Action on Rip-Off Pubs: Call to Arms

Hitchhiker's Guide to... · 2005-08-18 11:42:56

Watching Eddie Hobbs show 'Rip off Ireland' on Monday (which apparently 667,000 others did aswell: http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/0818/hobbse.html). At the end of the show he suggested that people go into pubs and order rounds of drinks consisting solely of tap water. How about if we had a Boards Action Night out, where we…

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#32 19-08-2005 04:51PM

eirmail

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One of the cheapest pubs in dublin is just around the corner from the Turks Head. It is Karma used to be known as Handels hotel. Last time I was there a couple of months ago a guinness was 3 euros a pint and a lager 3.50 euro.
Why don't we encourage people to go to such pubs instead of the more expensive ones. That would make much more since than just drinking water all night.

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#33 21-08-2005 01:27PM

kstanl

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The best solution is to just give up booze altogether. That's what I'm going to do for a year and, depending on how much money I save, maybe forever if the prices don't come down drastically

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