te routes are carved up between the operators therefore there is no competition on many of the routes. Overall I've found prices to have come down significantly in Ireland. What stands out though to the contrary is meals in bars and the price of alcohol. jeez I felt disgusted when I saw what I paid for a round in that snotty Bruxelles last year. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:48pm
The amount of elderly people who go for midweek breaks and keep hotels all around the country open due to the free travel is unreal. Short sighted viewpoint there Deise. The grey pound is helping many hotels stay open esp the mid week trade. Public Transport in High density areas actually helps economic activing as it gets lots of people to and from work in a quick time and frees the main roads for transport of goods and services. Efficient well used public transports is a key component of a successful economy. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:50pm
Bruxells is a rip off though. People always pick the wort places such as bruxelles, temple bar etc. These places are outliers to the extreme. There are other outliers at the other end such as O Reillys and Mc Turcaills at the lower end or a couple of pubs in Cork where I got a pint of Beamich for 2.90. As I said in an earlier post the UK has a private transport system and is one of the most expensive systems in the world. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:52pm
Havent a breeze what I was doing there but thanks Baldy 
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Posted By: deisedevil
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:56pm
would love to see some evidence supporting this? i dont think i have ever heard anyone describe our public transport system as efficient either |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 9:59pm
I was with mates baldy who led the way....next time I'll know better. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:00pm
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Well Sandra. say you are living out in Balbriggan, and you get the train every day and you never use the bus. I would recommend that you get the annual train ticket which is 1120 per year. If you are on the higher rate of tax this would come to €585 and if you are on the lower rate of tax it would be €841 divided by 52 weeks of the year works out at 11.25 per week and 16.17 per week. The Bus and Train ticket is 1420 so thats €681 (13.09 per week) and €979 (18.82 per week) ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:04pm
The Dart is very efficient and the Luas seems to be also, but I do not use it. I think Dublin bus has very good record in relation to punctuality etc and Irishrail's punctuality. average is in the mid 90s. Many of the biggest critics of public transport are those who find the idea repulsive to begin with and do not like sharing public spaces with people and as a result love the comfort of their car/van etc. The dart gets me into the centre anywhere from 15 minutes to 25 minutes every day depending on which train I get. Doing this in a car on a Saturday morning at 7am without traffic is around 25 minutes so the Dart is unbelievable in this regard as it does during rush hour. I can go from couch to desk in less than 35 minutes. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:06pm
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The only thing that is in anyway efficient is the buses that makes a loss too....very Irish!! A mate is a bus driver and the amount of customers who are oaps, prisoners on temp release and others with freebie travel is unreal. |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:11pm
U living out that way? How do you find the commute across? |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:13pm
Something can be efficient and make a loss. People talk about German trains and they make a loss. If you look at public transport and purely judge it on a profit and loss it will probably never make a profit. However public transport has huge benefits to society such as efficient transfer of people and allowing transfer of goods and services throughtout the economy. Looking at it purely on the basis of profit and loss misses the point entirely. Countries such as Sweden, Netherlands Germany France know this and as a result have much higher subsidies for their public transport system. Ireland has one of the lowest levels of Government subsidies. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Huggybeer
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:20pm
OAPs have paid their dues, no problem with their free travel But why do prisoners on temp release and self inflicted junkies get free travel, this wrecks my fckuin buzz |
Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:23pm
They do do a fine foaming pint of Stella though ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:24pm
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I would pay money to see you pay over fiver euro for a beer.
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Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:25pm
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They should bring back freight and cement on the trains, that was a big income but it all went away because FF were getting big money off the hauliers. Ironically the Green party made things worse. ------------- 'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:28pm
Not yet but will more than likely be in the next few weeks. Not sure if I will hack the commute across to be honest but im going to give it a go. Do you work near Sydney Parade ?
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Posted By: JUICEBOMB
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:28pm
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dublin is an awful rip off now.......your better of stay in for 2/3 weekends(hard i know)then getting a cheap flight with ryanair to some city in spain,poland etc and going on the rip fri-sun..save yourself a bomb. ------------- hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard |
Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:29pm
, I would pay over a fiver for a decent pint of Stella, not the cats piss that is usually on offer in dublin pubs------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:30pm
Balbriggan is a fair bit out, good value for renting though, there are so many places on daft so good choice. Yeah I am in Booterstown are you out there!? |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:31pm
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Yeah thats a bit of a f**ker of a commute. 2 hours every day by the way SGB, whats the address of your job :) go on give us a laugh ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:31pm
 That's for nothing really. My bf was working it out for me last night and he was saying a fiver e/w he obviously isnt as clever as you tho. Do these savings only apply to a weekly ticket as I plan on staying in my mam's a few days during the week if im on an early or late shift in work so I doubt I will be getting the train every day ?
