Dublin

Bob_the_Saver

Sorry if I was not clear. I was being (a little) flippant about venting your spleen against the fake beggars. I think that you will find that the Dublin beggars are mostly Eastern European allowed in because of recent EU membership (with which I have no problem - as I am sat here in our house in France). I saw one guy in Cork a couple of years ago 'working' the bus stops giving out cards saying how poor he was etc. I saw him around town all day collecting 3-4 euros at each bus stop every 5 mins. Nice work if you can get it.
I'm afraid if you travel around Asia you do see real people in need/dying of hunger, who seldom beg and I get so annoyed with the overweight scroungers with their dogs, cans of strong beer and mobiles (much more expensive than mine). Sorry about the rant but I found and read Daily Mail on one of the Ryanair flights and it usually has this effect on me.

Pollycat

Willzza
re the Guiness Storehouse tour - if you are still considering this, what time are you expecting to be there?

The queues can be quite long later in the day.

We got there about 10:15 and the queues weren't bad but as we came out, they were long.

cro-magnon

Or if you book tickets for the Guiness Storehouse online you bypass the queue and pick them up from a machine instead.

...although I suppose if everyone does this then there could be a queue at the machine(s)!

Willzza

Thanks for everybodys help, I think I will have to do the Guiness factory, just to say I have been and to warn everybody else not to go!

I will buy tickets online, so hopefully I will be able to skip the queue. Also the tip about the bus and MS will be very useful!