the loan to ireland. has it lowered prices YET?

holidaysforme

Another saddo screaming for attention. Dont feed the troll;)

holidaysforme

holidaysforme wrote: »

Another saddo screaming for attention. Dont feed the troll;)

This refers to post 20.

holidaysforme

arrgh, another typo. meant for nobjocki. dont feed the troll.

moneyman22

am scottish and temple bar is great, apart from the price of a pint.


get it lowered, crah economy crash!

moneyman22

think it went down by 1 cent today.

Nobjocki

Statistics released by the European commission agency show that prices for hotels and restaurants in Ireland for 2010 were the third highest in Europe – just behind Denmark and Sweden and on a par with Finland.
Food and non-alcoholic drinks are the second dearest in Europe (just behind Denmark).
Worse, Eurostat is reporting that Ireland has the highest prices in Europe for alcohol.
None of this comes as a surprise to anyone living in Ireland where a bottle of average plonk that might cost £4.99 in the UK, costs €10.99 (£9.99) or a pint of lager that might cost £3.50 costs at least a fiver.
But it might come as a bit of a surprise to the Irish government, tourist boards and the hotel bodies who are still woefully deluded about the cost of holidaying in Ireland.

jammin_2

Nobjocki wrote: »

Statistics released by the European commission agency show that prices for hotels and restaurants in Ireland for 2010 were the third highest in Europe – just behind Denmark and Sweden and on a par with Finland.
Food and non-alcoholic drinks are the second dearest in Europe (just behind Denmark).
Worse, Eurostat is reporting that Ireland has the highest prices in Europe for alcohol.
None of this comes as a surprise to anyone living in Ireland where a bottle of average plonk that might cost £4.99 in the UK, costs €10.99 (£9.99) or a pint of lager that might cost £3.50 costs at least a fiver.
But it might come as a bit of a surprise to the Irish government, tourist boards and the hotel bodies who are still woefully deluded about the cost of holidaying in Ireland.

That's since the Euro, primarily. Things were always slightly dearer here even before then, but not like it has been since we ditched the pound. The short version is, retailers used the confusing new currency to bump up prices and, Irish people being Irish, just accepted it.

Nobjocki

jammin wrote: »

That's since the Euro, primarily. Things were always slightly dearer here even before then, but not like it has been since we ditched the pound. The short version is, retailers used the confusing new currency to bump up prices and, Irish people being Irish, just accepted it.

No, I think it is primarily from the Celtic Tiger period.
Ireland - after decades of penury - discovered easy money and greed.
The lead came from the top down in a country riddled with corruption, greed and cute-hoorism.
The remarkable thing is how little the Irish hospitality industry has learned from its mistakes - although there are the occasional deals here and there it is still ridiculously expensive to eat out and stay in a hotel.
The tourist industry killed the goose that laid the golden egg with its greed. Rip-off Ireland has driven away visitors from all over but primarily from America.
A steak in my local restaurant in a small town in Ireland costs the same as it did four years ago and is about the same price you'd pay in a decent restaurant in the West End of London.
I live here and the greed and witless stupidity of business people continues to amaze me.

moneyman22

jammin wrote: »

That's since the Euro, primarily. Things were always slightly dearer here even before then, but not like it has been since we ditched the pound. The short version is, retailers used the confusing new currency to bump up prices and, Irish people being Irish, just accepted it.

time to lower it back to 50c or 1 euro per guiness in the most expensive places. that meets my approval

jammin_2

Nobjocki wrote: »

No, I think it is primarily from the Celtic Tiger period.
Ireland - after decades of penury - discovered easy money and greed.
The lead came from the top down in a country riddled with corruption, greed and cute-hoorism.
The remarkable thing is how little the Irish hospitality industry has learned from its mistakes - although there are the occasional deals here and there it is still ridiculously expensive to eat out and stay in a hotel.
The tourist industry killed the goose that laid the golden egg with its greed. Rip-off Ireland has driven away visitors from all over but primarily from America.
A steak in my local restaurant in a small town in Ireland costs the same as it did four years ago and is about the same price you'd pay in a decent restaurant in the West End of London.
I live here and the greed and witless stupidity of business people continues to amaze me.

Agreed.

moneyman22 wrote: »

time to lower it back to 50c or 1 euro per guiness in the most expensive places. that meets my approval

Would you fek off?