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Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:35pm
| Yeah Sono its my mams place so we are getting a bargain tbh so thats why I am going to give it a go. No lease or anything so we can walk if its not working. We have to gut the whole place and do it all up first tho. Im in Power Tower (paddy power) in Clonskeagh Sono. And why is the address of my job funny Baldy ? Think ill drive one or two days a week to, to soften the blow of having to use public transport :) |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:35pm
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You have to have it deducted from your wages directly Sandra. Your BF is right its 5.20 each way if you buy the tickets at the station. You need to do it so you are issued with an annual card that does for the whole year. You need to ask your employer do they do it. Most of them do it. The cost is whether you travel or not. So basically its the same amount coming out of your wages every week even if you do not use the train or not. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:36pm
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Best of luck with it, good to have no commitment |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:36pm
is it not Beaver row or something.  ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:37pm
Dublin can be pricey no doubt about it and you do wonder what tourists thinks when viewed by some of the prices but plenty of places still busy despite the prices . Definetly not as many nordies heading down because of the prices though dubliners can take solace in the fact myself and mrs newryrep will be down next weekend staying in our usual haunt (£60Stg a night which i didnt think was bad value) and will be visiting various establishements ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:39pm
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I think meals are good value in Dublin. Some unreal bargains for early birds etc. . anything from 15 euro to 25 euro for some really good 3 course early birds. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:40pm
No but I wish it was  Yeah cheers Sono prob see you at Sydney Parade sometime
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Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:42pm
Thats grand if it comes out of your wages each week. At least you wont really notice it. Id say my job do that they are good for that type of thing. I think I get half price tolls too not sure how that works but will need to look into it all.
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Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:45pm
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The pass is cheaper than 1 return journey a week from Balbriggan so its a no brainer really if you can sort it. Plus the convenience of having the ticket means no rummaging for change and and getting held up before you board the train etc. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Trapped
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2013 at 12:33am
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I didn't bother with the bus/rail as wouldn't use the rail every week guaranteed. Have the leap card for the Dart though so you just top it up and scan it on the machine at each end of your journey - very handy.
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Posted By: Biffo
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2013 at 12:37am
Got sold a jumper by some dodgy bollix recently. Rip offs everywhere |
Posted By: HateHenry
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2013 at 12:47am
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Has this become the Iarnroid Eireann hating thread ...??? Aer Lingus MID WEEK FLIGHTS..midweek,especially around away games ..coonts have it well copped, put another plane on gimps! ------------- Polska Bialo Czerwoni |
Posted By: SuperDave84
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2013 at 1:28am
Fookers had a deal on on the 31st Secember and 1st January for 25% off fares, but the online booking wasn't up for any dates after the 20th January because the new timetable needed to be approved by the NTA and I need to book returns to Cork on the 22nd and 30th January. Grrrr. So, yeah, pissed off. Entitled to hate, especially now the trains are open for booking and they haven't released promo codes *despite* promising that they would give out promo codes to promote the new timetable. Normally have no problem with IR (they are usually punctual, the trains are clean and comfortable, they're not overly expensive if you get promo codes when booking) but this has been a pain in the tits. I got a return to Cork early in January for €33 and am going to be spending €44 on each of the two returns I have to book coming up unless they live up to their promise and release some more promo codes. ------------- 
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Posted By: ODCO
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2013 at 1:34am
Not by me ya didn't ! have hoodies if your interested though ?------------- Bleeding Trisha Always on me Bleeding Case |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2013 at 9:30am
44 euro return is very good. Try driving it for less. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: SuperDave84
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2013 at 12:57pm
Impossible. Especially without a car. Or a driving licence. -------------
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Posted By: Black Knee Stevie
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2013 at 12:58pm
Was down in Dublin with some American relatives and we were drinking in the temple bar pub, they kept asking what I was drinking and I was ordering Jameson and cokes all night. I didnt even know the price of the things but going on what's been said here I'd say it would'nt of been cheap  Also the next day me and my cousin were dandering around the place doing abit of shopping, and we were in a sports shop and the girl working there was telling my cousin about how the place was a rip off  ya don't tell the foreigners/customers that. Another thing, half the shops weren't open until 10 o'clock, how yaz gonna pay back the Germans if yiz don't open til that time of the day?------------- It is not just a simple game, it is a weapon of the revolution |
Posted By: rossieman
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2013 at 1:10pm
€44 seems expensive but it would cost plenty more to drive it.The cork -dublin train is the best route in the country ,a train every hour between 7am -7pm. |
Posted By: SuperDave84
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2013 at 1:16pm
Oh I know. I get it frequently and even if I had a car, I would definitely still get the train (I can also work on the train whereas typing on a laptop while driving wouldn't exactly be safe). It's just the fact that their incompetence and failure to live up to an earlier promise is costing me €22 more than it should. €88 instead of €66. -------------
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Posted By: Guf10
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2013 at 11:05am
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€4.10 for a red bull in most pubs/clubs in Galway Was in diceys the night after the ybig quiz in November, all drinks were supposed to be 2€ in there. My mate was boozing and i was on soft drinks/energy drinks as usual. I head up to the bar and ordered a pint of Bud or whatever my mate was drinking and a lucozade for myself, Barman charged me 5.70, asked was it not supposed to be 4€ for the 2 drinks, Barman replied the 2€ offer is only on some cheap red bull for non alcoholic drinks No wonder half this country are pissheads. ------------- 2 in a row, 2 in a row, 2 in a row |
Posted By: Rostrevor Fan
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2013 at 11:08am
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Guf £1.30 for all soft drinks in our local club inc red bull / lucozade ------------- |
Posted By: Guf10
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2013 at 11:43am
Not down here im afraid ------------- 2 in a row, 2 in a row, 2 in a row |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2013 at 11:46am
So the lesson of the day is drink alcohol it's cheaper |
Posted By: Trapped
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2013 at 11:48am
Half? ------------- 67% points to games ratio at the last Euro's (better than Portugal's) |
Posted By: Clonbhoy
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2013 at 11:51am
5.70-4.10-2.00= -0.40
Ya saved forty pence there. ------------- A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes to his friends. @withgodlygrace |
Posted By: coleman's
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2013 at 12:31pm
| 4.20 for red bull in my local, 1.55 in the offo next door though some just ask the bar man to get it out of there, some rip off that stuff |