A total of 2,936 Dublin Live readers have said that the price of a pint puts them off going on a night out in the city centre.
In Temple Bar, a pint of Heineken can be as expensive as €9.95, and a Guinness is not that far behind at €8.95. Pubs in Dublin and across the country have been forced to raise their prices in recent months after Diageo, who owns Guinness, Rockshore, Carlsberg, Harp, Hop House 13 and Smithwicks, raised the price it charges for draught beer by 12 cents a pint this month.
Heineken also hiked the price of their pints by 17c before VAT in December. Out of 3,150 respondents to a poll on our website, only 216 people said the cost of a Dublin pint doesn't affect their nightlife plans.
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When asked if they would pay €10 for a pint, a whopping 3,083 people said no with just 84 of our readers saying they would.
The cost of a taxi and a lack of public transport options in the capital are also affecting Dubliners night time socialising. 2,595 of our readers said they reduce their nights out due to these issues, while 562 said it does not affect them.
Last week, we took a trip to Temple Bar to ask visitors their opinions on the price of drinks in the city centre.
For a group of ladies visiting from Birmingham for a hen party, the prices were too steep – they had to pay €22 for a double shot. “When it’s rounds going on, it’s a hell of a lot," one of the women told us. Although she added it wouldn't deter her from returning to the capital although next time she may "drink tap water".
Other tourists were okay with paying that much if the ‘ambience’ of the pub was worth it. With the cost of living crisis being felt globally, the prices aren’t that much different for them at home, they said.
Prices are a problem for the Irish however, with a man from Donegal saying there was absolutely no way he would pay too much for a pint. He said: “If a pint in Donegal is €5.40 we’re complaining and you can still have live music.”
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