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Booze, fags, and the rest

  • 16-07-2009 12:06pm
    #1
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭


    Pretty shocking figures here don't you think? Must be to fund our excellent public services

    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/alcohol-and-tobacco-priciest-in-europe-418921.html
    A new European Union survey released today has revealed that consumer price levels in Ireland last year were found to be the second highest in Europe, with alcohol and tobacco prices here by far the most expensive in the 27-member bloc.

    Drinkers and smokers faced prices a staggering 84% higher than the EU average, according to the survey by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.

    Overall, Denmark was the most expensive across the EU 27, indexing at +41% above the EU average, followed by Ireland (+27% above EU average) and then Finland (+27%). Bulgaria was found to be the country with the lowest prices.

    The figures are taken from a basket of goods including food, alcohol and tobacco, clothing, consumer electronics, personal transport equipment and hotels and dining out.

    Food in Ireland was found to be the second most expensive in the EU (27% above the average), behind Denmark and just above Finland.


    Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/alcohol-and-tobacco-priciest-in-europe-418921.html#ixzz0LQJQupUP


Comments

  • #2
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    And some people complain about Finland being expensive. LOL.


  • #3
    Smart Bug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭Smart Bug


    WHat they don't say in these surveys is that in places like Denmark you can buy booze (at least in pubs) quite cheaply (in comparison to here) in some places, whereas in Ireland (and especially Dublin) prices tend to be standardised.

    Has anyone ever noticed that the vast majority of foreign cities have 'cheap' quarters, whereas Dublin's goods/services don't really vary to any great degree regardless of location in respect to the city centre?


  • #4
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    well, i for one only buy my wine in tesco and when buying beer i buy either hackenberg or karpackie which are fine beers and 4 for fiver. It irks me to see people going in and buying things like budweiser (which is piss) at outrageous prices.


  • #5
    WIZE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


    I love booze and smoking .

    *Pack the bags luv were moving to Bulgaria*


  • #6
    ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,109 ✭✭✭ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV


    i thought Norway was the worst? 7/8 euro for a pint like... and pretty much no drugs in the country


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  • #7
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    Norway is not in the EU


  • #8
    CutzEr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 837 ✭✭✭CutzEr


    And what about rollerblading.


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