pint of guinness: €3, lager or cider €3.50

Samurai wrote: »

suas in cork having been serving all pints for 3 euro during the week for well over a year

manc wrote: »

Someone with some common sense....................


Monday March 09 2009

A PUB in Tralee, Co Kerry, claims to have the lowest prices in the country.

A pint of Guinness in Quirkies Bar in Tralee town centre is €3. A pint of lager will set you back €3.50, as will a pint of cider. And a quarter bottle of wine is €3.50 and a long-neck beer €3.00.

Tea, coffee and soft drinks cost just €1.50.

Proprietor Tom Quirke, a member of the Vintners' Federation of Ireland, claimed his bar was the cheapest in the country, but he's still making a small profit because he has cut out many of the frills, such as live music.

He said his trade was up between 30-40pc.

"I noticed the trade getting bad in October. I am making a smaller profit, but a little bit of something is better than a lot of nothing," he said. "Price really does matter."

A lot of older people had stopped dropping in for a pint, but were now back.

As for his fellow vintners -- they were probably not too happy about the fact, he conceded.

Survival

"It's about survival at the moment," he added.

He had noticed that people were going into supermarkets and buying cheap drink, or they were only coming out at the last minute before closing time.

Last week, the Competition Authority threatened to take the publicans' representative bodies, the Licensed Vintners' Association and the Vintners' Federation of Ireland, to court unless they abandoned a one-year price freeze announced last December across the State's 5,500 pubs.

The authority said the freeze would discourage publicans from cutting prices, but the vintners' bodies said they were not telling publicans what price to charge customers but were simply encouraging vintners not to increase prices. They are currently consulting with members on the matter.